Music Original Bad Company Anthology
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Rating: - LIKE WERE IS?
WERE IS THE WAY I CHOOSE CLEARLY THEIR BEST TRACK ALONG SIDE THEIR SONG BAD CO AND HOWBOUT ANNA YOUNG BLOOD ELECTRIC LAND AND OTHERES BUY THE BLACK ALBUM ALONG WITH BURNING THE SKY AND THE OTHER ORIGINALS THEN IF YOU WANT THE OTHER SONGS GO AHEAD

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Rating: - not bad tracks but bad selection
well yes their are many great tracks on here and filler like the new garbage plus they could have filled both cds and given extra music the set is missing the greatest song they ever did and a biker fav the way i choose from the first along with young blood live for the music anna electric land and others so for the fools who put this together go to the drawing board save your money and get the black cd and run with the pack and the other original cds like burning the sky

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Rating: - Good Anthology Of The Original Bad Company
Bad Company was the band Paul Rodgers formed after the breakup of the highly underrated band Free and his decision to decline the invitation to join Deep Purple. This 2 cd set contains music from only the original line up (not the mid eighties line up without Rodgers) with the addition of four new tracks by the original members. The original line up consisted of Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke from Free, Mick Ralphs on guitar from Mott The Hoople, and Boz Burrell on bass from King Crimson. The band was a supergroup of sorts. The band's music was much more commercial and less blues oriented than that of Free. Bad Company's music also had a more polished, less chaotic feel than that of either Mott The Hoople or King Crimson. Rodgers was in excellent form while Ralph's guitar playing while not flashy was economical. Kirke was always a powerhouse drummer while Burrell's bass playing was solid.

The band gained immmediate acceptance when they hired Peter Grant of Led Zeppelin fame to manage them and released their first and best lp "Bad Company" on Led Zeppelin's own Swan Song label. This lp contained many of Bad Company's best songs such as "Can't Get Enough", "Rock Steady" "Movin' On" "Bad Company" and "Ready For Love" which Ralphs originally wrote while in Mott The Hoople. Other familiar cuts include "Feel Like Makin' Love", "Shooting Star" and "Rock And Roll Fantasy". The set also contains a few rarities such as alternate takes, unissued tracks, and a few non-lp b-sides like "Little Miss Fortune" and "Easy On My Soul" which was originally written by Rodgers while in Free. The four new tracks sound like classic Bad Company with a slightly more updated sound. Some personal favorites include "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" and "Burnin' Sky" among others.

There are a few reasons why I did not give this set a definitive 5 star rating. The first reason is the disk length. The first disk is approximately 66 minutes while the second disk is around 71 minutes. This extra time could have been used to add such essential cuts as "Live For The Music", "Young Blood", "Gone Gone Gone", and "Electric Land." However, this remastered set is the most representative anthology available for the hugely popular Bad Company. It also provides a good summation their sometimes erratic albums. Fans of Paul Rodgers and seventies era arena rock will find much to savor.

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Rating: - Good For The Most Part
This is a fairly comprehensive box set. Bad Company was a very good band from the Seventies. Except for the strange ommission of Youngblood and possibly Crazy Circles, all the essential hits are here. I would have preferred to have a few more rarities or even alternative versions included on this compilation. A couple of Free or Mott The Hoople traacks would have been nice isntead of some of the shlock from Rough Diamonds. The new tracks are pretty good but don't compare to classics such as Shooting Star, Burning Sky, Movin On, and others. Despite a few ares of criticism, this is a comprehensive collection for most fans of the band.