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Way more hits by this band than I realized
70’s Rock ⭐️Bad Company
Really good
Great dad rock album, my type of music for sure. Don't Let Me Down was my song of the album and fav first listen and Can't Get Enough and Bad Company were my other highlights
Classic 70’s guitar rock. How did this become popular? Yet I know half the songs by heart. They are pablum. And Paul Rodgers voice is pleasant when singing verse, but when trying to belt out the chorus it cracks… c’mon man!
Once again finding myself in a situation where I genuinely wonder if an album on this list is actually "essential". Is it because this is basically a supergroup? What about this is "cutting edge" or "essential" for the genre? It sounds so middle of the road and the only song here I genuinely enjoy deeply is the title track, which I've already heard more than I ever planned to thanks to its repetition on classic rock radio (and being a retail employee, that gets old real quick).
This has to be one of the all time classic debut albums ever.
Rock générique fait par du AI de 1974.
Nothing stands out. It was okay.
Rock AND roll? Don't mind if I do.
I don’t know why I had it in my head the Bad Company was an 80s metal band, this is dad rock at its finest. Fucking good album.
I’d heard of Bad Company at the latest through Halestorm’s reference to them, but I can’t recall hearing a full album of theirs. Their debut kicks off with a bang with “Can’t Get Enough” and doesn’t lose much momentum after that. In addition to the sound—which was extremely clear for its time—and the relatively prominent bass, I particularly like Paul Rodgers’ voice. To me, it sounds a bit like Eric Martin, and in other ways, Bad Company reminds me of Mr. Big, who were among my absolute favorites for years—which in turn proves Bad Company’s influence. In summary, this is an album you have to hear, and I’m grateful to have had this experience today. This is how ’70s hard rock should sound!
Decent. Ultimately: very forgettable.
Not bad
You know…that song “Bad Company” from the album Bad Company by the band Bad Company.
Features some all time classics for sure and feels right at home with that "classic rock" vibe. The deeper cuts aren't nearly as good as the songs everyone knows.
ok
Listening to this album I feel like they heard Humble Pie and decided to copy them without any of the personality or charisma. This is background music on a classic rock station. You won't change the channel but you're glad when the next song comes up.
Bastante inocuo. Tiene algún momento guitarrero chulo y se deja escuchar bien.
Never had a "hard rock" album make me so sleepy. You'd expect an album/artist called Bad Company to have a little edge to it, but this was just flaccid and toothless.
Pretty good. 3.5
8.0/10 Really liked this one
Classic classic rock
Zuhause, Gerstetten, Deutschland. Ganz gut.
A handful of hit songs. No really bad songs.
A completely insignificant album. It didn't get on my nerves, but I also forgot about it immediately. 3/5
I forgot how much I like this album! Took me right back to the 70’s.
Very capably played and recorded blues/hard rock but incredibly generic and boring.
meh
Really good album, turns out bad co are really good co. Sorry for the pun lol
If every song we’re like the title track, I will give it four or five stars
Decent classic rock album. Nothing crazy.
A fine album, that's for sure, but an exquisite one? I don't know...
3,5
wel groovers ma ni zo speciaal
Favourite Songs: Can't Get Enough Bad Company
This is hits rock radio. It’s good. But I might be over it. This is going to be hard to be objective about. I know the first three songs and track 5 well. The others should be a surprise. Track 4 don’t let me down is great. Ok. So this album has the hits, but the deep cuts are also good. I’m digging this. And apparently I know “moving’ on” And I know seagull. This is pretty good.
Bad Company is a good song. The rest of the album is pretty mediocre though, nothing too exciting. Maybe they just wanted to have the song with the album name with the band name pop and everything else to be mid.
Vocals are fairly good, though pretty bland. Instrumentation is just generic rock (guitar/bass/drums). There was the odd semi-decent guitar solo, but most of the riffs throughout the tracks were pretty bland. Not bad at all, but also didn't really do anything all that interesting. Completely listenable, reasonably enjoyable, definitely Dad-rock. Not sure I have much specific to comment on... Low 3.
Bog standard blue's rock really. Not my thing but it was short. It seems to be listed as hard rock but it was quite peaceful. Mid 2
completamente chato, ruim meu deus como eu tenho preguiça de dad rock puta merda
bom, eh isso aí rock para papais monotonos e sem personalidade. não tem mto o que dizer não. dobro e passo pro próximo
"Bad Company" is the debut album by English hard rock group Bad Company. Blues rock and hard rock are the Wiki-listed genres. The album was recorded at Headly Grange with Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio and was the second album released on Led Zeppelin's Swan Song record label. The band was labeled a "supergroup" and was constructed with Ex-Free members Paul Rodgers (vocals, piano, guitars, tambourine) and drummer Simon Kirke, ex-Mott the Hoople guitarist and keyboardist Mick Ralphs and ex-King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell. The album reached #1 on the US Billboard 200 and #3 on the UK charts. The album opens with the Mick Ralph penned "Can't Get Enough." A drumbeat and that classic rock riff. Rodgers with his bluesy soulful voice. A bluesy groove and a solid introductory song and sound. He can't get enough of her love. "Rock Steady" adds a cowbell, more of a stomping beat and another decent groove. A classic 70's sounding rock song with a Southern rock edge. "Ready For Love" is a Mott the Hoople cover. I admit to not knowing an original existed. A slower start and a song closer to the blues with a background organ and piano interlude. More of a grinding, grungy pace and guitar tone. Rodgers with vulnerable and exhaustive vocals. The self-titled "Bad Company" starts off stark with a piano, drum rattles and guitar noises. One of Ralphs' better guitar solos and recurring riffs. Rodgers is relegated to his fate as a rock and roll lifer. Rodgers had to give Bon Jovi ideas mentioning a six-gun in his hand, didn't he. "Movin' On" gets the groove going again. A solid rhythm section and the one song where it appears the band is just having fun and jamming. Maybe, the sleeper song on the album is the closer "Seagull." It appears to be all Paul Rodgers, on vocals, acoustic guitar and tambourine. Rodgers shows his emotional vocal range as he uses a seagull as a metaphor for navigating life's obstacles. This album is loaded with classic rock anthems. There's bluesy guitar riffs and grooves and areas of soulfulness with female backing vocals, the piano and organ. Rodgers has a great voice for this type of blues rock music. The band is rock solid. You hear influences on bands such as the Black Crowes and Bon Jovi. Besides a few romantic songs, the lyrics are either celebrating or feeling relegated to the rock and roll lifestyle. It's funny; Bad Company is one of the few classic rock bands where I did not get sick of their songs yet did not feel compelled to buy any of their albums. Yeah, this is a solid album which has aged pretty well for me. I think everyone knows where they stand on their music but you could do a lot worse than going back to listen to at least this album.
Boring, boring, BORING.
Kinda the butt-rock of the 80s not into it
lotta classics on here
Never got the appeal This "super group" fails to equal much less surpass the sum of it parts
Not much to say other than this feels like the quintessential hard rock album. Concise, direct, and a nice touch of emotionality. Very consistent and delivers a solid offering for the whole runtime. Missing a true standout song for my taste, but very good otherwise. Top tracks: Rock Steady, Bad Company, Seagull
This was so dull
First song I associate with Wayne's World 2. Just a solid classic rock album.
Dad rock I didn’t hate. Beautiful vocals. Nothing really grabbed me except a good piano bit near the middle.
Solid rock & roll. I can appreciate this. While I think that objectively it's a great album, subjectively it didn't make me feel particularly engaged, hence the three rather than four stars.
A competent rock offering, but without the nostalgia glasses it's kind of impressive how much 'nothing' this album evokes from me (aside from the PTSD I feel from hearing "Bad Company" and "Can't Get Enough" 1000s of times on FM radio in the car as a kid). More than anything else, to me it feels like a testament to just how far rock has evolved in the 50+ years since this supergroup laid down their pivotal debut offering. So yeah, idk. It's fine.
Aside from Can't Get Enough, a reasonable earworm, this is all mediocre blues interpretations without any spark or invention. No idea why this album was so popular back in the day.
They're having a great time and so are we. This is one of those where it isn't perfect but it's perfect for what they were going for.
I can't remember if we have listened to any other album that sounds so much like the stereotypical local bar band. Which probably does make it perfect for this list. This album is probably the reason that so many local rock bands sound like this. There is some nice piano on Ready For love which separates the song from the pack. Ohhhh, that Bad Company! Okay, I get it, they are the best to do this sound. They may have won me over Might be rated higher for all of the great memories of it playing over callers on The Best Show. High 4
Bad Company, more like good company am I right? Honestly theres not a ton to say Bad Company's eponymous record. It's pretty good fun, and the tunes all have the energy of a guy slinging on his leather jacket, and walking into <insert manly place where guy is going to kick ass here>. I just know that Johnny Lawrence from the Karate Kid (and Kobra Kai) would absolutely love them, and I don't mean that as an insult. Glad I know who they are now, but it left a fairly minimal impression on me beyond "I bet this absolutely slapped in the 80s".
Will today's sexed-up pop anthems written by the likes of Harry Styles and Sabrina Carpenter one day sound as corny and dated as songs like Ready for Love do now? Maybe, but that doesn't change my opinion on how cringeworthy songs like this from the 70s sound to me. I suppose it was easier for me to understand when the songs were performed by bands like Led Zeppelin, who this band seems heavily inspired by (although who wasn't back then). To me, this just sounds like a band that desperately wants you to think they're cool, while simultaneously pretending not to care about other people's opinions about them. Like the musical embodiment of the fake tough guy energy that people who ride their loud ass Harleys around town have. The singer sounds like someone who was blessed with the proper vocal anatomy to be a good rock singer, but also lacked the ear to tell how off-key he is most of the time. That being said, some of the songs were still kind of fun to listen to, and I totally understand how this music would have been popular 50 years ago. I just think it hasn't aged well overall, and that it doesn't belong in the year 2026. It lacks the lyrical cleverness and timeless instrumentation that has allowed some 70s bands to remain popular throughout the years.
lol these guys were so horny
Одне з найбільших неспівпадінь назви і того що гурт грає. Як на мене трохи дефолтний радіо рок, є один хіт.
Ніколи не любив бед компані, такий собі батя рок на максималках. Єдина пісня яка мені в них подобалась це seagull і я навіть чув її наживо, коли Пол Роджерс разом з Квін грали той самий легендарний концерт у Харкові, це було навіть неочікувано, бо я не думав що будуть грати щось з бед компані. Нуль негативу в мене щодо цього гурту, але не моє. 2.5
Nothing that truly stuck out separate then the frequent albums in similar category.
Eh?
Good album reminded me of life is a highway (the other played in cars) and a worse audioslave but still good . 3.5 starts
I listened to the whole album, which I never thought I would get that far. I'm not sure why this album made the list. IMHO, it was mid at best.
Pretty alright 70s generic rock. I've never listened to them beyond the popular radio hits. Solid 3 here I think.
Solid blues rock. High 3 stars, but can’t quite round up to 4.
Meh. This is rock music that is tame. Too polished, not enough bite. The tunes aren't bad, but they're not exciting.
Liked this one better than ZZ. Had all your classic rock stereotypes
I rather enjoyed this album. I knew a fair amount of the songs and the album is just solid rock.
I hadn’t heard or recognized their songs and they were rather good
Solid, less hardcore than I thought it would be, very nice listen.
some classic rock standards. enjoy their variety and mixing in some other different instruments.
good old US of A rock n roll. Some good tunes on here .
I will admit that I expected to go into this album finding it dull or self-indulging. I was wrong. This really felt like no frills classic rock. There were elements of blues and country woven through making it feel human and raw rather than an over polished product. I enjoyed listening to it the whole way through and thought the pacing of the album was great and the composition and instrumentation worked well. Glad I can still be surprised by some of these albums.
fun
Plodding, uninspiring rock. This band called itself a supergroup. This is so mid, it's invisible. Nothing at all to redeem the blandness of this.
easy 4. like the depth and breadth of the sound in a way I didn't like in the other rock albums I've listened to.
I was expecting a big dumb rock record, and there was some of that. But there was also a lot of songs that I didn’t expect. All in all, I can see why it’s a classic.
mehhhhh
Listened previously. Expectations: High - Verdict: Very Good - This is basically classic rock distilled into one album. Riffs, horny lyrics, solos, it has it all. A very nostalgic album for me. The title track is an absolute masterpiece.
In my summary, Classic Rock is currently my third favourite style. The 1970s are correctly my favourite decade. And I am a dad. Despite all these factors suggesting this should be right in my wheelhouse I found this album pretty sterile.
One of the daddiest of the dad rocks - is there a driving album in the world that doesn't include "Can't Get Enough". Never fully understood the "super group" billing, and Rodgers voice kinda grates. It's perfectly acceptable of course, but hardly a stand-out in a pretty crowded field. Probably a 3 in its own right, but I'm deducting a star for the general bafflement that it's included here.
2/8, 25%
This album manages to be so uncool it reverts back around to being really cool. I want to call this boring generic 70s rock, and it is, but it manages to be the perfect distillation of that. Bad Company as a song is to me the epitome of macho posturing with literally no backing, have you seen a picture of these dudes? They’re not scary at all. But fuck it, I guess they’re kinda bad. But then the rest of the album falls flatter and is kinda the boring shit side of 70s rock. Soft. Tired. Boring.
Competent but uninteresting. Mercifully short. 2.4
mevasaaaaa
Okay, expecting hard hitting dad rock that doesn’t have too much depth but brings a bit of grit… Yeh, hunch was pretty much spot on. The perfect backdrop for a denim clad biker bar in the US. I mean it does what it does pretty well, but just not my bag, really. A bit too cheesy and predictable for me
One of my favorite albums from my youth.
Just in and out dad rock. Not amazing, not terrible. I'll always chuckle then the sign Bad Company by the band Bad Company on the album Bad Company comes on. Didn't know they were British or a quasi-supergroup, or that they still tour.
I should start taking shots when I get an album and its a rock album (+1 more if its English). on first listen, I really liked Movin' On. overall not a bad album at all but to get a 4 or a 5 will require albums to tug on my heart a bit. so 3 but not bad at all
Every song is a hit. A must-gave if you collect, a must listen if you rock and roll. 10/10, regardless of how cliche it sounds. It just fucks.
This seems to be your common or garden early 70s rock album. Less awful than many, but nothing to write home about. I'll be generous because it was presumably sounding fresh and new back in the day.
Very 70's rock, cowbell and all. And while this album does have a couple of classic tracks like 'Ready For Love' and 'Bad Company', it's largely forgettable. I prefer the grittier-sounding bands of the era, chiefly Led Zeppelin. The production here was just too clean, sounding like they washed everything in the studio with soapy water and forgot to dry things off. Just such a strangely damp sound.
Not a bad vibe
2.5
So mid it's insulting
Pretty decent classic rock that I wouldn't mind if it was on, but wouldn't really go out of my way to listen to. What I find rare about bands similar to this, however, is that many have rather poor vocalists, but Paul Rodgers is an incredible singer. Bumps this up to a high 3.
Insanely boring
God this band sucks!
Insanely boring
Mid
As straight down the centre of the MOR as it is possible to get.
At least it's not Five Poser Power Pose
Slow, jammy, rock. Rodger’s vocals are clear and strong. Not something that’d be going on my regular rotation list, but nice.
Great seventies rock. The Bad company song is a long time favourite, but other tracks are also great!
the whole album i heard over FM radio growing up, hit after hit …
Dad rock but like a little sadder
Although I appreciate the clarity of the vocals, which isn’t common in most bands, it also makes it more obvious how basic the lyrics are. Other than that, it’s an okay-sounding album, and I wish I could enjoy it more, but it’s just very average.
Pretty damn good, 4 stars
Pretty good as Dad rock goes.
A perfectly cromulent album. There's nothing exciting about this, and nothing bad about it. The needle sits perfectly in the middle. Not a single fist pump or foot tap from me, but I also never thought it was anything other than well played and well put together.
good, old fashioned dad rock and quintessential 70’s rock music. Paved the way for may upcoming artists at the time but I understand the critiques of repeating track sounds, however, for the 70’s this is revolutionary within the music space. I still think it holds up till this day though, nice chill music with beautiful ballets and lovely guitar/piano jamming, as well as beautiful vocals from Paul Rodgers :) Favourite song(s)- Don’t let me down, Bad Company, Seagull! Least favourite -
Amazing album overall, however it really slows down after Bad Company and doesn't regain it's steam. Best Tracks 1) Rock Steady 2) Can't Get Enough 3) Don't Let Me Down
It’s an ok album with a couple of ok songs
I need a dad bod and a grill to be able to enjoy this music
This was a great listen, very chill but not boring at all.
The first band I ever saw live in concert. They were the opening act for Edgar Winter and Rick Derringer. They basically played this whole album and then came back out for the encore and played the song Bad Company again I assume because they didn’t have any other material. Anyway I have a soft spot for them so I’m going to give them a 4.
This one's an all timer. I saw Paul Rodgers at a Bourbon and Beyond festival in Louisville in '17. I wouldn't call myself a "fan" of either Free or Bad Co. but I knew all the words to all the songs he played. 8 tracks, 34 minutes, get in, kick ass, get out. Some of the highest quality Dad Rock you're ever gonna hear.
22/01/2026 1. can't get enough - just generic classic rock really.... sounds alright but that's it really. two and a half minutes in this is just sooo boring. bass is nice i guess. 2. rock steady - just a bit bland. the instruments are nice, but it's just a lot of nothing. vocals are just soooooo boring. sounds alright, but gives nothing!!! 3. ready for love - liking the start of this one a bit more.... the vocals are doing nothing for me. this is the sort of stuff they play on absolute classic rock...... why is this so long. liked it more at the start, but just evolved into stadium rock again. *4. don't let me down - liking the female backing vocals. kinda gospel-y. saxaphone!!!!!! redeems it from shit. love the guitar solo and the bass. instruments are really good, but again, i don't feel anything! 5. bad company - same as the others really. glad this album is on the shorter side. 6. the way i choose - one minute in i don't think i can do four minutes more of this..... every single one of these songs sounds exactly the same. saxaphone cannot save this one.... 7. movin on - more energy. vocals just started all the energy has gone. how can such good musicians make such a boring album. *8. seagull - more folksier. still boring and too long! really great instruments but oh my god this is the most boring thing i've ever listened to. not sure i needed to listen to this before i die. hard/stadium rock is generally something i don't like, so wasn't massively surprised by my dislike, but didn't expect to find it so boring!
Finished listening and immediately couldn't remember anything about this album
3.5 stars. English blues/hard rock. Varies a bit with some piano-led stuff, ballad-y tracks and more basic rock and roll. Some of it is decent, some of it is meh. Clean production and good lead singer makes it easy to understand why it was popular. Standout is "Rock Steady" along with acoustic ender "Seagull". Title track is also good, but get irrationally annoyed when a song, album, and band all share the same name.
Good ol claaaaassic rock.
No puedo con el hard rock, por favor no mas álbumes de Hard rock
good song carries the album
3.5 Wasn’t looking forward to this but this ended up being pretty solid dad rock. Especially liked the sequence of songs in the middle; they’re rocking. Listened to this twice! At barely over 30 minutes long, it goes down realllll easy.
This is music my former co-worker would rave about. He was always talking about how great Free and Crimson was (and he's right), but it could become very annoying at times. This super-group album is inoffensive and often contains well-written songs. I like Paul Rodgers' voice and the guitar playing is cool. But that's about all I gotta say. To me, it's just music that School Of Rock would've idolized. What I mean is "dad rock". School Of Rock also idolized Zeppelin, but I don't think of them as "dad rock". I think of Zeppelin as a band that re-invents what rock is about. This band sounds like what rock basically is. Basic rock. I know the individual members are better in other bands because I've heard the material and it rules. But again, this is just very basic stuff that my former co-worker would like. I buy it a little. (6/10, 2/5 on this scale).
First song is great, the rest I listened to at 6am and I’m still confirming this genre isn’t really for me…
Great debut album. Really chock full of 70s Dad rock anthems. Not sure every band made up from guys that used to be in another band has got to be considered a supergroup. Had no idea this album was from 1974. Seems like the prototypical 1979ish album. These lads were ahead of their time. Not my favorite music, but gonna give it a 4 due to the sheer number of hits.
i mean obviously it’s a perfectly good record, it just didn’t move me in any way at all.
Nice
Pretty fun listen. I'm familiar with the hits but this was a great album to get ready for and drive to work to this morning. Quite motivating. Some of it was a little samey dad-rock but overall a decent listen.
Nice
There's really not much to say about this, pretty standard rock affair. I had a pretty good morning after this though, I was talking to my friend Bill for like an hour this morning, it was great. Favorites: Ready for Love, Bad Company, Seagull
How much 70s hard rock bands are there in this project, and why am I getting all of them in one week? The mixing is lackluster: The music sounds like we're hearing it through a drywall, and the vocal+guitar dynamics are very flat. Sounds like it was mixed exclusively for rock bars. The music matches the mix: Bland, taking absolutely no risks, and immediately forgettable.
Eihän tämäkään oikein lähtenyt missään vaiheessa. Välillä kivoja juttuja biiseissä mutta tylsäksi jäi lopputulema
Bändin nimessä on virhe, voisi yhtä hyvin olla "Bad". Läiskätään nyt kakkonen silti sen vuoksi että oli joku kitarasoolo
Enpäs tiennytkään että Bad Company -biisi oli tämmöisen orkesterin tekemä alun perin. Kyllähän tätä kuunteli, mutta kuitenkin vähän mitäänsanomatonta loppujen lopuksi. Eli silloinhan se on kolmonen.
Nojoo ohan tää tämmöstä ihan jees jynttätänttää, joka ei nyt kauheesti herätä fiilaria. Ei oikein voi palkita millään "upean mullistavaa materiaalia aikanaan" -palkinnollakaan. En pahastu jos radio roski näitä biisejä pakkotoistaa mut melan öl saa riittää.
Taas bändi joka oli nimeltä entuudestaan tuttu, mutta tietoisesti en ollut koskaan kuunnellut aikaisemmin. Muutama biisi kuulosti kyllä etäisesti tutulta, että eiköhän näitä joskus ole jossain tullut kuultua. Oikein hyvää perusrokkia todella hyvällä laulajalla varustettuna. Kyllä tätä voisi jatkossakin kuunnella.
First five songs were songs of my youth. Great trip down memory lane.
good, but fairly soft recording, lots of familiar songs but wish they were live
So much of this is ingrained in my soul and yet I've never heard the album. Smokes from beginning to end, a 4.5 for me
A couple really good songs that carried the album.
Blandest vanilla rock ever produced.
Love this album. Strong writing, original for the time and really guided groups like REO Speedwagon and others.
Das müsste eigentlich absolut meine Musik sein, aber es ist einfach gar nichts hängengeblieben.
Komplett easy listening, aber es blieb nichts hängen. Die Definition von Durchschnitt.
Der Sound ist mittlerweile durch ZZ Top und Konsorten schon ziemlich auserzählt, aber ich kann mir vorstellen, dass diese Fusion aus Blues und Hard Rock für die damalige Zeit noch recht innovativ war (fairerweise haben das Cream aber auch schon in den 60ern erfolgreich praktiziert). Ich mag Blues sehr gerne und an den meisten Songs ist hier auch nichts auszusetzen. Nur so richtig mitreißend ist das aus heutiger Sicht nicht mehr.
Hat mir wirklich sehr viel Spaß gemacht.
Aalglatt
Solides Album, hatte ziemlich oft das Gefühl, die Songs zu kennen, glaube aber nicht, dass das stimmt (Einfluss?). Naja ich fand's wirklich nicht schlecht, allerdings auch nicht mehr.
Dem Album hat es gut getan, dass ich es im Auto gehört habe. Besser wäre vermutlich sogar ein Motorrad gewesen, aber dafür ist's zu kalt und mir fehlt der Führerschein. Inhaltlich finde ich das nicht besonders, aber der Vibe hat im Moment gut gepasst
absolutely and utterly fantastic. i see why my friend’s dad has bad company tattooed on him
Clean simple rock. Recognizable by multiple generations. It’s a solid album, but overproduced.
Generic 70s rock
Boring.
generic dad rock with ok vocals
Just a standard accessible "hard" rock sound. I was surprised the only track I knew was the title track, which wasn't even officially a single. Took me all fucking day to figure out why, Five Finger Death Punch made a version of the song. I'm not even a fan any more and I think I still like their version better. I don't hate it, but I have absolutely no reason to put it on again, and I will totally judge people who hold it in high regards. 2.3/5
Love the song Bad Company by Bad Company from the album Bad Company.
Likte det litt, eg!
Really bloody loved it tbh
Pre good pre good
i don’t know anything about this album or what it’s going to sound like.
I get these guys mixed up with Whitesnake all the time, which is likely a huge insult to both bands. Sorry. BC does have some good swaggery songs on here, but I confuse the bands because they both do the tiresome “admire my schlong” rock that I’ve outgrown.
One of my favorites of all time and a great choice since the band was just inducted into the Hall of Fame
3.0
Can‘t Get Enough .. von diesem tollen, bluesigen 70er-rock. mal was „gscheits“ von damals!
Kerniger Rock, passt.
4.5
roque
I was obsessed in my youth by Bad Company in order to diversify my classic rock pallette. But under 15 years have passed and I can tell you there are some good sounds, riffs and rock themes here but the bulk of it is just blasè classic rock.
Classic rock mediocrity.
At this point in history, hard rock music was pretty down and dirty, but this is like painting by numbers dad rock. Absolutely lacking just about everything that makes rock, well, ROCK. Even the signature "Can't Get Enough" song is painfully bland.
That's definitely some early 70s classic rock, all right. Not much else to say. 3.5*
I went into Bad Company having never listened to Bad Company before, fully expecting classic dad rock fronted by a huge Paul Rodgers vocal. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what I got and not in a good way. The album is competent but painfully safe: bland, predictable, and largely unremarkable. There are a few decent moments—Ready for Love, Don’t Let Me Down, and Can’t Get Enough all hint at what the band could do—but they’re islands in a sea of mediocrity. The most positive thing I can say is that the album is short; any longer and it would have been a real slog. Even the stronger tracks tend to overstay their welcome, stretching simple ideas further than they deserve. While there are flashes of quality throughout, they never overcome the overwhelming sense of boredom. Favourite track: Don’t Let Me Down – a good song, but it really could have been a minute shorter Least favourite track: Much of the album blends into dull, forgettable rock Album artwork: A genuinely cool cover, and arguably the album’s strongest feature
Nostalgic
Great, classic American rock album, and a helluva debut!
I feel like this is a classic rock sound that most everyone can agree on. Is it the boldest, most ambitious classic rock? No. For that reason, many of the songs have been drowned out over time. But it embodies everything that makes that genre enjoyable.
Didn't realize Bad Company was a British group. The album was okay. I'd give it a 3.5 but don't think I like it enough to bump it up to a 4.
Kunde varit valfritt rockband på en finlandsfärja. Finns ingen anledning att lyssna på det här igen eller ens en gång. Mestadels dåligt, någon enstaka gång lyfter det till ordinärt ("Ready for love" och "The way I choose")
Habilt rockband som blir bäst när det drar åt soulballad som i Don’t let me down och The way I choose. Men oerhört svag sånginsats.
Inledningen osar glamrock i boogie woogie-tappning. Gårt att lyssna på även om de vid ett flertal tillfällen balanserar på en slak lina med ett hav av tråkrock under sig. Det finns spår som sticker ut positivt. Framförallt mittenpartiet med titel- och bandnamnslåten, och souliga Don’t let me down och The way I choose. Vacklar mellan tvåan och trean. Väljer att vara generös så här i juletider.
Roligare 70-talsrock än Zeppelin. Bandet är rätt bra, men sångaren är trist och texterna pinsamt dåliga. Lite bättre texter, en Rod Stewart eller soulman från södern på sång så hade det kunnat bli riktigt bra. Lyssna bara på blåset i The way I choose. Nu hamnade bandet i dåligt sällskap istället.
Vibes: 2 Instruments: 3 Production: 4 Emotional Value: 4 Storytelling: 2 AC: 0 Stand Outs: Ready for Love, Bad Company Overall: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I like the classic rock feel, but it just didn't really move me
I was gonna give this two stars simply because this is my dad’s favorite album, but after listening to it I feel like it would’ve earned two stars on its own. I’ve also found the title track cringy my entire life so that doesn’t help. I’m so happy this is Bad Company’s only album on the list.
Imaju mi oni par okej pjesama, ali ne na ovom albumu. 2/5, 3/10
Aivan täysin ok rock-levy, joskin ehkä vähän tylsänpuoleinen.
Favorite Track: Bad Company
Favorite: Rock Steady
Solid with moments of greatness.
Fair basic.
Is there a genre called "competent rock"? Because this would be it. Very well produced, everyone on their marks, just bland enough to not offend anyone. Because if so, this would be the definition. Not a bad thing, but not always what you want to hear. 4/5
A pretty standard representation of 1970s blues rock. Simple, and at times pseudo introspective lyrics (you identify with seagulls? Really!?) But for basic entertainment value, I’m OK with rounding up on this one from 3.5*.
So much more easy-listening than I expected, and I liked it.
It's OK. Paul's a good singer, but I'm just more luke-warm to BadCo than I used to be. Not exactly sure why, honestly.
This was as even an album I have ever heard. I could have listened to this for houes
Yawn. This is incredibly dull. Pretty generic bluesy hard rock. I mean everyone is good at its job here it just seems to drag on forever. Two stars I guess.
nice
Way moodier than I thought. I’m more fascinated about them after learning they also recorded at the hallowed Henley Grange and were good friends with Led Zeppelin.
If Bad Company were a car they’d be a red Camaro
Rock radio classics. They can keep the slow jams outside of Ready For Love.
A real mixed bag
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This was pretty ok. Kinda trails off towards the end after some pretty steady energy early on.
I have never heard this album before today, but due to radio I was already jaded a quarter of the way through the first track. But when got to lesser radio played songs it picked up for me quickly. I have no problem with classic rock, or Dad rock if you want to be insulting, it’s still listened to for a reason, some 50 yrs on, so call it what you will. Strong, melodic, straight ahead rock from start to finish, buying into that anemoia. Do I prefer others from the time, on this hearing yes but that’s just personal preference. Not likely to return to quickly but not going to find fault either 4 Star.
Well i didn’t get bored listening to it, so that bodes well for its rating. I looked into the story behind the band and album. Bad Company was a so called “supergroup,” though some posit that the label was given prematurely. Anyways the group formed out of artists who already had semi-successful solo career; however, Bad Company is the reason they are known today. The genre for the album falls into hard rock and blues rock. You definitely hear some of the blues and jazz elements in the instrumentals with a very classic rock feeling from the singing and lyrics. Very chill and almost sensual vibe to a lot of the songs. Lots of discussion of sex but also some about violence. Not the exact thing i reach for while working out, so me listening to it at th gym may have downgraded the rating. Rating: 7.2/10 Favorite song: Don’t let me down
Fun one, for sure, on a cold Saturday. Grocery shopping.
Die Blaupause für eine Band die "Dad Rock" spielt. Also die Musik mit der ich aufgewachsen bin. Da ich kein Dad bin, würde ich eher "Alter Sack Rock" sagen :) Aber es ist beruhigend zu wissen, dass es späteren Musikgenres auch so ergehen wird. Mal sehen ob ich es noch erlebe, dass Hiphop als "Dadhop" bezeichnet wird. Eminem ist jetzt 53... Solide Rocksongs, passende abgerockte Stimme, 4 Songs die damals radiotauglich waren... gutes Debut.
Boring
just too boring. nothing makes it stand out from the crowd, even a little bit
Grand, You han hear how influential it was, a little bit bland for my taste
3.5
4/5
- It’s so bland - the lyrics and melodies aren’t interesting enough to remember. Do they even care? Holy repeating the same lyrical line over and over without interesting-enough instrumentation to make up for it. - Can’t Get Enough is the only song I knew, and I guess for good reason. Now that I think of it, I hadn’t heard the title song - Bad Company on an album called Bad Company by the band Bad Company. That’s not a good sign. - Another album where I wish it was either harder or poppier - this is so very middle of the road. Very Eagles. At least it’s hard to actively hate? I’m still giving it a 1, though because it was just so boring. I expected more for a “supergroup”, and it absolutely doesn’t belong on this list.
I've noticed in the last few years my interest in classic rock has dropped sharply, at least for the stuff I wasn't already into. I usually try to look at albums (especially the ones on this list) with the context of the time, but I'm struggling with that a bit here because the sound has become so homogenised. There are literally endless that play stuff like this now and I struggle to separate it from that to judge it on its own merit I'm sure this was really cool in 1974, but I find it a bit bland. Everything is competently done, but nothing really stands out or is particularly memorable. The vocalist has potential, he sometimes swerves into a Robert Plant style. He would suit something more upbeat or exciting, but the instrumentation is just too lax. The saxophone is cool on Don't Let Me Down though, they should've utilised that a bit more Decent enough but I won't return to it Highlights: Don't Let Me Down
this is SOOOOO boring, its just not a 1 because the title track is so good
Till the day I die
overall: MEH
надто прісно й нудно, навіть для такої бумерки, як я 👵 максимум одна пісня з альбому заслужила трохи вищу оцінку
від такої музики відчуваю себе дідом ще більше
Boomer blues
I’ll tell you who is bad company! Len Houmous & Ken Chutney! Avoid at all costs. 2.0 2/8 Rock Steady
I hated the first track but it got better from there. In “Rock Steady” I heard the basis of early Soundgarden.
Bad company by bad company, featuring the song bad company. This was solid “hard” rock but none of it stood out to me at all. Very consistent though. High 3.
Not sure I've ever heard this all the way through. It's really, really good mid-70s hard rock with a ton of commercial appeal. Don't know if critics at the time liked it, but it has some huge hits on it. Now a staple of classic rock radio. Very high 4
A serviceable classic rock album from a band that certainly did not deserve induction into the rock hall of fame this year. However, they do achieve the triple crown of "bad company" by Bad Company on Bad Company which is always funny when a band does it.
So generic, couple hits, not actually bad
Didn’t do anything for me,
It fine... I guess, However, the production on a few of these tracks is straight garbage.
Great album, but not as good quite as good as Straight Shooter.
like yeah, that song’s good
01) Can't Get Enough - 7,0 02) Rock Steady - 7,0 03) Ready for Love - 7,0 04) Don't Let Me Down - 7,5 05) Bad Company - 7,5 06) The Way I Choose - 7,0 07) Movin' On - 6,5 08) Seagull - 6,5 TOTAL: 7,00 (70/100) Current ranking: 435/751
There's dad rock and there's uncle rock. This is uncle rock. I will not be taking questions.
Great!
Classic ‘70s rock with some definite stand-outs—enjoyable!
I guess I have a soft spot for bands who not only have a self titled album, BUT also a self titled song. This is 70s Dad Rock at its Dad-est.
Probably could’ve been one and done walk-off grand slam for Bad Company. Amazing album with some iconic bangers.
Solid 1970s no-nonsense rock album. Lotta hits on this one.
This is just a really enjoyable '70s rock album. There are several big hits and if you like their sound the whole album is perfect for you.
Rock 70s equilibrado con solidos ritmos sin solos locos, medio groovy y blues. Suena a soundtrack de pelicula. Ningun tema me llamo mucho la atencion enverdad
slow.
meh dad rock
A nice collection of bluesy rock ballads - I like
Mediocre noises.
Can't get enough... Þetta er algjörlega minn tebolli í einföldu rokki. Blús rythminn er æðislegur. Svona mitt á milli Free og Led Zep sem er alveg mitt jam. Svo var þetta flott súpergrúppa og hljóðfæraleikurinn er þéttur. Röddin hans Paul Rodgers er helvíti rokkuð og þetta er hæfilega mikið rúnk á gítarnum. 4.5 / 5.0 gef 5 því Tæi kemur með þrist eða fjarka max.
Einfalt og þétt rokk.
Good solid Rock album! Would listen again.
The middlest of the middle that ever middled. 3 of 5 somehow feels not adequate. Just general, straight up rock with a lot of word "love" thrown around the lyrics. Incredible that this is on the list, I really could have died and not listened to this and still not missed anything. At least awful albums are inspiring me to write awful stuff. This left me whelmed.
It’s a bit more dynamic than what I’m used to from this period. Will add more notes later, high 3.
5/10
Solid old school rock
An absolutely monster of a 70s rock album - so awesome! A lot of (all?) their hits on here. Tones like that bring a smile to my face and remind me why I've been in love with the electric guitar my whole life. There are crunchy riffs aplenty, guitar solos that melt your face, a rhythm section that "rocks steady."
very AOR drive time . but enjoyable.
Ain't nobody in Bad Company born with a 6 gun in their hand. Like a lot of 70's rock, this is good but totally unremarkable. Maybe if there was a list of all the 70's albums you need to hear before you die. Otherwise, no. 3
I dig Bad Company and always surprised by how many of their big hits are on this album.
COOOOL fav was the title track (even though it was weird listening to bad company by bad company in an album titled bad bunny)
A 3. Title track is iconic.
A classic rocker.
Couple of known tracks but fairly ordinary sound. Seems there are better bands in this genre
Mortifying that this used to be considered hard rock.
This hard rock album strides forward with unfussy guitar crunch, solid rhythms, and a powerful vocal presence that aims for impact more than subtlety. Its songs move with a kind of barroom bravado—solid, familiar, and built for immediacy. Like a well-worn leather jacket, past its prime and no longer contemporary.
a little more variability than i was expecting from this band
Great to k band from the 70’s. Great songs.
boring but fine
a quanto pare l'ho sentito
per ora miglior album dall'inizio molto coerente ma per niente monotono già riascoltato 3 volte grande hit
The very definition of middle of the road - dad rock that keeps solidly in the lane of 70s guitar music without ever straying into hard rock or metal territory. The singer Paul Rodgers (now better known for his collaborations with Queen) is apparently from Middlesbrough but you’d never guess from his mid Atlantic accent. This is the sort of album that Jeremy Clarkson would listen to whilst driving on a motorway.
- better than a 3 but not perfect .... am I being too harsh here due to over exposure? maybe ..... 4 stars because it's not perfect. -
Fine
Started off promising but got bland later on!
Ok, had some decent moments.
Jamais réussi à accrocher sur Bad Company.
Du bon gros rock sans prétention, un album short and sweet, j'ai bien aimé!
Encore du rock d’homme blanc des années 70… mais pas si mauvais! J’ai eu du plaisir. Don’t let me down…
Can't Get Enough 3.3 Rock Steady 3.5 Ready for Love 3.6 Don't Let Me Down 3.4 Bad Company 3.7 The Way I Choose 3.3 Movin' On 3.5 Seagull 3.1 Score: 3.425
Bought this brand new from Tower Records, saw them live at the Seattle Coliseum as an 8th grader. Seriously, this thing got a ton of PT in my house. Must’ve driven the family crazy. I shed that phase long ago, but the blast of past is well worth the short, 8 track listen… so much so, it got a second spin. Are they good? Sure. Great? Not so fast….
Despite having heard an impressive number of their hits over the years on the radio, I'm not sure I ever knew that Bad Company was a supergroup. That's likely because I'd never heard of either of the bands Free or Mott the Hoople, although I'm sure I've heard some of their songs on the radio (and I've now even listened to a full album by Mott the Hoople thanks to this collection). This definitely seems like a band that is far greater than its parts, and even if I wished that the album rocked a little harder than it does, it's hard to find fault with the balance in their songs; the only weak spots are the slow confessional "The way I choose" and their ballad "Seagull".
I bet they were better live.
Bad Company Bad Company Bad Company
Not great, aside from the self named track - completely boring
Man, what a debut! I miss 70's arena rock!!
Solid dad rock!
Cool blues rock record
This mix was way better than what I used to hear on the radio.
Classic 70's rock. Good stuff.
Dad rock so aggressively average that I can’t even bare to give it an average rating. I’m knocking this down a whole star for a complete lack of originality and interest in making emotionally engaged music.
I liked this and it was nice to have a change. I felt like it was quite a generic sounding rock album, but I think it was slightly ahead of its time. It sounds like the influence, not like it has been influenced, which I think is a hard task. I recognised a few songs on this album, but none I could name. Favourite song: rock steady
First impressions not strong, what on earth is this? Bunny Jacksons music. It's like pop tunes but 'rock'. Instrumentation is just bland. Beatles cover is so random doesn't fit with anything before it.
Classic rock. Good quality across the board. A little boring and samey for my taste, with no real standout songs
GREAT RECORD!
…til the day I die. Bad Co. is a hits band, but we love them for it. This debut album by the 70s “lovers rock” has some surprisingly good songs that aren’t the 3 main hits, but the hits are so catchy, you forget the others very quickly. I’m still convinced the best use of Bad Company’s music is in the movie “Scotland, PA,” which is Shakespeare’s Macbeth, but is set in and around a 70s fast food burger joint. It’s also the first time I heard the term “Rock Block.” 3.6/5. (Should I round up, you think?)
Pure 70s Gold. Still ridiculous and pretty dumb, but would put this on over KISS’s 1998 arena crock-of-shit “Psycho Circus” 10/10 times. I mean. C’mon! Bad Co is waaaay more satanic than KISS EVER was! If you play “Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love” backwards, it gives you directions on how to open the portal to hell. Turns out it’s in Valentine, Nebraska!
I think my definition of ‘Heavy Metal’ is vastly different than whatever the critics are defining it as. In any case, great debut album and I love Paul Rodgers’ voice.
This is the kind of music that makes me glad punk swept across the UK music scene two years later. These guys fancy themselves as some kind of outlaws living the life they want to lead, behind a six gun. It's all a bit puerile, especially the gratuitous sexism. The lyrics are dreadful throughout, which is a shame because if anything is good here, it's Paul Rodgers' vocals, which lift my rating from 1 to 2.
Perfect for the long drive down the North American West Coast
Wasnt half bad enjoyed it, nice and calming. Recommend but not a crazy album. 6/10
Awesome
Shorter than I remembered, a slim 35 mins. Classic 70 rock
Love it. Own it.