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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name = Bad English
| name = Bad English
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| cover = Bad_English_(album).jpg
| cover = Bad_English_(album).jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| released = June 26, 1989<ref>{{Cite web|date=June 26, 2015|first=Jeff|last=Giles|title=How Journey and Babys Alumni Rose and Fell in Bad English|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bad-english/|access-date=2021-07-16|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|language=en}}</ref>
| released = {{Start date|1989|06|26|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web|date=26 June 2015|first=Jeff|last=Giles|title=How Journey and Babys Alumni Rose and Fell in Bad English|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/bad-english/|access-date=16 July 2021|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|language=en}}</ref>
| recorded = 1988–1989
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| studio = [[One on One Recording Studios]] (North Hollywood, CA); [[A&M Studios]], [[Conway Recording Studios|Conway Studios]] and Secret Sound L.A. (Hollywood, CA); Pacific Sound (Chatsworth, CA); Can-Am Recorders (Tarzana, CA).
* [[One on One Recording Studios|One on One]] (North Hollywood, California)
* [[A&M Studios|A&M]], [[Conway Recording Studios|Conway]], Secret Sound L.A. (Hollywood, California)
* Pacific Sound ([[Chatsworth, Los Angeles|Chatsworth, California]])
* Can-Am Recorders ([[Tarzana, Los Angeles|Tarzana, California]])
| genre = {{flatlist|
| genre =
* [[Hard rock]]
* [[Hard rock]]
* [[arena rock|AOR]]
* [[arena rock|AOR]]
* [[glam metal]]
}}
| length = 62:10
| length = 62:10
| label = [[Epic Records|Epic]]
| label = [[Epic Records|Epic]]
| producer = [[Richie Zito]]
| producer = [[Richie Zito]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[Backlash (Bad English album)|Backlash]]
| next_title = [[Backlash (Bad English album)|Backlash]]
| next_year = 1991
| next_year = 1991
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| single1date = 1989
| single1date = 1989
| single2 = [[When I See You Smile]]
| single2 = [[When I See You Smile]]
| single2date = August 30, 1989<ref name="riaa">{{Cite web|title=Gold & Platinum|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=bad+english#search_section|access-date=2021-07-16|website=Recording Industry Association of America|language=en-US}}</ref>
| single2date = 30 August 1989<ref name="riaa">{{Cite web|title=Gold & Platinum|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=bad+english#search_section|access-date=16 July 2021|website=Recording Industry Association of America|language=en-US}}</ref>
| single3 = [[Price of Love (Bad English song)|Price of Love]]
| single3 = [[Price of Love (Bad English song)|Price of Love]]
| single3date = 1989
| single3date = 1989
| single4= Don't Walk Away
| single4= Don't Walk Away
| single4date = 1989 (UK)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bad English - Singles|url=https://hitparade.ch/search.asp?cat=s&search=bad+english|access-date=2021-07-16|website=hitparade.ch}}</ref>
| single4date = 1989 (UK)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bad English - Singles|url=https://hitparade.ch/search.asp?cat=s&search=bad+english|access-date=16 July 2021|website=hitparade.ch}}</ref>
| single6 = Heaven Is a 4 Letter Word
| single6 = Heaven Is a 4 Letter Word
| single6date = 1990
| single6date = 1990
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}}
}}


'''''Bad English''''' is the debut studio album by British/American rock band [[Bad English]]. It was released in on June 26, 1989.
'''''Bad English''''' is the debut studio album by British/American rock band [[Bad English]]. It was released in on 26 June 1989.


The album was a massive success, especially because of the No. 1 single "[[When I See You Smile]]".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Popoff|first=Martin|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/891379313|title=The big book of hair metal : the illustrated oral history of heavy metal's debauched decade|date=2014|isbn=978-1-62788-375-7|location=Minneapolis, MN|oclc=891379313|page=171}}</ref> That single was certified gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] while the album was certified platinum.<ref name="riaa"/> Aside from that song, the album had two other top 40 hits, "[[Price of Love (Bad English song)|Price of Love]]" and "Possession", which peaked at No. 5 and No. 21, respectively.<ref name="hot 100"/>
The album was a massive success, especially because of the No. 1 single "[[When I See You Smile]]".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Popoff|first=Martin|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/891379313|title=The big book of hair metal : the illustrated oral history of heavy metal's debauched decade|date=2014|isbn=978-1-62788-375-7|publisher=Voyageur Press|location=Minneapolis, MN|oclc=891379313|page=171}}</ref> That single was certified gold by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] while the album was certified platinum.<ref name="riaa"/> Aside from that song, the album had two other top 40 hits, "[[Price of Love (Bad English song)|Price of Love]]" and "Possession", which peaked at No. 5 and No. 21, respectively.<ref name="hot 100">{{Cite magazine|title=Bad English - Hot 100|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/bad-english/chart-history|access-date=16 July 2021|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
{{Album reviews
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{Citation|title=Bad English - Bad English {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bad-english-mw0000653655|language=en|access-date=2021-07-16}}</ref>
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{Citation|title=Bad English - Bad English {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bad-english-mw0000653655|language=en|access-date=16 July 2021}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]''
|rev3 = ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]''
|rev2score = 8.5/10<ref name="rock hard">{{Cite web|title=Bad English|url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/bad-english-bad-english_199609.html|access-date=2021-07-16|website=Rock Hard Heavy-Metal-Magazin|language=en}}</ref>
|rev3score = 8.5/10<ref name="rock hard">{{Cite web|title=Bad English|url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/bad-english-bad-english_199609.html|access-date=16 July 2021|website=Rock Hard Heavy-Metal-Magazin|language=en}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[LouderSound]]''
|rev2 = ''[[LouderSound]]''
|rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="ls">{{Cite web|date=July 17, 2017|first=Dave|last=Everley|title=Bad English - album review|url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/bad-english-bad-english-album-review|access-date=2021-07-16|website=Classic Rock Magazine|language=en}}</ref>
|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="ls">{{Cite web|date=17 July 2017|first=Dave|last=Everley|title=Bad English - album review|url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/bad-english-bad-english-album-review|access-date=16 July 2021|website=Classic Rock Magazine|language=en}}</ref>
| noprose= yes
}}
}}
The album received generally positive reviews.
The album received generally positive reviews.


''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' reviewer David Spodek called it "an LP full of enough hard driving rock and roll and power chords to please any AOR MD" and named "Forget Me Not" as the best cut.<ref name="PRMreview">{{cite magazine|last=Spodek|first=David|authorlink=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/RPM/80s/1989/RPM-1989-08-12.pdf|title=Review: Bad English – ''Bad English''|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=12 August 1989|volume=50|issue=15|page=8|location=Toronto|publisher=RPM Music Publications Ltd.|issn=0315-5994|access-date=13 June 2022|via=World Radio History|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402022412/https://worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/RPM/80s/1989/RPM-1989-08-12.pdf|archive-date=2 April 2022}}</ref> ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]'' gave an extremely positive review, and called it the "best [[arena rock|AOR]] album of the past six months".<ref name="rock hard"/>
''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'''s reviewer David Spodek called it "an LP full of enough hard driving rock and roll and power chords to please any AOR MD" and named "Forget Me Not" as the best cut.<ref name="PRMreview">{{cite magazine|last=Spodek|first=David|authorlink=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/RPM/80s/1989/RPM-1989-08-12.pdf|title=Review: Bad English – ''Bad English''|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|date=12 August 1989|volume=50|issue=15|page=8|location=Toronto|publisher=RPM Music Publications Ltd.|issn=0315-5994|access-date=13 June 2022|via=World Radio History|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402022412/https://worldradiohistory.com/CANADA/RPM/80s/1989/RPM-1989-08-12.pdf|archive-date=2 April 2022}}</ref> ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]'' gave an extremely positive review, and considered it the "best [[Arena rock|AOR]] album of the past six months".<ref name="rock hard"/> Pan-European magazine ''[[Music & Media]]'' found that the album full of "well-balanced, solid, melodic hard rock" and the "band seem to be at their best on the slower numbers where the quality of the hooks indicate that they could be the next big thing."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-12-16.pdf|title=Previews: Albums: Bad English – ''Bad English''|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|date=16 December 1989|page=14|volume=6|issue=50|location=Amsterdam|publisher=European Music Report BV|access-date=28 March 2024|via=World Radio History|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217134504/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-12-16.pdf|archive-date=17 February 2024}}</ref>


[[AllMusic]]'s Dan Heilman gave the album four stars, saying, "[A]mid some tailor-made power ballads lurks some decent hard rock."<ref name="allmusic"/>
[[AllMusic]]'s Dan Heilman gave the album four stars, saying, "Amid some tailor-made power ballads lurks some decent hard rock."<ref name="allmusic"/>


''[[LouderSound]]'' writer Dave Everley gave the album four stars, explaining the rating with "Bad English marked the end of an era, but what a last hurrah it was".<ref name="ls"/> Nonetheless, in 2016, "When I See You Smile" was ranked by ''LouderSound'' as the 10th-worst power ballad ever written.<ref>{{cite web|date=November 19, 2016|first=Howard|last=Johnson|title=The 10 worst power ballads ever written|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-10-worst-power-ballads-ever-written|access-date=April 16, 2022|work=Louder Sound}}</ref>
''[[LouderSound]]'' writer Dave Everley gave the album four stars, explaining the rating with "Bad English marked the end of an era, but what a last hurrah it was".<ref name="ls"/> Nonetheless, in 2016, "When I See You Smile" was ranked by ''LouderSound'' as the 10th-worst power ballad ever written.<ref>{{cite web|date=19 November 2016|first=Howard|last=Johnson|title=The 10 worst power ballads ever written|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-10-worst-power-ballads-ever-written|access-date=16 April 2022|work=Louder Sound}}</ref>


''[[Musician (magazine)|Musician]]'' reviewer [[J. D. Considine]] wrote simply: "Grammar is the least of their problems."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=J.D.|last=[[J. D. Considine|Considine]]|title=Bad English|magazine=[[Musician (magazine)|Musician]]|date=September 1989}}</ref>
''[[Musician (magazine)|Musician]]'' reviewer [[J. D. Considine]] wrote simply: "Grammar is the least of their problems."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=J.D.|last=[[J. D. Considine|Considine]]|title=Bad English|magazine=[[Musician (magazine)|Musician]]|date=September 1989}}</ref>
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| headline = Side one
| headline = Side one
| title1 = Best of What I Got
| title1 = Best of What I Got
| writer1 = [[John Waite]], [[Jonathan Cain]], [[Neal Schon]]
| writer1 = {{hlist|[[John Waite]]|[[Jonathan Cain]]|[[Neal Schon]]}}
| length1 = 4:40
| length1 = 4:40
| title2 = Heaven Is a 4 Letter Word
| title2 = Heaven Is a 4 Letter Word
| writer2 = Schon, Cain, Waite, [[Mark Spiro]]
| writer2 = {{hlist|Schon|Cain|Waite|[[Mark Spiro]]}}
| length2 = 4:45
| length2 = 4:45
| title3 = Possession
| title3 = Possession
| writer3 = Waite, Cain, [[Ricky Phillips]]
| writer3 = {{hlist|Waite|Cain|[[Ricky Phillips]]}}
| length3 = 5:08
| length3 = 5:08
| title4 = Forget Me Not
| title4 = Forget Me Not
| writer4 = Waite, Cain, Spiro
| writer4 = {{hlist|Waite|Cain|Spiro}}
| length4 = 4:58
| length4 = 4:58
| title5 = [[When I See You Smile]]
| title5 = [[When I See You Smile]]
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| length5 = 4:17
| length5 = 4:17
| title6 = Tough Times Don't Last
| title6 = Tough Times Don't Last
| writer6 = Cain, David Roberts, Waite
| writer6 = {{hlist|Cain|David Roberts|Waite}}
| length6 = 4:42
| length6 = 4:42
}}
}}
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| headline = Side two
| headline = Side two
| title1 = Ghost in Your Heart
| title1 = Ghost in Your Heart
| writer1 = Waite, [[Martin Page]], Cain
| writer1 = {{hlist|Waite|[[Martin Page]]|Cain}}
| length1 = 4:46
| length1 = 4:46
| title2 = [[Price of Love (Bad English song)|Price of Love]]
| title2 = [[Price of Love (Bad English song)|Price of Love]]
| writer2 = Waite, Cain
| writer2 = {{hlist|Waite|Cain}}
| length2 = 4:47
| length2 = 4:47
| title3 = Ready When You Are
| title3 = Ready When You Are
| writer3 = Cain, Waite, Schon, [[Todd Cerney]]
| writer3 = {{hlist|Cain|Waite|Schon|[[Todd Cerney]]}}
| length3 = 4:20
| length3 = 4:20
| title4 = Lay Down
| title4 = Lay Down
| writer4 = Waite, Schon, Cain
| writer4 = {{hlist|Waite|Schon|Cain}}
| length4 = 4:38
| length4 = 4:38
| title5 = The Restless Ones
| title5 = The Restless Ones
| writer5 = Waite, Cain, Phillips
| writer5 = {{hlist|Waite|Cain|Phillips}}
| length5 = 5:23
| length5 = 5:23
| title6 = Rockin' Horse
| title6 = Rockin' Horse
| writer6 = Schon, Waite, Cain
| writer6 = {{hlist|Schon|Waite|Cain}}
| length6 = 5:31
| length6 = 5:31
| title7 = Don't Walk Away
| title7 = Don't Walk Away
| writer7 = [[Andy Hill (composer)|Andy Hill]], [[Peter Sinfield]]
| writer7 = {{hlist|[[Andy Hill (composer)|Andy Hill]]|[[Peter Sinfield]]}}
| length7 = 4:30
| length7 = 4:30
}}
}}

==Charts==
===Album===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!align="center"|Year
!align="center"|Chart
!align="center"|Position
|-
|align="center"; rowspan="2"|1989
|align="center"|[[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Billboard 200 |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/bad-english/chart-history/tlp/ |access-date=July 16, 2021|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
|align="center"|21
|-
|align="center"|UK Albums<ref name=bec>{{Cite web|title=Bad English {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/25808/bad-english/|access-date=2021-07-16|website=www.officialcharts.com}}</ref>
|align="center"|74
|-
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
!align=center rowspan="2"| Year
!align=center rowspan="2"| Title
!align=center colspan="4"| Chart Positions
|-
!width="45"|{{center|<small> [[Billboard Hot 100|US Hot 100]]</small>}}<ref name="hot 100">{{Cite magazine|title=Bad English - Hot 100|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/bad-english/chart-history|access-date=2021-07-16|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
!width="45"|{{center|<small> [[Mainstream Rock|US Main]]</small>}}<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Bad English - Mainstream Rock|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/bad-english/chart-history/rtt/|access-date=2021-07-16|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
!width="45"|{{center|<small> [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|US AC]]</small>}}<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Bad English - AC|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/bad-english/chart-history/asi/|access-date=2021-07-16|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
!width="45"|{{center|<small> [[UK Singles Chart|UK Singles]]</small>}}<ref name=bec/>
|-
|1989
| "Forget Me Not"
|align="center"| 45
|align="center"| 2
|align="center"| -
|align="center"| -
|-
| 1989-1990
| "[[When I See You Smile]]"
|align="center"| 1
|align="center"| 10
|align="center"| 11
|align="center"| 61
|-
| 1990
| "[[Price of Love (Bad English song)|Price of Love]]"
|align="center"| 5
|align="center"| 30
|align="center"| 38
|align="center"| 80
|-
| 1990
| "Best of What I Got"
|align="center"| *
|align="center"| 9
|align="center"| *
|align="center"| *
|-
| 1990
| "Heaven Is a 4 Letter Word"
|align="center"| 66
|align="center"| 12
|align="center"| -
|align="center"| -
|-
| 1990
| "Possession"
|align="center"| 21
|align="center"| -
|align="center"| 42
|align="center"| -
|}

(* "Best of What I Got" was released only to U.S. rock radio)

==Certifications==
{| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|-
|'''Country'''
|'''Organization'''
|'''Year'''
|'''Sales'''
|-
|USA
|[[Recording Industry Association of America]]<ref name="riaa"/>
|1990
|Platinum
|-
|colspan="3"|Total available sales:
|(+ 1,000,000)
|}


== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==
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* [[Richie Zito]] – producer
* [[Richie Zito]] – producer
* Phil Kaffel – engineer, mixing (1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 13)
* Phil Kaffel – engineer, mixing (1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 13)
* [[Mike Fraser (record producer)|Mike Fraser]] – mixing (1-6, 8, 9, 11, 12)
* [[Mike Fraser (record producer)|Mike Fraser]] – mixing (1–6, 8, 9, 11, 12)
* Daren Chadwick – second engineer
* Daren Chadwick – second engineer
* Leon Johnson – second engineer
* Leon Johnson – second engineer
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* Hugh Syme – art direction, design
* Hugh Syme – art direction, design
* [[Chris Cuffaro]] – cover photography
* [[Chris Cuffaro]] – cover photography

* HK Management and Trudy Green Management – management
== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1989–1990)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|12|artist=Bad English|album=Bad English|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 17, 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|Canada|34|artist=Bad English|album=Bad English|chartid=6663|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 17, 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|95|artist=Bad English|album=Bad English|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 17, 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|39|artist=Bad English|album=Bad English|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 17, 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|74|date=19890910|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 17, 2023}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|21|artist=Bad English|rowheader=true|accessdate=October 17, 2023}}
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Bad English|title=Bad English|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1989|certyear=1989}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Bad English|title=Bad English|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1989|certyear=1990}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}


== References ==
== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}
{{Reflist}}


{{Bad English}}
{{Bad English}}

{{Authority control}}
{{Authority control}}


Latest revision as of 22:30, 16 November 2024

Bad English
Studio album by
Bad English
Released26 June 1989 (1989-06-26)[1]
Studio
Genre
Length62:10
LabelEpic
ProducerRichie Zito
Bad English chronology
Bad English
(1989) 		Backlash
(1991)
Singles from Bad English
  1. "Forget Me Not"
    Released: 1989
  2. "When I See You Smile"
    Released: 30 August 1989[2]
  3. "Price of Love"
    Released: 1989
  4. "Don't Walk Away"
    Released: 1989 (UK)[3]
  5. "Heaven Is a 4 Letter Word"
    Released: 1990
  6. "Possession"
    Released: 1990

Bad English is the debut studio album by British/American rock band Bad English. It was released in on 26 June 1989.

The album was a massive success, especially because of the No. 1 single "When I See You Smile".[4] That single was certified gold by the RIAA while the album was certified platinum.[2] Aside from that song, the album had two other top 40 hits, "Price of Love" and "Possession", which peaked at No. 5 and No. 21, respectively.[5]

Critical reception

[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
LouderSound[8]
Rock Hard8.5/10[7]

The album received generally positive reviews.

RPM's reviewer David Spodek called it "an LP full of enough hard driving rock and roll and power chords to please any AOR MD" and named "Forget Me Not" as the best cut.[9] Rock Hard gave an extremely positive review, and considered it the "best AOR album of the past six months".[7] Pan-European magazine Music & Media found that the album full of "well-balanced, solid, melodic hard rock" and the "band seem to be at their best on the slower numbers where the quality of the hooks indicate that they could be the next big thing."[10]

AllMusic's Dan Heilman gave the album four stars, saying, "Amid some tailor-made power ballads lurks some decent hard rock."[6]

LouderSound writer Dave Everley gave the album four stars, explaining the rating with "Bad English marked the end of an era, but what a last hurrah it was".[8] Nonetheless, in 2016, "When I See You Smile" was ranked by LouderSound as the 10th-worst power ballad ever written.[11]

Musician reviewer J. D. Considine wrote simply: "Grammar is the least of their problems."[12]

[edit]

"Best of What I Got" is featured during the credits to the 1989 film Tango & Cash.[citation needed]

Track listing

[edit]
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Best of What I Got"
4:40
2."Heaven Is a 4 Letter Word"
4:45
3."Possession"
5:08
4."Forget Me Not"
  • Waite
  • Cain
  • Spiro
4:58
5."When I See You Smile"Diane Warren4:17
6."Tough Times Don't Last"
  • Cain
  • David Roberts
  • Waite
4:42
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ghost in Your Heart"
4:46
2."Price of Love"
  • Waite
  • Cain
4:47
3."Ready When You Are"
4:20
4."Lay Down"
  • Waite
  • Schon
  • Cain
4:38
5."The Restless Ones"
  • Waite
  • Cain
  • Phillips
5:23
6."Rockin' Horse"
  • Schon
  • Waite
  • Cain
5:31
7."Don't Walk Away"
4:30

Personnel

[edit]

Bad English

Production

  • Richie Zito – producer
  • Phil Kaffel – engineer, mixing (1, 2, 7, 8, 10, 13)
  • Mike Fraser – mixing (1–6, 8, 9, 11, 12)
  • Daren Chadwick – second engineer
  • Leon Johnson – second engineer
  • Jeff Poe – second engineer
  • Mike Tacci – second engineer
  • Bob Vogt – second engineer
  • Gary Wagner – second engineer
  • Randy Wine – second engineer
  • Toby Wright – second engineer
  • George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
  • Richard Ivers – production coordinator
  • Katy Parks – production coordinator
  • Hugh Syme – art direction, design
  • Chris Cuffaro – cover photography

Charts

[edit]
Chart (1989–1990) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[13] 12
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[14] 34
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[15] 95
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[16] 39
UK Albums (OCC)[17] 74
US Billboard 200[18] 21

Certifications

[edit]
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[19] Gold 50,000^
United States (RIAA)[20] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Giles, Jeff (26 June 2015). "How Journey and Babys Alumni Rose and Fell in Bad English". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
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