Bad Company

Supergroups. Why are there always supergroups. All of the playing is good, and all of the songs are forgettable. Supergroups always sound way too polished, too over-produced, and too ironed to me. While great bands often feel like like more than the sum of their parts, Bad Company feel like far less. Don't let me Down is shockingly dull.

Bland Company. Short average dad rock. Not bad but not memorable.

If this album doesn’t make you feel like a badass idk what to tell you

Shite

Bad comapany...til the day I dieeeee

Loved this album. It's short and full of good tracks. Pretty standard 70s and 80s rock vibe. Spotify ends up recommending a lot of great music if you start here

I feel like I need to talk about this album outside of it's title track. There's a reason this album is an absolute classic as it's a great example of 70's blues rock. There's really not a mediocre song on the album. Favorite Songs: Can't Get Enough, Bad Company

This was definitely an album in heavy heavy rotation in my house during my middle school days - 4 or 5 of these songs were so prominent on radio through the 80s that even if you didn't have the record, you knew most of it. Not much to analyze here - it's prototypical "Classic Rock" with very little wiggle room into anything else, and whether that's a pro or con is (as everything) up to personal taste, but for that quality (limitation?) this is almost as good as it gets. Paul Rodgers is or was *the* classic rock voice of the 70s/early 80s. There's nothing overly creative or experimental in terms of production and that's likely what makes it still work today - guitar/bass/drums and occasional piano/keys. It's also hard not to think of the movie "Almost Famous" when listening to this and also looking at the band (see the cover for "Burnin' Sky" and it seems pretty obvious where the movie writers got inspiration for the controversial t-shirts!) Deserving of an isolated comment is the bass playing of Boz Burrell on this album - to my ears he was the secret weapon on many of these songs, most of which have a simple and potentially dull chord progression but Burrell's fluid lines tied them together brilliantly. In particular check out the work on "Movin' On" Funny that when this came up I smiled but wasn't too excited to revisit it...if I'd written this before playing it again i would have said something like: "...even though I'm unlikely to go out of my way to listen to this again, that's just as much due to my having heard it hundreds of times as changing tastes..." but damn if it hasn't been fun listening to this album again. In the end, for what it is...it really is great from start to finish, and sometimes you just need uncomplicated straight up 70s guitar rock.

Mediocre company I’d say. Carried through by the good bits!

Paul Rodgers has such a gutsy rock voice, so much so that pretty much anything he sings is worth listening to. But, from a lyrical perspective, he only writes about wanting to fuck. Just said in different words from song to song, album to album, and band to band. Though on this record there is a mellow track about a seagull. Does he want to fuck it? Probably.

I mean, it sounds like what it is: a rock album from the 70s. It's kind of a slow chug through chunky riffs with rough vocals over top. If that's what you came for, you'll be happy with what you get. Otherwise, it's just kinda meh.

Never herd of this group so it may be interesting… The album starts with can’t get enough, I mean it’s alright to be fair it’s just a generic rock song. No real hate towards it though. Rock steady is still generic as fuck but it has nicer guitar works so that’s a plus. Man this album is so bland yet listenable, ready for love has it’s moments on the instrumental department but just feels like a song that’s only in it for the pay cheque. Don’t let me down at least provides a nice pace change it’s actually a really nice piano track great closer for side one especially for this album. Then the band/ albums title track ( bad company) all of the elements of the song are interesting but it’s just like so many bands have done songs like this before so it’s just not the best. Then is the way I choose it’s okay, very okay just a bit slower than the others going for a kinda romantic feel. It’s alright ( It’s just hard to find ways to describe these songs seeing they’re so mid level). Movin’ on is a nice enough penultimate track, reminds me of can’t get enough but more enjoyable and although it’s not a favourite of all time this one is actually a really fun listen I can’t deny! Seagull makes sense as a closer just a nice acoustic song maybe a favourite but just because it’s so different to the rest of the album. 5 really generic songs, a good song halfway then two good ones at the end I must say not my favourite album. Only 8 tracks lasting 35 minutes from a group who have all had musical experience being a supergroup, doing nothing special sounding like they’re only in it for the money. If you like that then okay. Ps. I didn’t hate it it’s just generic, not unique enough to be a 4 not horrendous enough to be a 2.

Enjoyable enough, straight down the middle cheesy 70s rock. Have to give them a shout out for pulling off the trifecta of naming your band "Bad Company", titling your album "Bad Company" and having a song called "Bad Company". Rarefied air: https://www.stereogum.com/928281/20-songs-named-after-the-bands-that-played-them/lists/

In the 70s this album was considered good. If I was still 14 I might think so, but I'm an adult and it's generic blooze rawk. Awful.

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Hell yeah.

Huh. If you'd asked me yesterday if I'd ever gone through a Bad Company phase, I would've said, no. But as soon as I saw the track listing of this album, I remembered owning this on cassette. And a quick perusal of their album covers made me remember I had at least two others. So, I guess I had a bit of a Bad Co. phase and I forgot! Anyway, this album is great! When I think of Classic Rock, this is exactly what I'm thinking. While I love just about every song on here, my two favorites are the gentle ballads Don't Let Me Down and Seagull. It's so great to hear them again! Thanks so much for jogging my memory, 1001!

Good, solid, earnest, old fashioned dad rock.

6/10. Glad to see that sometimes people do name a song, an album, and their band all the same thing. Pleasant enough to listen to, but it really slipped into the background a lot.

Really good

Pretty good

Getting some real southern metal vibes here

That voice!

Nice discoverment

Venga, le voy a dar un 5

Fantastic. Classic rock!

SLAMS!!! The old man has listened to them for years so this was a nice treat.

I remember sitting in my dad's old truck fumbling through cassette tapes. He had the all the classics, including Bad Company. Such a great album!

Amazing. Seagull, enough said

Surpise! Not hip hop at all! 😂

its deffo good. something middle aged men love for sure.

Never heard of the band but really enjoyed the album

Classic rock vibes. Easy to listen to.

Pretty much what you would want from a classic rock album!

What a great 70's hard rock album! Nearly every song is a hit. Favorite Tracks: "Can't Get Enough" "Rock Steady" "Don't Let Me Down" "Bad Company"

Wow, this is an exceptional album, just brimming with classics. Six of these songs are classic rock staples and the remaining two are top notch deep tracks. Consider for a moment just how rare that is. There isn't a bad song on here. It's warm, sexy, bluesy rock for the ages. Bad Company are the standard bearers for blues-based rock in the 1970s and 80s. This band and these songs set the bar for how rock would sound for years with countless bands attempting and failing to catch their sound. The band is a murderer’s row of musicians hailing from some really great groups – Free, Mott, King Crimson. This is also probably one of the best executed albums I have ever heard. The compositions are tight, flawless. Not an extraneous note or overly long solo to be found. The band has a steadiness and intensity to their sound without all the showboating some of their peers were prone to. Lyrically, they manage to come off as tough, but with enough sensitivity to pull off a song like "Ready for Love" without sounding silly. Paul Rodgers' warm and soulful vocals are ridiculously good. He really is one of the best rock vocalists ever, and criminally underappreciated. Fave Songs: Rock Steady, Ready for Love, Can't Get Enough, Bad Company

Балдеж, на альбоме есть как рок триллеры, так и много лиричнлй музыки, одноименная песня однозначно хит!

interesting good

A fantastic album with a fantastic track list. Absolutely legendary.

Excellent album. Solid rock tunes.

A favorite from the end of my teenage years. Thanks for reminding me.

a great early rock record

So many good songs

Wow! Forgot how great this album and this band are!

This was one of my favourite albums and I loved listening to it again.

Good rock, good stuff

Quintessential Bad Company- a very good album that I’d listen to again

Just good old fashioned 70s rock. Every song on this album is a banger.

Lot of good classic songs. Worth repeating

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Excellent listen

classic

Paul Rodgers is my absolute, number one, most favorite voice of all time. He can do no wrong. That is all.

I was exposed to this in my youth through my sister's record collection, but I wasn't terribly attracted to it then. Back then I would listen to "Can't Get Enough" but generally didn't listen long too much after that. It felt too "grown up" for me. I guess I'm grown up now, because I really love all of this. Very well done 70s rock that makes me feel like the cool kid I always wanted to be. I loved sitting back with the lights low and chilling out to this album. Definitely has earned a place in my permanent rotation.

Although I may have seen this band in concert in my younger years, but I don't think that I was ever a fan. Listening now, I am totally puzzled as to why. This album was simply awesome!

Fantastic album beginning to end.

cool

An amazing piece of music overall. Has the right amount of distortion to musicality with a good voice to boot. Every song is very well done and mixed.

Fairly decent 70s rock. Good sound and highly polished. Never heard anything other than Bad Company's hits, so was nice to hear other B-sides. Favorite was The Way I Choose. Solid album.

-Classic rock tunes -What else to say, just a good rock album.

Timeless. Feel good music, with some great slow ballads.

not so bad=)

7/10

This fine album.

Pretty solid classic rock. Short and sweet.

Classic 70s rock album. Every song is good.

Good, solid hard rock. I See it paving the way for heavier stuff! Song 'bad company' stands out more than everything else. Also I love that this is a supergroup where this band stands out more than any of the earlier bands. I guess Free was big? whatever.

Yes! Loved this!

Promising, should listen again

This album just plain rocks, and still holds up. I don't really have anything else to add.

Classic album

generous 4

Big fan of the Bad Co. and this is a good album. “Movin’ On” is a lifetime favorite, and a lot of other good tunes here. I really like the soulful bluesyness on this solid Rock n Roll album. Upon listening, my mind wandered immediately to the other Paul Rogers (vocalist) albums I love - anything by Free, the Bad Company “Desolation Angels” LP and his solo blues album covering Muddy Waters - check it all out if you can. Easy 4.

Surprised how many songs I recognized. Will be likely to put this on more so than most other albums we have listened to

awesome album. so many memories!

I think this album had so many classics all in one! I don't think this is close to a 5, but still falls in the 4 range. There was nothing too interesting here, but definitely a solid listen.

Paul Rogers innit. If he's good enough for Queen he's good enough for me

Needs just a little bit more to be a 5 star album. Very very good.

Good ol classic rock

Classic with a favourite song

I knew more songs than I remember. Good rock album.

Un disco ok

This album rocks - love it! Starts off strong with Can’t Get Enough of Your Love. Great album!

First time I listened to a Bad Company album in its entirety although I already knew quite a few of the songs. There isn't all too much to say about the album. It's very good, but at the same time it's very standard rock-fare and just not interesting enough for a 5.

Very consistent bad. Paul Rodgers is underrated

Не слишком запомнился, но в целом приятный альбом

Прослушал более 3 раз на Яндекс.Музыке. Постоянно путался на слух поймать момент, когда воспроизведение переход на бонус-диск, но проёбывался и дослушивал до конца и его. Не, ну тупа батя-рок. Вот прям вижу, отец приезжает, говорит: "Жень, можешь мне скачать на телефон, ща... я тут записывал, во... Bad Company". И потом врубает, когда в деревне шашлык мутит, а всякий шансон и ностальгическая муть поднадоела. Да и не худший выбор при этом был бы, приятное внятное музло. Особенно радует факт того, что трек Bad Company коллектива Bad Company находится в альбоме Bad Company, что приближает исполнителя к таким блядоходам рока, как Black Sabbath и Iron Maiden. Да и кроме этого выдающегося качества, трек весьма годен. Как и альбом в целом. Итоговая оценка: свиной шашлычок с кетсупом, чёрным хлебом и помидорками из 10.

It was an alright album, a solid entry into the hard rock genre.

great songs I guess I'm not that old.

Used to listen to bad company while playing battlefield bad company 2 in like 2010

Bad company by bad company with the song bad company. For real this was good I like it, I enjoyed the classic vibes of it, title track good and there's a really pretty slow song which is cool

Route 66 vibes, but got a bit boring towards the end

loved it.

Cool old school alt rock sound, strong vocal, nice beat, and awesome melodies with occasional rock-style shouting.

pretty dece

Solid. A Smashie & Nice 'Let's Rock' classic for a sunny roadtrip.

Very enjoyable listen. Great guitar work - no filler at all. Saved a couple of songs.

Very solid dad rock album

solid hard rock album with a few standout tracks 7/10

Classic dad rock, can't fault it.

Fantastic

Listening to this album made me feel like I should be three pints deep on a pitcher of lager and playing pool in a smoke filled dive-bar. I enjoyed the album from start to finish and plan on putting some Bad Company on in the background at my next backyard BBQ.

Неплохо. Очень неплохо.

Great band, but wrong album again. Straightshooter is easily their best album. But the title track is magnificent and Paul Rodgers has the best voice in rock - one of the few men in history (and almost certainly the only white man) who really belongs in leather trousers.

Great hard rock album, but it doesn't do too much special. Favorite tracks are Can't Get Enough and Movin' On

Solid classic rock album stacked with hits. Surprised by the Southern rock undertones with occasional allman bros vibes. Great composition that usually falls back to a relaxed smooth pace with some solos laced in. Can’t get enough, ready for love, don’t let me down, bad co.

Solid

Lots of songs I recognize. I dig the over-distorted guitar amps, good old school sound.

Pretty good late 70's rock.

Good album with good range of tunes

Just a really solid classic rock album with some great hits. Very very good.

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Straightforward 1970s stadium rock. Well done, but seemed somewhat soulless. The vocalist was good.

Can’t Get Enough, Bad Company, and Seagull already some of my most liked songs. The other tracks were good, but didn’t stand out compared to those 3. Still a good album.

Solid classic rock album. Really liked that it was short and sweet.

Really rockin'.

Pretty straightforward.

All I hear is Tom Scharpling hanging up on boring callers.

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Bem bom.

A benchmark Hard Rock album, beautifully simple and direct

Solid classic rock. 3.75

Peak dad rock

Decent album.

Good bit of rock

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Never heard of bad company but this is some great 70’s rock. All songs have a great sound, solid album! Favourite songs: - Can’t get enough - Ready for love

I like this - easy classic rock vibes.

A decent rock album

Rock clásico bien elaborado, con buenos acordes y buena voz.

Love this album

This is an album I’m familiar with but had never listened to fully. With that being said, I feel like I have at least heard each song on this album at least once at some point in my life. No misses and a classic in classic rock

Makes me want to find a dive bar with a jukebox.

I loved listening to this! Groundbreaking!? No… But SO MUCH FUN! I have a soft spot for 70’s rock, mostly always what my dad had on the radio.

ULTIMATE DAD ROCK, I surprised myself because I enjoyed itn

A favourite from back in the day that hasn't been on my radar for decades. It's held up way better than I thought it would.

The album Bad Company by the band Bad Company featuring the hit single Bad Company. The irony? You're in pretty good company on this album.

My favorite rock song on Bad Company by Bad Company is Bad Company (Bad Company version). But really this album rules.

Some of the most classic of rock

Much better than expected. Solid classic rock

Good classic rock

Nice

Solid

I enjoyed just about every song on this self titled Bad Company album. Would give a listen again!

This is an amazing album. I may be biased because this was the first album I ever listened to when I was a kid, but it’s just great listening.

Easy, good quality classic rock.

I liked this album.

Some fun songs. They're never in the top 5 or 10 bands I think of when I think classic rock, but they could be.

I enjoyed this album. My favorite songs were Rock Steady and The Way I Choose. I feel like I have to be in the right mood for this style of music, but when I am, it hits the spot.

Honestly, this is just a cool album. I'm not sure if it was groundbreaking at the time because I lack a lot of context for what was happening in the sort of straightforward rock groups at this time. Certainly, this sound is present in a lot of 70s groups, but I'm not sure if it originated before Bad Company (it's blues rock, so...probably). However, it's a groovy album with a bunch of hits 4/5

Prima album

Who doesn't love some cheesy rock to make love to?

A classic for a reason, driving guitars and drums, lyrics have the outlaw vibe. A very consistent album

Great mom rock

Going to need a second listen, but I enjoyed this one a lot.

Can’t believe Bad Company is in the list, but Free is not. 3.5/5

Better than I expected. Somewhat generic, but still very good. closer to a 3.5

my attention span is very short and loads of these songs were too long and sounded the same. it wasn’t awful though.

The song Bad Company on the album Bad Company by the band Bad Company from the movie Bad Company

Nice album, not my favorite but something nobody "hates"

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okay background music

Definitely some great tracks on here, but unfortunately much of it came across as indistinguishable 70's rock

Not bad but ultimately expected a bit more, no song really stands out or is memorable

The album sounds like classic rock radio used to sound when I was a kid. There's a reason for this, I'm sure. Bad Company had obvious influences from Led Zeppelin to Cream to Deep Purple, but they made the sound their own.

Nothing too standout for me, but I enjoyed the title track "Bad Company"!

Acceptable stuff, nothing very special in my opinion.

Instrumentalt bra, bare litt kjedelig.

Fav Song: Seagull

Kult enøff, fint å ha i bakgrunn.

Decent classic rock.

It's fine for a classic rock album, but nothing special.

Realz flyff/4

Eh not bad. But feels pretty repetitive

Saw them live opening for Lynyrd Skynyrd. They were better than what Skynyrd has become.

Slower than I expected, but not bad

Decent enough hard rock, but nothing stood out to me or grabbed my attention.

It’s a decent rock album, but just lacks a certain passion and emotion.

had radio music feel like i had heard it a bunch but never really heard it

No es un mal álbum, por supuesto, pero pienso que no tiene mucho que se le destaque, que lo haga particularmente bueno. Todo suena bien, pero tan igual que hasta está ese homenaje (quiero pensar) o rip-off? a los Beatles y su "Don't Let Me Down" (quizá y me gustó más esta, de todas formas, jaja). Las canciones que más me gustaron fueron "Ready for Love" y "The Way I Choose", esta última todo suena bien, la voz así medio desgarradora y los instrumentos en su punto. Le doy un 7/10

Sonidos agradables, bien producido y remasterizado (supongo?), pero nada más allá de ello, no me emocionó el disco tbh. Mood: momentos genéricos de montaje triste o motivador en una rom-com del siglo pasado.

O ile sama nazawe bad company kojarzylem, to nie slyszalem w calosci zadnego ich albumika, a z tego co slyszalem bylem przekonany, ze to banda hamerykanska, a tutaj takie zdziwenie ze to wyspiarze jeszcze z zlotych czasow brytyjskiego rocka, gdy crimsoni jeszcze tworzyli, a zeppeliny byly w szczycie popularnosci, nie dziwne ze przy takiej konkurencji nawet takie dobre grania gdzies przemykaja bokiem, a z tego co patrze na wiki to ich albumiki sprzedawaly sie o wiele lepiej wlasnie w stanach niz na wyspach, ciezko mi wyjasnic czemu, ale jak dla mnie brzmia one wlasnie bardzo hamerykansko, moze z tego wynika ich popularnosc za wielka woda, jest to rokowanie, ale w blusowych klimatach, polaczonych z bardzo gladkimi wokalami, na plejke wrzucam tytulowy bad company oraz movin on

Blues classic

Decent album but not really my thing. Maybe I just wasn’t in the right mood for a bit of classic rock. Preferred it to Supertramp though.

Enjoyable.

Solid enough rock album, nothing exciting though.

Going to play this for my dad to gain street cred with him.

Singer is pretty awesome

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I only got through one song, so I really can’t rate this fairly. It sounded like standard 70’s rock

A pretty bland rock album, really. Nothing terrible but also not very exciting.

great dad album

I gotta say I was specting more of this one. It's not bad but it's not very good either. Just well produced generic AOR

talk of premature ejaculation. this album shot its load with track 1. bang average after that. not offensive just a straight down the middle average. appropriate that we got this album on a wednesday because if the rating system was what day of the week is this album, it would be a wednesday.

Some classic, bog-standard blues rock. I've always felt a little lackluster towards Bad Company to be honest. They just feel so generic.

Um álbum que passou me totalmente ao lado, nem foi bom nem mau, foi totalmente indiferente. Nota:5/10

The good guitar part in melodies and voice

оооооо да, это же роккиди-боггиди-диггиди-ролл, прямо как в старые добрые времена! помните, как раньше мы надевали узкие левайсы и жилетки без рукавов, распускали курчавые волосы и отрывались в гаражах и бунгало под эти заводные рокенролл мотивы! наконец-то настоящая музыка, без автотюна, обосранных штанов и н-вордов! лонг лив грейт олд рок-н-ролл! Инстант классик! p.s. рад, что хоть ратников кончил от группы Bad Company — альбома Bad Company — песни Bad Company

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