Live (Bad Brains album)

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Live
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Live album by
Bad Brains
Released1988
Genre
Label SST Records [1]
Producer Phil Burnett
Bad Brains chronology
I Against I
(1986)		Live
(1988)		 Quickness
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 8/10 [7]

Live is a live album by American rock band 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]

Contents

Background

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. 1 2 "Live - Bad Brains | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 1. MUZE. p. 353.
  4. 1 2 MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 61.
  5. ↑ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 30.
  6. 1 2 Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (February 21, 2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN   9780743201698 – via Google Books.
  7. 1 2 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. ISBN   9780958268400 – via Google Books.
  9. 1 2 "Bad Brains". Trouser Press. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  10. ↑ Buckley, Peter (February 21, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN   9781843531050 – via Google Books.
  11. ↑ Thompson, Dave (February 21, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN   9780879306076 – via Google Books.
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