General Article name: Bad Brains
Genre: Punk Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: ROIR Number of tracks: 16 Duration: 36:07 Tracklist LP - 1 1. Bad Brains - Sailin' On 2. Bad Brains - Don't Need It 3. Bad Brains - Attitude 4. Bad Brains - Regulator 5. Bad Brains - Banned in D. C. 6. Bad Brains - Jah Calling 7. Bad Brains - Supertouch 8. Bad Brains - Shitfit 9. Bad Brains - Leaving Babylon 10. Bad Brains - Fearless Vampire Killers 11. Bad Brains - I 12. Bad Brains - Big Take Over 13. Bad Brains - Pay to Cum 14. Bad Brains - Right Brigade 15. Bad Brains - I Luv I Jah 16. Bad Brains - Intro   Description Description

For fans of hardcore, many would agree that the holy grail of the genre is Bad Brains' self-titled album, originally released back in 1982 as a cassette-only release on ROIR. The ensuing years after its initial release haven't dulled the album's fury and rage in the least, and it's still impressive how the band can switch gears from red-hot hardcore to cool reggae dubs in the blink of an eye. All the classics are here: "Sailin' On," "Banned in D.C.," "Pay to Cum," "Right Brigade," as well as one of their strongest reggae tunes, "I Luv I Jah." The back of the album boasts a quote from the Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch, which sums up the proceedings simply, "the best punk/hardcore album of all time." [Although Bad Brains was available on CD on the now-defunct In Effect label in the late '80s (then titled Attitude: The ROIR Sessions with a different album cover), it's since been remastered and re-released with its original cover, as well as an untitled bonus track added at the end.] ~ Greg Prato

Greg Prato

Contributors Record Label: ROIR Artist: Bad Brains Engineer: Jay Dublee