ALL THE KING'S HORSES
AND THE KING'S MEN
COULDN'T STORM
THIS TOWER
Mean Business
is the second
and final
studio album
by
released by
on
February 3 1986.
Repeating the same
bluesy formula
as on the first album,
The Firm
(1985),
Mean Business
did not achieve
the same
commercial success.
One of the album's tracks,
"Live in Peace",
was first recorded on
Paul Rodgers'
first solo album
in 1983,
Cut Loose.
The versions differ
in that
Chris Slade
played the drums
at half tempo
compared to the
original version,
apart from the ending.
Paul Rodgers
has recently played
a new version
on his
new compilation album
Live in Peace.
The album's title was intended
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").
Following the album's release
and a brief supporting tour,
Page and Rodgers
disbanded
the Firm,
believing that it had
served its purpose.
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.
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