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Bad Company, one of the most acclaimed Classic-Rock bands of the '70s,
was formed in ENGLAND in 1973, when the legendary Free disbanded and two
of its members, singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke, hooked up
with guitarist Mick Ralphs and bassist Boz Burrell.
They realased the self-titled debut album in the summer of 1974, the
record peaked at #1 in U.S. Pop Albums chart going platinum five times
over and generated "Can't Get Enough" that entered the top 5
of the U.S. Pop Singles chart plus "Movin' On" which ranked
in the top 20 in the same chart.
The next year saw the release "Straight Shooter" hitting #3
on The Official U.S. Pop Albums chart and "Feel Like Makin' Love"
climbed into the top 10 of the U.S. Pop Singles chart followed by the
top 40 hit "Good Lovin' Gone Bad"; their second album also enjoyed
international success, selling over three million copies and reached the
#3 in U.K. chart.
1976's "Run With The Pack" was another million seller and stormed
again the American and British charts ranking in the top 5; its single,
"Young Blood", became a top 20 hit on The U.S. Pop chart, "Honey
Child" was a minor hit.
In the spring of 1977, the quartet issued "Burnin' Sky" which
peaked at #15 in U.S. Pop Albums chart and also missed the top 10 in Britain,
the two singles, "Honey Child" and the title-track, scored minor
success Stateside.
Two years later, Bad Company, returned in the top 3 of the U.S. Albums
chart with the the double-platinum "Desolation Angels", highligted
by "Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy" which hit #13 on The Official U.S.
Pop Singles chart, the second single, "Gone, Gone, Gone", reached
the #56 in the same list; the album was supported by a highly successful
world tour.
The foursome returned in action after three-year hiatus, with the release
of the U.S. top 30 album "Rough Diamonds" in 1982, then their
incomparable lead singer Paul Rodgers left the band to take time off and
to eventually pursue a solo career; the record generated "Electric
Land" which peaked at #2 on Mainstream Rock chart plus another minor
hit: "Racetrack".
In 1986, Ralphs, Burrell and Kirke revived the band with vocalist Brian
Howe, they released "Fame And Fortune", it contained "This
Love" that reached the #12 on Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and entered
The Billboard Hot 100, also the title-track became a Mainstream Rock top
40 hit.
1988's "Dangerous Age" took Bad Company into the top 60 of The
Billboard 200 Albums chart spawning three Active Rock top 10 hits: "No
Smoke Without A Fire", "Shake It Up" and "One Night".
Two years later the band enjoyed commercial success with "Holy Water"
which reached the #35 on The Billboard Top 200 Albums list selling over
one million copies, the record contained five Mainstream Rock top 20 hit
singles, including the #1 "Holy Water", the #2 "If You
Needed Somebody", the #3 "Boys Cry Tough" plus "Stranger
Stranger" and "Walk Through Fire".
In September 1992 the group issued "Here Comes Trouble", it
entered the top 40 of The Billboard Top 200 Albums chart and once again
scored #1 on Mainstream Rock Tracks chart with "How About That";
two more single cuts climbed into the top 30 in the same chart: "This
Could Be The One" and the title-track.
Three years later appeared the group's eleventh studio-album, "Company
Of Strangers", but failed to become a hit, it includes only one Mainstream
Rock top 20 hit, "Down And Dirty"; "Stories Told &
Untold" followed in 1996, this set contains early material and new
songs.
In 1999 Rodgers, Kirke, Ralphs and Burrell came back together and recorded
some new track for the retrospective double-CD collection "The Original
Bad Company Anthology", two of its previously unreleased tracks,
"Hammer Of Love" and "Hey Hey" have respectively reached
the #23 and #15 spots on Mainstream Rock chart, the long awaited reunion
tour followed in the spring of that same year.
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