Bad Company – Straight Shooter

 Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series)

 

Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Atlantic Records!

 

Second studio album, featuring "Good Lovin’ Gone Bad"

 

180-gram 45 RPM double LP

 

Pressed at Quality Record Pressings

 

Tip-on old style gatefold double pocket jacket by Stoughton Printing

 

"Wonderful, beautifully listening from start to finish here. … Guitar driven, blues rock." — Michael Ludwigs, 45 RPM Audiophile, YouTube video

 

Recorded 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, writes AllMusic.

 

The album, released in April 1975, reached No. 3 on both the U.K. Albums Chart and the U.S. Billboard 200. It was certified gold (500,000 units sold) by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) a month after its release.

 

The jacket for the album was designed by Hipgnosis, who also designed their debut album.

 

"Good Lovin’ Gone Bad," was released in March 1975 and reached No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was released in April. The album’s final single "Feel like Makin’ Love" was released in August and reached No. 10 on the Hot 100.

 

"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."

 

Pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressings, and housed in a tip-on old style gatefold double pocket jacket by Stoughton Printing, this is the definitive pressing of Straight Shooter and one fans of Bad Company will be proud to own.

 

Side 1

1. Good Lovin’ Gone Bad

2. Feel Like Makin’ Love

Side 2

1. Weep No More

2. Shooting Star

Side 3

1. Deal With The Preacher

2. Wild Fire Woman

Side 4

1. Anna

2. Call On Me