Rough Diamonds

Another classic from this brilliant band,bad co never fail to deliver the goods.

I confess a soft spot for this album that a friend taped for me when it came out. It jumped in a few places and I must have wiped it, but not before the music wormed its way into my long term memory. I bought the CD last week - that's about 30 years later - and realised that I still knew every note (except for the jumps!) No, it's not the debut album or Straight Shooter but those albums are still around to listen to, if that's what you really want.For me the songs on Rough Diamonds are strong, there are some great hooks and the production sounds great. There's very little of the 'eighties sound' to put me off and I much prefer it to the late seventies Bad Company albums which I've never been able to listen to. It's great to hear Paul Rogers' voice in a different context.

Awesome great album

Has to be the weakest of all the Bad Company albums. It's flaws show themselves both lyrically and on the production side. Worst track has to be Painted Face - awful lyrics which are not even complete with Paul Rodgers doing a la-la-la bit halfway through. Best track is the opener, Electric Land.

great

Well, there are a couple of poor ratings for this album, and granted, it's not as good as Straight Shooter, as that particlar album was seminal, but this is still fantastic, with Roger's soaring, powerful vocals and fab guitars . I loved it in 82 and still moving it in 2017.

very happy with item

A patchy offering to be fair.

Ultimo disco dei Bad Company con Paul Rodgers ed è uno dei loro migliori. Sonorità molto anni ottanta che seguono la scia dell’album precedente. Su tutte la canzone “Painted Face”.

Great retro

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rauh war einmal, die Diamanten sind eher "über"-poliert, aber ...Bad Company steht für Blues-Rock vom feinsten - technisch nach wie vor perfekt - aber die Ideen gehen langsam aus. Vieleicht wollte Paul Rodgers auch einfach zu viel - oder doch nur nochmal abkassieren?Egal - guter bis sehr guter Rock, mit Electric Land ist m.E. einer der besten Bad Co. Songs überhaupt enthalten. Kann man für kleines Geld bedenkenlos kaufen und vervollständigt die 5 Originals zur kompletten Sammlung (Nachzügler und späte Live-Aufnahmen lasse ich mal raus).

渋すぎる。。さりげなくポール節を散りばめていて、初期とは違う意味で名盤と言わせていただきたい。聞けば聞くほどに、熱いソウルを感じます。