Bad Company Debut Album Songs Ranked

Bad Company is the debut studio album by the English hard rock supergroup Bad Company. The album was recorded at Headley Grange with Ronnie Lane’s Mobile Studio in November 1973, and it was the first album released on Led Zeppelin’s Swan Song Records label. The album reached the top of the US Billboard 200. Since then, the album has been certified five-times platinum by the RIAA, and became the 46th best selling album of the 1970s. The album spent 25 weeks in the UK Albums Chart, entering at No. 10 on June 15 1974, and reaching its highest position of No. 3 in the second week. Kerrang! magazine listed the album at No. 40 among the “100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time”. The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. In 2000 it was voted number 323 in Colin Larkin’s All-Time Top 1000 Albums. Here are all of Bad Company Debut Album songs ranked.

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8. Seagull

“We close the album with Rodgers’ acoustic masterpiece “Seagull” which is a great song and you feel like a seagull flying over the ocean. he song is acoustic and ends the album on a really nice note.”

7. Ready for Love

“Ready for Love” was written by Mick Ralphs while he was still with Mott the Hoople. The lead singer for Mott, Ian Hunter, nixed it saying it didn’t sound like a song that they would record. Hunter was probably right about that but he missed & misjudged on that decision.”

6. Don’t Let Me Down

“The first half closes with another ballad “Don’t Let Me Down” which was a Rodgers and Ralphs collaboration and a superb ballad. The song is superb and features a brilliant sax solo from Mel Collins before Mick Ralphs delivers a superb guitar solo (he has always been an underrated player and a great one I may add).”

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5. The Way I Choose

“We then have another bluesy number which is the Rodgers penned “The Way I Choose” and is a stellar song and again features Mel Collins on saxophones and a bluesy solo from Ralphs”

4. Movin’ On

“Then we get one last rocker out of Ralphs’ “Movin’ On” which was the album’s second single and a US Top 20 hit and was about Ralphs’ fear of flying and also life in a rock band.  I love the intro for this song (I think that Iron Maiden used the same cymbal intro for their song Run to the Hills).”

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3. Rock Steady

“Rock Steady’ is another classic Bad Company song. This song also became a radio hit and staple for the band, lots of bluesy guitar licks make this one of the best songs on the album.”

2. Can’t Get Enough

“We open proceedings with the great Mick Ralphs penned rocker “Can’t Get Enough” which would be the band’s biggest US single when it hit #5 on the singles charts in 1974 and in fact was the first song Ralphs played for Rodgers prior to forming Bad Company and was the song that solidified the band’s formation and is still a classic today.”

1. Bad Company

“The bands title track and the albums title track ‘Bad Company’ is one of if not the bands best song. It is very dark and very errie. It is a great song and when you listen to it, its lyrics depict a westen story meets The Outsiders.”