On Bad Company's fourth album, Burnin' Sky, the band's approach was simple and formulaic, although Mick Ralphs continued to play his sparse guitar leads and Paul Rodgers continued to present his lust in a soulful voice. Lacking a hit single, this was the first Bad Company album to miss the Top Ten in the U.S. and the U.K., as the band tossed in a '50s pastiche in "Everything I Need" and crooned "The Happy Wanderer" as if on a drunken pub crawl. There were plenty of those patented ominous midtempo rockers, too, of course. [A ...
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On Bad Company's fourth album, Burnin' Sky, the band's approach was simple and formulaic, although Mick Ralphs continued to play his sparse guitar leads and Paul Rodgers continued to present his lust in a soulful voice. Lacking a hit single, this was the first Bad Company album to miss the Top Ten in the U.S. and the U.K., as the band tossed in a '50s pastiche in "Everything I Need" and crooned "The Happy Wanderer" as if on a drunken pub crawl. There were plenty of those patented ominous midtempo rockers, too, of course. [A 2017 Deluxe LP Edition added 12 bonus tracks.] ~ William Ruhlmann, Rovi
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