Live (Bad Brains album)

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Live
Live album by
Bad Brains
Released1988
GenreHardcore punk, heavy metal, reggae, funk metal
LabelSST Records[1]
ProducerPhil Burnett
Bad Brains chronology
I Against I
(1986) 		Live
(1988) 		Quickness
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music2/5 stars[3]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide4/5 stars[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide2/5 stars[5]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 stars[6]
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10[7]

Live is a live album by hardcore punk and reggae pioneers Bad Brains.[3][8] It was recorded during a 1987 tour.[7] "Day Tripper", a Beatles cover, appears on some editions.[9] After the tour finished, the band commenced a series of departures, breakups, and reunions.[10]

Production[]

The album was produced by Phil Burnett.[4] Two subsequent live albums were drawn from the same 1987 tour.[11]

Critical reception[]

AllMusic wrote: "Live is such a stunner because the basic inimitable qualities are still here: the unbelievable overload attack, the crashing power riffs, the stop-start precision marveled at by every casual listener who ever came across them, the explosive surges, the awesome musicians, the breathtaking exhilaration rush, and most of all, the irreplaceable singer H.R."[2] Trouser Press called the album "impressive," writing that the band play "punk, thrashy rock and reggae with equal command and conviction (Earl Hudson’s deft drumming is crucial to the band’s gear-shifting ability)."[9] The New Rolling Stone Album Guide deemed the album inferior to The Youth Are Getting Restless.[6]

Track listing[]

  1. "I" – 2:27
  2. "At the Movies" – 3:02
  3. "The Regulator" – 1:16
  4. "Right Brigade" – 2:34
  5. "I Against I" – 3:02
  6. "I & I Survive" – 6:12
  7. "House of Suffering" – 2:17
  8. "Re-Ignition" – 4:34
  9. "Sacred Love" – 3:26
  10. "She's Calling You" – 3:19
  11. "Coptic Times" – 2:21
  12. "F.V.K." (Fearless Vampire Killers) – 1:07
  13. "Secret 77" – 4:06
  14. "Daytripper" – 4:34

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Bad Brains - Live - CD". SST Superstore.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Live - Bad Brains | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 1: MUZE. p. 353.CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 61.
  5. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 30.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (February 21, 2004). "The New Rolling Stone Album Guide". Simon and Schuster – via Google Books.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 22–23.
  8. ^ Sharpe-Young, Garry (February 21, 2005). "New Wave of American Heavy Metal". Zonda Books Limited – via Google Books.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "Bad Brains". Trouser Press. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  10. ^ Buckley, Peter (February 21, 2003). "The Rough Guide to Rock". Rough Guides – via Google Books.
  11. ^ Thompson, Dave (February 21, 2000). "Alternative Rock". Hal Leonard Corporation – via Google Books.
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