In addition to "Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy", " Gone, Gone, Gone", written by bassist Boz Burrell, also received substantial airplay on rock stations.Ī cover version of "Oh, Atlanta", written by Mick Ralphs, was recorded by Alison Krauss and appears on her 1995 album Now That I've Found You: A Collection.
It was their final top ten album in both the U.S. Billboard album charts in 1979 and went platinum in 1979 and double platinum subsequently. 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 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.ĭesolation Angels was recorded at Ridge Farm Studios in Surrey, England in late 1978. 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. Desolation Angels is the fifth studio album by English rock supergroup Bad Company, released on March 17, 1979.
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