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In some ways, in an era of supergroups,\u00a0Bad Company<\/a>\u00a0was the preeminent gathering of rock ‘n’ roll royalty.<\/p>\n Formed by singer Paul Rodgers<\/a> and drummer Simon Kirke, both from British blues-based rockers Free<\/a>, Mott the Hoople<\/a> guitarist Mick Ralphs and bassist Boz Burrell, previously\u00a0in King Crimson<\/a>.<\/p>\n From their formation in 1973, they immediately attracted the attention of notorious Led Zeppelin<\/a> manager Peter Grant. The connection led to their signing with the band’s Swan Song Records. Their\u00a0self-titled debut album,<\/a>\u00a0released in 1974, was the second release from the label, following the Pretty Things’\u00a0album Silk Torpedo<\/em>,\u00a0<\/em>though\u00a0Bad Company<\/em>\u00a0was Swan Song’s first U.S. release.<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0<\/strong>Top 35 Hard Rock Albums of the ’70s<\/a><\/p>\n Bad Company’s\u00a0founding lineup made six albums, four of which made the Top 10, as you will see in the list below of Bad Company Albums Ranked.\u00a0After 1982’s disappointing Rough Diamonds<\/a><\/em>, Rodgers and Burrell left the band, leaving Ralphs and Kirke to continue with\u00a0a pair of other singers for another half-dozen albums through the mid-’90s.<\/p>\n The original quartet reunited to record four new songs for a Bad Company retrospective in the late ’90s and then went on tour. Their reunion was short-lived, however. (Burrell died in 2006.) Over the next decade and a half, Rodgers, Ralphs and Kirke, in varying configurations, got together for occasional tours\u00a0and performances to play their old songs. In 2025, less than five months after Ralphs’ death<\/a>, they were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame<\/a>.<\/p>\n Signed to Led Zeppelin’s label, the supergroup faced member changes and later experienced public indifference on its path to induction in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Michael Gallucci<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBad Company Albums Ranked<\/h2>\n