- Rough Diamonds
Infobox Album
Name = Rough Diamonds
Type =Album
Artist =Bad Company
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Released = August, 1982
Recorded = 1981/1982
Genre =Hard rock
Length = 38:00
Label =Swan Song Records
Producer =Bad Company
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3ifrxql5ldhe~T1 link]
*Rolling stone Rating|2|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/badcompany/albums/album/240575/review/5946349/rough_diamonds link]
Last album = "Desolation Angels "
(1979)
This album = "Rough Diamonds"
(1982)
Next album = "10 from 6 "
(1985)"Rough Diamonds" is the sixth album by rock band
Bad Company released in August 1982."Rough Diamonds", like its predecessor, "Desolation Angels", was recorded at Ridge Farm Studios in Surrey, England in late 1981 and early 1982 and engineered by Max Norman (famed for his work with
Ozzy Osbourne ).It was the last album by Bad Company's original lineup. The sessions were rough going from the beginning. First, their manager, Peter Grant, withdrew from view after the death of
Led Zeppelin drummer,John Bonham . Then the murder ofJohn Lennon made the band change their way of thinking. Then, on another occasion, a fistfight broke out betweenPaul Rodgers andBoz Burrell , only to be restrained byMick Ralphs andSimon Kirke .The album's opening track, "Electricland", written by Rodgers, was the album's biggest hit. Rodgers' "Painted Face" also received substantial airplay on rock stations.
The album became the original lineup's worst selling album, reaching a disappointing #26 on the Billboard album charts in 1982.
The album was remastered and re-released in 1994.
Track listing
# "Electricland" (Rodgers) - 5:29
# "Untie the Knot" (Rodgers/Kirke) - 4:07
# "Nuthin' on the TV" (Burrell) - 3:46
# "Painted Face" (Rodgers) - 3:24
# "Kickdown" (Ralphs) - 3:35
# "Ballad of the Band" (Burrell) - 2:10
# "Cross Country Boy" (Rodgers) - 3:00
# "Old Mexico" (Ralphs) - 3:49
# "Downhill Ryder" (Rodgers) - 4:09
# "Racetrack" (Rodgers) - 4:44Credits
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Paul Rodgers −Vocals, Lead Guitar on "Painted Face", Cross Country Boy" and "Downhill Ryder", uncredited keyboards and synthesizers
*Boz Burrell −Bass Guitar
*Mick Ralphs −Lead Guitar ,Slide Guitar on "Old Mexico" and "Racetrack"
*Simon Kirke − Drums
*Mel Collins − Horns
*Bad Company − Producer
*Max Norman − Engineer
*Ted Jensen − Re-MastererCharts
Album - Billboard (North America)
Singles - Billboard (North America)
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