Release
Bad Boy was released on 21 April 1978 in the UK, while in the US it was released on 16 June.
Out of the singles released from Bad Boy, neither "Lipstick Traces (On a Cigarette)" nor "Heart on My Sleeve" charted. In the UK, the lone single was "Tonight" / "Heart on My Sleeve" and that didn't chart. It is now a sought after collector's item.
Rather cheekily, "A Man Like Me" is simply Scouse the Mouse's "A Mouse Like Me" with all the words "Mouse" substituted by "Man".
Bad Boy was reissued on CD in the US by Epic Records in 1991 (after Portrait Records' shelving), now its only source of availability.
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