Bad Company - Bad Company (1974) [2CD Deluxe Edition 2015]
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 594 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 227 MB | Covers - 310 MB
Genre: Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Classic Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Rhino/Swang Song/Warner Music (081227955540)
EAC Rip | FLAC (image+.cue+log) - 594 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 227 MB | Covers - 310 MB
Genre: Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Classic Rock | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Rhino/Swang Song/Warner Music (081227955540)
From the wreckage of Free came Bad Company, a group fronted by singer Paul Rodgers and featuring his drummer bandmate Simon Kirke, Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs, and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell. The latter is something of a ringer, suggesting an undercurrent of adventure in the band, but as the group's eponymous 1974 debut decidedly proves, the band is proudly not progressive. If anything, Bad Company excise the excesses of Free - there are no winding jams and very little added color by way of pianos or even air in the production; those two tricks are evident on their title track/rallying call "Bad Company," and the details make a difference, as do the pastoral acoustics of the closing "Seagull" - reducing their rock & roll to a strong, heavy crunch; compare "Ready for Love," a tune Ralphs brought over from Mott the Hoople, to the original to see how these quartet members keep their heads down as they do their business…