Bad Company was the debut studio album by British hard rock supergroup Bad Company. The album was recorded at Headley Grange with Ronnie Lane’s Mobile Studio in November 1973, and was the first release of Led Zeppelin’s Swan Song Records.
Track listing
1. “Can’t Get Enough”
2. “Rock Steady”
3. “Ready for Love”
4. “Don’t Let Me Down”
5. “Bad Company”
6. “The Way I Choose”
7. “Movin’ On”
8. “Seagull”
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Bad Company’s debut album dropped on June 26, 1974 and was the first release of Led Zeppelin’s Swan Song Records. Overseen by Led Zeppelin's manager Peter Grant, the decision to launch the label came after Led Zeppelin's five-year contract with Atlantic Records expired at the end of 1973
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The album was recorded at Headley Grange, a remote Victorian house in East Hampshire, England, with Ronnie Lane's Mobile Studio, in November 1973. This was the same location where much of Led Zeppelin’s third and fourth albums, and some holdover songs for Physical Graffiti, were recorded
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The album reached the top of the U.S. Billboard 200 and has been certified five times platinum by the RIAA, and became the 46th best selling album of the 1970s
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The album spent 25 weeks in the U.K. Albums Chart, entering at No. 10 and reaching its highest position of No. 3 in the second week
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Written by Paul Rodgers, “Rock Steady” became a huge hit and received massive FM radio airplay at the time, and still does to this day
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Guitarist Mick Ralphs brought “Ready for Love” over from his tenure with Mott the Hoople, where he sang a version of the song, "Ready for Love / After Lights," on the 1972 album, All the Young Dudes
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Co-written by lead singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke, the song's meaning comes from a book on Victorian morals. Released as the third single from the album, the song uses the same chords and piano figure as Joni Mitchell's song "Woodstock" from 1970
