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Not a bad album. The title track is an absolute stand out. Really like Seagull as well. Paul Rogers has a great voice. It's maybe a wee bit dad rock though, even for my taste.
Better than I remember.
I in no way think Bad Company has any album you need to hear before you die. That being said, I thought this album was fine; it's just not for me.
Excellent album. Chock full(almost) with hits. I really like this album. It occurs to me that I rate a lot of these albums highly and that would be because they are listed in a book suggesting that they are top notch.
Bit generic at times, but pretty nice.
Pretty much middle of the road inoffensive and forgettable, with two tracks that probably everyone knows if they've spent more than a come hours listening to "classic rock" radio.
Like this very much
They sound a bit like a pub band. The songs plod along in an old-fashioned rock style. There’s nothing particularly flashy going on, just the occasional guitar solo or cowbell. But… I like it! Sometimes simple is better. I enjoyed this more than Queen or Wings which I have just listened to. Maybe if I was in a different mood, I would listen to this and think it was bland and boring, and indeed, the slower and more ballad-like the songs are, the more I loose patience with it. But it’s okay. 3.5 stars. Good company.
Truly terrible. Is this my first one star?
Standouts Can't Get Enough Rock Steady Ready for Love Bad Company Movin' On
Great album - not too long, everything hangs together really well but with enough variation to not feel samey, nice vocals, a few standout tracks that elevate the whole thing. Just good stuff all around
I saw another review on here that described this as "iconically bland" and that seems about right. Hugely talented ex-members of Free, Mott The Hoople, and King Crimson join together to play the sort of basic, pub rock stuff that sits firmly in the middle of the road. It's like it was designed 50 years ago for Nostalgic middle aged men. On that level it's fun and if you put it on at a backyard party full of 60 year olds keen to recapture their youth and celebrate Dave's retirement, it'd go off like a frog in a sock.
Boring dad rock. About as vanilla as it could possible be
Sure, it may not be anything groundbreaking, but still a great classic rock album with some real classic songs on it that I certainly have lots of nostalgia for
you know the song bad company from the album bad company by the bad company 😂 Good album very good songs in it
Actually a really good rock album! Feels very similar to Foreigner (which I hope I also see at some point in this project
I respect the star power and talent that comes with a supergroup, and there’s obviously plenty of both here. Paul Rodgers has one of those voices that was basically built for 70s rock radio, and Mick Ralphs can write a hell of a guitar riff. The problem is the whole album sounds like a playlist from a classic rock station that refuses to acknowledge music was made outside the 1970s. “Can’t Get Enough” and “Bad Company” are classics, but I’ve heard them so many times that they almost feel like part of the furniture at this point. Even the songs I wasn’t familiar with sounded weirdly familiar. Bluesy riff, big vocals, straightforward chorus, repeat. Nothing about it is bad. It’s almost too competent for its own good. I understand exactly why this stuff became classic rock radio royalty, but listening to the whole album mostly made me feel like I should be waiting for the DJ to come on and tell me the weather.
Classic dad rock love songs, really enjoyed his voice too
Not bad
Good classic rock
This album slaps. The title track never gets old.
I’ve actually heard this album a few times in the past. Something in my gut tells me not to like Bad Company out of some unknown principle, but I don’t know what it is. I still like it, though. High 3
I could be cynical here but honestly it's a fun album. 3.5/5
An excellent album throughout. I have never listened to this band before but I am now a fan. Smooth rock with great solos, great singing, and great vibes throughout. I don't know what else to say other than I will definitely listen again, many times.
If this isn’t the definition of Dad Rock, then I don’t know what is.
Strong vocal performance and solid songs.
You just don’t get supergroups any more these days
not bad
Slow boring crapulaaa
not for me
I know this isn't a perfect album, but I have some deep personal connections with it. And Paul Rogers has one of the best voices in classic rock.
Booooring. Same basic riffs you've heard on countless other albums. What's the point?
Another album with one big hit song.
I'll keep this brief: It's what you think of when someone throws out the term "Classic Rock". It's not doing anything special but is so fucking accessible that if you ever tuned into your classic rock radio station at any point between 2000 and modern day, you WILL hear a song from this album within the hour. It's iconically cliche, euphonically uninspired, and ironically bland. As another reviewer suggested, it's what's playing in the background while you do "dad" stuff like working on your restoration project car or fixing the kitchen cabinet in the shop. Props to the song "Bad Company" by the band Bad Company on their album "Bad Company", really made sure you knew which track to listen to before falling asleep. It's by no means a bad album, it's just boring. Paul Rodger's voice is the only stand-out musically, the other instruments sadly just sound animatronic and soulless. That's the downside to SuperGroups is that every member has a way they want the music to sound so the result is overproduced and over-refined music. It's a 5/10 even though my nostalgia is begging to rate it higher.
solid 3.5.
Лихой блюз-рок в начале, преходящий в унылые баллады. Слушал несколько раз с удовольствием.
Got this album on vinyl a while ago, I mostly know this band as one of the few artists on Zeppelin's Swan Song label. There's def some good stuff here but not free of some filler
Very middle of the road rock. Goes as hard as it dares, but it's not rock for those looking to move the needle.
Classic sound from today. Not bad, not great.
It's a pretty basic, forgettable dad rock album, which is typically basic, forgettable music anyways.
I like side 2 better! Lots of stuff about moving on and doing stuff my way and Seagull is a good track. The hits ate fine though. Overall it's fine.
Not really memorable
This shit fucking rules. Just a solid rock album. Nothing more
Wasn’t great company
Competent and harmless enough, but reminds why and how in the mid-70s the arrival of punk changed music for me.
Very well produced but left me a bit cold
Band of my youth and it still sounds great after all these years. Singalong tracks. Great guitar work from Ralphs. And Rogers' peerless rock voice. 4*
Solid, straight ahead rock w consistent quality but nothing earth shattering
Quite mediocre for my taste. I get the potential but it just doesn’t really deliver.
⭐⭐ När rock är som bäst andas den attityd, sex, är skitig, och lite "farlig". Inget av det finns på det här albumet. Det är inte dåligt utan bara tråkig middle of the road rock. Så det blir en 2a. Bäst är Rock steady, kanske enda spåret med lite attityd.
Listened before?: nope Can't Get Enough - 4/5 Rock Steady - 3/5 Ready for Love - 3/5 Don't Let Me Down - 2/5 Bad Company - 4/5 The Way I Choose - 3/5 Movin' On - 2/5 Seagull - 4/5 Average score: 3.2/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ehhh, i found this a little too low-energy for my liking. i don't recommend listening to this in bed, i fell asleep countless times trying to listen from beginning to end. the singer has a pretty good voice though
Sigh. While I recognize the necessity of including this album, man it gives rock a boring name. This is dad rock, kids. We're not proud. Or tired. Paul Rogers is a very underrated front man. Otherwise, very mid.
3.5/5 - fine, although personally speaking it isn't strongly evocative.
fine nothing particularly interesting
News flash: Paul Rodgers has a great rock n roll voice.
I'm supposed to like Bad Company based on all of my other 70s rock heroes. But they always fall on the Cheap Trick/REO Speedwagon side of the classic rock spectrum instead of Zeppelin/Queen/Sabbath. Meh.
It’s fine, but not remarkable enough to leave a lasting impression in me
Iconic but I don’t need to listen to Michael any mor
A lot of these songs have been played to death on classic rock radio, but I will concede some of them are still pretty good.
Acceptable KGGO tuneage.
This was fine. I couldn’t help but compare this to the AC/DC we just listened to. I liked this better because the vocal were better, so it earns a 3
RATING: 3/10 HIGHLIGHT: Ready for Love LOWLIGHT: Movin' On
What brilliant music – so as far as I’m concerned, ‘good company’, haha. Four stars...
Another memory jerker that is ok.
Bad Company Paul Rodgers definitely sticks a kielbasa in his tight jeans before each concert where he swings the microphone around by its cord durimg every song. Look, these riffs, these lyrics do nothing for me. They ring pretty Hollow. The whole cowboy motif of the song bad Company is laughable and unconvincing, and that this is the name of the band as well earns them a similar assessment. There was one song with Memphis horns that was OK. I never liked the singles and I like the deep cuts even less. The ballad that closes it down is built on a most annoying riff. I’ve said it before with almost every 70s rock ‘n’ roll album that it is just not my style. Except cheap trick who fucking rock.
Enjoyable enough, felt very classic American Rock station but with nothing too stand out
I'm starting to get incredibly tired of these blues rock albums that are just bland and don't have anything interesting worth talking about. The only thing setting this apart from other projects of the same style are the decent voice and the inclusion of a female choir and some saxophones here and there. Apart from that, is just the same combination of boring slow songs and dull riff oriented blues rock tracks. When I said that I am growing a bias towards this genre, I'm afraid is becoming very clear that it is true.
DNF - eh - Rock steady ain’t bad
Listens: 2.5 Standout Tracks: Ready For Love, Bad Company Meh. Eh. Just okay. The singles - the ones you'd hear (and probably still hear) on your local classic rock radio stations are good enough. Even at only 34 minutes long though, I'm ready to listen to literally anything else. It's all very samey. I'll give it a 2.5 rounded up because the singles are fine when they show up on the radio spontaneously.
3/5
Banger
Pretty good I guess
well done 70's blues rock. i listejed with no real interesr
Rock/Metal front man Paul rogers sounds something like Lou Gram
Dadslop
I hear the occasional Bad Company song here and there and don't get too impressed. Playing the album as a whole really reminds you how many big songs came from this album. Overall, it's not a bad album even if isn't my regular jam.
Appreciated that it was more riff-driven given how much 70s rock is bloated 15 minute solos. But didn't like it very much either.
Fun but felt like pretty generic rock
Very fun vibes!! I love this style
Meh.A rocker in its day. Influential?
It’s alright. Basic rock. Several of the back half tracks are kind of depressing. Can’t Get Enough was a good track. (3)
Boomer rock.
Classic. My older brother listened to this all the time on cassette in his tricked out 68 red mustang. Lots of nostalgia. Tight Scorching guitar. Great lyrics and song writing. What’s not to love.
Hell of a debut album. Enjoyed this one. Honestly feels like a harder rock version of the Eagles Fave Songs: Dont let me down (the sax was a nice addition), Can't Get Enough
First listen: this is typical 70s rock...PASS. Second listen: maybe I was a bit harsh, they have a killer rhythm section
This album is pure classic rock from 1974 and is best suited for people born before its release. There is so little going on that I sometimes wonder if this is just material for a rock band 101 play-along book. It's nice to listen, but there were hardly any highlights.
Bad Company do one thing and do it well — straight blues-rock with Paul Rodgers singing like it costs him nothing. The voice is the whole story. Clean, powerful, no affectation. Not my usual territory — I lean toward the heavier, fuzzier end of rock — but easy to spin multiple times. CCR energy without the swamp. 3.5/5 — solid, unpretentious, the voice earns it.
Not bad per se, but generic and boring as hell... "Ready For Love" is a good song. Other than that, no reason for me to revisit. 2/5 - below average
Never heard of these guys but a good album, some song along bops!
Definition of generic
Fantastic
Bad Company by Bad Company on the album Bad Company.
Bad Company’s debut has real highlights — “Can’t Get Enough” and the title track show off Paul Rodgers’ soulful vocals and Mick Ralphs’ meaty riffs at their best. But past those opening tracks, the record settles into a competent, mid-tempo sameness that rarely takes a risk. Solid and well-played, but not essential. 3/5.
60
An okay album, i liked Can't Get Enough and Bad Company the most.
Great debut album. Paul Rodger’s should be in the Rock and Roll HOF by himself he’s so good
the is definitely suffering from the fact I’ve been mesmerized by Poly Styrene of X-Ray Spex all day 🥱
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Can't Get Enough - 3.5/5 Rock Steady - 3.5/5 Ready for Love - 3/5 Don't Let Me Down - 3/5 Bad Company - 4/5 The Way I Choose - 3/5 Movin' On - 3.5/5 Seagull - 3.5/5 A fairly standard hard/blues rock album that doesn't really push the boundary but isn't infuriating enough to completely turn if off. A perfectly cromulent outing. Also adding this to the list of song titles with the same name thrice (Bad Company by Bad Company off of the album Bad Company). Overall: 3/5 Favorites: Bad Company
8 songs of straight gas, classic bluesy-rock. This just felt timeless, I think this would fit in almost any era post 70's. Enjoyed this one from start to finish. Great assortment of instruments, the percussion is off the charts here, same with the egregious guitar solos. You get some horns, piano, and some Joe Cocker-esque growls. Basically if you like classic rock, you'll most likely love this.
Shocked by how much I enjoyed this one. Pretty standard rock album but the pianos and occasional saxaphone put it over the top. “Don’t let me down” particularly stood out as a banger
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Terrific beginning to end
It was good not too amazing the usual stuff it could be better. rhyme was good.
Can't Get Enough Ready for Love Bad Company
Pretty solid, couple of classics.
Pretty average to be honest. There must be much better from the era than this
Pretty generic dad rock, but I'm not complaining about that.
Paul Rodgers - incredible singer, but maybe only an ok songwriter.
Classic Rock phenoms push the boundaries on this album by creating some of the most enthralling guitar licks.
un par de riffs decentes pero nada extraordinario 3.2
Forgettable rock. It’s fine. Nothing special.
If this hadn't come out in 1974 I genuinely would accuse this of being AI generated, it's actually that generic. Even some of the absolute worst and most offensive ear grating albums I have ever heard while doing this project at least provided me with something. Something deeply negative albeit, but at least there was substance. There was something interesting to say about them, even if having to listen to Devil Without A Cause is a fate worse than death. But this? This is like the musical equivalent of a stock image. This, minus the vocals, is what I would expect to hear while on hold. How an album like this is even remembered is beyond me, I dread to think how many there are that sound exactly like this, and yet for some reason this one gets remembered and actively celebrated? I guess I'll use this as an opportunity to remind everyone: only one Nina Simone album on the list by the way, somehow this is considered more important than her.
Rock solid rock album. Some big hits and the filler tracks are also good. I'd probably listen to this again, so it's a low 4/5.
I found this album a bit boring. Not really my thing. Nothing too exciting or interesting in my opinion.
Instead of getting stuck parking cars at the restaurant at the end of the universe for what amounts to a fraction of eternity, this album makes me feel like I got stuck tending bar there. The same band plays every night and the lead singer tries to pick up the same chick in short shorts shooting pool with the urban cowboys. She never goes home with him, leaving him to try and entice her again tomorrow. 2 Boolean: False - some of dad’s (or grandpa’s) record collection needs to be left for the crate diggers
342/1089 this was an album that exists. i didn’t mind it but just found it suffered from a case of “good but has been done better” faves: The way i choose, Seagull 54/100
More enjoyable and less Spinal Tap than I expected - though, for a short album, the tracks go on a bit.
Nothing like listening to the song Bad Company off of the Bad Company album by Bad Company.
Would not buy
Actually the best company.
fine
This album is really great, with such fantastic tracks. Really a very enjoyable record. It's pretty generic, but the songs in here work really well, and truly is a very funny and lovely album. So, even though there could be something else, everything in here really does its job, and with such fantastic results. So, at the end, I couldn't ask for more. It's great the way it is!
Dad rock. Nothing really exciting happens.
Two Megadeth albums in less than two weeks made me pause the project for a few days and now I'm going through the backlog.
a great time! recognised a few. very 70s
Nothing that great album this album. Generic rock with ok songs and ok players
A short and sweet album. Fav song is ‘Don’t Let Me Down’.
Boring dad rock
A pure example of Classic Rock from the 1970s. Nothing more, nothing less. Not essential, in the way that say a Black Sabbath is, but definitely an example of the more accessible beige style of hard rock from the 1970s. Often found playing on the stereos pubs/bars, cruisers, and in mechanic garages where someone is working on a muscle car. Favorite: the title track "Bad Company" Honorable Mention: "Seagull"
Absolutely a great album. Prime example of 70s rock that is fun to listen to and really enjoyable. Not a bad song on the album. Most bands would love to have 5 memorable songs spread across their discography but, this album has them all for them. This is a 5-star album all day, every day.
Es el estilo que quiero ahora me encanto
A quick concise Rock-Ballad album, with 5 unmistakable smash hits. A younger fan might be reasonably shocked to realize all these hits are by one band on one album
1974. Debut studio album.
Not good not bad
ok but what else
Partially known. OK.
3 solid songs, sandwiched by similar, less remarkable songs
Dull, generic 70s rock. I strggled to care to decide whether the sax in ‘Dont let me down’ lifts the mood up. It doesn’t, it just sounds dated. I imagine they though Seagull, they thought they were capturing Led Zeppelin et al, they were not This feels like what AI would create if i asked for a bog standard rock album. Move along, nothing to see here
This is such nostalgic album for me, as I heard it a lot in my late teens and early 20s. This is probably the first time I’ve listened to it in full since, and it’s still great. Not perfect, the quality dips in the middle, but this is a true classic rock album.
I have previously enjoyed 15 seasons of the TV Show Supernatural, so I can't hear things like this and not picture a Winchester driving an Impala down a random US highway. This despite Bad Company being British. This mostly passed me by, with very little that made it stand out to me in any way. The only real thought I had while listening was that I don't think I previously realised how few lyrics the song Can Get Enough has. It's just not very interesting to me. It should get a 1.5, but as I don't find it terrible, just boring, it's getting a: 2/5
Really solid classic rock. I like Zep better but would still crank this album any sunny afternoon.
Rate: 9/10.
Als een oude rottweiler zonder tanden. Het ziet er stoer uit, maar kan nergens bijten, waardoor het het gevaar mist dat ik in rockmuziek wil horen.
niet super maar wel goed
de naam 'bad company' gaf mij hoge verwachtingen, ik stond al klaar voor een punk album me vieze gitaren en veel energie. Dat was dit dus niet... Niet per se een slecht album, had er gewoon meer van verwacht. nummers zijn niet speciaal genoeg voor mn goesting. korte samenvatting van het album: seks seks cool drugs, en een meeuw
When I was a teen, I absolutely wore out Bad Company's "10 from 6" -- and about half of that greatest hits compilation is on here. Really good classic rock. "10 from 6" is a misnomer, however. Even though BadCo had six albums, none of the songs from "Burning Sky" made it onto the greatest hits, which is too bad, since the title track is one of their best tunes.
Loved it - classic rock done right
Prime example of classic dad rock. Not bad.
Plenty of good music, but in my opinion, nothing too special, nothing "great". I'm sure that'll change.
I like Bad Company. Really. But there’s a reason why I chose to listen to this list, and Bad Company is not it. It’s pleasant, but unoriginal rock music. I read that someone included it on a list of best heavy metal albums??? This isn’t heavy nor is it metal. This is Dad Rock, meant for classic rock radio and little else. There really is no reason to dissect it. I’m not giving it a good rating, even though I don’t mind hearing it. It doesn’t belong here. 2 stars for not belonging. 4 stars for the music I guess that’s 3 stars
Good old school album a couple of great songs!
Of all the 70s rock albums, this is definitely one of them
I liked this more that I was expecting to. This album is something of a meme in my mind, but I was thrilled to discover it's so much more than that. There's some great stuff here!
Would I listen again: maybe Another rock album I am neutral about.
7/10 - Fav Tracks: Every time I listened, I thought it was just meh. But on my final listen, it started to grow on me. But i think i'd prefer other 70s rock acts over Bad Co when all is said and done Heard before? ---–- ❌ Saved a Song? ----- ❌ Saved Album? --–-- ❌ Will Listen Again? -- ❌ Album Cover ------- band name ain't cool enough to do this 🥱
I'm happy to have started with their debut album. I can see myself falling in love with this band so want to tackle the discography chronologically. Born in 75 so around the time they were gearing up. Lots of bands I listened to sound like they sprung near this tree!
It's like blues and country but it's... good???
2.5
Good collection of classic rock radio hits.
This was pretty good, but ultimately felt like it was missing something. Came off a bit generic. 3/5
I fell asleep
#409 / 1089 Heard before? ❌ Revisit? ✅ I always thought Bad Company was a US band! Anyway, great blues rock album, classic rock staple, but it's not hard rock in my books and I find it weird it's in Kerrang's list of heavy metal albums. It's nice to hear that none of "Mott the Hoople" has carried onto this album, even their cover song sounds fine here. I might return to this one at some point, couple of tracks got my foot thumping. Strong 3/5
Generic dad rock
I knew nothing about Bad Company, had no idea they were technically a super group but they do have that bombastic sort of vibe of a band making a ‘debut’ that’s not really a debut for any of them. It’s a bit formulaic and standard hard rock but honestly there’s nothing wrong with that if it’s well executed and memorable. Which this is in places. The rhythm section is very solid and Paul Rodgers has a great voice for this kind of stuff; distinctive but also takes enough of a back seat that it doesn’t dominate. I found the slower moments a bit too schmaltzy with unnecessary sax and uninspired guitar solos but it’s good fun when they up the tempo. I don’t think I’ll be adding to my collection but I quite enjoyed listening to it and I won’t mind hearing its better moments again.
6.5/1
Not bad.
I was amazed how many songs I knew off this album. I liked it and his voice is fantastic! However, I am not a seagall. 7.75/10 Top song Bad company (of course!)
2/5 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/bad-company/bad-company/ Some okay songs (Bad Company with the song Bad Company on the album Bad Company; always love that), but mostly very very boring! No I gotta say that hard rock is hardly my genre, but even so this has so many slow boring fluff.
Dad rock squared, or rock for truckers
This is what I think of when I think of 70s Rock and Roll. Some ballads, but mostly straight forward rock. No question if it’s metal or hard rock or what other sub genre it might be. It’s Rock and Roll. And man, this is good stuff.
8/8.5, gran álbum. Me gustó mucho que se entienda la letra y el ritmo de las canciones con mucha guitarra. Además fueron 8 canciones y duró 35 mins, lo que está bastante bien
What separates Bad Company from the slew of rock bands of the 70s? Nothing
So the name of this band is Bad Company. The name of the album is Bad Company, okay this is pretty typical -- nothing unusual. But there's also a song called Bad Company?? On the album Bad Company by the band Bad Company... seriously??? Are they just advertising a lack of creativity? And that pretty much sums up the album... nothing inspiring or different to see here. This sounds like a run of the mill 70s rock band found in every basement or garage in that era that is fully committed to bland mediocrity. The musicianship is adequate, but nothing outstanding-- just enough to put this above a one star rating.
Solid 70’s rock, that’s about it. Not really what I’m into but this was totally fine with some decent moments. 1 listen Favorite Track: Title Track
Expectation: -> Vaguely familiar band name. After listening: -> Usually when I'm in the mood for something like this, I reach for Foreigner, Journey, or Whitesnake. Time to add Bad Company to the list. This is similar, very polished, and with an excellent vocalist. Just a touch behind the aforementioned bands. Track ranking: Bad Company Ready Enough Rock Movin' Down Choose Seagull
This is a pretty average 70s rock album. I enjoy it well enough.
Another one where I knew the hits, but not the deeper cuts. This was a solid album. Definitely sort of sounded the same as the hits, but I enjoyed it still. 6/15/26
Not bad
Solid rock album.
Not bad. This reminds me of classical dad rock. Favourite Track(s): Ready for Love, Rock Steady Least Favourite Track(s): Movin' On
Straight rock…no sé, seguramente que es la banda que inspiró a PJ y al grunge, pero como que le falta algo de modernidad…demasiado clásico
Bastante meh el álbum, no es una mierda pero no se compara con un led zeppelin, stones, ni nada por el estilo. A veces tiende a ser muy genérico, pero tiene buenos temas!!
Bad Company by Bad Company from Bad Company. 4.
This album is great if you view it from the standards of Foreigner. Crunchy power chords seem able to fill arenas. A competent rhythm section and strong vocalist make it clear why this debut became a huge success, and I recognized nearly all of the eight songs on the record. This is hard rock 1970s corporate style. But you can’t hear the Jack Daniels bottles rolling through the aisles. This album cannot cross into guilty pleasure, because there is little fun here, nor soul. Bad Company intones everything with such seriousness you would think they were addressing pressing social and personal matters. Instead they offer cliche filled lyrics that in this day and age could come off as A.I. The limits with lyrics would not matter if the band offered an ounce of fun or humor. After all AC/DC has no Nobel level insights, but they recognize it, and lean into their limitations. Bad Company seems to really believe that they are “Bad Company” in the title track like some ominous bluesman. They come closer to Bon Jovi “Dead or Alive” John Lee Hooker. When Bad Company sticks to its hard rock sound they can produce an enjoyable head bob-fist pump song. Mick Ralphs knows how to write a good (not great) riff, and Paul Rodgers has the vocal ability to almost make you forget the banal lyrics. Unfortunately, as stated earlier, the band’s approach weakens the better songs. When they try to conjure up Stax-like soul tracks, including a horn section, they just cannot pull it off. This is a boilerplate version of soul with nothing individual to distinguish them. To me Bad Company portends even worse versions of this genre to come rather than stretching it into interesting directions like the Rolling Stones or Led Zeppelin. In fact their straightforward, overly serious style makes a derivative band like Aerosmith seem inventive.
Hell yeh, so many bangers
Pretty middle of the road
Heard of Bad Company, seen the singers face before, never heard any of these songs. It’s ight. 6/10
Dad Rock, but not bad. Just not that great either.
decent
Enjoyed a lot of tracks but never got into a rhythm with them
"Dad what were the 70s"
Good rock album
Alright classic rock. Maybe cause of the five finger death punch cover, or the word bad in the title, but I expected the whole band sound to be a bit harder than it was
A good hard rock album filled with songs that rock.
Can't go wrong with Bad Co.
Vaguely thought this was going to be UK ska punk. … just really American Dad Rock.
Muy sólido álbum de hard rock y rock clásico de los 70's, la producción es impecable y se escucha muy bien, no conocía ninguno de los temas del álbum y pude descubrir varios que me gustaron, bastante bueno.
Eh. Titeltrack is zo corny dat ik er toch plezier uit kon halen maar verder gebeurt er bar weinig.
boringg
ja zo'n album waarvan ik denk. wat moet je ermee. cheesy, oninteressante jaren 70 rock. supergroups zijn sowieso lastig, toch altijd net te veel financiële belangen, en dit is echt 3x minder dan de sum of its parts. zou ook fijn zijn als paul rodgers over iets anders kon zingen dan dat ie zin heeft in seks
Basic dad rock ig
Perfectly inoffensive. Relatively enjoyable. Slightly boring. I'd happily listen again but similarly wouldn't hurry back.
Recycled clichés.
Decent rock album
I could not care less about this strain of blues rock. The musicianship is impressive and its clear these guys have a firm grasp on their genre, but it does absolutely nothing for me. It doesn't have the panache of a Led Zeppelin or the gusto of a Steppenwolf. Made entirely for beer belly dads and Republican recruitment videos.
Cool medio country pero olvidable
This album was where rock seemed to really hit the formula. Would frequently leave ,or turn it off whenever it came on. I have warmed up to it a bit or maybe realized that rock formula bands have worse offenders.
Don't let me down slaps but i do have to agree it's a bit dad rocky and doesn't have much variety
good music, didn't like it so much
4/5
Straight forward rock. It’s pretty good. Favourites: Bad Company, Can’t Get Enough and Seagull
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Wenz: This is more “groovy” than the previous album, I felt. Haha, soft band musics, which I quite like compared to heavy metal. It didn’t save my review :( Shermz: I quite like the music in general but it does feel less like iconic. I like “the way I choose”
Good old classic rock
Five Finger Death Punch ruined the song for me. The rest of the album was okay.
I’ve had worse company. This isn’t my stuff
I think I liked the feeling of the album more than the album.
I don’t really feel like I needed to listen to this before I died
Old white men making old white men dadrock. Terrible.
Endlich mal wieder ein hörenswertes Album. Längst vertraut!
This album felt like a very straightforward hard rock. Rather than sounding larger-than-life or experimental, it has a grounded, almost bar-band realism that I found surprisingly appealing. “Bad Company” stood out to me the most, with its dark atmosphere and confident, bluesy feel making the strongest impression.
Best Track - "Bad Company"
Lot of well know songs on here.. classic 70s sound. What's not to like.
Not bad but like Arena Rock without the flair
iwie das was ich mir von led zeppelin erhofft hab? also led zeppelin ist auch geil aber das mag ich iwie ein bisschen lieber, es ist cleaner?
Not a bad song on this album. It should really be part of the collection for any fan of classic rock. Didn't realize it was on Swan Song, which is cool.
Not super exciting, but it's a safe play in a work environment, etc.
I love classic 1970s arena rock but these guys somehow make it sound boring. The hit song has the same name as the band and the same name as the album, very creative!
Apple describes this as "no-nonsense" and I think that's about right. I found it uninteresting but inoffensive.
Good rock album with strong vocals. Songs sound a bit generic though
Great album, some bangers on this one.
Usually not exactly my thing, not something id dislike but perhaps something I wouldn't stick on. But this is great Light and breezy, short, packs a punch. Good
Solid rock album with a few iconic tracks.
This was totally listenable to and fine. Had a little dance around, was a good length, no awful songs. Really nothing revolutionary, but good!
Excellent rock and roll. The real deal with a purity and a heartfelt soul to it. Props.
A decent love-focused dadrock album, doesn’t blow me away but it does its job. Standouts are rock steady, ready for love, bad company and the way i choose.
Mostly know about this because of the Best Show and Scharpling.
The rare triple threat of the band name, album and song within a single offering which is non threatening to the listener.
Expected generic seventies rock record and that is what I got, but I liked it anyway. Halfway through the album the singer made it very clear that he desperately needed to get laid. The second half luckily had a change in themes. Musically, this was pretty good. Doubted between 3 and 4 stars. I am in a good mood and rounded up
Not too bad. At least three classic rock songs on here. You can see this is the point where 70s hard rock is starting to really evolve away from the 60s sound into its own thing.
As debut records go, this was pretty awesome. As a 14 year old when this came out and a 9th grader, this album was part of the soundtrack for that year. What I could not understand at the was how Paul Rodgers vocals were the glue that transformed pretty conventional music into something that was catchy memorable and ultimately, more than 50 years later, into a record that is still listenable. My taste changed rapidly with my discovery of the Buzzcocks and the British punk invasion a few years later but this album’s impact is undeniable. It along with Thin Lizzy’s Jailbreak record and a couple of others bring back memories of pool halls, parties and girls in a much simpler time. Bad Company, Ready For Love, Movin On, Can’t Get Enough are still easily recognizable and sing-a-long with songs. There are a couple of average songs, Seagull and The Way I Choose, that don’t hit the same way as the rest. I guess it truly is all relative. But I’m probably not alone in the thought. 4/5
Blues rock. Instant like
Album I would put on if I owned and ran a bar.
Yuck. Do not like. Extremely corny cock rock for beer swilling teenagers, not really much of a lasting influence, were made irrelevant by punk within a few years of their existence. It felt like a classic rock radio station stuck on repeat. I will never listen to this again.
Kind of fun. Got boring after a while though.
3.75
This was much better than I was expecting. Not ground breaking, but I found many of the slower cuts pleasant. 3.6/5
This was fine. Classic
Can’t Get Enough was a familiar and pleasant opener to the first Bad Company album I’ve listened to in full. By the time I got to Ready for Love (a cover) I was wondering to myself why I’d never explored this band further. Familiar with them by name and a hit or two (Feel Like Makin’ Love) I was impressed by this debut album and the second for Zeppelin’s Swan Song Records! Good ole classic rock.
Bad Company? More like completely forgettable company. Gottem. Bet they'll care about that anonymous zinger. Again, there's not much I can tell here other than that it was -perfectly fine-. But the flip side of that coin is that it also wasn't much to write home about. The lyrics are all about hankering after a woman, and the guitars are your general rock n' roll that you've heard a hundred times by now. If you skip this album, you're not missing out.
I was wondering where the classic rock on this list was. Finally got to it. While the lyrics aren't all that inspiring, the voice and instrumentals fit together really well. Throw in a couple flanger and wah sections and it's time for driving with your shades on. Being the seatwarmers for zeppelin's studio isn't so bad after all.
Dad rock. Can’t get any more rock if u tried
One Two, One Two Three Brrrggmmm and we are right into one of my favourite albums. Supergroups can sometimes be a bit entitled but here you have Paul Rogers incredible vocals and Mick Ralphs steaming guitar joining together to be melodic and hard. Radio friendly this is the very definition of Classic.
Love this album. So many hits I remember and other tracks that were pretty legit too.
I can see why this album was well-received… but I prefer Free. Free had the singer and drummer from Bad Company, and I love their albums. Bad Company to me is like a supergroup, but one of the better ones.
It aint bad but I just can't call it good. Of course, Bad Company on the album Bad Company by the band Bad Company is always a great song. I was just surprised how uninteresting the rest of the album really was.
very dad
Didn’t mind this, some decent songs though some felt a little generic
Ei nyt mikään mestariteos. 2,5/5.
Entertaining blues rock. I’m easy to please
3.4 It's some fairly average 70s rock, I guess it being '73 is pretty impressive, but other than the title track there's nothing that stands out as really impressive. It's all... Fine. Might have been a pivotal album at the time but I'm not hearing it.
There's no need to bust out the ol' deductive reasoning for this genre prediction, aye? Going by the band name, cover and year of release, there's nothing this could be other than a 70s hard rock album, right? Might as well just rip this one open. Here goes. I was more or less correct with my prediction, though I wasn't expecting the bluesy sound. I'm usually apathetic towards blues rock, but the hard rock/blues rock fusion works surprisingly well in the case of this album. The blues sound counterbalances the blown-out, shitty production which was common with a lot of hard rock albums from the time and the punchy, conventional hard rock songwriting counterbalances how dull blues music can be. As a result the album strikes a happy balance between its influences, featuring both solid instrumentals and vocals. The runtime is commendable as well, though if I'm to nitpick there is a significant decline in quality on the second side of this album. The music on that stretch isn't as lively, nor is it as focused or deliberate. Despite dragging its heels by the time it reached the finish line, the album is a competent listen overall. Book time. A supergroup comprised of members from Free, Mott the Hoople and King Crimson. "...Bad Company epitomizes good time, blues rock". The rest of the entry is just about how the band came to be and who they knew, notably the members of Led Zeppelin, who signed the band to their label. Wikipedia says this album had some successful singles, with some of the songs on this album being "...classic rock radio staples". The critic reaction was positive, though the album appears to have been a bit neglected judging by the number of ratings. The charts were more receptive to this album, however. The album topped the US Billboard chart and was met with similar success across the Anglosphere, being the 24th and 40th best-selling albums of the year in Australia and Canada. The supergroup phenomenon has always been interesting to me. You'd think that a bunch of established musicians collaborating with one another would produce a superalbum and a legion of superfans, though I've never witnessed such an outcome. Usually, the music garners a middling reaction from critics and a mild cultural impact at best. I guess such an outcome boils down to supergroups typically being comprised of musicians who are on the commercial end of the spectrum, and whose demographic don't care about band members as much as much they care about the music itself. Anyways, this album seems like a respectable enough pick. I cosign this inclusion.
Many years after the band The Band (the inventors of playing in a band) named their album The Band "The Band" as a way of one-upping the avant garde rebellion of The The, music had diversified and bands were more common. It was thought that everything had been done - that is, until Bad Company. Bad Company took a bold and radical step by taking The Band's anti-revolutionary tactics and pushing them to the absolute limit: The Lyric "Bad company..." in the song "Bad Company" off the album "Bad Company" by the band Bad Company, produced by Bad Company. This nuclear option in the war for self-referential supremacy threatened the very fabric of music as we know it. The casualties numbered in the thousands. ...wait, have I already done this joke? I'm losing track of my own lore.
Best Songs: ?
I have always ejoyed their music. Mostly the radio-hits, bangers. Not sure if this is that great of an album but definitely your standard 70s rock
classic from the 70
A must listen 70’s rock n roll classic.
Fav- movin on 2/5
Straightforward to a fault. There’s not much here that challenges or surprises, it just kind of exists.
Better than I thought it would be
Nonstop bangers
All around solid. Nothing super notable but enjoyed all of it
приятно поёт (если не считать некоторых дефектов произношения); никогда такое не слышал; в целом как будто не очень интересно но и не скучно
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".
3.5/5
So fucking bland and vanilla made worse by dumb name and evener dumber eponymous wet dream cowboy song .
Bad Company Can’t Get Enough is a cracker, a great bit of catchy bluesy pubby classic 70s rock, with a superb drum sound. And despite a slight tang of glibness and undoubted lyrical cliche I’ve always liked Paul Rodgers’ voice, his tone fitting this style of music perfectly. I like Don’t Let Down and Bad Company (despite some terrible lyrics), Movin’ On is good and Seagull is probably the strongest song behind Can’t Get Enough, a lovely tilt at folky introspection, especially in contrast to much of the album, which although never awful, is ultimately a bit of a 70s blues-rock plod. Free and Mott the Hoople are both great, so you might expect more from a supergroup of those two, and although they are probably closest to Free spiritually, they haven’t carried through the same litheness and groove and then there is very little of the glam fun of MTH. It’s never unlistenable though, and although I’d rather listen to Free, I would probably come back to this in the right mood, so I’ll go 3. 👎👎👎 Playlist submission: Can’t Get Enough
Meat n potatoes rock but lifted above usual fayre by the compact arrangements without any hint of pretension. 'Cant Get Enough' is the classic, with the open tuning of a Stones record and Rodgers' typically excellent vocal. It rejects rock-wankery for a tight chug and a 4 minute duration; and whilst its opening gambit is proto-Capitlaist avarice ("well I take whatever I want"), it's a a pub-rock banger, in the stable with the best Status Quo or 'Hi Ho Silver Lining'. The yearning rock ballads are equally as good, primarily 'Don't Let Me Down' - an excellent, gospel-infused track which Rodgers' voice lends itself to perfectly; but also the wistful 'The Way I Choose'. With some moments that underwhelm, overall this album gave me ZZ Top vibes but when ZZ Top are very good, with some Creedence 'swamp rock' thrown in, through the Faces Brit pub-rock filter, great economy, and superb delivery.
Having gone to listen to Badfinger, Bad Religion and finally realising I was meant to be listening to Bad Company, I found myself listening to a completely bog-standard 70s rock album. I don’t know whether the other Bad bands would have been any better but I know that by tomorrow I will struggle to tell you anything about this album.
Exceptionally bland and plodding for practically the whole thing. Found very little emotional connection with any of the music or lyrics and was glad when it was drawing to a close. Good musicians does not necessarily good music make.
This album is about half average white guy blues rock, with a few good songs mixed in. The title track is pretty good, as is Seagull. Can't Get Enough is just annoying. 2/5
3.5 - Good
é ok, mas só prova que o conceito de supergrupos é raramente bem executado
As it says on Apple Music it's 'the definition of no-nonsense 70s hard rock' and I can't decide whether that''s a good thing or not. I know Paul Rodgers from Free, who I own a couple of albums of and on balance I think I prefer the more stripped back bluesy rock of his former band compared to this slightly more polished stadium-ready rock. It also struck me that there's Beatles influences on here whether it's the rather Revolution sounding Can't Get Enough or the "don't let me down" refrain from Don't Let Me Down which echoes the Beatles song of the same name. This is certainly not a bad album, I'm just not sure how good it really is.
Good old classic rock
The worst of dad rock, the stuff clogging up the used sections of record stores. It’s just so far down Main Street there is nothing interesting to it. Bad Company is still a decent song despite being overplayed and it’s a pretty quick listen. Still not quite enough to raise it from one star. Rating: 1.4
Cool
Felt too safe for too much of it.
A high 2, competent but boring
Paul Rodgers is a pretty impressive singer of the Hard Rock school. All a bit slower than I expected. Would have liked more like the opening track.
Bad Company are a skilled band who clearly know how to perform but I find listening to their compositions like wading through sludge. It's dreadfully boring and takes a long time. I was never going to be won over by a series of slowly unfurling blues tinged hard rock songs, so they never stood a chance really but I’ve heard others do it better.
I’m afraid its a high 1 for me, they didn’t pull me in even once and i found the whole thing so boring that i hadn’t noticed that it had ended for a few minutes after the final track
This album was really polished and sounded great on a technical level but that almost worked in its detriment. As after I finished this, I was left with no sense of character or personality from this album. It is a undoubtedly great sounding album and each song is produced excellently, but it’s all so squeaky clean that I couldn’t find myself gravitating towards any sort of feeling about it.
This album is good. A little bit same-y to start but it gets better as it goes on for me. I like the mix it ends up having of some softer and some heavier tunes. It's simple, well written, and worth hearing; even if it isn't particularly special. It doesn't over-stay its welcome at all coming in under 35 minutes. I appreciate this project. 3.6/5
The best of hard rock in the mid 70's. And it's amazing how many hit songs came off this album!
would argue this is my usual vibe, but it didn't really hit for me
A real supergroup propelled by one of the greatest rock voices ever.
Not bad, but nothing special.