Restless Breed

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Restless Breed
Restless Breed cover.JPG
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 21, 1982 [1]
Recorded Greene St. Recording, New York City
Genre Heavy metal
Length38:38
Label Elektra
Producer Steve Loeb, Billy Arnell
Riot chronology
Fire Down Under
(1981)
Restless Breed
(1982)
Riot Live (EP)
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 8/10 [3]

Restless Breed is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Riot, released on May 21, 1982. It was the band's first record with vocalist Rhett Forrester. "When I Was Young" is an Eric Burdon and the Animals' cover.

Contents

Restless Breed was first re-issued on CD in 1997 by Germany's High Vaultage label, including the Riot Live six-song EP as bonus tracks. A stateside re-issue followed in 1999 on Metal Blade Records, albeit sans the EP bonus tracks. [4]

Metal Blade would re-issue the album a second time in 2016, this time including the Riot Live EP as bonus tracks. Rock Candy Records reissued a remastered CD of the album in 2019

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hard Lovin' Man" Rhett Forrester, Doug Salomone2:48
2."C.I.A."Forrester3:43
3."Restless Breed" Mark Reale 5:11
4."When I Was Young" (Eric Burdon and The Animals cover) Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs, John Weider, Barry Jenkins, Danny McCulloch 3:25
5."Loanshark"Reale, Forrester, Kip Leming4:10
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Loved by You"Ventura5:37
7."Over to You"Ventura3:42
8."Showdown"Reale3:49
9."Dream Away"Ventura3:43
10."Violent Crimes"Leming, Forrester2:30

2016 CD edition bonus tracks

No.TitleLength
11."Hard Lovin' Man"3:09
12."Showdown"4:30
13."Loved by You"8:02
14."Loanshark"5:27
15."Restless Breed"5:11
16."Swords and Tequila"3:57

Personnel

Riot

Production

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References

  1. "New Releases" (PDF). FMQB . May 7, 1982. p. 40. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
  2. Anderson, Jason. "Riot Restless Breed review". AllMusic . Retrieved January 7, 2012.
  3. Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 289. ISBN   978-1-894959-31-5.
  4. "Riot - Restless Breed". Encyclopaedia Metallum . Retrieved January 7, 2012.