Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975) [2015, Deluxe Edition]

Bad Company - Straight Shooter (1975)
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2CD | Rhino Records, 081227955533 | ~ 674 Mb | Scans(png) -> 308 Mb
Hard Rock / Blues-Rock / Classic Rock

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. 

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AMG

Tracklist CD1 - Original Album:

01. Good Lovin' Gone Bad 03:38
02. Feel Like Makin' Love 05:16
03. Weep No More 04:02
04. Shooting Star 06:19
05. Deal With The Preacher 05:04
06. Wild Fire Woman 04:35
07. Anna 03:55
08. Call On Me 06:0 

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Tracklist CD2 - Alternate Takes & Unreleased Songs:

01. Good Lovin' Gone Bad (Alternate Vocal & Guitar) 03:21
02. Feel Like Makin' Love (Take Before Master) 05:44
03. Weep No More (Early Slow Version) 05:07
04. Shooting Star (Alternate Take) 05:33
05. Deal With The Preacher (Early Version) 05:40
06. Anna (Alternate Vocal) 03:42
07. Call On Me (Alternate Take) 05:45
08. Easy On My Soul (Slow Version) 06:47
09. Whiskey Bottle (Early Slow Version) 03:45
10. See The Sunlight (Previously Unreleased Song) 04:40
11. All Night Long (Previously Unreleased Song) 04:47
12. Wild Fire Woman (Alternate Vocal & Guitar) 04:10
13. Feel Like Makin' Love (Harmonica Version) 05:52
14. Whiskey Bottle (B-Side Of 'Good Lovin' Gone Bad') 03:48

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