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В 1986 году, спустя четыре года после распада первого состава Bad Company, гитарист Мик Ральфс и ударник Саймон Кирк решили объединить усилия для создания нового проекта. Однако, по настоянию рекорд-лейбла, мужикам пришлось взять старое, коммерчески выгодное название. Басист Боз Баррелл, сперва участвовавший в записи, неожиданно ушёл, поэтому в срочном порядке, наряду с экс-вокалистом Теда Ньюджента Брайаном Хоу, был рекрутирован сессионный бас-гитарист Стив Прайс. Доукомплектовав состав клавишником Грегом Дечертом, музыканты продолжили работу в студии. Большинство песен было написано Ральфсом в соавторстве с Хоу, оказавшимся весьма одарённым сонграйтером. В результате (во многом, под влиянием нового певца) получился 100%-ный AOR-альбом, который, хоть и не достиг чартовых высот, может по праву считаться классикой стиля. Все песни, записанные на диске, гипермелодичны и запоминаются влёт. Один этот лонгплей содержит больше хитов, чем вся продукция Frontiers за полгода: тут и ритмичный arena-rock «Fame and Fortune», «Valerie», «If I’m Sleeping» и «Burning Up» (к созданию которой приложил руку гитарист Foreigner Мик Джонс), и приправленные саксофоном, заводная «Tell It Like It Is», романтичная «Hold on My Heart» и, пожалуй, главный хит альбома – шикарная «This Love». Не меньшего внимания заслуживают баллада «When We Made Love» и более спокойные вещи «Long Walk» и «That Girl» (всё же взрывающаяся мощным припевом). Конечно, с уходом Пола Роджерса из песен в значительной степени исчезла блюзовая изюминка, но зато Брайан Хоу добавил звучанию группы лёгкости и стадионного мелодизма. В общем, альбом является незаслуженно обделённой вниманием жемчужиной, заслуживающей самой высокой оценки и пребывания в коллекции всех любителей мелодичного рока в стиле Journey, Survivor, Foreigner и других AOR-титанов 80-х, коим обновлённые Bad Company ничуть не уступали. |
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I'm burnin' up, burnin' up, I'm burnin' up every night
I'm burnin' up, burnin' up, and burnin' up can feel so right
I see the smoke, I feel the heat, my life is going up in flames
How could you be so indiscrete, and still be so unashamed, hey
I'm on fire, I feel it burnin' up, I'm on fire
Hey you said you'd never leave me, you said we'd never be apart
You turned out to be a liar, and left me with a broken heart
Why did you do it babe, yeah
I'm on fire, I'm burnin' inside, I'm on fire, why did you do it baby
Ooh I'm burnin' up, I'm burnin' up, I'm burnin' up for your love
Ooh I'm burnin' up, see I'm burnin' up, I'm burnin' up for your love
Watch me burn, see me burnin', 'cause my heart's on fire
Watch me burn, see me burnin' up for your love
Watch me burn, see me burnin' up for your love
Watch me burn...
2. This Love
I know you're not just a pretty face
You've got style, you've got grace
But I do need to know you a little more
I've seen your picture as a little girl
Before the woman in you uncurled
But I do need to show you a little more
This love, will last us forever
This love, is gonna stay true
I know you've got what it's gonna take
You've got a heart and it won't break
But I do need to show you a little more
And I've got this feelin', it's so much like pain
You've got me reelin', but I still can't explain
I wanna show you, baby, just a little more
This love, will last us forever
This love, is gonna stay true
This love, will keep us together
This love, it's long overdue, yeah
This child, this girl, this woman that I dream about
She knows that I know, this love I couldn't live without
This love, will last us forever
This love, is gonna stay true
This love, will keep us together
This love, it's long overdue
This love
3. Fame and Fortune
Sittin' in the back of a limousine, feelin' just like a king
All the girls come runnin' to you, you're the latest thing
Sittin' up there at the top of the charts, lookin' like mr. cool
You take all the money, steal their hearts, they'll come runnin' to you
Your fame and your fortune, look what it brought you
All your fame and your fortune, you better take a look around
With your fame and your fortune, careful who you talk to
Or the fame and your fortune, watch it all tumble down, yeah, oh listen now
Now you're lookin' for inspiration, somethin' to say
When you find that it don't come easy, you find them running away
You had it all in the palm of your hand, and let it slip away
You made it big, ooh so big, and then you threw it all away
All your fame and your fortune, look what it brought you
Fame and your fortune, hey you better take another look
At your fame and your fortune, it set you up, then it caught you
Fame and your fortune, surely gonna let you down, hey tell me now
All your fame and your fortune, look what it brought you
Take your fame and your fortune, wait and take a look around
For your fame and your fortune, who do you talk to
'bout your fame and your fortune, as it all comes tumbling down
Fame and your fortune, fame and your fortune, yes all come tumbling down
Fame and your fortune, fame and your fortune, all comes tumbling down...
4. That Girl
I've heard the rumors, I hear one every night
They say that you've been cheatin' on me, I know they're not right
They don't really know you, they just don't understand
I know you wouldn't do that, wouldn't be so underhand
And still they say
"That girl, yeah the girl is playin' 'round again"
That girl, yeah they say, "I oughta know"
They say,"I haven't noticed, that you wanna be alone"
And sometimes no one's there when I answer the phone
They say, "You tell me stories about the places you go"
If there's somethin' you're not tellin' me, I've got the right to know
Yeah still they say
"That girl, yeah the girl is playin' 'round again"
That girl, yeah they say, "I oughta know"
I hear it every night
That girl, they say, "If I know what is good for me"
Hey that girl, they say that I should let her go
My friends are tellin' stories, about your goings on
I just wanna talk to you, babe, I've got to know what's goin' on
They don't really know you, they just don't understand
I know you wouldn't do it, you wouldn't be so underhand
Yeah still they say
"That girl, yeah the girl is playin' 'round again"
That girl, yeah they say, "I oughta know"
Hear it every night
That girl, then they say, "It's for the company"
That girl, I hear it everywhere I go
That girl, they say that I'm too blind to see
That girl, ooh it seems she can't say no
That girl
5. Tell It Like It Is
Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
You got me cornered
There's no getting out alive
So wait a minute, woman
I need to switch out that light
We're a bad match, babe
You never know what's good for you
There's somethin' not right
I'm gonna tell you what to do
For 24 hours, you been comin' on so strong
Baby, I'm gettin' nervous, and pretty soon
I'm gonna prove you wrong
I've gotta tell it like it is
I know it's down to me
Can't go on like this
Our love is history
I'm gonna burn this bridge
You just wait and see
Tell it like it is, uh huh, hey
Face to face, a day I will never forget
Well I was beggin' for your love
You said you're not ready yet
Hey we've come a long way, babe
There's nothin', nothin' I won't do
And well I warn you tonight
My love is hot, I'm comin' for you
Yeah, for 24 hours, you've been puttin' me on
Maybe I'm gettin' nervous, and pretty soon
I'm gonna prove you wrong
I've gotta tell it like it is
I know it's down to me
Can't go on like this
Our love is history
I'm gonna burn this bridge
Just you wait and see
Tell it like it is, uh huh, hey
For 24 hours, you been comin' on so strong
Maybe I'm nervous, pretty soon
I'm gonna prove you wrong
I'm gonna tell it like it is
Yes it's always down to me
I can't go on like this
Watch your step, it's history
Gonna burn this bridge
You just wait and see
Tell it like it is, yeah uh huh
Tell it like it is
You wait and see
Can't go on like this
Our love is history
I'm gonna burn this bridge
I'm gonna burn you down
I'm gonna tell it like it is
I'm waitin', I'm waitin'
Tell it, tell it, tell it, tell it
Tell it, tell it, tell it like it is
No, you know it's still down to me
Tell it, tell it, tell it, tell it
Tell it, tell it, tell it like it is
You're history
6. Long Walk
I need a long walk
With someone who knows what to do
I need a long talk
I need a helping hand to pull me through
I need a tall drink
With somebody who cares, I need someone here for company
It's time to rethink and somehow find a way
To put an end to this mystery
See I don't know, the pain won't go
And the hurt inside is getting so damn hard to hide
So now I pay the price
I wonder how much it's gonna take
I'm gonna roll the dice
And try to take all this heartache
But I still don't know, the pain won't go
And the hurt inside is getting so damn hard to hide
I gotta work it out 'cause my heart is still racing, racing away
Work it out 'cause my heart is still breaking, hey
So now I'll take this long walk
I don't want anybody listenin'
'Cause I really wanna pour it out
And all went out without ever giving in
But I still don't know, the pain won't go
I'm still hurting inside and it's so damn hard to hide
You gotta help me work it out 'cause my heart is still racing, racing away
Work it out 'cause my heart, my heart is breaking away
I've gotta work this out 'cause my heart is still racing away
Yeah, work it out 'cause my heart, it's so much a part of me
Work it out
(Gotta work it out)
My heart is still racing
(And I'm wasting away)
Work it out
(I've gotta work it out)
7. Hold on My Heart
I recall in '82
There was only me to talk to
I was in my lonely world
And then I found someone to walk to
I remember every second of every day
But there was something not right
And as day leads to night
Over and over again
Well it seems so long ago
That there were two of us together
But it seems that love don't last
And now it's true of us forever
If only life would go the way that you want it to
Oh, but the feeling inside, and I know I can't hide
Is starting all over again, and baby, you know
You got a hold on my heart
You got a hold on my heart
You know it gets stronger
The longer you keep us apart
Oh, you got a hold on my heart
A serious hold on my heart
I try to deny it
But baby, that's the hardest part
When I look back on those days
It's just a memory forever
If only life would go the way that you want it to
But when I get this feelin' inside, I know I can't hide
It's starting all over again
You got a hold on my heart
Yeah, you got a hold on my heart
You know it gets stronger
The longer you keep us apart
Oh, you got a hold on my heart
A serious hold on my heart
I try to deny it
But baby, that's the hardest part
Yeah, you got a hold on my heart
Yeah, you got a hold on my heart
8. Valerie
Valerie
Ooh yeah
We were laughing and hangin' 'round some hotel bar
And we were so young and now I wonder where you are
'Cause that was years ago but how was I to know we'd part
Don't wanna hear you say, you don't know me, Valerie
There is somethin', somethin' that you gotta know
And Valerie, you were the first though I never told you so
You were the main event, didn't need to steal the show
I'm telling you, you don't know me, Valerie
Do you remember me
When we were wild and free
(Valerie)
Do you remember me
(Do you remember)
I'm recalling, all the crazy things we've done
Hey, but when your folks found out
They said that we were way too young
Ooh, that was way back when, maybe it will be again
Don't wanna hear you say, you don't know me, Valerie
Do you remember me
When we were wild and free
(Ooh, Valerie)
Do you remember me
(Do you remember, yeah)
Do you remember me
(Ooh, yeah)
When we were wild and free
(Valerie)
Do you remember me
Just tell me how you feel
(Valerie)
Do you remember me
When we were wild and free
(Yeah, Valerie)
Do you remember me
Just tell me how you feel
(Just tell me how you feel)
Do you remember me
(Ooh, Valerie)
When we were wild and free
(Valerie)
Do you remember me
Just tell me how you feel
(Tell me how you feel)
Do you remember me
9. When We Made Love
Ooh yeah, standin? there
A shadow in the hall
I?m hopin? that it might be you
But it wasn?t anyone at all
I can still remember
The way things were
If I could only bring you back
Then I wouldn't need to say a word
Ooh when we made love
It felt so strong, I remember
We were so much in love
Where did our love go wrong?
Ooh remembering
The things we used to say
The memories are drifting by
But the pain is here to stay
And it is no illusion
I'm a lock without a key
I'm only livin' half a life
Without you here with me
Ooh when we made love
A love that felt so strong, I still remember
We were so deep in love
Ooh, ooh where did our love go wrong?
I can feel every touch again
As real as it is crazy
And I kiss every kiss again
So tender they amaze me
I live through the end again
Feeling like I'm dying
Ooh and then I touch my cheek
Realize I'm crying
When we made love
Ooh a love so strong and I remember
We were so deep in love
So tell me, where did our love go wrong?
Oh yeah when we made love
Ooh when we belong together
It's those nights I'm dreaming of
They'll stay with me, they'll last forever
Ooh when we made love
10. If I'm Sleeping
I saw you 'cross the crowded room
You were lookin' my way
I don't believe in Lady Luck
Or what the cards portray
But I could see your shining light
And I'm in disarray
If I'm sleeping, don't wake me up
If I'm sleeping
If I'm sleeping, don't wake me up
If I'm sleeping
I thought I'd better break the ice
And started moving your way
I lost direction, the room got crowded
So I must have gone astray
I still don't know how it happened
There's only me to blame
If I'm sleeping, don't wake me up
If I'm sleeping
If I'm sleeping, don't wake me up
If I'm sleeping
I don't understand it
What is happening, what is happening?
It's not the way we planned it
What is happening? Take it away
I don't understand it
What is happening, what is happening?
It's not the way we planned it
What is happening? So take it away
If I'm sleeping, don't wake me up
If I'm sleeping
If I'm sleeping, don't wake me up
If I'm sleeping
If I'm sleeping, don't wake me up
If I'm sleeping, leave me alone
If I'm sleeping, if I'm sleeping
Why don't you leave me alone?