Bad Company-RUN WITH THE PACK-CD - 1976/1994
- Swan Song Inc. / Atlantic Recording Corporation-075679243522-400 grn
Run with the Pack, Bad Company’s third and best album, reiterates the raw, rowdy style of their debut, Bad Co., solidifies the loose ends that marred Straight Shooter and adds new directions of its own. Maybe most importantly, record is refreshing proof that rockers do not have to produce literature in their lyrics or cultivate personae to create good art. Bad Company’s is a purely musical triumph. Strangely, Bad Company lacks an instrumental virtuoso. Ralphs, as well as he plays on this record, really does not come close. But Paul Rodgers emerges as a vocal virtuoso — he is brilliant, throwing himself into different moods with ease, revealing timbres and energy he has only hinted at since his days in Free. On "Sweet Lil Sister," he has the heat and drive of a true rocker, while "Simple Man" displays the rich evenness he mastered long ago. He uses echo to great advantage; all singers seem to improve with this device, but Rodgers more than most. "Love Me Somebody" is still another brand of excellence, true rhythm & blues performance boasting fine work by Ralphs. Rodgers’s piano and organ arrangement recalls the early Steve Winwood, and (as if in tribute) Rodgers gives us a taste of that singer’s voice when he hits a high note in the last verse.
Comes In A Standard Jewel Case With Clear Tray Includes Foldout Insert.
Made In Germany.
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