| Restless Breed | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Riot |
| Cover: | Restless Breed cover.JPG |
| Released: | May 21, 1982[1] |
| Recorded: | Greene St. Recording, New York City |
| Genre: | Heavy metal, hard rock |
| Length: | 38:38 |
| Label: | Elektra |
| Producer: | Steve Loeb, Billy Arnell |
| Prev Title: | Fire Down Under |
| Prev Year: | 1981 |
| Next Title: | Riot Live (EP) |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
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.
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.[2]
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