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Track Listings

1	Sailin' on - Bad Brains
2	Don't Need It - Bad Brains
3	Attitude - Bad Brains
4	The Regulator
5	Banned in D.C - Bad Brains
6	Jah Calling - Bad Brains
7	Supertouch/Shitfit
8	Leaving Babylon
9	Fearless Vampire Killers
10	I
11	Big Take Over
12	Pay To Cum
13	Right Brigade
14	I Luv I Jah
15	Intro
16	Bonus Track

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Product Description

This is a re-release of an album that Beastie Boy Adam Yauch considers "the best hardcore/punk album of all time." Bad Brains has achieved an almost immortal status among punk and hardcore fans, with the original cassette release selling well over 100,000 copies. The new release features all the original tracks including "Sailin' On," "Attitude," "Banned in DC," "I," "Pay to Cum" and "I Luv I Jah."

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"The Best Hardcore/Punk Album Of All Time." -- Adam Yauch- Beastie Boys

"They've actually taken a genre, shaken it and reshaped it, totally and finally. 5 STARS." -- Sounds UK

"You say you want hardcore? I say the Brains'll give you hardcore coming straight up the ***." -- Greg Tate- Village Voice

Product details

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.9 x 5.61 x 0.38 inches; 3.2 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ ROIR
Item model number ‏ : ‎ badbrains
Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2016
SPARS Code ‏ : ‎ DDD
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ December 7, 2006
Label ‏ : ‎ ROIR
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000001Q3T
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

Best Sellers Rank: #121,081 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #1,093 in American Alternative Rock
- #55,589 in Rock (CDs & Vinyl)
- #75,488 in Pop (CDs & Vinyl)

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 9, 2022

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This is good rock in a punk format, think Sex Pistols

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 12, 2017

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I llke almost all the songs on the album. the ones I like have good guitar work and drum work. I'm just not sensing a lot of variety in the music. It's also difficult to understand the lyrics over the guitars. It's really screaming. One song that I did not particularly care for was "Jah Calling". It's an instrumental that really didn't do anything for me. Most songs here are very short 2:30 or less. One exception though is "Leaving Babylon", clocking in at 4:10, this was another slow, quiet song.They went back to their typical fast and hard music on "Fearless Vampire Killers" and on "I" and Big Take Over". I love the opening guitar work on "Big Take Over' good song too. I love the way the drums start off the song on "Right Brigade" "ILuv I Jah" is over 6 minutes long and really not very good, verys oft and slow. I'm not really sure what to say about he bonus track it's 2 minutes long and a very strange song. Overall Bad Brains is a decent albumwith only 3 songs that I did not like. I think the album is worth buying.

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 22, 2021

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A lot of musicians that I like and respect often refer to this album, so I thought that I would give it a whirl. You can hear how this album influenced a large number of bands.

2 people found this helpful

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 21, 2012

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This is a great album and I feel really lucky to have it. The original was released on cassette only and has become very rare, so until they did the reissue, you would be lucky to own one. If you are looking for audiophile quality, keep looking. This picture disc version has a good amount of noise, much like cassette tapes constant hiss in the background. But the songs and ferocity at which they are played make up for it, easily. I love all types of music, but I don't think punk is meant to be "clean". Sometimes dirty is what you need. Crank it up and enjoy what the mad scientists of Bad Brains have made and if you EVER have a chance to see them live, you need to see them. Saw them at Deluna Fest 2012 and will never forget them.

5 people found this helpful

Raw energy, fast pace, tight arrangements

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 7, 2017

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Poorly mixed and rather inadvisably overdubbed with more guitar -- but these are just quibbles; this is indispensable as the first salvo of Bad Brains upon the world. Clarity would come later -- as would more variation in pacing -- but this is the kind of record people mean when they use words like "seminal" and "ground-breaking". Like all Bad Brains albums, best heard loudly.

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John Michael Arispe

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 22, 2015

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I like Bad Brains because I have a bad brain.I have a traumatic brain injury. I can try to walk with my cane. I am 1/2 paralyzed. The brain controls all body's functions. My brain is damaged. I have my skull with a large piece of it torn off. It was from surgery.

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Very fine DC hardcore

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 23, 2015

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On first listen, it's loud, fast, and might seem repetitive. On subsequent listens, the melodies and musicianship become apparent and then you'll be hooked. The guitarist absolutely shreds and the drumming is inhuman. I love HR's voice. I am not even a big hardcore punk fan but this album is clearly ahead of the rest of the pack. Recommended for those who don't already have it!

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Daniel E. Cureton

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 15, 2013

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Got this as a gift for my boyfriend. He loved it. The music is great and hardcore by one of the firs black hardcore bands. The sound is nice and crisp and their songs on the first album are epic. I wonder why we ever stopped using vinyl? Anyways, I'd recommend this for hardcore enthusiast. If you're looking for something different, a unique band, good old vinyl on your turn table, then this is for you.

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Mick

BOOM!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on November 17, 2018

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Fantastic album. It was recommended to me by a random bloke I got chatting to at a bar in Jersey City on a recent trip to New York with my wife. I'd never heard of Bad Brains before. What energy. What a great set of tracks. Been enjoying watching some of their gigs on YouTube as well since I gt the album. Play it pretty much most days. 35 minutes of hardcore punk tunes with a bit of reggae thrown in. Wish I'd got into this band earlier. Highly recommended.

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paleogeordie

... hear nothing see nothing say nothing are the two best punk albums ever written imo

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on December 30, 2016

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This and discharges hear nothing see nothing say nothing are the two best punk albums ever written imo. Brilliant from start to finish, and I, as a ska fan also, enjoy the few reggae tracks on it too. Jazz musicians letting rip! If you enjoy punk or thrash metal you need to add it to your collection asap

2 people found this helpful

Mr T P Griffiths

Buy of you again.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 2, 2019

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Ok

mick

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 10, 2015

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Top service and quality

Jack Crabb

Das legendäre Debüt mit ödem Beigeschmack...

Reviewed in Germany 🇩🇪 on February 26, 2009

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Bei dem Debüt-Album der famosen Bad Brains fallen mir nur 2 Wörter ein: "dilettantisch" und "virtuos". Dilettantisch, weil der Sound des Albums derart miserabel und primitiv ist, dass man sich ernsthaft fragt, ob dies hier nicht ein schlecht produziertes Demo ist. Eine klangliche Aufpolierung des Sounds, würde dem Hörgenuss sicherlich gut tun, da ein Album mit so einem Sound in einer CD-Version meiner Meinung nach eine kleine Unverschämtheit ist. Was allerdings die musikalischen Qualitäten dieser Band betrifft, muss man sagen, dass das Hören des Albums für den ein oder anderen heranwachsenden Musiker eher deprimierend ausfallen könnte. Denn was Dr. Know, Derrl Jenifer, Earl Hudson und natürlich H.R hier zelebrierten, war und ist an spieltechnischem Wahnsinn kaum zu überbieten. Die Rhythmustruppe gibt von Anfang an ein unglaubliches Tempo vor und H.R, einer der aufregendsten und besten Sänger, die der US-Hardcore jemals vorbrachte, singt und brüllt die Texte in Tonlagen jenseits von Gut und Böse. Und dann auch noch die gelegentlichen Reggaeausflüge, die im Wechsel mit den schnellen HC-Stücken, sie erst so legendär und einzigartig gemacht haben. Schwachpunkte findet man neben den miesen Klang leider auch bei den Songs. "The Regulator" und "Pay To Cum", die im Original 3 Jahre älter, büßen von ihrer ursprünglichen Energie leider etwas ein....

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