Live (Bad Brains album) explained

Live
Type:Live album
Artist:Bad Brains
Cover:BadBrainsLive1988.jpg
Released:1988
Genre:
  • Hardcore punk
  • heavy metal
  • reggae
  • funk metal
Label:SST Records[1]
Producer:Phil Burnett
Prev Title:I Against I
Prev Year:1986
Next Title:Quickness
Next Year:1989

Live is a live album by hardcore punk and reggae pioneers Bad Brains.[2] It was recorded during a 1987 tour. "Day Tripper", a Beatles cover, appears on some editions.[3] After the tour finished, the band commenced a series of departures, breakups, and reunions.[4]

Production

The album was produced by Phil Burnett. Two subsequent live albums were drawn from the same 1987 tour.[5]

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." 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)."[3] The New Rolling Stone Album Guide deemed the album inferior to The Youth Are Getting Restless.

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bad Brains - Live - CD. SST Superstore.
  2. Book: Sharpe-Young, Garry. New Wave of American Heavy Metal. February 21, 2005. Zonda Books Limited. 9780958268400. Google Books.
  3. Web site: Bad Brains . Trouser Press . 21 February 2021.
  4. Book: Buckley, Peter. The Rough Guide to Rock. February 21, 2003. Rough Guides. 9781843531050. Google Books.
  5. Book: Thompson, Dave. Alternative Rock. February 21, 2000. Hal Leonard Corporation. 9780879306076. Google Books.