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Genre: Rock
Release Date: 03/19/1996
Run Time: 36:07

For fans of hardcore, many would agree that the holy grail of the genre is Bad Brains' self-titled album, originally released back in 1982 as a cassette-only release on ROIR. The ensuing years after its initial release haven't dulled the album's fury and rage in the least, and it's still impressive how the band can switch gears from red-hot hardcore to cool reggae dubs in the blink of an eye. All the classics are here: "Sailin' On," "Banned in D.C.," "Pay to Cum," "Right Brigade," as well as one of their strongest reggae tunes, "I Luv I Jah." The back of the album boasts a quote from the Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch, which sums up the proceedings simply, "the best punk/hardcore album of all time." [Although Bad Brains was available on CD on the now-defunct In Effect label in the late '80s (then titled Attitude: The ROIR Sessions with a different album cover), it's since been remastered and re-released with its original cover, as well as an untitled bonus track added at the end.]

~Greg Prato, All Music Guide

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Bad Brains - Main Performer
Bad Brains - Mixing
H.R. - Vocals
H.R. - Throat
Darryl - Bass
Darryl - Vocals (Background)
Earl Hudson - Drums
Earl Hudson - Vocals (Background)
Earl Hudson - Vocal Arrangement
Darryl Jenifer - Bass
Darryl Jenifer - Vocals (Background)
Ira Kaplan - Liner Notes
Jay Dublee - Engineer
Jay Dublee - Mixing
Laura Levine - Photography
Dave Hahn - Production Coordination
Stanley Moskowitz - Mastering
Stanley Moskowitz - Mastering Engineer
Wayne Vlcan - Mixing
Neil Cooper - Concept
John Hanti - Production Coordination
Dr. Know - Guitar
Dr. Know - Vocals (Background)
Dr. Know - Vocal Arrangement
Dr. Know - Gits
Donnell Gibson - Artwork
Donnell Gibson - Logo Art
Dave Id - ?
Jay Jones - Artwork
Jay Jones - Logo Art

Group Sex
    Circle Jerks / CD / 1980
Milo Goes to College
    Descendents / CD / 1982
The Record
    Fear / CD / 1982

Release Date: 03/19/1996
Genre: rock
Run Time: 36:07