Straight Shooter is the second studio album by British supergroup Bad Company. The album was released in April 1975, a month after the release of the single "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" and four months before the album's second single "Feel Like Makin' Love" (see 1975 in music).[1]
The album became a hit in America, making the top ten on the Billboard 200[3] and was certified gold (500,000 units sold) by the Recording Industry Association of America a month after its release.[4]
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Straight Shooter is the second studio album by British supergroup Bad Company. The album was released in April 1975, a month after the release of the single "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" and four months before the album's second single "Feel Like Makin' Love" (see 1975 in music).[1]
The album became a hit in America, making the top ten on the Billboard 200[3] and was certified gold (500,000 units sold) by the Recording Industry Association of America a month after its release.[4]
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.
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 #36 on the Billboard Hot 100.[5] The album was released in April.[1] The album's final single "Feel Like Makin' Love" was released in August[1] and reached #10 on the Hot 100.[5]
Critical reception.
Studio album by Bad Company
ReleasedApril 1975[1]
RecordedSeptember 1974 at Clearwell Castle, Gloucestershire, England[2]
GenreHard rock
Length38:17
LabelSwan Song
ProducerBad Company[2]
Bad Company chronology
Bad Company
(1974)Straight Shooter (album)
(1975)Run With the Pack
(1976)
Singles from Straight Shooter
"Good Lovin' Gone Bad"
Released: March 1975[1]
"Feel Like Makin' Love"
Released: August 1975[1]
This article is about the Bad Company album. For the James Gang album, see Straight Shooter (James Gang album).
Professional ratings/Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[6]
Robert Christgau(B-)[7]
Rolling Stone(favorable)[8]
Straight Shooter received different reviews from music critics. Gautam Baksi's review of the album for Allmusic said that the album's popularity was contributed 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, are what made the album less successful than its predecessor.[6] Robert Christgau feels that although Straight Shooter was better than it's predecessor, that it should not be labeled hard rock because Paul Rodgers does not have either a strong voice—which is needed to be a rock singer—and because the album is not played in the right speed.[7] Ed Naha's feeling of the album, as stated in Rolling Stone magazine, is much more favorable than Christgau's. Naha feels that, with their second album, Bad Company was proving that they would not end up like Mott the Hoople, Free, or King Crimson—band's who Bad Company's members use to be part of. Naha also thinks that Simon Kirke's "Anna" is as bad as it was when it was first recorded, but that "Weep No More" shows that he was progressing as a writer, while Boz Burrell was also making progress on the bass.[8]
Track listing Side one:
"Good Lovin' Gone Bad" (Mick Ralphs) – 3:35
"Feel Like Makin' Love" (Paul Rodgers, Ralphs) – 5:12
"Weep No More" (Simon Kirke) – 3:59
"Shooting Star" (Rodgers) – 6:16
Side two:
"Deal With the Preacher" (Rodgers, Ralphs) – 5:01
"Wild Fire Woman" (Rodgers, Ralphs) – 4:32
"Anna" (Kirke) – 3:41 [9]
"Call on Me" (Rodgers) – 6:03
Non-album tracks:
"Whiskey Bottle" (Rodgers, Ralphs) – 3:45
Released as the b-side to the "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" single.
Personnel:
Paul Rodgers – vocals, guitar, piano
Mick Ralphs – guitar, keyboards
Simon Kirke – drums
Boz Burrell – bass
The Behind The Music : Bad Company
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