music.wikisort.org - CompositionStraight Shooter is the second studio album by the English hard rock supergroup Bad Company. The album was released on April 2, 1975, a month after the release of the album's first single, "Good Lovin' Gone Bad", and four months before the second single, "Feel Like Makin' Love" (see 1975 in music).[1]
1975 studio album by Bad Company
Straight Shooter |
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Released | 2 April 1975 (1975-04-02)[1] |
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Recorded | September 1974 |
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Studio | Clearwell Castle, Gloucestershire, England[2] |
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- Arena rock[3]
- hard rock
- blues rock
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Length | 38:17 |
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Label | Island (UK) Swan Song (US) |
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Producer | Bad Company[2] |
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The album reached number 3 on both the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200.[4][5] It was certified gold (500,000 units sold) by the Recording Industry Association of America a month after its release.[6] The album was remastered and re-released in 1994.
The track "Shooting Star" (written by lead singer Paul Rodgers) was lyrically inspired by the drug and alcohol-related deaths of guitarist Jimi Hendrix and other rock musicians.
Background
In June 1974, Bad Company released their self-titled debut album.[1] Three months later, the band and recording engineer Ron Nevison recorded at least eight songs at Clearwell Castle in Gloucestershire, England. Sometime later Nevison mixed the songs for Straight Shooter at Air Studios in London. The sleeve for the album was designed by Hipgnosis, who also designed their debut album.[2]
The first single from the album, "Good Lovin' Gone Bad", was released in March 1975[1] and reached No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100.[7] The album was released in April.[1] The album's final single "Feel like Makin' Love" was released in August[1] and reached No. 10 on the Hot 100.[7]
Critical reception
Professional ratingsReview scores |
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AllMusic |     [8] |
Christgau's Record Guide | B− [9] |
Rolling Stone | (favorable) [10] |
Straight Shooter received different reviews from different music critics. Gautam Baksi's review of the album for Allmusic said that the album's popularity was attributed to the acoustic ballads "Shooting Star" and "Feel like Makin' Love", while the two songs written by Simon Kirke—"Anna" and "Weep No More"—as well as the album not having enough supporting songs and follow-up singles, were what made the album less successful than its predecessor.[8] Robert Christgau felt that although Straight Shooter was better than its predecessor, it should not be labelled hard rock because Paul Rodgers did not have a strong voice, which is needed to be a rock singer.[9] Ed Naha's feeling of the album, as stated in Rolling Stone magazine, was much more favourable than Christgau's. Naha thought that, with their second album, Bad Company was proving that they would not end up like Mott the Hoople, Free, or King Crimson—bands that Bad Company's members used to be part of. Naha also thought that Simon Kirke's "Anna" was as bad as it was when it was first recorded, but that "Weep No More" showed that he was progressing as a writer, while Boz Burrell was also making progress on the bass.[10]
Track listing
Side twoTitle | Writer(s) |
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5. | "Deal with the Preacher" | Rodgers, Ralphs | 5:01 |
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6. | "Wild Fire Woman" | Rodgers, Ralphs | 4:32 |
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7. | "Anna" | Kirke | 3:41 |
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8. | "Call on Me" | Rodgers | 6:03 |
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2015 Reissue Disc twoTitle | Writer(s) |
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1. | "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" (Alternate Vocal & Guitar) | Ralphs | 3:21 |
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2. | "Feel Like Makin' Love" (Take Before Master) | Rodgers, Ralphs | 5:44 |
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3. | "Weep No More" (Early Slow Version) | Kirke | 5:07 |
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4. | "Shooting Star" (Alternate Take) | Rodgers | 5:33 |
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5. | "Deal with the Preacher" (Early Version) | Rodgers, Ralphs | 5:40 |
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6. | "Anna" (Alternate Vocal) | Kirke | 3:42 |
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7. | "Call on Me" (Alternate Take) | Rodgers | 5:45 |
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8. | "Easy on My Soul" (Slow Version) | Rodgers | 6:47 |
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9. | "Whiskey Bottle" (Early Slow Version) | Rodgers, Ralphs, Kirke, Boz Burrell | 3:45 |
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10. | "See the Sunlight" (Previously Unreleased) | Rodgers, Ralphs | 4:40 |
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11. | "All Night Long" (Previously Unreleased) | Rodgers | 4:47 |
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12. | "Wild Fire Woman" (Alternate Vocal & Guitar) | Rodgers, Ralphs | 4:10 |
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13. | "Feel like Makin' Love" (Harmonica Version) | Rodgers, Ralphs | 5:52 |
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14. | "Whiskey Bottle" (B-Side of "Good Lovin' Gone Bad") | Rodgers, Ralphs, Kirke, Burrell | 3:48 |
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Non-album tracks
- "Whisky Bottle" (Rodgers, Ralphs, Kirke, Burrell) – 3:45
- Released as the b-side to the "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" single.
Personnel
- Bad Company
- Production
- Produced by Bad Company
- Mastered by George Marino
Charts
- Weekly charts
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- Year-end charts
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Certifications and sales
References
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Straight Shooter — второй альбом британской рок-группы Bad Company, выпущенный 2 апреля 1975 года лейблом Island в Великобритании и лейблом Swan Song в США. Ремастирован и переиздан в 1994 году. В 2015 году вышло новое переиздание с добавление большого количества бонус-треков, включающих более ранние версии некоторых вошедших в альбом композиций.
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