Run with the Pack

Run with the Pack is the third studio album by the English supergroup Bad Company. It was released in February 1976. Run with the Pack was recorded in France with The Rolling Stones Mobile Truck in September 1975 with engineer Ron Nevison and mixed in Los Angeles by Eddie Kramer. The album was the only original Bad Company album not to feature artwork from Hipgnosis as it featured artwork from Kosh instead.

Run with the Pack
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 21, 1976[1]
RecordedSeptember 1975
StudioGrasse, France
Genre
Length36:14
LabelIsland
ProducerBad Company
Bad Company chronology
Straight Shooter
(1975)
Run with the Pack
(1976)
Burnin' Sky
(1977)
Singles from Run with the Pack
  1. "Run with the Pack"
    Released: 1975
  2. "Young Blood"
    Released: 1976
  3. "Honey Child"
    Released: 1976
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Christgau's Record GuideB–[3]
Rolling Stonepositive[4]

The album peaked at No. 4 in the UK Albums Chart and No. 5 on the US Billboard 200.[5] It has sold to date one million copies in the US alone.

Their cover of the Coasters single "Young Blood" peaked at No. 20. The album also spawned rock radio classics "Silver, Blue and Gold", "Live for the Music", and the title track. Although "Silver, Blue & Gold" remains one of the band's most popular compositions, the song was never released as a single.

The album was remastered and re-released in 1994. The vinyl album had a shiny, silver cover, but CD versions feature a simple, light grey cover. The original album cover also came as a gatefold, with a photo of the band inside, sitting around a couch near a television tuned in to a Bugs Bunny cartoon.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Live for the Music"Mick Ralphs3:58
2."Simple Man"Mick Ralphs3:37
3."Honey Child"Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs, Boz Burrell, Simon Kirke3:15
4."Love Me Somebody"Paul Rodgers3:09
5."Run with the Pack"Paul Rodgers5:21
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Silver, Blue & Gold"Paul Rodgers5:03
7."Young Blood"Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Doc Pomus2:37
8."Do Right by Your Woman"Paul Rodgers2:51
9."Sweet Lil' Sister"Mick Ralphs3:29
10."Fade Away"Paul Rodgers2:54
2017 Reissue Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Live for the Music" (Take 1 Alternate Vocal & Guitar)Ralphs 
2."Simple Man" (Take 3 Early Mix)Ralphs 
3."Honey Child" (Early Mix, Alternative Guitar Solo)Rodgers, Ralphs, Kirke, Burrell 
4."Run with the Pack" (Extended Version, Alternative Vocal)Rodgers 
5."Let There Be Love" (Take 1, Previously Unreleased)Ralphs 
6."Silver, Blue & Gold" (Take 1, Early Mix)Rodgers 
7."Young Blood" (Alternate Vocal)Leiber, Stoller, Pomus 
8."Do Right by Your Woman" (Alternative Vocal)Rodgers 
9."Sweet Lil' Sister" (Live/Studio Backing Track)Ralphs 
10."Fade Away" (Early Mix, Alternative Guitar Solo)Rodgers 
11."Do Right by Your Woman" (Acoustic Version)Rodgers 
12."(I Know) I'm Losing You" (Studio Jam)Whitefield, Holland, Grant 
13."Young Blood" (Alternative Version 2)Leiber, Stoller, Pomus 
14."Fade Away" (Island Studios demo)Rodgers 

Personnel

Charts

AlbumBillboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1976 Pop Albums 5

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1976 "Young Blood" Pop Singles 20
1976 "Honey Child" Pop Singles 47

References

  1. "Bad Company: Run With the Pack". Discography World. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
  2. William Ruhlmann. "Run with the Pack - Bad Company | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  3. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  4. Charley Walters (8 April 1976). "Run with the Pack". Rolling Stone.
  5. "Bad Company Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 August 2014
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