Bad Brains (Album)
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1982 |
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Title (number) |
15th |
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33:36 |
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David Hahn, John Hanti |
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Bad Brains is the debut album by the hardcore punk band of the same name , released in 1982 via Reach Out International Records . The album was also released in 1989 under the name Attitude - The Roir Sessions on In-Effect Records .
Emergence
The original version of the album was released on cassette through Reach Out Records in 1982 . The album was recorded at 171-A Studios , New York City , from August to October 1981, except for the songs Jah Calling , Big Takeover , Pay to Cum, and I Luv I Jah , which performed live on May 16, 1981 at 171 -A studios had been recorded. The album was mixed by Jay Dublee, Wayne Vlcan and the band itself at Song Shop Recording , while it was mastered by Stanley Moskowitz at ASR Recording Service . The album was produced by David Hahn and John Hanti.
Track list
- A side
- Sailin 'on
- Don't need it
- Attitude
- The regulator
- Banned In DC
- Yeah calling
- Super touch / shit fit
- Leaving Babylon
- B side
- Fearless Vampire Killers
- I.
- Big takeover
- Pay to Cum
- Right Brigade
- I Luv I Jah
- Intro
In addition to numerous re-releases on vinyl and CD , the 1996 release via Reach Out International Records contained an untitled bonus song:
- Untitled - 2:08
Attitude - The Roir Sessions
Attitude - The Roir Sessions contained the following songs:
- Sailin 'On - 1:56
- Don't Need It - 1:07
- Attitude - 1:19
- The Regulator - 1:08
- Banned In DC - 2:10
- Jah Calling - 2:33
- Supertouch / Shitfit - 2:31
- Leaving Babylon - 4:12
- Fearless Vampire Killers - 1:07
- I - 2:05
- Big Takeover - 2:57
- Pay to Cum - 1:25
- Right Brigade - 2:26
- I Luv I Jah - 6:23
- Intro - 0:17
Music style and lyrics
The band played a mixture of hardcore punk and reggae and suddenly understood how to switch between very fast hardcore punk songs and slow reggae pieces. The texts are often incomprehensible due to the poor recording quality and the high speed. The songs are usually very short and almost never exceed the two-minute mark. The reggae pieces are often about God, who, as is common with the Rastafari and reggae, is called Jah .
Reviews
Allmusic's Greg Prato wrote that this album was arguably the holy grail of hardcore punk and especially praised the change between slow reggae songs and fast hardcore punk pieces. He awarded four and a half out of five points. Allmusic's Steven McDonald noted the poor quality recording of Attitude - The Roir Sessions , but this would help improve the atmosphere as it is a punk band after all. The album is not for everyone, but an important moment in music history. He also awarded four and a half points. Robert Müller from Metal Hammer was not impressed by the mixture of hardcore punk and reggae. This “reggae swamp” will probably never open up to him and was annoyed by the “preaching behavior” in the reggae pieces about Jah. The album is "certainly a document of the importance of the Bad Brains for the development of hardcore in the 1980s, but whether you need it because of the flood of good new hardcore releases is an open question". Müller gave no rating. Rolling Stone magazine chose the album at number 19 on its 2016 list of 40 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bad Brains - Attitude - The Roir Sessions , accessed July 26, 2013.
- ^ Bad Brains - Bad Brains , accessed July 27, 2013.
- ^ Bad Brains - Bad Brains , accessed July 27, 2013.
- ^ A b Greg Prato: Bad Brains Bad Brains , accessed July 27, 2013.
- ↑ a b Steven McDonald: Bad Brains Attitude: The ROIR Sessions , accessed July 27, 2013.
- ↑ a b Robert Müller: Bad Brains . Attitude . In: Metal Hammer , No. 19/20, October 1990, p. 74.
- ↑ RollingStone.com: 40 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time. Retrieved April 7, 2016 .