Bad Company — Bad Company
Author: tracysigler | Posted: February 28th, 2007 | | Tags: 1974, Bad Company, hard rock, music, vinyl | 1 Comment »
- Artist: Bad Company
- Title: Bad Company
- Year: 1974
- Format: Vinyl 12 in.
- Rating (1-10): 9
- Owner: Tracy
- Acquired: 2005? I think this one was inherited from Bob Bobala
- Keeper: Yes
Bad Company is one of the coolest band names ever. If these guys weren’t already rock stars before they started this super group (Free, King Crimson, Mott the Hoople) they would’ve been after this debut. Bad Company contains the huge hits “Can’t Get Enough”, “Rock Steady”, “Ready for Love”, “Movin’ On”, and, my favorite, the title track “Bad Company.” When Simon Kirke double flams on the snare to kick-off the chorus on “Bad Company” I get a rush because that sound is so cracking! And the bass and guitar sound huge too. It’s impressive that anyone could get such a tight, dry sound to also be so titanic. That the band members produced the album is incredible. Young producers, and musicians, should study these albums.
There’s more about Bad Company at Wikipedia.
On the band portait inside the gatefold cover someone wrote “W F” and circled it on Paul Rodgers forehead. What’s that about Bob?
This one is also in the Pelczarski vinyl collection. I concur with your assessment of the album and the title track, particularly the double-flam. Rock!
It occurs to me that it would make a good break, like when the Beastie Boys sampled the double snare + guitar whine from Mountain’s “Mississippi Queen” on “Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun” from Paul’s Boutique.
Do you know of any songs where BadCo’s double-flam was sampled? I tried a little to find a website that catalogs breaks, but didn’t have a lot of luck.
Bad Company, I can’t deny…