Dangerous Age

Dangerous Age is the eighth studio album by hard rock band Bad Company. The album was released in August 1988.^[3] It was their second album with Brian Howe as lead vocalist and first with Steve Price credited as bass guitarist. It was produced and largely co-written by Terry Thomas. It helped bring the group back into the spotlight, with major radio airplay for the tracks "No Smoke Without a Fire" (#4), "One Night" (#9) and "Shake It Up" (#9) all reaching the top 10 on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart.

Dangerous Age
Studio album by Bad Company
Released	15 August 1988[1]
Genre	Hard rock[2] AOR[3]
Length	44:31
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Terry Thomas
Bad Company chronology
Fame and Fortune (1986) Dangerous Age (1988) Holy Water (1990)
Singles from Dangerous Age
"No Smoke Without a Fire" Released: 1988 "Shake It Up" Released: April 1989[4]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Brian Howe and Terry Thomas, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"One Night"	Mick Ralphs, Terry Thomas	4:38
2.	"Shake It Up"		3:56
3.	"No Smoke Without a Fire"		4:33
4.	"Bad Man"		3:45
5.	"Dangerous Age"	Mick Ralphs, Terry Thomas	3:45
6.	"Dirty Boy"		3:52
7.	"Rock of America"		3:55
8.	"Something About You"		4:17
9.	"The Way That It Goes"	Brian Howe, Mick Ralphs, Terry Thomas	3:25
10.	"Love Attack"	Brian Howe, Mick Ralphs, Terry Thomas	3:55
11.	"Excited"		4:32

Personnel

Bad Company

• Brian Howe – vocals
• Mick Ralphs – guitar
• Simon Kirke – drums

with

• Steve Price – bass
• Terry Thomas - Hammond organ, guitar, backing vocals
• Jon Mallison – backing vocals

Charts

Chart (1988)	Peak position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[5]	84
US Billboard 200[6]	58

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[7]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.