Straight Shooter
by Bad Company

Straight Shooter by Bad Company
Year: 1975
Overall rank: 5,002nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 115 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1975 (74th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (818th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,002nd)

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Bad Company bestography

Straight Shooter is ranked 2nd best out of 19 albums by Bad Company on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Bad Company is Bad Company which is ranked number 1966 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 845.

Bad Company album bestography « Higher ranked (1,966th)
Bad Company
This album (5,002nd)
Straight Shooter
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Straight Shooter

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Straight Shooter rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 5,002nd | 1970s rank: 818th | 1975 rank: 74th

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Straight Shooter ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 115 votes)
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75/100
 
32 hours ago DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
75/100
 
36 hours ago classicjoe  Ratings distribution  8477/100
 
65/100
 
12/28/2025 19:16 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,70270/100
 
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11/23/2025 07:33 NYAndreas  Ratings distribution  1,43344/100
 
80/100
 
07/07/2025 03:36 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  4,92481/100

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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.

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70/100
From 07/21/2023 17:15 | #298257
Good album with quite many solid songs with fine riffs and melodies
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80/100
From 06/15/2020 13:31 | #253569
Good.
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85/100
From 11/27/2019 15:39 | #245229
Blues/Hard Rock extremamente competente! Sem pressa e com ótimos blues riffs se matem, principalmente nas baladas.
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70/100
From 11/18/2018 03:50 | #225106
The first BC album I had. Used to play it all the time but all sentiment aside, though this is solid "70's boogie rock, it doesn't compare to the debut.

Fave tracks:

Shooting Star
Good Lovin' Gone Bad
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60/100
From 07/25/2017 16:36 | #194892
Enjoyable enough but not as good as the debut or, Run with the pack. Still, Feel like makin' love, and, Shooting star, are two of the band's best songs. All in all, competent but unspectacular.
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70/100
From 05/19/2016 18:21 | #166472
A Rock Steady enjoyable album for me, not as good as its predosesor album though, once again title track my favourite here 'Good Lovin' Gone Bad' and 'Makin' Love the other two faves.
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65/100
From 01/31/2016 14:39 | #158293
The sound of the 70's. I expected a better record after such a great beginning. I'm sure the record company was pressuring them for a quick follow-up to a big money maker.
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90/100
From 06/09/2015 19:48 | #143391
An excellent follow-up to their smashing debut. A couple of the songs are a little sappy and dull, but Shooting Star, Good Lovin' Gone Bad, Deal With The Preacher and Feel Like Makin' Love are all top notch, as evidenced by the fact that they are in regular rotation on classic rock stations 40 years later.
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75/100
From 06/11/2013 03:05 | #78574
Solid side A. Weak side B.
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Best Albums of 1975
1. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
2. Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan
3. Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen
4. Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin
5. A Night At The Opera by Queen
6. Another Green World by Eno
7. Horses by Patti Smith
8. Tonight's The Night by Neil Young
9. Fleetwood Mac by Fleetwood Mac
10. The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell
11. Mothership Connection by Parliament
12. Toys In The Attic by Aerosmith
13. The Köln Concert by Keith Jarrett
14. Zuma by Neil Young & Crazy Horse
15. Young Americans by David Bowie
16. Expensive Shit by Fela Kuti & Africa 70
17. The Basement Tapes by Bob Dylan & The Band
18. Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy by Elton John
19. Sabotage by Black Sabbath
20. Katy Lied by Steely Dan
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