The string finally ran out for Bad Company with their fourth album, Burnin' Sky.
Their approach was so simple that it almost inevitably became formulaic, and although Mick Ralphs continued to screech with his sparse guitar leads and Paul Rodgers continued to present his lust in a soulful voice -- well, one had heard it all before several times by now.
A band that begins life declaring "I can't get enough of your love" doesn't really have anywhere to go, and by this, their fourth album, Bad Company were getting sloppy around the edges, tossing in a '50s pastiche in "Everything I Need," crooning "The Happy Wanderer" as if they were on a drunken pub crawl.
There were plenty of those patented ominous midtempo rockers, too, of course, but nothing you'd want to add to the set list.
Of course, the real reason this was the first of the band's LPs to miss the Top Ten in the U.S.
and the U.K.
is that last point: only one hit single in the title track.
Clearly, it was time to try something new, but after three years of stadium rocking, what Bad Company wanted to try instead was a vacation; they weren't heard from again for two years.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morning Sun | Bad Company | Play | 03:55 | 8 MB | 22 MB |
| 2 | Leaving You | Bad Company | Play | 03:24 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 3 | Like Water | Bad Company | Play | 04:19 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 4 | Knapsack | Bad Company | Play | 01:22 | 3 MB | 6 MB |
| 5 | Everything I Need | Bad Company | Play | 03:22 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 6 | Heartbeat | Bad Company | Play | 02:37 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 7 | Peace of Mind | Bad Company | Play | 03:23 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 8 | Passing Time | Bad Company | Play | 03:23 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 9 | Too Bad | Bad Company | Play | 03:51 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 10 | Man Needs Woman | Bad Company | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 22 MB |
| 11 | Master of Ceremony | Bad Company | Play | 07:02 | 16 MB | 36 MB |
| 40 mins | 92 MB | |||||
| 40 mins | 228 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bad Company | Audio Production, Primary Artist |
| 2 | Mel Collins | Flute, Saxophone |
| 3 | Chris Kimsey | Audio Engineer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |