Artist: BAD COMPANY
Album: ROUGH DIAMONDS REMASTERED (CD)

Year: 1982/ 1994
Media type: CD

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 of John Lennon made the band change their way of thinking. Then, on another occasion, a fistfight broke out between Paul Rodgers and Boz Burrell, only to be restrained by Mick Ralphs and Simon 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.

TRACKLIST:

"Electric Land" (Rodgers) --- 5:29
"Untie the Knot" (Rodgers/Kirke)
"Nuthin' on the TV" (Burrell)
"Painted Face" (Rodgers)
"Kickdown" (Ralphs)
"Ballad of the Band" (Burrell)
"Cross-Country Boy" (Rodgers)
"Old Mexico" (Ralphs)
"Downhill Ryder" (Rodgers)
"Racetrack" (Rodgers)

LINE-UP:

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