TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 2002
from the Christmas 2002 edition of Classic Rock magazine

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Customer Reviews:
Steven R, Montreal, Quebec, CA
7/23/2002

Reviews:
Bad Company, Till The Day I Die

Growing up in Montreal in the 60's and 70's from a musical perspective was awesome. I remember I was sitting in the living room of my first Girlfriends house in my public school days in Dollard Dex Ormeaux. Her name was Carol and she was all excited about a new album she wanted me to hear. In those days all the Bands would cut an album and then follow it up with a Tour. It was 1974 and I was 12 and the album was called simply " Bad Co." as in Bad Company. We listened together and needless to say I have been a fan ever since. I collected all their music and continued to play all those songs even though I hadn't heard anything new from them in over 28 years. I was only 12 then so I was too young to see their concerts but I bought this DVD last week and I had to hassle the mgmt. here at Future Shop to get this DVD in the store on St. Catherine. I'm glad they were able to do it for me. Now I am hassling House Of Blues to get them to contact Bad Co. to perform here again. WOW. As far as Live Concerts go this is one of the best I have ever seen and certainly The Best Reunion concert ever filmed. The sound on the DVD is 5.1 and DTS - what can be better. The special features explain why they disappeared. Hard Core fans will remember they were the only Band other than Led Zeppelin managed by Peter Grant and recorded on Swan Songs Label. Every Hit they ever had is here including an Unbelievable Version of the Famous "Free" song "It's Alright Now". Best of all, During Rock and Roll fantasy- the Band breaks into Ticket to Ride and She Says So by the Beatles and Paul Rogers singing and the bands accompaniment here is some of the best I have ever heard. Forget The New Stuff , Next to bad Company, People like Eminem and Brittany and Back Street Boys etc etc, all the bands of Today- SUCK- compared to this stuff. Give me good old Talent over Flash and Pomp and you'll get a smile Everytime. The New single "Joe Fabulous" is the best new rock song I have heard in over 10 Years. This song makes me happy. That's what this DVD does. Makes you Happy.!!! Remember that Old Catch Phrase- It applies today more than ever, especially given the dismal state of the recording industry..."Bad Company...Till the Day I Die"

from the Sheffield Morning Telegraph

Review: Bad Company Sheffield City Hall 24th Sept 02

When all the right ingredients are there a rock show at Sheffield City Hall
is as good as it gets.
Take half of a great 70's band, a double CD's worth of greatest hits, a
venue which could have been purpose built to stage the event and a full
house who know every word to every song and start rocking.
It helps if the singer, Paul Rodgers, possesses one of the all time great
Rock voices and that they also formed half of a great 60's rock band called Free.
Bad Company haven't been to Sheffield since the heydays of the mid 70's but
in various forms have toured the stadiums of America and amassed a great
back catalogue. They start the evening with their current US hit and follow
that with their first major hit 'Can't get enough'
Seven numbers in the band delivers 'Fire and Water' and to everyone's
pleasure a rousing version of 'Wishing Well' songs from the Free catalogue.
The set finished with a rock standard 'All right now' with the crowd now on
their feet and singing along.
Two encores later and it's all over with a Paul Rodgers acoustic guitar
accompanied 'Seagull'. Then it's out for the last beer over the road. What
happened to the Albert Pub on the corner?
Perfect evening really.

Stuart Basford

Links to reviews of the Joe Fabulous Tour 2002

• New York Post
• YORK EVENING PRESS
• Bad Company CD Reviews