The Law is the first and only album from the Paul Rodgers led group The Law.

History

The Law was formed when

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met

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in a nightclub in London and decided to put a band together. The two teamed up with different supporting musicians in order to give Rodgers freedom to pursue whatever music style he felt like. Unlike his previous projects, in which he wrote or co-wrote most of the material, Rodgers relied heavily on outside writers to write songs for the album (such as

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and

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); the only chart topper of the album, "Laying Down the Law", was written by Rodgers himself. The album features notable appearances by

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, Bryan Adams and Chris Rea. The song "Stone" was previously recorded by Rea for his album ''

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'', and Rea (as well as Gilmour) plays guitar on this version. The track "

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", written by Phil Collen, was later recorded by Collen's band

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as a B-side for their ''

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'' album. Aside from the single, the album was received very poorly by the critics. Paul Henderson in Q Magazine called it "lightweight". Rodgers soon moved on from the band to his solo work.

Track listing

Personnel

The Law

- lead vocals, guitars, piano *

- drums *Jim Barber - lead guitar

Additional Musicians

*John Staehely: Guitar *

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: Bass *

: Guitar on "Stone" *

: Guitar on "Stone" *Bryan Adams, Mike Hehir: Guitars *John Astley, Steve Pigott: Keyboards, Programming *

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: Synthesizer *George Hawkins: Bass *Tom Pool: Drums *

Joe Lala Joseph Anthony Lala (November 3, 1947 – March 18, 2014) was an American musician and actor. In 1966, he co-founded the rock band Blues Image. Life and career Lala was born in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida, to parents from Contessa Entellina (an e ...

: Percussion *

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: Horns

Production

*Produced By

Chris Kimsey Christopher Kenneth Kimsey (born 3 December 1951 in Battersea, London, England) is an English record producer, mixer and musician most famous for having co-produced The Rolling Stones' ''Undercover'' and '' Steel Wheels'' albums. He was also an ...

Ahmet Ertegün Ahmet Ertegun (, Turkish spelling: Ahmet Ertegün; ; – December 14, 2006) was a Turkish-American businessman, songwriter, record executive and philanthropist. Ertegun was the co-founder and president of Atlantic Records. He discovered and ...

, Howard Albert, Ron Albert, Kenney Jones, Shane Keister & Paul Rodgers *Engineers: Christopher Marc Potter,

Alex Sadkin Alex Sadkin (April 9, 1949July 25, 1987) was an American record producer, engineer, mixer and mastering engineer. Sadkin grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida across the street from Bennett Elementary School, and played saxophone in Sunrise Junio ...

*Programming: John Jones *Mixing: Ahmet Ertegün, Shane Keister, Christopher Marc Potter *Mastering: Bob Ludwig *Re-Mastering: Jimmy Starr

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Law, The 1991 debut albums Albums produced by Chris Kimsey Albums produced by Ahmet Ertegun Atlantic Records albums