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For the 2002 film soundtrack album, see Bad Company (soundtrack).

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Bad Company is the debut studio album by British hard rock supergroup Bad Company. The album was recorded at Headley Grange with Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio in November 1973, and the first release of Led Zeppelin's Swan Song Records.

The album reached the top of the US Billboard 200. Since then, the album has been certified five times platinum by the RIAA, and became the 46th best selling album of the 1970s. The album spent 25 weeks in the UK Albums Chart, entering at No. 10 and reaching its highest position of No. 3 in the second week. Kerrang! magazine listed the album at No. 40 among the "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time".

The singles "Can't Get Enough" and "Movin' On" peaked at No. 5 and No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. "Rock Steady", "Bad Company" and "Ready for Love" (the last originally recorded by guitarist Mick Ralphs during his tenure with Mott the Hoople on All the Young Dudes) are also "classic rock" radio staples. In 2006 a limited edition CD of 24K gold was released. A previous remaster was released in 1994.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Can't Get Enough"Mick Ralphs4:17
2."Rock Steady"Paul Rodgers3:47
3."Ready for Love" (Mott the Hoople cover)Ralphs5:03
4."Don't Let Me Down"Rodgers, Ralphs4:22
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Bad Company"Rodgers, Simon Kirke4:51
6."The Way I Choose"Rodgers5:06
7."Movin' On"Ralphs3:24
8."Seagull"Rodgers, Ralphs4:04
2015 Reissue Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Can't Get Enough (Take 8)"Ralphs4:21
2."Little Miss Fortune (Demo Reel 1)"Rodgers, Ralphs3:58
3."The Way I Choose (Demo Reel 1)"Ralphs6:39
4."Bad Company (Session Reel 2)"Rodgers, Kirke4:40
5."The Way I Choose (Version 1 Inc. False Start)"Ralphs7:16
6."Easy on My Soul (Long Version)"Rodgers6:15
7."Bad Company (Session Reel 8)"Rodgers, Kirke5:33
8."Studio Chat / Dialogue" 0:23
9."Superstar Woman (Long Version)"Rodgers6:11
10."Can't Get Enough (Single Edit)"Ralphs3:30
11."Little Miss Fortune (B-Side of "Can't Get Enough")"Rodgers, Ralphs3:51
12."Easy on My Soul (B-Side of "Movin' On")"Rodgers4:41
13."Can't Get Enough (Hammond Version)"Ralphs4:23

Personnel

Per sleeve notes

Additional Personnel

Per sleeve notes

Charts

Album
Chart (1974) Peak
position
Canada (RPM) 7
Norway (VG-lista) 17
UK (The Official Charts Company) 3
US Billboard 200 1
Chart (1975) Peak
position
New Zealand (RIANZ) 27
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1974 "Can't Get Enough" Pop Singles 5
1975 "Movin' On" Pop Singles 19
Preceded byFulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder Billboard 200 number-one album
28 September – 4 October 1974 		Succeeded byEndless Summer by The Beach Boys

References

  1. ^ Bad Company (Vinyl sleeve). Bad Company. Island Records. 1974. back cover.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. Baksi, Gautam. Album review Bad Company at AllMusic. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  3. Scoppa, Bud. "Album review Bad Company". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  4. Reiff, Corbin (7 May 2014). "The History of Swan Song Records". ultimateclassicrock.com. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Bad Company – Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  6. "Bad Company RIAA certification". www.riaa.com.
  7. "UK chart history – Bad Company Bad Company". www.chartstats.com. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  8. Johnson, Howard (21 January 1989). "Bad Company 'Bad Company'". Kerrang!. Vol. 222. London, UK: Spotlight Publications Ltd. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  9. "Bad Company – Billboard Singles". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
  10. "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  11. Steffen Hung. "Bad Company – Bad Co". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  12. "1974-06-22 Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive". Official Charts. 22 June 1974. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  13. Steffen Hung. "Bad Company – Bad Co". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 4 January 2012.

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