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Rough Diamonds

Three years is a long time between albums, but Bad Company's Rough Diamonds – their first LP since 1979's Desolation Angels – only makes one wish the band had stayed away even longer. Next to such mid-Seventies scorchers as "Can't Get Enough" and "Good Lovin' Gone Bad," the witless,...

1982 RS: 2of 5 Stars

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This mid-'70s supergroup picks up precisely where lead singer Paul Rodgers old band left off. Bad Company coarsens and distorts Free's economical blooze attack just enough to put it across to a howling, smoke-filled arena. Compared to his shrieking competition (from Ian Gillan in Deep Purple to Sammy Hagar in Montrose and later Van Halen), Rodgers is a remarkably soulful hard-rock frontman. And fo...

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