Bad English "Bad English (Japan, Epic Records, 25 8P-5259)"

Bad English is the debut studio album by British/American glam metal supergroup Bad English. It was released in on June 26, 1989.

The album was a massive success, especially because of the No. 1 single "When I See You Smile". That single was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America while the album was certified platinum. Aside from that song, the album had two other top 40 hits, "Price of Love" and "Possession", which peaked at No. 5 and No. 21, respectively.

The album received generally positive reviews.

RPM reviewer David Spodek called it "an LP full of enough hard driving rock and roll and power chords to please any AOR MD" and named "Forget Me Not" as the best cut. Rock Hard gave an extremely positive review, and called it the "best AOR album of the past six months".

AllMusic's Dan Heilman gave the album four stars, saying, "[A]mid some tailor-made power ballads lurks some decent hard rock." LouderSound writer Dave Everley gave the album four stars, explaining the rating with "Bad English marked the end of an era, but what a last hurrah it was".

Nonetheless, in 2016, "When I See You Smile" was ranked by Louder Sound as the 10th worst power ballad ever written.

Musician reviewer J. D. Considine wrote simply: "Grammar is the least of their problems."

"Best of What I Got" is featured during the credits to the 1989 film Tango & Cash.

Track listing

1. "Best of What I Got" John Waite, Jonathan Cain, Neal Schon 4:40
2. "Heaven Is a 4 Letter Word" Schon, Cain, Waite, Mark Spiro 4:45
3. "Possession" Waite, Cain, Ricky Phillips 5:08
4. "Forget Me Not" Waite, Cain, Spiro 4:58
5. "When I See You Smile" Diane Warren 4:17
6. "Tough Times Don't Last" Cain, David Roberts, Waite 4:42
7. "Ghost in Your Heart" Waite, Martin Page, Cain 4:46
8. "Price of Love" Waite, Cain 4:47
9. "Ready When You Are" Cain, Waite, Schon, Todd Cerney 4:20
10. "Lay Down" Waite, Schon, Cain 4:38
11. "The Restless Ones" Waite, Cain, Phillips 5:23
12. "Rockin' Horse" Schon, Waite, Cain 5:31
13. "Don't Walk Away" Andy Hill, Peter Sinfield 4:30

Richie Zito - producer

Phil Kaffel - engineer, mixing

Mike Fraser - mixing

George Marino - mastering