Straight Shooter ( Bad Company album ) - wikipedia Straight Shooter ( Bad Company album ) Straight Shooter Studio album by Bad Company Released April 1975 ( 1975 - 04 ) Recorded September 1974 at Clearwell Castle, Gloucestershire, England Genre Hard rock Length 38 : 17 Label Island ( UK ) Swan Song ( US ) Producer Bad Company Bad Company chronology Bad Company ( 1974 ) Bad Company 1974 Straight Shooter ( 1975 ) Run with the Pack ( 1976 ) Run with the Pack 1976 Singles from Straight Shooter `` Good Lovin ' Gone Bad '' Released : March 1975 `` Feel Like Makin ' Love '' Released : August 1975 Straight Shooter is the second studio album by the English supergroup Bad Company. The album was released in April 1975, a month after the release of the single `` Good Lovin ' Gone Bad '' and four months before the album 's second single `` Feel Like Makin ' Love '' ( see 1975 in music ). The album reached number 3 in the UK Albums Chart and the US Billboard 200. It was certified gold ( 500,000 units sold ) by the Recording Industry Association of America a month after its release. Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke revealed on In the Studio ( which devoted an episode to Straight Shooter ) that the track `` Shooting Star '' ( which told the story of a rock star who died early ) was lyrically inspired by the drug and alcohol - related deaths of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison. Contents 1 Background 2 Critical reception 3 Track listing 4 Non-album tracks 5 Personnel 5.1 Bad Company 5.2 Production 6 Charts 6.1 Weekly charts 6.2 Singles 7 References 8 External links Background In June 1974, Bad Company released their self - titled debut album. Three months later, the band and recording engineer Ron Nevison recorded at least eight songs at Clearwell Castle in Gloucestershire, England. Sometime later Nevison mixed the songs for Straight Shooter at Air Studios in London. The sleeve for the album was designed by Hipgnosis, who also designed their debut album. The first single from the album, `` Good Lovin ' Gone Bad '', was released in March 1975 and reached No. 36 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album was released in April. The album 's final single `` Feel Like Makin ' Love '' was released in August and reached No. 10 on the Hot 100. Critical reception Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic Robert Christgau B − Rolling Stone ( favorable ) Straight Shooter received different reviews from different music critics. Gautam Baksi 's review of the album for Allmusic said that the album 's popularity was attributed to the acoustic ballads `` Shooting Star '' and `` Feel Like Makin ' Love '', while the two songs written by Simon Kirke -- `` Anna '' and `` Weep No More '' -- as well as the album not having enough supporting songs and follow - up singles, were what made the album less successful than its predecessor. Robert Christgau felt that although Straight Shooter was better than its predecessor, it should not be labelled hard rock because Paul Rodgers did not have either a strong voice, which is needed to be a rock singer and because the album is not played at the right speed. Ed Naha 's feeling of the album, as stated in Rolling Stone magazine, was much more favourable than Christgau 's. Naha thought that, with their second album, Bad Company was proving that they would not end up like Mott the Hoople, Free, or King Crimson -- bands that Bad Company 's members used to be part of. Naha also thought that Simon Kirke 's `` Anna '' was as bad as it was when it was first recorded, but that `` Weep No More '' showed that he was progressing as a writer, while Boz Burrell was also making progress on the bass. Track listing Side one No. Title Writer ( s ) Length 1. `` Good Lovin ' Gone Bad '' Mick Ralphs 3 : 35 2. `` Feel Like Makin ' Love '' Paul Rodgers, Ralphs 5 : 12 3. `` Weep No More '' Simon Kirke 3 : 59 4. `` Shooting Star '' Rodgers 6 : 16 Side two No. Title Writer ( s ) Length 5. `` Deal With the Preacher '' Rodgers, Ralphs 5 : 01 6. `` Wild Fire Woman '' Rodgers, Ralphs 4 : 32 7. `` Anna '' Kirke 3 : 41 8. `` Call on Me '' Rodgers 6 : 03 2015 Reissue Disc two No. Title Writer ( s ) Length 1. `` Good Lovin ' Gone Bad '' ( Alternate Vocal & Guitar ) Ralphs 3 : 21 2. `` Feel Like Makin ' Love '' ( Take Before Master ) Rodgers, Ralphs 5 : 44 3. `` Weep No More '' ( Early Slow Version ) Kirke 5 : 07 4. `` Shooting Star '' ( Alternate Take ) Rodgers 5 : 33 5. `` Deal With the Preacher '' ( Early Version ) Rodgers, Ralphs 5 : 40 6. `` Anna '' ( Alternate Vocal ) Kirke 3 : 42 7. `` Call on Me '' ( Alternate Take ) Rodgers 5 : 45 8. `` Easy on My Soul '' ( Slow Version ) Rodgers 6 : 47 9. `` Whiskey Bottle '' ( Early Slow Version ) Rodgers, Ralphs, Kirke, Boz Burrell 3 : 45 10. `` See the Sunlight '' ( Previously Unreleased ) Rodgers, Ralphs 4 : 40 11. `` All Night Long '' ( Previously Unreleased ) Rodgers 4 : 47 12. `` Wild Fire Woman '' ( Alternate Vocal & Guitar ) Rodgers, Ralphs 4 : 10 13. `` Feel Like Makin ' Love '' ( Harmonica Version ) Rodgers, Ralphs 5 : 52 14. `` Whiskey Bottle '' ( B - Side of `` Good Lovin ' Gone Bad '' ) Rodgers, Ralphs, Kirke, Burrell 3 : 48 Non-album tracks `` Whisky Bottle '' ( Rodgers, Ralphs, Kirke, Burrell ) -- 3 : 45 Released as the b - side to the `` Good Lovin ' Gone Bad '' single. Personnel Bad Company Paul Rodgers -- vocals, guitar, piano Mick Ralphs -- guitar, keyboards Boz Burrell -- bass Simon Kirke -- drums Production Produced by Bad Company Mastered by George Marino Charts Weekly charts Chart ( 1975 ) Peak position Canada ( RPM ) Germany ( GfK ) 47 New Zealand ( RIANZ ) 13 Norway ( VG - lista ) 6 UK ( The Official Charts Company ) US Billboard 200 Singles Year Single Chart Position `` Good Lovin ' Gone Bad '' Hot 100 36 `` Feel Like Makin ' Love '' Hot 100 10 References ^ Jump up to : Strong, Charles ( 2002 ) ( Originally published in 1994 ). The Great Rock Discography ( Sixth ed. ). United Kingdom : Canongate Books. p. 133. ISBN 1 - 84195 - 312 - 1. ^ Jump up to : Straight Shooter ( Vinyl sleeve ). Bad Company. United States : Swan Song Records. 1975. Back cover. SS 8413. Jump up ^ `` Bad Company Chart history ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 August 2014 ^ Jump up to : `` Bad Company -- Billboard Albums ''. Allmusic. United States : Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 16 December 2010. Jump up ^ RIAA Certification Search Type `` Straight Shooter '' under Title for search results. ^ Jump up to : `` Bad Company -- Billboard Singles ''. Allmusic. United States : Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 16 December 2010. ^ Jump up to : Baksi, Gautam. `` Review : Straight Shooter by Bad Company ''. Allmusic. United States : Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 29 June 2011. ^ Jump up to : Christgau, Robert. `` Consumer Guide Review : Bad Company '' ( PHP ). Robert Christgau. Retrieved 29 June 2011. ^ Jump up to : Naha, Ed. `` Album Review : Straight Shooter by Bad Company ''. Rolling Stone. Jann S. Wenner. Retrieved 29 June 2011. Jump up ^ `` RPM -- Item Display : Top Albums / CDs -- Volume 23, No. 16, June 14, 1975 '' (. Php ). Library and Archives Canada. 31 March 2004. Jump up ^ `` Bad Company -- Straight Shooter ( album ) '' ( ASP ). Hung Medien. New Zealand. Retrieved 16 December 2010. Jump up ^ `` Bad Company -- Straight Shooter ( album ) '' ( ASP ). Hung Medien. Norway. Retrieved 16 December 2010. Jump up ^ `` Archive Chart -- 3 May 1975 ''. The Official Charts Company. United Kingdom. Retrieved 12 December 2010. External links Lyrics of live cover of `` Shooting Star '' by Queen + Paul Rodgers from Live in Ukraine, from Queen official website Bad Company Simon Kirke Mick Ralphs Paul Rodgers Howard Leese Todd Roning Boz Burrell Brian Howe Gregg Dechert Steve Price Larry Oakes Paul Cullen Dave `` Bucket '' Colwell Rick Wills Robert Hart Jaz Lochrie Lynn Sorenson Studio albums Bad Company Straight Shooter Run with the Pack Burnin ' Sky Desolation Angels Rough Diamonds Fame and Fortune Dangerous Age Holy Water Here Comes Trouble Company of Strangers Stories Told & Untold Live albums What You Hear Is What You Get In Concert : Merchants of Cool Live in Albuquerque 1976 Hard Rock Live Live at Wembley Live in Concert 1977 & 1979 Compilation albums 10 from 6 Stories Told & Untold The ' Original ' Bad Co. Anthology Singles `` Ca n't Get Enough '' `` Bad Company '' `` Good Lovin ' Gone Bad '' `` Feel Like Makin ' Love '' `` Young Blood '' `` Honey Child '' `` Burnin ' Sky '' `` Rock ' n ' Roll Fantasy '' `` Electricland '' `` No Smoke Without a Fire '' Related articles Discography Members Inside Bad Company 1974 -- 1982 Scotland, PA Free Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Straight_Shooter_(Bad_Company_album)&oldid=801964739 '' Categories : 1975 albums Albums with cover art by Hipgnosis Bad Company albums Island Records albums Swan Song Records albums Hidden categories : EngvarB from May 2014 Use dmy dates from May 2014 Articles with hAudio microformats Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters Track listings with deprecated parameters Talk Contents About Wikipedia Български Español Français Italiano 日本 語 Português Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 23 September 2017, at 02 : 24. 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