Bad Company 80
The self titled Black Album although simple in arrangements is
definitely pure and honest. Paul Rodgers proves to be the meal ticket
in this fine band with an awesome vocal style that grabs the listener by
the throat. The delivery and stylings are textbook of how a lead singer
should sing. The rest of the band provides ample support. Whereas the
songs (especially the lyrics) are extremely basic, the format is
definitely appropriate for this fine rock n roll band.
Straight Shooter 73
The thing that grabs me the most about this collection is the cover with
the dice and the crap tables. Very appealing to the eyes. The jacket
is pretty creative too as one side shows the rear of the band in
workman's clothes and in the front they are dressed to the nines. As
for the music, the style is the same slam bam thank you mam style as the
first except the last two songs are just a little too slow and are not
suited to the band's talents. The rockers are basically good but for my
money I somehow desire something more. Like some depth.
Run With The Pack 82
This is my personal favorite album by this band as the music varies
somewhat from hard rock. Fade Away and Love Me Somebody show a more
restrained tender side of this band while the cover version of
Youngblood work well due to a great backbeat. Simple Man is a
beautiful acoustic gem. Of course Bad Company's strong suit is their
hard driving rock n roll but the diversity demonstrated here makes this
album stand pretty tall.
Desolation Angels 66
Here the diversity is a little bit overdone. The band tried to
incorporate some slick synthesizer sounds on this disc and it just does
not hold up over the course of an entire album. The limited
song-writing abilities of the band members seem to be more evident here
as the last few songs on the record sound incomplete. Don't get be
wrong, this is not a bad album. Its just not a very good one.