Bad Company - Desolation Angels (1979/2019) [Complete 2xCD] Deluxe Edition

Desolation Angels is the fifth studio album by English rock supergroup Bad Company, released on March 7, 1979. Paul Rodgers revealed on In the Studio with Redbeard (which devoted an episode to Desolation Angels) that the album's title came from the 1965 novel of the same name by Jack Kerouac. The title was almost used 10 years previous to name the second album from Rodgers' previous band, Free, which in the end was called simply Free.

Desolation Angels was recorded at Ridge Farm Studios in Surrey, England in late 1978. It is considered the last strong album by Bad Company with the original lineup, mostly because it contains their last major hit, "Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy", written by Paul Rodgers and inspired by a guitar synthesizer riff which Rodgers had come up with. The album reached No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard album charts in 1979 and went platinum in 1979 and double platinum subsequently. It was their final top ten album in both the U.S. and the UK.

Tracklist:
CD-1
01 - Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy 0:00
02 - Crazy Circles 3:18
03 - Gone, Gone, Gone 6:53
04 - Evil Wind 10:42
05 - Early In The Morning 15:05
06 - Lonely For Your Love 20:52
07 - Oh, Atlanta 24:21
08 - Take The Time 28:30
09 - Rhythm Machine 32:44
10 - She Brings Me Love 36:31

Bonus Tracks: Outtakes & Alternative Takes
11 - Smokin' 45 (Alternate Version 1) 41:15
12 - Smokin' 45 (Alternate Version 2) 44:49
13 - Rock Fever (Outtake) 48:03
14 - Oh, Atlanta (Slow Version with Fender Rhodes) 51:04
15 - Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy (Alternate Version 1) 56:13
16 - Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy (Alternate Version 2) 59:32
17 - Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy (Alternate Version 3) 1:02:51
18 - Crazy Circles (Alternate Version)

CD-2
19 - Gone, Gone, Gone (Alternate Version) 1:09:45
20 - Early In The Morning (Alternate Version)
21 - Lonely For Your Love (Alternate Version 1)
22 - Take The Time (Alternate Version 1)
23 - Evil Wind (Alternate Version)
24 - Take The Time (Alternate Version 2)
25 - Lonely For Your Love (Alternate Version 2)
26 - She Brings Me Love (Alternate Version)
27 - What Does It Matter (Blues jam)
28 - Rhythm Machine (Alternate Version) 1:49:13
29 - Amen (A Cappella) 1:52:57

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