Straight Shooter is the second studio album by British supergroup Bad Company. The album was released in April 1975, a month after the release of the single "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" and four months before the album's second single "Feel Like Makin' Love" (see 1975 in music).[1]The album became a hit in America, making the top ten on the Billboard 200[3] and was certified gold (500,000 units sold) by the Recording Industry Association of America a month after its release.[4]Mick Ralphs and Simon Kirke revealed on In the Studio (which devoted an episode to Straight Shooter) that the track "Shooting Star" (which told the story of a rock star who died early) was lyrically inspired by the drug and alcohol-related deaths of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison.
Side one "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" (Mick Ralphs) – 3:35 "Feel Like Makin' Love" (Paul Rodgers, Ralphs) – 5:12 "Weep No More" (Simon Kirke) – 3:59 "Shooting Star" (Rodgers) – 6:16Side two "Deal With the Preacher" (Rodgers, Ralphs) – 5:01 "Wild Fire Woman" (Rodgers, Ralphs) – 4:32 "Anna" (Kirke) – 3:41 [9] "Call on Me" (Rodgers) – 6:03
Paul Rodgers – vocals, guitar, piano Mick Ralphs – guitar, keyboards Simon Kirke – drums Boz Burrell – bass
