BAD COMPANY – Holy Water [The Deluxe Edition / Remastered + Bonus] (2015)

This one was requested in one comment (place yours!) and it’s a true pleasure to be featured here: BAD COMPANY‘s more AOR albums remastered by prestigious label Friday Music released at the end of last year. Packed in a 2-CD set, Bad Company’s ‘Dangerous Age & Holy Water – The Deluxe Edition” are impeccably mastered from the original Atlantic Records tapes by Joe “Heavy Metal Kid” Reagoso (Deep Purple / Alice Cooper / Paul Rodgers).
This exclusive first time limited release also includes a new commentary track by track from Bad Company’s singer Brian Howe as well as several out of print and rare bonus tracks.

After the Dangerous Age album sold nearly a million copies and put Bad Company on the map again, the success gave the band’s revamped lineup (including fantastic vocalist Brian Howe) a mandate for another album.
With most of the songs witten by Howe in partnership with talented Terry Thomas (ex Charlie) and an even more slick, bombastic & polished production than its predecessor, “Holy Water”, released in 1990 is simply awesome.

Awesome for all American AOR / Melodic Rock fans, as “Holy Water” packs all the ingredients which made this genre what it is by definition: class, hooks, elegance, catchiness, top notch production and superb songs!
But also proved to be appealing to mainstream audiences: it went platinum selling over 1,000,000 units, and climbed to #35 on the general Billboard Top Albums Chart.
The first single “Holy Water”, was a #1 Billboard Album Rock Track for two weeks during the Summer of ’90 as the band toured the U.S. with Damn Yankees.
The single “If You Needed Somebody” became a major hit in early 1991, while “Boys Cry Tough”, “Stranger, Stranger” and “Walk Through Fire” also charted really well worldwide and received substantial airplay.

I can’t recommend Bad Company’s “Holy Water” enough… it’s one of my favorite albums from 1990 (and what a year it was) and easily among the greatest 100 AOR albums of all time. Just listen “If You Needed Somebody”… American AOR perfection.
This Friday Music remastering is fabulous, including the rare ‘vault find’ remix of “Walk Through Fire”, a really wonderful new version of this already wonderful tune.
Awesome album, awesome remaster.
A MUST HAVE

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01 – Holy Water
02 – Walk Through Fire
03 – Stranger Stranger
04 – If You Needed Somebody
05 – Fearless
06 – Lay Your Love On Me
07 – Boys Cry Tough
08 – With You In A Heartbeat
09 – I Don’t Care
10 – Never Too Late
11 – Dead Of The Night
12 – I Can’t Live Without You
13 – 100 Miles
BONUS TRACK:
14 – Walk Through Fire [Rare Remix Version]

Brian Howe – lead vocals
Mick Ralphs – lead guitar
Felix Krish – bass
Simon Kirke – drums, backing and lead (13) vocals
Terry Thomas – guitar, keyboards, background vocals

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