Bad Company Songs Ranked
Bad Company is an English hard rock supergroup formed in Westminster, London, in 1973 by singer Paul Rodgers and guitarist Mick Ralphs, later adding drummer Simon Kirke and bassist Boz Burrell. Peter Grant, who managed the rock band Led Zeppelin, also managed Bad Company until 1982.
Bad Company is known for their song “Bad Company” from their album of the same name. However, Bad Company enjoyed great success throughout the 1970s. Their first three albums, Bad Company (1974), Straight Shooter (1975), and Run with the Pack (1976), reached the top five in the album charts in both the UK and US. Many of their singles and songs, such as “Bad Company”, “Can’t Get Enough”, “Good Lovin’ Gone Bad”, “Feel Like Makin’ Love”, “Ready for Love”, “Shooting Star”, and “Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy”, remain staples of classic rock radio. They have sold 15.5 million RIAA-certified albums in the United States.
Bad Company once again teamed with Lynyrd Skynyrd for Skynyrd’s The Last of the Street Survivors Farewell Tour, which started on 4 May 2018 at the Coral Sky Amphitheater in Palm Beach, Florida, and ran through the summer. Between September and December 2018, the band has a small number of live shows scheduled in the USA, starting in Livermore, CA. Here are all of the Bad Company songs ranked.
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15. The Way I Choose (Bad Company, 1974)
“The Way I Choose”, a delicious blues, where Mel Collins, another former component of “King Crimson”, collaborates with the sax.
Every time I listen to this song I always tell myself the same thing: when I grow up I want to sing like this guy. How good is Paul.”
14. Run with the Pack (Run with the Pack, 1976)
“Bad Company seemed to get more stale and pedantic as they went. Their debut was a hard-hitting masterpiece. The follow-up, while not as well liked by me, is probably even more loved by the masses.”
13. Movin’ On (Bad Company, 1974)
“Straight down the middle hard rock from Bad Company. The on-the-road lyric, four-square drum beat and Paul Rodgers’ bluesy vocal scream all scream cliche but something about the economic riffing and crisp production keep it afloat. There’s a hint of female backing singers of which more could have been made, plus a little bit of Booker T-type organ might have taken it in a more preferable R and B direction but it is what it is and hard to argue against really.”
11. Good Lovin’ Gone Bad (Straight Shooter, 1975)
“Bad Company kick out a hot groove with the infectious “Good Lovin’ Gone Bad”. Pulled from the group’s chart-topping Straight Shooter LP, which pushed Bad Co into exclusive rock star status, proving the group’s impressive self-titled debut album was no fluke, “Good Lovin’ Gone Bad” was issued as a single backed with the non-LP “Whiskey Bottle”.
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10. Rock ‘N Roll Fantasy (Desolation Angels, 1979)
“Released on the LED ZEPPELIN record label. Two songs from their fifth album DESOLATION ANGELS (1979). This is the spanish edition of this single with the title tracks written in Spanish at the back. Love the song ROCK´N´ROLL FANTASTY. Very cool melodic hard rock like FOREIGNER. I also like the front cover a lot, takes you to a hot summer night.”
9. Silver, Blue & Gold (Run with the Pack, 1976)
“One of those inspirational lost love tunes. There’s thousands of them, but with the great lyrics, arrangement and melody performed by an awesome band in their day, this is one of those tunes that will withstand the test of time.”
8. Can’t Get Enough (Bad Company, 1974)
“Fine slice of British hard-rock, right from that sledgehammer drum intro. Paul Rodgers delivers the somewhat unsophisticated but unquestionably direct lyric while the band lay down the proverbial tight groove behind him. There’s a fine squealing guitar solo from late-of-Mott Mick Ralphs to embellish the track further. Just how I like my rock music, not too heavy, with melody and dynamics to match.”
7. Ready for Love (Bad Company, 1974)
“Always one of my fave groups from the 70’s,and still brings back great memories from that era of the British Invasion!! This song will never be old—great rock, great beat and lyrics, from one of my all time favorite bands.”
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6. Rock Steady (Bad Company, 1974)
“Rock Steady”, another song based on a guitar riff that, without being as powerful as the previous song, will hook you as the song progresses. Paul Rodgers gives that bluesy touch to the song again with those vocal twists available to very few.”
5. Feel Like Makin’ Love (Straight Shooter, 1975)
“Best track by a distance on the “Straight Shooter” album, this is a fine rock ballad which still packs a punch. Predicated on similar acoustic chords to Free’s “Travellin’ In Style”, the verse is effectively under-sung by Paul Rodgers until he and the band launch into that big radio-friendly chorus. By the the time it hits the extended fade with its rhythmic riffing and keening guitar solo, I think we’ve all got the message here.”
4. If You Needed Somebody (Holy Water, 1990)
“It’s about a boy liking this girl. They are in different worlds it seems. Different groups of people and he loves her but she doesn’t even notice her. Truly Beautiful.”
3. Holy Water (Holy Water, 1990)
“This is a very good song.this is sang by Brian Howe not Paul Rodgers.this was when Bad Co. was reformed.they were good but there is only one Paul “The Voice” Rodgers.”
2. Shooting Star (Straight Shooter, 1975)
“Shooting Star” is absolutely fantastic, I’ll just get that out of the way. It’s a heartbreaking yet beautiful song about the rise and fall of a star,and I’ve always found to just make for a really great rock song.”
1. Bad Company (Bad Company, 1974)
“Bad Company” is an album made by four great musicians who got together to create one of the super bands of the 70’s, where they mix hard rock with bluesy touches with an exquisite taste, with the right commerciality so that the quality of the product does not decline. , and all seasoned by one of the best voices in Rock, Paul Rodgers. I hope you enjoy it the way I do it every time I listen to it.”