Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975) {1988, Reissue} CD-Rip
BAND/ARTIST: Bad Company
- Title: Straight Shooter
- Year Of Release: 1975 / 1988
- Label: Swan Song #SS 8502-2 / 8502-2
- Genre: Hard Rock, Classic Rock
- Quality: EAC Rip -> FLAC (Img+Cue, Log) / MP3 CBR320
- Total Time: 00:38:41
- Total Size: 269 / 115 Mb (Full Scans)
- WebSite: Album Preview
Straight Shooter is the second studio album by British supergroup Bad Company. The album was released in April 1975. The album reached number 3 in the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200. It was certified gold a month after its release. Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke revealed on In the Studio (which devoted an episode to Straight Shooter) that the track "Shooting Star" (which told the story of a rock star who died early) was lyrically inspired by the drug and alcohol-related deaths of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison.
Track List:
01. Good Lovin' Gone Bad [3:37]
02. Feel Like Makin' Love [5:16]
03. Weep No More [4:02]
04. Shooting Star [6:18]
05. Deal With the Preacher [5:04]
06. Wild Fire Woman [4:35]
07. Anna [3:45]
08. Call On Me [6:04]
Cut straight on the heels of Bad Company's 1974 debut – just a matter of three months later; not quite long enough to know how big a success the first LP would be – Straight Shooter is seemingly cut from the same cloth as its predecessor. It is, after all, a tight collection of eight strong, steady, heavy rockers that never, ever proceed in a hurry, but from the moment "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" kicks off the proceedings, it's clear that Bad Company have decided to expand their palette this second time around. Where Bad Company was stark, minimalist hard rock, Straight Shooter bears lots of different, vibrant colors: acoustic guitars are used for light and shade, guitars are channeled through chorus pedals, pianos and organs alternate with the occasional wash of strings, and the entire thing feels bigger and bolder than before. Sometimes, it is also better: the two big hits, "Feel Like Makin' Love" and "Shooting Star," became classic rock staples due to this expanded aural vocabulary, and even straight-ahead rockers like "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" and "Deal with the Preacher" benefit from this additional muscle, while they feel comfortable enough to settle into a soulful groove on "Anna" and "Call on Me." This dexterity compensates for the occasional stumble – aka, the hamfisted funk-rock of "Wild Fire Woman" – and shows that Bad Company can sound just as powerful and threatening when they're not concentrating on a heavy guitar crunch.
~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music
Track List:
01. Good Lovin' Gone Bad [3:37]
02. Feel Like Makin' Love [5:16]
03. Weep No More [4:02]
04. Shooting Star [6:18]
05. Deal With the Preacher [5:04]
06. Wild Fire Woman [4:35]
07. Anna [3:45]
08. Call On Me [6:04]
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