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Bad English is the debut studio album by British/American glam metal supergroup Bad English. It was released in on June 26, 1989.

Bad English
Studio album by Bad English
Released	June 26, 1989[1]
Recorded	One on One Recording Studios, A&M Studios, Conway Studios, Secret Sound L.A. and Pacific Sound, 1988-1989
Genre	Glam metal hard rock arena rock
Length	62:10
Label	Epic
Producer	Richie Zito
Bad English chronology
Bad English (1989) Backlash (1991)
Singles from Bad English
"Forget Me Not" Released: 1989 "When I See You Smile" Released: August 30, 1989[2] "Price of Love" Released: 1989 "Don't Walk Away" Released: 1989 (UK)[3] "Heaven Is a 4 Letter Word" Released: 1990 "Possession" Released: 1990

The album was a massive success, especially because of the No. 1 single "When I See You Smile".[4] That single was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America while the album was certified platinum.[2] Aside from that song, the album had two other top 40 hits, "Price of Love" and "Possession", which peaked at No. 5 and No. 21, respectively.[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[6]
Rock Hard	8.5/10[7]
LouderSound	[8]

The album received generally positive reviews.

In review of 12 August 1989 David Spodek, reviewer of RPM, called the result of collaboration of famous musicians as "an LP full of enough hard driving rock and roll and power chords to please any AOR MD" and named "Forget Me Not" an album's best cut.[9] Rock Hard gave the album an extremely positive review, and called it "[b]est AOR album of the past six months".[7]

AllMusic reviewer Dan Heilman gave the album four stars, saying, "[a]mid some tailor-made power ballads lurks some decent hard rock".[6] LouderSound writer Dave Everley gave the album four stars, explaining the rating with "Bad English marked the end of an era, but what a last hurrah it was".[8]

Despite the positive reception to the album, in 2016 "When I See You Smile" was ranked by Louder Sound magazine as the 10th worst power ballad ever written.[10]

In popular culture

"Best of What I Got" is featured during the credits to the 1989 film Tango & Cash.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1989	Billboard 200[11]	21
	UK Albums[12]	74

Singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions
		US Hot 100 [5]	US Main [13]	US AC [14]	UK Singles [12]
1989	"Forget Me Not"	45	2	-	-
1989-1990	"When I See You Smile"	1	10	11	61
1990	"Price of Love"	5	30	38	80
1990	"Best of What I Got"	*	9	*	*
1990	"Heaven Is a 4 Letter Word"	66	12	-	-
1990	"Possession"	21	-	42	-

(* "Best of What I Got" was released only to U.S. rock radio)

Certifications

Country	Organization	Year	Sales
USA	Recording Industry Association of America[2]	1990	Platinum
Total available sales:			(+ 1,000,000)

Personnel

Band members

• John Waite - lead vocals
• Neal Schon - lead & acoustic guitars, backing vocals
• Jonathan Cain - keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Ricky Phillips - bass, backing vocals
• Deen Castronovo - drums, percussion, backing vocals

Production

• Richie Zito - producer
• Phil Kaffel - engineer, mixing
• Mike Fraser - mixing
• George Marino - mastering

References

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