| The Youth Are Getting Restless | |
| Type: | Live album |
| Artist: | Bad Brains |
| Cover: | The Youth Are Getting Restless.jpg |
| Released: | 1990 |
| Recorded: | 1987, Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
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| Label: | Caroline[1] |
| Prev Title: | Quickness |
| Prev Year: | 1989 |
| Next Title: | Spirit Electricity |
| Next Year: | 1991 |
The Youth Are Getting Restless is a live album from hardcore punk and reggae pioneers Bad Brains.[2] [3] It was recorded at the Paradiso Theater in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 1987 by the VPRO. The show was part of the band's I Against I tour. It remains one of the group's best selling albums.
The album captures Bad Brains in concert at the height of their commercial and critical peak, featuring a diverse mix of hardcore punk, mellow reggae, funk, and heavy metal. Two of the reggae tracks are cover songs: Dennis Brown's "Revolution," and a rearranged medley of the Rolling Stones's "She's a Rainbow" and The Beatles's "Day Tripper."
The New York Times wrote that the album is a "virtual greatest-hits collection, played with blistering intensity and engineered with its muscle intact."[4]
All songs composed by Bad Brains except where noted.