History
The Law was formed when Paul Rodgers met Kenney Jones in a nightclub in London and decided to put a band together. [3] The two teamed up with different supporting musicians in order to give Rodgers freedom to pursue whatever music style he felt like. [4] 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 Phil Collen, Chris Rea and Bryan Adams); [4] the only chart topper of the album, "Laying Down the Law", was written by Rodgers himself. [4] The album features notable appearances by David Gilmour, Bryan Adams and Chris Rea. The song "Stone" was previously recorded by Rea for his album Shamrock Diaries , and Rea (as well as Gilmour) plays guitar on this version. The track "Miss You in a Heartbeat", written by Phil Collen, was later recorded by Collen's band Def Leppard as a B-side for their Adrenalize album.
Aside from the single, the album was received very poorly by the critics. Paul Henderson in Q Magazine called it "lightweight". [2] Rodgers soon moved on from the band to his solo work. [4]
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