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Here Comes Trouble

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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.

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.

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.

Bad Company's Here Comes Trouble is an excellent cd with great music. It has it all..from cruising songs "here comes trouble" and "were going to take this town" to romantic songs such as "this could be the one" and "Little Angel". Though my favorite song on the cd is "Stranger than fiction". If your looking for an excellent bad company cd then you definately need go no farther than this. This is the cd you want.
EDIT-- Still listen to this cd after all these years, and that is something that i can not say about many of the cd's in my music collection. All these songs hit such a chord with me, each one ias like a seperate experience, and can definately put you into different moods or help boost a mood that your into. I've been listening to this cd since the mid 90's, and still listening to it. A Great CD, if you like Bad Company, you should get it.

Even if Paul Rodgers isn't doing the vocals on this, it's still a very good album. If you have a Bad Company collection, this would make a excellent add too.

Saw Bad Company in Little Rock on tour promoting this "album". My opinion, one of the best Bad Company ever did. Good mix of romantic ballads and rebel causes they are known for. I wore out two or three cassettes of Here Comes Trouble.

I am very happy with my purchase from this seller. Item was exactly as described. I would do business with this seller again,Thank you.

This is Bad Co.mk.2 running out of ideas since this record is a simplified vesion of the previous one.Few tunes stand out,but not enough to save this album from being too repetitive.The most accomplished album that Howe and company put out was their second effort,'Dangerous Age'(1988)which might just be one of the best and harder rocking Bad Co.records ever.Definitely,this is not the one!

I have noticed in looking at the reviews that this CD was not rated high.
I really don't know why it is awesome.
Just a little bit differant sound for Bad Company but none the less I feel it is a great CD.
Alot of ballets yep, love it.
Thanks
K

Yes, this version of Bad Co was a combination of bubble gum and hard rock. Each tune seems so organized and planned out that you have to wonder if this CD could be any poppier. Brian Howe continues to shine on this rather tame follow up to Holy Water. But overall the music is compelling and interesting. A fine mixture of rockers and ballads with no trace of the Paul Rodgers sound. This is the end of the new Bad Co, The commercial top-40 pop rock era was coming to an end. This is a shame because this line-up produced nearly flawless pop-rock-metal. Check out the intro to "How 'Bout That" or the many other tasty riffs like on "Hear Comes Trouble" and the amazing ballad, "This Could Be The Right One". 1992 was the end of rock like this. Mick Jones and Lou Gramm and Brian Howe would be put out to pasture by a horde of grunge rockers with no sense of melody. The anger eventually ruined rock music. Slowly people are realizing that this era of Bad Co along with countless others of the smae time exhibit a much more accessible and enduring rock and roll. This works. And for those Paul purists out there, this is a different band with a different focus. it's too bad Mutt didnt produce them, this would have sold 12 million copies.