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{{Infobox Album <!-- See Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_Albums --> |
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| Name = Bad Company |
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{{For|the 2002 film soundtrack album|Bad Company (soundtrack)}} |
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| Type = ] |
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| Artist = ] |
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{{Infobox album |
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| Cover = BadCompanyBadCompany.jpg |
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| Released = 26 June 1974 |
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| name = Bad Company |
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| type = studio |
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| Recorded = November 1973 at ] |
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| Genre = ] |
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| artist = ] |
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| Length = 34:49 |
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| cover = BadCompanyBadCompany.jpg |
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| Label = ]<br />] (UK) |
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| released = May 1974 (UK), June 26, 1974 (US) |
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| Producer = Bad Company |
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| Reviews = |
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| recorded = November 1973 |
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| studio = ], ], England<ref name="notes">{{cite AV media notes |title=Bad Company |others=] |year=1974 |at=back cover |type=Vinyl sleeve |publisher=] }}</ref> |
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*] {{Rating|4.5|5}} |
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* ]<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-top-30-british-blues-rock-albums-of-all-time|title= The Top 30 British Blues Rock Albums Of All Time|date= 23 March 2007|website= ]|publisher= ]|access-date= 1 September 2018}}</ref> |
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* ]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8XG9CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA27|title=The 100 Greatest Bands of All Time: A Guide to the Legends Who Rocked the World|last=Moskowitz|first=David V.|date=2015|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=9781440803406|page=27}}</ref> |
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| This album = '''''Bad Company''''' <br />(1974) |
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| length = {{Duration|m=34|s=45}} |
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| Next album = '']''<br />(1975) |
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* ] (UK) |
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* ] (US) |
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| producer = ] |
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| next_year = 1975 |
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| misc = {{Singles |
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| name = Bad Company |
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| type = studio |
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| single1 = ] |
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| single1date = {{Start date|1974|05|10|df=yes}} |
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| single2 = ] |
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| single2date = January 1975 (US)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/34/mode/2up?q=Bad+Company|title=Great Rock Discography |date=19 November 1995 |page=35|isbn=9780862415419 |last1=Strong |first1=Martin Charles |publisher=Canongate Press }}</ref> |
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| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1135|tab=review|label=Album review ''Bad Company''|first=Gautam|last=Baksi|access-date=14 September 2011}}</ref> |
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| rev2 = '']'' |
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| rev2score = B−<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=]|publisher=]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: B|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=B&bk=70|access-date=February 21, 2019}}</ref> |
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| rev3 = '']'' |
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| rev3score = favourable<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/bad-company-203602/|title=Album review ''Bad Company''|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Bud|last=Scoppa|access-date=14 September 2011}}</ref> |
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| rev4 = '']'' |
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| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=]|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref> |
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'''''Bad Company''''' is the debut studio album by ], a 1970s English ] supergroup. The album was recorded at ] with ] in November 1973,<ref name="notes"/> and it was the first album released on ]'s ] label.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://ultimateclassicrock.com/swan-song-records-history/|title= The History of Swan Song Records|last1= Reiff|first1= Corbin|date= 7 May 2014|website= ultimateclassicrock.com|access-date=21 June 2014}}</ref> |
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'''''Bad Company''''' is the ] debut album by ] band ]. |
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Among the songs recorded during the album sessions were two covers of tracks originally by members' previous bands — specifically, ]'s "Ready for Love" (recorded while ] was with the band and released on their 1972 album '']'') and "Easy on My Soul" (recorded by ] and ] with ] and released on '']'' in 1973). The latter did not make the final album, but was released as the B-side to second single "]". |
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The album was recorded at ] with ] in November 1973. |
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==Reception and legacy== |
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The album peaked at #1 on the ]'s Pop Albums chart (]). Since then the album has sold in excess of five million copies according to the ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=bad%20company&artist=&format=&perPage=50|title=''Bad Company'' RIAA certification|publisher=www.riaa.com}}</ref> |
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The album reached the top of the US ].<ref name="AMC">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=bad-company-p3607/charts-awards/billboard-albums|pure_url=yes}} |title=Bad Company – Billboard Albums |website=] |access-date=24 November 2010 }}</ref> Since then, the album has been certified five times platinum by the RIAA, and became the 46th best selling album of the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=bad%20company&artist=&format=&perPage=50 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924153531/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=bad%20company&artist=&format=&perPage=50 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-09-24 |title=''Bad Company'' RIAA certification |website=Riaa.com }}</ref> The album spent 25 weeks in the ], entering at No. 10 on June 15, 1974, and reaching its highest position of No. 3 in the second week.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/Bad%20Company |title=Official Charts Company – Bad Company ''Bad Company'' |publisher=] |access-date=9 September 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520061303/http://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/BAD%20COMPANY/ |archive-date=20 May 2015 }}</ref> '']'' magazine listed the album at No. 40 among the "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time".<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Johnson | first1 = Howard | title = ] | chapter = Bad Company 'Bad Company'| volume = 222 | publisher = Spotlight Publications Ltd. | date = 21 January 1989 | location = London, UK}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BTz-CwAAQBAJ&pg=PP63|title=A History of Heavy Metal|last=O'Neill|first=Andrew|date=2017|publisher=Headline|isbn=9781472241467|page=63}}</ref> The album was also included in the book '']''.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Robert|last1=Dimery|first2=Michael|last2=Lydon|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition|date=7 February 2006|publisher=Universe|isbn=0-7893-1371-5}}</ref> In 2000 it was voted number 323 in ]'s '']''.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=]|first=Colin|last=Larkin|author-link=Colin Larkin|publisher=]|date=2000|edition=3rd|isbn=0-7535-0493-6|page=131}}</ref> |
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The singles "]" and "]" peaked at No. 5 and No. 19 on the ], respectively.<ref name="AMS">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=bad-company-p3607/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} |title=Bad Company – Billboard Singles |website=]|access-date=24 November 2010 }}</ref> "Rock Steady", "]" and "Ready for Love" are also classic rock radio staples.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Berman|first1=Eric|title=Song Of The Day – "Ready For Love" by Bad Company|url=https://internetfm.com/song-of-the-day-ready-for-love-by-bad-company/|website=internetfm.com|access-date=28 January 2018}}</ref> |
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The singles "Can't Get Enough" (which was to feature in an advertisement for Levi's jeans in 1999) and "Movin' On" peaked at #5 and #19 respectively. "Rock Steady", "Bad Company" and "Ready for Love" (the latter originally recorded by BadCo guitarist ] during his tenure with ]) are also "classic rock" radio staples. |
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''Ultimate Classic Rock'' critic Matt Wardlaw named four songs from ''Bad Company'' – "Bad Company", "Can't Get Enough", "Ready for Love" and "Seagull" – to be among Bad Company's 10 greatest songs.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top 10 Bad Company Songs|author=Wardlaw, Matt|access-date=2023-01-13|publisher=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=December 17, 2011|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/top-10-bad-company-songs/}}</ref> |
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In 2006 a limited edition CD of 24K Gold was released. It had taken over a year to find the original master tapes, then the analog masters were put through ] ] ]. Another remaster was previously released in 1994. |
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==Versions== |
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The album was remastered and re-released in 1994. In 2006 an audiophile mastered 24K gold CD was released by ]. |
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==Track listing== |
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==Track listing== |
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{{Track listing |
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===Side one=== |
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| headline = Side one |
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# "Can't Get Enough" (]) - 4:16 |
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# "Rock Steady" (]) - 3:46 |
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| writer1 = ] |
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# "Ready for Love" (Ralphs) - 5:01 |
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# "Don't Let Me Down" (Rodgers, Ralphs) - 4:22 |
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| title2 = Rock Steady |
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| writer2 = ] |
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| length2 = 3:47 |
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| title3 = ] |
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| writer3 = Ralphs |
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===Side two=== |
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| title4 = Don't Let Me Down |
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# "]" (Rodgers, ]) - 4:50 |
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| writer4 = Rodgers, Ralphs |
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# "The Way I Choose" (Rodgers) - 5:05 |
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# "Movin' On" (Ralphs) - 3:21 |
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# "Seagull" (Rodgers, Ralphs) - 4:06 |
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| title5 = ] |
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| writer5 = Rodgers, ] |
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| length5 = 4:51 |
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| title6 = The Way I Choose |
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| writer6 = Rodgers |
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| length6 = 5:06 |
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| title7 = ] |
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| writer7 = Ralphs |
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| length7 = 3:24 |
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| title8 = Seagull |
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| writer8 = Rodgers, Ralphs |
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| headline = 2015 reissue disc two |
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| title1 = Can't Get Enough |
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| note1=Take 8 |
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| writer1 = Ralphs |
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| length1 = 4:21 |
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| title2 = Little Miss Fortune |
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| note2=Demo Reel 1 |
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| writer2 = Rodgers, Ralphs |
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| length2 = 3:58 |
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| title3 = The Way I Choose |
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| note3=Demo Reel 1 |
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| writer3 = Ralphs |
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| length3 = 6:39 |
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| title4 = Bad Company |
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| note4=Session Reel 2 |
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| writer4 = Rodgers, Kirke |
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| length4 = 4:40 |
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| title5 = The Way I Choose |
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| note5=Version 1 Including False Start |
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| writer5 = Ralphs |
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| length5 = 7:16 |
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| title6 = Easy on My Soul |
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| note6=long version |
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| writer6 = Rodgers |
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| note7=Session Reel 8 |
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| writer7 = Rodgers, Kirke |
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| title8 = Studio Chat / Dialogue |
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| length8 = 0:23 |
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| title9 = Superstar Woman |
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| note9=long version |
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| writer9 = Rodgers |
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| title10 = Can't Get Enough |
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| writer12 = Rodgers |
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# "Superstar Woman" (Rodgers) - 5:04 |
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#*Released as the B-side of the "Can't Get Enough" single. |
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#*This was later re-recorded for the Paul Rodgers 1982 solo studio album '']''. |
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#*Released as the B-side of the "Movin' On" single. |
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#*Released as the b-side to the "Can't Get Enough" single. |
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# "Easy on My Soul" (Rodgers) - 4:11 |
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#*Re-recording of an old ] track from their 1973 studio album '']'', it was released as the b-side to the "Movin' On" single. |
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==Personnel== |
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==Personnel== |
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*] – ], ], ], ] |
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* ] – vocals, rhythm (1) and acoustic (8) guitars, piano (4, 5), tambourine (8) |
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*]– ], ] |
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* ] – lead guitar (all but 8), keyboards (3, 6) |
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*] – backing vocals on "Movin' On" and "Don't Let Me Down". |
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* ] – ], photography |
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* Barry Diament – mastering |
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==Charts== |
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|+Weekly chart performance for ''Bad Company'' |
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! scope="row"| Australian Albums (])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref> |
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{{Album chart|New Zealand|27|artist=Bad Company|album=Bad Co|rowheader=true|access-date=October 30, 2023}} |
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{{Album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=Bad Company|rowheader=true|access-date=October 30, 2023}} |
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==Certifications== |
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{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Bad Company''}} |
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{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|award=Gold|certref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1976/1976-10-02-Billboard-Page-0063.pdf|access-date=March 25, 2024|title=Warner /Elektra /Atlantic Sets Canada's AII- Time,12 -Month Sales Record - 44 Gold and Platinum Albums:Platinum-Album|magazine=]|date=October 2, 1976|page=63}}</ref>|relyear=1977}} |
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Bad Company|title=Bad Company|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=1974|certyear=1974|id=685-824-2}} |
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Bad Company|title=Bad Company|type=album|award=Platinum|number=5|relyear=1974|certyear=1993}} |
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| years = September 28 - October 4, 1974 |
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==External links== |
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* {{YouTube|id=80fmvpgNC6o|title=Queen + Paul Rodgers cover of "Can't Get Enough" (live, official video)}} |
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* Lyrics of covers by ] at Queen official website: (from '']''), (from '']'') |
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Among the songs recorded during the album sessions were two covers of tracks originally by members' previous bands — specifically, Mott the Hoople's "Ready for Love" (recorded while Mick Ralphs was with the band and released on their 1972 album All the Young Dudes) and "Easy on My Soul" (recorded by Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke with Free and released on Heartbreaker in 1973). The latter did not make the final album, but was released as the B-side to second single "Movin' On".
The album was remastered and re-released in 1994. In 2006 an audiophile mastered 24K gold CD was released by Audio Fidelity.
