This year, Every Sunday Evening, Album Rock WXYG, The GOAT will be featuring a full album at 8:00 PM from the halcyon musical days of 1976. 1976 was one of the top Years in Album Rock history. Another year of tough choices every week. So many great ones to choose from. After 52 Weeks of featuring so many of the great albums that debuted in 1975, next Sunday we will be moving on to another amazing year of ALBUM ROCK EXCELLENCE, 1976.
We hope you’ll tune in at 8:00 PM, Next Sunday, February 1, 2026, for “Run with the Pack” the third studio album by Bad Company. It was released on January 30,1976, by Swan Song Records.
The album was recorded in France using the Rolling Stones Mobile Truck in September 1975 with engineer Ron Nevison, and mixed in Los Angeles by Eddie Kramer. It was the only original Bad Company album without artwork from Hipgnosis, instead featuring artwork from Kosh.
As classic as their first two albums are, this may well be the best. There's a bit more emphasis on Rodgers's compositions (which isn't a bad thing at all), but Ralphs gets in some great rockers with “Live For The Music”, “Sweet Lil' Sister”, and a co-writing credit on “Honey Child”. Rodgers' songs tend to be a bit more pop sometimes, but the title track is the highlight of the album. Hardly a pop song, it is a fantastic performance (among their best) with beautiful string embellishments towards the end that add weight and majesty to the song. Rock History critic Janey Roberts rated the title track as Bad Company's greatest song, saying that its energy "just simply defines what Bad Company was all about" and praising the "great intros" and "pulsating verses that built up to superman style choruses."
Rock critic Max Bell said “Run With The Pack“ may not be Bad Company’s flashiest, but it’s certainly their defining moment. This album has 6 or 7 great songs on it.
Tune In and Turn On Sunday evening, February 1st, and every Sunday evening at 8:00 PM for The GOAT'S "The Long Play with Al Neff”.
