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United States (1988 – 1991)

Bad English was an American rock band formed by 3 ex-members of the band The Babys, Jonathan Cain, John Waite and Ricky Phillips (now in Styx) along with Journey guitarist Neal Schon.

The band’s first, self titled album released in 1988, gave the band two hit singles in the United States, “When I See You Smile” and “Price of Love”. However, on their second album, entitled “Backlash”, the one and only single failed to enter the U.S. Top 40, peaking at number 42.

Soon after the band recorded their second album “Backlash” (1991), the group disbanded, even before the album could be mixed. In a later interview, singer John Waite said, that while he enjoyed playing to stadium sized audiences, he wasn’t happy with the corporate rock image that the band presented.

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hard rock, 80s, rock, hair metal, classic rock
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1	When I See You Smile full track	1,247
2	Time Stood Still full track	237
3	Price of Love full track	169
4	Straight to Your Heart full track	151
5	Forget Me Not full track	132
6	Possession full track	121
7	Heaven Is a 4 Letter Word full track	107
8	Best of What I Got full track	105
9	Ghost in Your Heart full track	101
10	Tough Times Don't Last full track	78
11	Don't Walk Away full track	75
12	So This Is Eden full track	73
12	The Time Alone With You full track	73
14	The Restless Ones full track	51
15	Rebel Say A Prayer full track	45

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sleaze_paul wrote:
18 days ago

Great band.

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IrishN00B wrote:
September 2009

Why is "When I See You Smile" their topsong? It's obviously not the best even though it's really good.

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PhalanxPunk wrote:
May 2009

you know i could do anything...

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LordAlejandro wrote:
April 2009

Great Band!!!!

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silviapinheiro wrote:
February 2009

I looooove this song!!!!!!!!

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Grimmson wrote:
January 2009

Yes yes, REBEL SAY A PRAYER : The perfect melodic-rock song !!!

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adrian_vg wrote:
January 2009

Adult contemporary pop/rock. This is good!

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Jeanzinho91 wrote:
December 2008

Bad English rules !

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sithpt wrote:
December 2008

Some amazing songs here. :D

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capo08 wrote:
November 2008

OMG They are GREAT!!!

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PrettyTiedUp wrote:
November 2008

This guy Nachiro is almost right-REBEL SAY A PRAYER rocks the shit!!!!

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Sire-Nahvas wrote:
November 2008

i changed the "starting year" from 1998 to 1988... don't know how anyone could get that wrong...XD

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will76 wrote:
August 2008

is perfect

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Nachiro wrote:
May 2007

DAMN! WHY REBEL SAY A PRAYER ISN'T NUMBER ONE???

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jimbos_hardrock wrote:
March 2007

BAD ENGLISH ROCKS THE HOUSE!!!

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jimbo5381 wrote:
March 2007

I really don't get the poor reception of Backlash. In my opinion it's one of the best Hard Rock albums ever with three smash hits: So This Is Eden, Time Stood Still, & Straight to Your Heart. Maybe it's because I'm European...

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