Here Comes Trouble

Bad Company | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 22, 1992)
• Original Release Date: September 22, 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic / Wea
• ASIN: B000002JOJ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,125 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bad Company's AOR era comes to a close, June 5, 2008

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Justin Gaines (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Here Comes Trouble (Audio CD)

I know I'm in the minority here, but as much as I enjoy the early Paul Rodgers albums, the late 80's/early 90's albums with Brian Howe on vocals are my favorite Bad Company releases. They were just completely slick, catchy, melodic (and yes commercial) AOR albums, and Howe's voice was perfect for that style of music. The AOR/melodic rock sound was getting its second wind (and plenty of airplay) at that time, and Howe helped Bad Company capitalize on that.

1992's Here Comes Trouble was Howe's last album with the band, and as much as I enjoy it, it was clear the band was running out of steam. Despite some memorable songs (How About That, Stranger than Fiction, Take This Town, Little Angel), there is also a fair amount of filler. The songs on Here Comes Trouble were still as melodic and polished as ever, but they weren't any different than what you'd hear on 1988's Dangerous Age or 1990's Holy Water. You get the same sense of repetitiveness and lack of energy on this album as you did with the final Rodgers era releases.

This wasn't helped by the arrival that same year of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and the rest of the Seattle grunge-merchants, who wiped the airwaves clean of both hair metal and AOR in relatively short order. Bad Company would opt for a return to their early bluesy sound on 1995's Company of Strangers (with Rodgers soundalike Robert Hart), but would not recapture the kind of commercial success that they enjoyed with Brian Howe.

If you're looking for a "classic" Bad Company album, this isn't it. If you're a fan of the late 80's AOR/melodic rock style, you'll definitely want to check out the Howe era Bad Company albums, though you're much better off starting with Dangerous Age and working forward to Here Comes Trouble.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful, January 28, 2009

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Crazy Frog (Auckland, New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Here Comes Trouble (Audio CD)

I brought this c.d.Here Comes Troublefor my husband, he had this on tape a long time ago but it went missing. The only place I was able to find it was at amazon.com, thank-you. It is a great disc with so many really great tracks.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars For die-hard Bad Company fans only, March 18, 1999

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This review is from: Here Comes Trouble (Audio CD)

Worn and overused lyrics, but nice acoustic guitar work by Mick Ralphs, Dave "Bucket" Colwell, and Terry Thomas. Briane Howe and Simon Kirke can't replace Paul Rodgers as lead singer! Gimme that good 'ol Bad Company.