THE FIRM: MEAN BUSINESS FULL ALBUM 2-3-1986. (HD HQ 1080p)
“MEAN BUSINESS“ is the second and final studio album by The Firm, released by Atlantic Records on February 3, the same bluesy formula as on the first album, The Firm (1985), Mean Business did not achieve the same commercial success. The album’s title was inteneded to have a double meaning: that the music business is a hard one, and that the band was serious about its music. (“The Firm mean business“). However, perhaps due to the lukewarm-at best critical and financial success which the band met, Page and Rogers decided to disband The Firm within months of this album’s release. The album peaked at #22 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and at #46 on the UK Albums Chart. The single “All the King’s Horses“ spent four weeks at the top of Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
TRACK LISTING
Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. “Fortune Hunter“ Jimmy Page, Paul Rodgers 5:00
2. “Cadillac“ Page, Rodgers 5:57
3. “All the King’s Horses“ Rodgers 3:16
4. “Live in Peace“ Rodgers 5:00
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. “Tear Down the Walls Page, Rodgers 4:43
2. “Dreaming“ Tony Franklin 6:00
3. “Free to Live“ Page, Rodgers 4:13
4. “Spirit of Love“ Rodgers 5:06
PERSONNEL (The Band Members)
Paul Rodgers - vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, producer
Jimmy Page - acoustic and electric guitars, producer
Tony Franklin - bass guitar, keyboards, synthesizer
Chris Slade - drums and percussion, backing vocals
OTHER
Julian Mendelsohn - producer
Aubrey Powell Productions - cover design
Barry Diament - mastering
Recorded and Mix at Sol Studios, Cookham, Berkshire, England
Mastered at Atlantic Studios, New York, United States.
Released February 3, 1986.