Released 15 years ago this week, ‘The Cosmos Rocks’ blended two seemingly disparate things: Paul Rodgers’ R&B grit and Queen’s outsized glam.

There was still a market for the kind of solid playing and production being made by Bad Company, even amid the rise of punk and new wave.

If you’re a cynical type, reissues by the likes of the Beatles, Jethro Tull and Bad Company are just a great way to re-sell music to aging baby boomers.

A deeper dive actually finds more similarities than you might expect between Bad Company and Foreigner.

Bad Company was better than they were given credit for. And Paul Rodgers, these reissues make clear, ranks among the best rock singers of all time.

Call this one: A Trip to St. Cecilia’s Orphanage for Homeless Albums.

Let’s rearrange the first two albums by those meat-and-potatoes rockers Bad Company.

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