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Youth Brigade

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 27, 1994)
• Original Release Date: 1984
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Better Youth Org.
• ASIN: B0000001XO
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #143,491 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great album; punk rock classic; YB has done better, though, July 15, 2003

By	"latjoor" (Madison, Wisconsin, USA) - See all my reviews

While Oi! was transforming the UK punk scene, hardcore was doing the same in the US. Youth Brigade was somewhere in between the two, certainly a US hardcore band but their fast, fist-pounding songs actually had a melody that you could sing along with. In a scene dominated by nihilism, they were a voice for unity, and they saw a chance for punks to do something good. Youth Brigade expresses despair and exasperation with the world's problems without preaching, much like Bad Religion, but they are different in that they offer an alternative: that we can maintain hope and work together for a better future. Musically, this album is actually a bit slower, on the whole, than much of their later stuff. It has more variety, as well, there is no single beat to this album, unlike the vast majority of punk albums in existence. Unfortunately, not all of the songs are equally catchy, and I have found that this album doesn't stand the test of time as well as others. In particular, the band sounds better on the faster songs, and although Sean Stern has a great voice, on the slower songs he wavers a bit at times and sounds off-key. The production quality is poor -- the sound is thin and tinny -- but that's par for the course for the era, when it cost a lot of money to make a good-sounding record and even the best punk bands were too strapped for cash to afford it. Turn up the volume and you'll forget about it. This is a great album, but I would reccomend Someone's Got Their Head To Believe In Something and To Sell the Truth ahead of it; on those records the band has a tighter sound and the singing sounds more self-assured. (Note that the former is actually a compilation, but has a number of Youth Brigade songs that aren't published elsewhere.)

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love, February 26, 2002

By	Brooks D. Groves Jr. "Hipparchus" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Needed to get some good old school punk, and I am glad I have this CD! Go get it, if you like old school. While the days may be gone, the music still fits the bill these days. Good solid sound!!

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars YOUTH BRIGADE @ THEIR BEST., February 19, 1999

By A Customer

I REALLY ENJOY THIS CD. IT HAS ALL OF THEIR SONGS FROM THE MOVIE "ANOTHER STATE OF MIND." IT ALSO INCLUDES 8 LIVE SONGS ( or 9 depends on your player ) FROM FENDERS BALLROOM IN '85. I THINK IT WAS THEIR LAST SHOW @ THE TIME ( that is whats announced ). ANYWAY, THEIR SOUND HAS CHANGED MUCH, AND I LIKE THIS ONE BEST. JUST LISTEN TO THE SONG VIOLENCE ON "...BELIEVE IN SOMETHING"(BYO026CD) IF YOU LIKE IT, BUY THIS CD NOW. IT'S PUNK ROCK TO BUY YOUTH BRIGADE CD'S. ESPECIALLY FROM AMAZON. I HOPE I GET A FREE CD FOR THAT.