Bad Company (album)

For the 2002 film soundtrack album, see Bad Company (soundtrack).

Bad Company
Studio album by
Bad Company
Released24 May 1974[1]
RecordedNovember 1973
StudioHeadley Grange, East Hampshire, England[2]
Genre
Length34:45
Label
ProducerBad Company
Bad Company chronology
Bad Company
(1974) 		Straight Shooter
(1975)
Singles from Bad Company
  1. "Can't Get Enough"
    Released: 10 May 1974 (1974-05-10)
  2. "Movin' On"
    Released: January 1975 (US)[5]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
Christgau's Record GuideB−[7]
Rolling Stonefavourable[8]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[9]

Bad Company is the debut studio album by Bad Company, a 1970s English hard rock supergroup. The album was recorded at Headley Grange with Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio in November 1973,[2] and it was the first album released on Led Zeppelin's Swan Song Records label.[10]

Among the songs recorded during the album sessions were two covers of tracks originally by members' previous bands — specifically, Mott the Hoople's "Ready for Love" (recorded while Mick Ralphs was with the band and released on their 1972 album All the Young Dudes) and "Easy on My Soul" (recorded by Paul Rodgers and Simon Kirke with Free and released on Heartbreaker in 1973). The latter did not make the final album, but was released as the B-side to second single "Movin' On".

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  9. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
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