Bad Company (album)

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. The singles "Can't Get Enough" and "Movin' On" peaked at No. 5 and No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100, respectively. "Rock Steady", "Bad Company" and "Ready for Love" are also classic rock radio staples. Ultimate Classic Rock critic Matt Wardlaw named four songs from Bad Company – "Bad Company", "Can't Get Enough", "Ready for Love" and "Seagull" – to be among Bad Company's 10 greatest songs. ==Versions==

The album was remastered and re-released in 1994. In 2006 an audiophile mastered 24K gold CD was released by Audio Fidelity. ==Track listing==

• "Little Miss Fortune" (Rodgers, Ralphs) – 3:52 • Released as the B-side of the "Can't Get Enough" single. • "Easy On My Soul" (Rodgers) – 4:39 • Released as the B-side of the "Movin' On" single. ==Personnel==

Bad Company • Paul Rodgers – vocals, piano (4, 5), rhythm (1) and acoustic (8) guitars, tambourine (8) • Mick Ralphs – lead guitar (all but 8), keyboards (3) • Boz Burrell – bass (all but 8) • Simon Kirke – drums (all but 8) Additional personnel • Sue Glover and Sunny Leslie – backing vocals (4) • Mel Collins – saxophones (6) • Ron Fawcus – tape operator • Hipgnosis – sleeve design, photography • Ron Nevison – engineer, mixing • Steve Hoffman – mastering • Barry Diament – mastering • Beverly Taddei – production co-ordination • Bob Wynne – art direction ==Charts==

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