Holy Water is the ninth studio album by hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 band Bad Company

Bad Company

Bad Company were an English rock supergroup founded in 1973, consisting of two former Free band members — singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke — as well as Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell. Peter Grant, who, in years prior, was a key component of...

, and their third with Brian Howe

Brian Howe (singer)

Brian Anthony Howe is an English rock singer and songwriter, best known for replacing Paul Rodgers as the lead vocalist of Bad Company. Howe's career was jump-started in 1983 when Ted Nugent recruited him to handle lead vocals for his Penetrator album and front its subsequent world tour.-Early...

 in place of Paul Rodgers

Paul Rodgers

Paul Bernard Rodgers is an English rock singer-songwriter, best known for his success in the 1970s as a member of Free and Bad Company. After stints in two less successful bands in the 1980s and early 1990s, The Firm and The Law, he became a solo artist. He has recently toured and recorded with...

 as lead vocalist, released in June 1990. The singles on the album all received moderate radio airplay. These included "Holy Water", "Boys Cry Tough", "Walk Through Fire", and "If You Needed Somebody", all of which charted fairly well. To date, this is the last album by Bad Company to go platinum.

Track listing

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

1. "Holy Water" - 4:06
2. "Walk Through Fire" - 4:48
3. "Stranger Stranger" (Brian Howe
   Brian Howe (singer)
   Brian Anthony Howe is an English rock singer and songwriter, best known for replacing Paul Rodgers as the lead vocalist of Bad Company. Howe's career was jump-started in 1983 when Ted Nugent recruited him to handle lead vocals for his Penetrator album and front its subsequent world tour.-Early...
   
   , Simon Kirke
   Simon Kirke
   Simon Kirke is an English rock drummer best known as a member of Free and Bad Company.-Biography:...
   
   , Terry Thomas) - 4:51
4. "If You Needed Somebody" - 4:21
5. "Fearless" - 3:32
6. "Lay Your Love on Me" (Mick Ralphs
   Mick Ralphs
   Michael Geoffrey "Mick" Ralphs is an English guitarist and songwriter, who was a founding member of rock bands Mott the Hoople and Bad Company.-Career:...
   
   ) - 4:04
7. "Boys Cry Tough" - 5:34
8. "With You in a Heartbeat" - 4:34
9. "I Don't Care" - 4:33
10. "Never Too Late" (Mick Ralphs, Terry Thomas) - 3:42
11. "Dead of the Night" (Mick Ralphs, Terry Thomas) - 3:40
12. "I Can't Live Without You" (Mick Ralphs, Terry Thomas) - 3:50
13. "100 Miles" (Simon Kirke) - 1:57

Personnel

• Brian Howe
  Brian Howe (singer)
  Brian Anthony Howe is an English rock singer and songwriter, best known for replacing Paul Rodgers as the lead vocalist of Bad Company. Howe's career was jump-started in 1983 when Ted Nugent recruited him to handle lead vocals for his Penetrator album and front its subsequent world tour.-Early...
  
   - vocals
• Mick Ralphs
  Mick Ralphs
  Michael Geoffrey "Mick" Ralphs is an English guitarist and songwriter, who was a founding member of rock bands Mott the Hoople and Bad Company.-Career:...
  
   - guitar
  Guitar
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• Simon Kirke
  Simon Kirke
  Simon Kirke is an English rock drummer best known as a member of Free and Bad Company.-Biography:...
  
   - drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  , vocals (lead vocals on "100 Miles"), acoustic guitar
  Steel-string acoustic guitar
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• Felix Krish - bass
  Bass guitar
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