Bad Company-Straight Shooter (1975)

After its first and effective as well as successful first Bad Company album, fans feared that they would drift towards new sonic adventures, so when "Straight Shooter" was released, everyone breathed a sigh of relief observing that Paul Rodgers and company were removed from the sleeve another superb piece of great rock.
Following the same line as its predecessor, here the intense sound is consolidated with that flavor of old-style rock, songs that are very well built and effective, powerful riffs with a bluesy flavor and very solid rhythms.
Tracks like the hard rock "Good Lovin´ Gone Bad" and "Deal With The Preacher" are the counterpoint to the outstanding mid-times "Feel Like Makin' Love" or "Shooting Star" itself, which would once again boost them to the top positions on the British and North American charts and going triple platinum for its sales.

Bad Company-Fame and Fortune (1986)

After Paul Rodgers left the Bad Company, Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke re-founded the line-up to move on. And several things changed from then on. The productions stopped being stale and faithful to the bluesy textures of the early days to give way to more pompous productions. The AOR, melodic rock, keyboards and sounds that flooded the FM stations around the world completely infested the Bad Company sound. To a large extent that was due to the inclusion in the ranks of the group of someone like Brian Howe, who would take over the vocals.
Not in vain, and with the arduous mission of supplying the still omnipresent Paul Rodgers, Brian reconfigured the sound of the group with his voice, his only endorsement until then was the brutal 'Penetrator' that he recorded in 1983 with Ted Nugent and here he surpassed himself with you grow up doing extraordinary work.
Thus, the second stage of Bad Company starts with a good song like "Burning Up", in "Fame and Fortune" the most classic Bad Company return with that aftertaste of blues, the melodic "Long Walk" already leaves glimpse the future of the band, on the other hand is "Valerie" an impeccable song and the two precious ballads "When We Made Love" and "If I'm Sleeping" that leave one of the best albums of the genre of the decade of the eighty.

Bad Company-Desolation Angels (1979)

"Desolation Angels" is considered the last great album of Bad Company with Paul Rodgers as singer, although there would still be a swan song with the work "Rough Diamonds" the last one officially with the mythical vocalist.
A superb and extraordinary album where synthesizers take on more prominence in a sense without neglecting their powerful rock like the majestic "Rock N´Fantasy" that opens this album, or the rhythmic rock "Crazy Circles" and "Gone Gone", that contrast magnificently with the middle tenses "Early In The Morning", "Take The Time" or "She Brings Me Love".
The later "Rough Diamond" (1982), would not meet the expectations that were created by this "Desolation Angels", however it contains the excellent "Electricland" recalling times gone by, but the rest are left behind due to the low power of their songs, where the inclusion of a horn section in some of the tracks subtracts the final result of a mediocre work although to a certain extent interesting.

Bad Company-Bad Company (1974)

An ex-Mott The Hoople, Mick Ralphs, guitar, an ex-King Crimson, the bassist Boz Burrell, and two ex-Free, the drummer Simon Kirke and the vocalist Paul Rodgers formed Bad Company that would start his new career on the right foot. and there is nothing strange in having this splendid gathering of talents. The four members released their first album, a powerful and stupendous album titled simply "Bad Company" (1974) released on the Led Zeppelin-owned label, "Swan Song".
The album quickly became a great bombshell, which was helped by the single "Can't get enough" (number one on some charts), a muscular song of powerful rock, which was followed by songs like accurate "Rock Steady", the faint blues "Ready For Love", the soul "Don´t Let me down", the halftime "Bad Company" or the blues "The way i Choose".
This was one of the most remembered debuts of those times and the best Bad Company album along with the next "Straight Shooter".

Bad Company-Holy Water (1990)

In 1986, guitarist Mick Ralphs and drummer Simon Kirke, two of the founding members of Bad Company, joined forces and resumed the group's activity left behind years before when another of the founders Paul Rodgers decided to withdraw from the stage for a time and the recordings. For this new stage they included a new bassist, Steve Price. Back then, Paul Rodgers would return to the world of music but he had decided to form the group The Firm with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, so Ralphs and Kirke decided to sign vocalist Brian Howe who had previously worked with Ted Nugent. on his '84 album "Penetrator".
With Howe the sound of the group took a path very oriented towards Hard / AOR, in counterpoint to the previous and successful stage with Rodgers where a Hard Rock and Blues inherited from the germinal band Free were played. With this new formation, the Bad Company released in '86 the album "Fortune And Fame" which had a great acceptance by the North American and European public.
For their next work, "Dangerous Age", the group signed producer Terry Thomas, who would take over the keyboards and rhythm guitar, composing with Brian Howe and Mick Ralphs all the songs on this album and where a higher quality in the compositions with respect to his previous work.
"Dangerous Age" like the following albums with Howe as Frontman will get a great reception on the world Hard Rock circuits.
With this new identity the Bad Company was reaffirmed in its new era and lived a special revival with notable success,
and whose main attraction lay in its new vocalist.
In the following years a series of remarkable works would follow; Holy Water (1990), Here Comes Trouble (1992) and the direct What You Hear Is What You Get (1993) all of them remarkable Hard / AOR works, productions of an indisputable category and quality within the new sound used, reaching several of his singles to fill the high positions in the American sales charts during the second part of the eighties and nineties.

Bad Company-Burnin´Sky (1977)

The career of the indomitable Bad Company left behind a trail of great classics in the form of generational rock anthems such as "Can't Get Enough", "Ready For Rock", "Rock Steady", "Sweet Lil' Sister", and "Good Lovin' Gone Bad", all of which cemented their status as one of the greatest exponents of hard rock worldwide. In 1977, the band, led by Paul Rodgers and Mick Ralphs, and backed by the formidable rhythm section of Boz Burrell and Simon Kirk, released their fourth album, "Burnin' Sky", showcasing their usual blues-rock sound but with a greater emphasis on the power and vigor of their repertoire. Ralphs's splendid guitar riffs, combined with the powerful bass and drumming of Burrell and Kirke, and adorned by Rodgers's prodigious vocals, result in a magnificent album composed of heavy tracks like "Heartbeat", "Burnin's Sky", "Everything I Need", and "Too Bad", while the bluesy numbers "Morning Sun", "Leaving You", and "Like Water" evoke the earlier Free lineup. Despite not achieving the same level of success as their previous works, "Burnin' Sky" reached number fifteen on the US charts, selling over a million copies worldwide.

Bad Company-Run With The Pack (1976)

Bad Company's third album, released in 1976, is a truly prodigious classic rock album. While it doesn't include radio hits like "Can't Get Enough" or "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" from their first two albums, it's a subtle fusion of funk, blues rock, and British rhythm and blues. Recorded at the Rolling Stones' Mobile Studios in a medieval castle outside Provence, France, it was produced by the band's singer, Paul Rodgers, resulting in an excellent, precise, and crystal-clear production. Songs like the energetic "Live For The Music" give way to the intense "Honey Child", a powerful track driven by Mick Ralphs' guitar riffs. The arrogant rock and roll "Sweet Lil' Sister", the audacious "Live For The Music", the bluesy "Simple Man" or the southern-flavored R&B ballad "Love Me Somebody", make up an admirable work that, like the two previous releases, would achieve platinum status in the North American market and gold in the British market.

Bad Company-Dangerous Age (1988)

In 1982, Paul Rodgers decided to leave Bad Company to take a long break and dedicate himself to his family. Following a similar decision, the other members opted to put the band's career on hold. That same year, the album "Rough Diamonds" had been released, but it failed to meet the expectations of both the record label and the band itself, a fact that triggered their decision. Four years later, in 1986, guitarist Mick Ralphs and drummer Simon Kirke, two of the founding members, decided to continue and revive the group's career. To do so, they approached Paul Rodgers, but he declined, as he was uninterested in the project and more committed to other endeavors with Jimmy Page and the band The Firm. They eventually managed to recruit Brian Howe and bassist Steve Price. Howe's contribution would be vital to the band's new sound, steering their music towards melodic rock, a departure from the blues rock of their 70s albums. Later that same year, they released "Fame and Fortune", which garnered positive reviews and public acclaim. Standout tracks from this album included the catchy hard rock songs "Burning Up", "Tell It Like It Is", "Valerie", and "If I'm Sleeping", as well as the melodic tracks "This Love", "Long Walk", "Hold On My Heart", and "When We Made Love". Several years later, they released "Dangerous Age", which helped them regain their lost popularity. On this new album, the compositions were better structured, with improved production and a noticeably higher quality. The addition of keyboardist Terry Thomas played a decisive role in the greater musical cohesion of the melodic style the band brought to this album. Highlights include the melodic tracks "Shake It Up" and "The Way That It Goes", the powerful hard rock anthems "Love Attack", "No Smoke Without a Fire", "Rock of America", and "Dangerous Age", while the AOR influence is evident in "Dirty Boy" and "Bad Man", along with the inevitable ballad, the exquisite "Something About You". With this album, the band made a grand entrance into the AOR genre, achieving considerable notoriety thanks to several songs that reached the top ten of Billboard's rock charts.