Rise

Bad Brains | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 17, 1993)
• Original Release Date: August 17, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00000296A
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #251,658 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Rise

2. Miss Freedom

3. Unidentified

4. Love Is the Answer

5. Free

6. Hair

7. Coming in Numbers

8. Yes Jah

9. Take Your Time

10. Peace of Mind

11. Without You/Outro

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Actually, 4 and 1/2 stars. Keep an open mind - not your typical Bad Brains here, May 25, 2006

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Kevin Rienecker "Kev" (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rise (Audio CD)

Lots of mixed reviews for this album from the Bad Brains faithful, I think mostly because HR and his roaring voice is absent from this more mainstream production, and the fact that the usual hard/speedcore stlye has been toned - but not watered - down, into more of the mid-90's funk/metal/soul/ska sound -- a la Fishbone at their heaviest, or 24-7 Spyz at their funkiest (speaking of which, the line-up I saw when B.B. were on tour for this release included Rick Skatore from the 'Spyz, filling in on bass duty, and the show f'n rocked!).

For my buck, taken alone and not as part of the Bad Brains lexicon, Rise is a great disk, without a bad song on the entire album. The title trak rocks as hard as anything B.B. has done. The ska/reggae tunes don't have the usual heavy, crunching vibe I prefer, but the cover of Graham Central Station's 'Hair' is funk-rock heaven, and singer Joseph Israel's HR influenced growls are all over the place in 'Coming In Numbers'. The rest of the band is as solid as ever, especially Dr. Know's transendent sonic guitar work.

Overall, definitely worth ten bucks, even if it won't cause any riots in D.C.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars GOod but not great***, March 10, 2004

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scotto (sumwere) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rise (Audio CD)

bad brains great band i bought this cd recently and the lyrics are good but its not the greatest cd by bad brains. theres more ska than the usual hard riffs but still a good cd. kinda gets boring after a wile.
i recomend u get BAD BRAINS LIVE
or at least listen to I Against I before you turn this band down

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Wow be unto a band who replaces members, upset fanboys can be so cruel, February 27, 2011

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Chet Fakir (San Francisco) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rise (Audio CD)

Short and sweet: musically this thing rocks, lots of fast thrashing punk rock a few funkier numbers and some reggae for that palette cleansing effect. This is nothing that the Brains didn't do on previous and subsequent albums and sonically Rise is tight and powerful. Drummer Earl Hudson is absent and not really missed as far as I'm concerned. Mackie Jayson ex of the Cro Mags is a more than capable replacement, sorry Earl. However Joseph I is in no way H.R. and this is why I'm sure this album gets slagged. Joe does his best and I suppose that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and all that, but he just ain't the real thing vocally nor lyrically. Thank Jah H.R. decided to rejoin because the Bad Brains absolutely needed his peculiar form of front man insanity.