In Concert: Merchants of Cool

In Concert: Merchants of Cool Artist: Bad Company
Label: Sanctuary Records
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 060768454927
EAN: 0060768454927
ASIN: B000066NYG


Release Date: 2002-05-21

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Tracks:

  1. Burnin' Sky
  2. Can't Get Enough
  3. Feel Like Makin' Love
  4. Rock Steady
  5. Movin' On
  6. Deal With The Preacher
  7. Ready For Love
  8. Rock & Roll Fantasy
  9. All Right Now
  10. Bad Company
  11. Silver, Blue & Gold
  12. Shooting Star
  13. Joe Fabulous
  14. Saving Grace

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Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Sad, sad, day.......2006-02-22

I should have realised from the $11.99 price tag that this was not the best album I could buy but I went ahead and did it anyway. Ostensibly looking for the reissue of John Cipollina's Raven (which I was totally unable to find - thank you Borders) I happened upon this album.

It should be said that I have long been an admirer of Paul Rogers from the early days of Free and through the first few albums of Bad Company and I think that he has a great blues voice although I never have been fond of the drumming of Simon Kirke but that is by the by. I realise that the band has gone through numerous personnel changes but was unprepared for this.

The blurb shouts out some of the famous Bad Co. and Free tunes but an initial listen in the car sounds more like a Saturday night in Shiney Row Workingman's Club than a top class band. Rogers seems to be trying hard to gain audience participation far too much and the recording is pretty naff. You almost expect the MC to interrupt the proceedings to begin a bingo session. The great attraction of the band was the lead guitar, almost impossible to substitute for Paul Kossoff but here it is almost non-existant. Although I am sure Paul is sincere in his comments to the audience, they are not appropriate for arena rock. In fact I remember Lucas Tyson in Shiney Row club putting on a better show than this in the early 1970's.

This album is a major disappointmentbut I cannot fathom why Paul rogers would front a band like Queen for which his vocal style is paricularly unsuited. I have listened to this album a couple of times since and have felt extremely saddened by the marketing of this album given what seem to be very good fans.

5 out of 5 stars Paul Rodgers Returns For A Great One.......2005-02-14

Original lead singer Paul Rodgers returns to Bad Company for the live-plus-one CD MERCHANTS OF COOL, and the results are fabulous. Even with Mick Ralphs gone, the group goes from strength to strength, covering their old hits with pure gusto, digging up the Free classic "All Right Now", and adding the impressive studio track "Joe Fabulous" for one heck of a hard rock album. If COMPANY OF STRANGERS suggested that the band did the right thing by getting rid of Brian Howe, this one proves it. In fact, I'd ask a cute girl for a dance to this one regardless of whether she fits that "little mold" that people think she should.

5 out of 5 stars Bad Company.......2004-12-05

Yes It may not be the original bad company band and it is live which some people don't like but all and all this is an amazing album and i recomend it to everyone i know the sounds of pauls heart can truly be heard in the music and the screaming audience makes the songs that much better.If you like bad company you will like this album

5 out of 5 stars excellent live recording.......2004-01-22

Although this isn't the original Bad Company lineup, they are darn close and extremely tight. Bucket Colwell handles the guitar parts with competent muscle and original Mick Ralphs isn't missed (he probably had his fill of Rodgers immense ego). Colwell has been a member of the band for nearly 12 years now and has a unique style and is more than competent with these tunes. Check him out on "Joe Fabulous", he really cooks. Jaz Lochrie on bass is dead-on and makes a great groove-partner for ever reliable Simon Kirke, the real heart and soul of this band. Too bad Rodgers thinks so highly of himself, this band can really rock in the classic sense of the word. Great album, DVD is even better. For the record: Simon, Jaz and Bucket are three of the nicest people you'd ever meet. True journeymen in their craft.

3 out of 5 stars Paul Rodgers' Bad Company.......2003-12-15

First of all, folks, it's not & cannot be a Bad Company album without Mick Ralphs on guitars. It's now clear that, Paul Rodgers wanted some fast bucks & so he encashed Bad Comapny name (Free name also?, as 2 original Bad Co. memebers on this disc are also founding members of Free). So, the duo (Rodgers & Kirke)could even record soem Free songs too like Fire & Water and Wishing Well. That could pay much better, I must say. Anyway, this album gets *** only because of Rodgers' superb vocals which is as fresh as it was in his Free days. His vocals on Ready For Love, Shooting Star & Rock Steady are superb. But the guitarist David Colwell should have stayed a Bad Company sidekick as he proves on this disc here a rhythm guitarist of his standadrd is just not at par to handle these mighty classics. All his solos sound bizzare & dull & with the help of the bassist Jaz, he was able to rape the Free classic All Right Now completely ! All Right Now really demanded the melodic bass playing of Andy Fraser. Rodgers tried hard to subside his bandmates' inability but failed somwetimes. Of the new studio tracks, Joe Fabulous, though, is catchy. Rodgers, too, could sing Can't get Enough alone, not with crowd. I'll remember this disc for Rodgers' beautiful singing which I always enjoy, but for heaven's sake, please bring back Mick Ralphs & Boz Burrel to rescue Bad Co.!!!

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