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Bad Company discography
Bad Company in 1976.
Studio albums12
Live albums5
Singles29
Music videos6

The discography of Bad Company consists of 12 studio albums, and 6 live albums. Additionally, they have released 29 singles and 6 music videos.

Although they were an English band, Bad Company had more success in the United States than in the United Kingdom. Four of their albums were certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry, while another four other albums were certified Multi-Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Bad Company's most successful album was their 1974 debut, Bad Company. It was a Number One album on the Billboard 200 and also made the Top 3 on the UK Albums Chart. This album featured their biggest hit, "Can't Get Enough", which is their only Top 5 single on the Billboard Hot 100 and their highest-charting single on the UK Singles Chart, where it reached #15 in 1974.

Albums

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Studio albums

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Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
UK
[1] 		AUS
[2] 		CAN
[3] 		FR
[4] 		GE
[5] 		NDL
[6] 		NOR
[7] 		NZ
[8] 		SWE
[9] 		US
[10]
1974 Bad Company 3 6 1 — 45 — 17 27 — 1
1975 Straight Shooter
  • Release date: March 28, 1975
  • Label: Island, Swan Song
 3 8 3 13 47 19 6 13 — 3
1976 Run with the Pack
  • Release date: January 30, 1976
  • Label: Island, Swan Song
 4 9 13 19 — 11 11 32 23 5
1977 Burnin' Sky
  • Release date: March 3, 1977
  • Label: Island, Swan Song
 17 15 16 — — 14 45 32 32 15
1979 Desolation Angels
  • Release date: March 7, 1979
  • Label: Swan Song
 10 27 6 29 — 27 7 32 9 3
1982 Rough Diamonds
  • Release date: August 12, 1982
  • Label: Swan Song
 15 63 26 — 61 — — 32 — 26
1986 Fame and Fortune
  • Release date: October 1986
  • Label: Atlantic
 — — — — — — — — — 106
1988 Dangerous Age
  • Release date: August 15, 1988
  • Label: Atco
 — — 84 — — — — — — 58
1990 Holy Water
  • Release date: June 12, 1990
  • Label: Atco
 — — 41 — — — — — — 35
1992 Here Comes Trouble
  • Release date: September 22, 1992
  • Label: Atco
 — — 37 — — — — — — 40
1995 Company of Strangers — — — — — — — — — 159
1996 Stories Told & Untold
  • Release date: October 15, 1996
  • Label: East West
 — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

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Year Album details Peak positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US
[10] 		GE
[5] 		US Rock
[15]
1993 The Best of Bad Company Live
  • Release date: November 16, 1993
  • Label: Atlantic Records
 — — —
2002 In Concert: Merchants of Cool — — —
2006 Live in Albuquerque 1976 — — —
2010 Hard Rock Live — — —
2011 Live at Wembley
  • Release date: June 27, 2011
  • Label: Eagle
 — — —
2016 Live in Concert 1977 & 1979
  • Release date: April 29, 2016
  • Label: Rhino
 166 85 17
2018 Live at Red Rocks
  • Release date: January 11, 2018
  • Label: BMG
 — — —

Compilation albums

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Year Album details Peak positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
AUS
[2] 		US
[10] 		Hard
Rock
[16]
1985 10 from 6
  • Release date: December 1985
  • Label: Atlantic Records
 68 137 —
  • UK: Gold
  • US: 2× Platinum
1999 The 'Original' Bad Co. Anthology
  • Release date: March 23, 1999
  • Label: Atlantic Records
 — 189 —
  • UK: Silver
2008 The Hits
  • Release date: April 10, 2008
  • Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
 — — —
2011 Extended Versions
  • Release date: April 26, 2011
  • Label: Sbme Special Mkts.
 — 82 4
2015 Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy: The Very Best of Bad Company — — 25
2018 An Introduction to Bad Company
  • Release date: March 2, 2018
  • Label: Rhino Records
 — — —
2019 The Swan Song Years 1974-1982
  • Release date: July 18, 2019
  • Label: Rhino Records
 — — —

Singles

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Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold) 		Album
UK
[1] 		CAN
[17] 		NZ
[18] 		US
[19] 		US Main
[20] 		US Pop
[21] 		AUS
[2]
1974 "Can't Get Enough" 15 3 — 5 — 22 Bad Company
1975 "Movin' On" — 30 — 19 — —
"Good Lovin' Gone Bad" 31 48 — 36 — 93 Straight Shooter
"Feel Like Makin' Love" 20 5 2 10 — —
1976 "Run with the Pack" — — — — — — Run with the Pack
"Young Blood" — 9 — 20 — —
"Honey Child" — — — 59 — —
1977 "Everything I Need" — — — — — 41 Burnin' Sky
"Burnin' Sky" — 73 — 78 — —
1979 "Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" — 16 — 13 — 65 Desolation Angels
"Gone, Gone, Gone" — 55 — 56 — —
1982 "Electricland" — — — 74 2 — — Rough Diamonds
1986 "This Love" — — 12 85 12 — — Fame and Fortune
1987 "That Girl" — — — — — — —
"Fame and Fortune" — — — — 37 — —
1988 "No Smoke Without a Fire" — — — — 4 — — Dangerous Age
1989 "Shake It Up" — — — 82 9 — —
1990 "Holy Water" — 56 — 89 1 — — Holy Water
"If You Needed Somebody" — 51 18 16 2 — —
1991 "Walk Through Fire" — 34 — 28 14 — —
1992 "How About That" — 17 — 38 1 26 — Here Comes Trouble
"This Could Be the One" — 48 — 87 21 — —
1999 "Hey Hey" (promo) — — — — 15 — — The 'Original' Bad Co. Anthology
"Hammer of Love" (promo) — — — — 23 — —
2002 "Joe Fabulous" — — — — — — — In Concert: Merchants of Cool
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Music videos

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Year Video Director
1974 "Can't Get Enough"
1975 "Feel Like Makin' Love" (live)
1986 "This Love"
1988 "No Smoke Without Fire"
"One Night" Nigel Dick
1989 "Shake It Up" Peter Christopherson
1990 "Holy Water"
"If You Needed Somebody"
1992 "How About That"

References

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  7. ^ "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
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