Bad Company (album)
| Bad Company | ||||
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| Released | 24 May 1974 | |||
| Recorded | November 1973 | |||
| Studio | Headley Grange, East Hampshire, England | |||
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| Length | 34:45 | |||
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| Producer | Bad Company | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B− |
| Rolling Stone | favourable |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
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, and it was the second album released on Led Zeppelin's Swan Song Records label.
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".