Bad Company - Burnin' Sky [Japanese Ed.] (1977)

Year: March 3, 1977 (CD Mar 7, 2007)
Label: Swan Song (Japan), WPCR-12545
Style: Hard Rock, Blues Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 45:08
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 296 Mb

Charts: UK #17, AUS #15, CAN #16, NDL #14, NOR #45, NZ #32, SWE #32, US #15. US: Gold.
Before you can even digest or vomit back up Run With The Pack (or "Run With The Night", as lameass North Carolina DJ "Cosmo" so eloquently called it that time I heard him play "Young Blood" - right before he declared it to be a "great song" off of a "great album." Lameass.), the "talentless boys of rock 'n' roll" are back to shove more poorly-written dreck down your listening ear.
I'll give 'em this though: even though all these melodies sound like they were written in about two minutes, most of them are amazingly catchy. The title track, "Morning Sun," "Too Bad," "Everything I Need," "Peace Of Mind" - all disgustingly simple, but not self-parodic like on the last album. It sounds, rather, like a postmodern lo-fi college band imitating Bad Company. It's not bombastic (except for a couple of really crappy numbers); it's just a bunch of poorly-arranged songs. I like 'em! It's actually a pretty good record, though definitely not worthy of classic rock radio play. If you see it in a dollar bin, get it. It's at least an interesting, semi-unpredictable record. A cover of "Valerie, Valerah?" A seven-minute groove jam? Wow. Bad Company stretches out and tries something new. Who knows how far this'll go? Embarrassing. And the cover of "Young Blood" is unlistenable.
(albumoftheyear.org/user/markprindlebot/album/119320-burnin-sky/)

01. Burnin' Sky (05:09)
02. Morning Sun (04:06)
03. Leaving You (03:23)
04. Like Water (04:19)
05. Knapsack (01:20)
06. Everything I Need (03:23)
07. Heartbeat (02:37)
08. Peace Of Mind (03:25)
09. Passing Time (02:30)
10. Too Bad (03:52)
11. Man Needs Woman (03:45)
12. Master Of Ceremony (07:13)

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Bad Company - Run With The Pack (1976)

Year: January 30, 1976 (CD 1994)
Label: Swan Song (Europe), 7567-92435-2
Style: Hard Rock, Blues Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 36:30
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 247 Mb

Charts: UK #4, AUS #9, CAN #13, FRA #19, NDL #11, NOR #11, NZ #32, SWE #23, US #5. UK: Gold; US: Platinum.
The cover of the Coasters single "Young Blood" peaked at No. 20. The album also spawned rock radio classics "Silver, Blue & Gold", "Live for the Music", and the title track. "Silver, Blue & Gold" was never released as a single, but is one of the band's most popular compositions.
Cash Box said of "Do Right by Your Woman" that it "is an acoustic number, with some twelve-string work" and that "the harmonies are excellent, at times reminiscent of CSNY, and a low-down harmonical fill."
Classic Rock History critic Janey Roberts rated the title track as Bad Company's greatest song, saying that its energy "just simply defines what Bad Company was all about" and praising the "great intros" and "pulsating verses that built up to superman style choruses." Classic Rock critic Malcolm Dome rated it as Bad Company's 6th best song, praising its "panache and subtlety."
The album was remastered and re-released in 1994. The vinyl album had a shiny, silver cover, but CD versions feature a simple, light grey cover. The original album cover also came as a gatefold, with a photo of the band inside, sitting around a couch near a television tuned in to a Bugs Bunny cartoon.
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_with_the_Pack)

01. Live For The Music (03:58)
02. Simple Man (03:38)
03. Honey Child (03:17)
04. Love Me Somebody (03:08)
05. Run With The Pack (05:23)
06. Silver, Blue and Gold (05:04)
07. Young Blood (02:41)
08. Do Right By Your Woman (02:53)
09. Sweet Lil' Sister (03:31)
10. Fade Away (02:52)

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Bad Company - Straight Shooter [Japanese Ed.] (1975)

Year: March 28, 1975 (CD March 7, 2007)
Label: Warner Music Inc. (Japan), WPCR-12543
Style: Hard Rock, Blues Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 38:46
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 272 Mb

Charts: UK #3, AUS #8, CAN #3, FRA #3, GER #47, NDL #19, NOR #6, NZ #13, US #3. CAN & UK: Gold; US: 3x Platinum.
"Where Bad Company was stark, minimalist hard rock, Straight Shooter bears lots of different, vibrant colours: acoustic guitars are used for light and shade, guitars are channelled through chorus pedals, pianos and organs alternate with the occasional wash of strings, and the entire thing feels bigger and bolder than before." (AllMusic)
"Forsaking the constant thunder-thudding drone motif of ’74 in favour of a more textured approach, the group uses subdued acoustic guitar and tight vocal harmonies during most of the verses, saving the harsh electrical shocks for the head-slamming choruses. It’s a relatively simple 'calm before the storm' setup, but Bad Company milks it for all its effectiveness." (Rolling Stone)
"This rocks even more consistently than Bad Co., but to argue that it epitomizes hard rock as a style is not only to overlook its deliberate speed but to believe in one's (usually male) heart that Paul Rodgers is the ideal rock singer. You hear that a lot; what it seems to mean is that he doesn't shriek when he gets to the loud parts. Rodgers's power is no more interesting than Tom Jones's, and Jones is twice as subtle. If hard rock doesn't have more to offer, it's not worth arguing about." (Robert Christgau)

01. Good Lovin' Gone Bad (03:37)
02. Feel Like Makin' Love (05:16)
03. Weep No More (04:02)
04. Shooting Star (06:19)
05. Deal With The Preacher (05:04)
06. Wild Fire Women (04:35)
07. Anna (03:45)
08. Call On Me (06:05)

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Bad Company - Bad Co [Japanese Ed.] (1974)

Year: 24 May 1974 (CD Sep 22, 2010)
Label: Warner Music (Japan), WPCR-13902
Style: Blues Rock, Hard Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 34:53
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 254 Mb

When I think of the term “supergroup”, Bad Company are one of the first bands that spring to mind. With their 1974 self-titled debut album, they absolutely lived up to that billing. The British group featured two former members of Free and their unfussy, soulful rock picks up where Free left off but in a more feelgood, riff-based, rock ‘n’ roll mode courtesy of ex-Mott The Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs. And Ralphs ensured they achieved mega success by penning the ingeniously simple single Can’t Get Enough, a cruising and carefree radio staple. Not to be outdone, vocalist Paul Rodgers chipped in the album’s masterful title track, a thoroughly stirring mix of ghostly atmosphere and outlaw manliness. Other highlights include the priapic proto-Whitesnake Rock Steady and a sublimely classy remake of Mott’s Ready For Love.
Bad Company were having too good a time to infuse the album’s ballads with anything near the emotional heavy load that Free conjured but tracks like The Way I Choose have proven to be growers over decades of listening and are great vehicles for Rodgers’ smooth vocals. The whole album sounds ballsy and beautiful, especially Ralphs’ creamy guitar tones. Bad Company is the cool, confident and timeless sound of talented musicians revelling in a newfound personal and creative chemistry. When I think of the term “classic rock” Bad Company is one of the first albums that springs to mind.
(heavymetaloverload.com/2025/07/05/bad-company-bad-company-album-review/)

01. Can't Get Enough (04:16)
02. Rock Steady (03:47)
03. Ready for Love (05:02)
04. Don't Let Me Down (04:21)
05. Bad Company (04:50)
06. The Way I Choose (05:05)
07. Movin' On (03:24)
08. Seagull (04:04)

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Paul Rodgers (ex Free & Bad Company) - Midnight Rose (2023)

Year: 2023 (CD Sep 22, 2023)
Label: Sun Record Company (US), 5047806720
Style: Rock
Country: Middlesbrough, England (17 December 1949)
Time: 32:15
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 247 Mb

Midnight Rose is a studio album by Paul Rodgers, of Free and Bad Company fame. It is his first album of original material since Electric (1999). It was recorded in 2022 and 2023 at Roper Recording in Peachland and Bryan Adams' studio, The Warehouse, in Vancouver.
The song "Take Love" was previously worked on and played live by Rodgers as part of the Queen + Paul Rodgers project, although a studio version ultimately never materialised from the group.
The album has received mixed reviews with Blues Rock Review praising it as "a totally satisfying set of eight rocking songs that demonstrate why Paul Rodgers is considered one of the best singer/songwriter/frontmen of the rock & roll genre." PopMatters awarded it 6/10 with Michael Elliot saying the album, "signals the return of one of rock's greatest voices, which remarkably has not diminished over the decades and remains as expressive and powerful as ever, even if the material doesn't always match those golden vocal cords." In a 3/5 review, Loudersound.com suggests that "there are flashes of brilliance – class acts will always be class acts – but there are also moments when one wonders bemusedly what the hell is going on here."
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_Rose_(album))

01. Coming Home (03:19)
02. Photo Shooter (03:42)
03. Midnight Rose (04:00)
04. Living It Up (03:06)
05. Dancing In The Sun (03:49)
06. Take Love (04:20)
07. Highway Robber (05:05)
08. Melting (04:50)

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