Dangerous Age
Encyclopedia
Dangerous Age is the eighth album by hard rock
band Bad Company
, and their second album with Brian Howe
in place of Paul Rodgers
as lead vocalist and Steve Price
in place of Boz Burrell
as bass guitarist, released in 1988. Singles "Shake It Up" and "No Smoke Without a Fire
" was played substantially on rock radio stations at the time.
Excited was a CD-only bonus track
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
band Bad Company
Bad Company
Bad Company were an English rock supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of two former Free band members — singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke — as well as Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell. Peter Grant, who, in years prior, was a key component of...
, and their second album with Brian Howe
Brian Howe (singer)
Brian Anthony Howe is an English rock singer and songwriter, best known for replacing Paul Rodgers as the lead vocalist of Bad Company. Howe's career was jump-started in 1983 when Ted Nugent recruited him to handle lead vocals for his Penetrator album and front its subsequent world tour.-Early...
in place of Paul Rodgers
Paul Rodgers
Paul Bernard Rodgers is an English rock singer-songwriter, best known for his success in the 1970s as a member of Free and Bad Company. After stints in two less successful bands in the 1980s and early 1990s, The Firm and The Law, he became a solo artist. He has recently toured and recorded with...
as lead vocalist and Steve Price
Steve Price
Steve Price is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played for the New Zealand Warriors and Canterbury Bulldogs in the National Rugby League...
in place of Boz Burrell
Boz Burrell
Raymond "Boz" Burrell was an English musician. Originally a vocalist, Burrell is best known for his bass playing and work with the rock bands King Crimson and Bad Company.-Career:...
as bass guitarist, released in 1988. Singles "Shake It Up" and "No Smoke Without a Fire
No Smoke Without a Fire
"No Smoke Without a Fire" is a song by British rock group Bad Company, released as the second single from their eighth studio album Dangerous Age....
" was played substantially on rock radio stations at the time.
Track listing
All songs written by Brian Howe and Terry Thomas, except where noted.- "One Night" (Mick RalphsMick RalphsMichael Geoffrey "Mick" Ralphs is an English guitarist and songwriter, who was a founding member of rock bands Mott the Hoople and Bad Company.-Career:...
/Terry Thomas) - 4.38 - "Shake It Up" - 3.56
- "No Smoke Without a FireNo Smoke Without a Fire"No Smoke Without a Fire" is a song by British rock group Bad Company, released as the second single from their eighth studio album Dangerous Age....
" - 4.33 - "Bad Man" - 3.45
- "Dangerous Age" (Mick Ralphs/Terry Thomas) - 3.45
- "Dirty Boy" - 3.52
- "Rock of America" - 3.55
- "Something About You" - 4.17
- "The Way That it Goes" (Brian HoweBrian Howe (singer)Brian Anthony Howe is an English rock singer and songwriter, best known for replacing Paul Rodgers as the lead vocalist of Bad Company. Howe's career was jump-started in 1983 when Ted Nugent recruited him to handle lead vocals for his Penetrator album and front its subsequent world tour.-Early...
/Mick Ralphs/Terry Thomas) - 3.25 - "Love Attack" (Brian Howe/Mick Ralphs/Terry Thomas) - 3.55
- "Excited" - 4.32
Excited was a CD-only bonus track
Personnel
- Brian HoweBrian Howe (singer)Brian Anthony Howe is an English rock singer and songwriter, best known for replacing Paul Rodgers as the lead vocalist of Bad Company. Howe's career was jump-started in 1983 when Ted Nugent recruited him to handle lead vocals for his Penetrator album and front its subsequent world tour.-Early...
- vocals - Mick RalphsMick RalphsMichael Geoffrey "Mick" Ralphs is an English guitarist and songwriter, who was a founding member of rock bands Mott the Hoople and Bad Company.-Career:...
- guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with... - Simon KirkeSimon KirkeSimon Kirke is an English rock drummer best known as a member of Free and Bad Company.-Biography:...
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... - Steve Price - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....