| Banned in DC: Bad Brains Greatest Riffs | Audio CDby Bad Brains
| List Price: | $17.98 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | Audio CD | | Format: | Enhanced | | Studio: | Caroline | | Release Date: | July 29, 2003 | | Sales Rank: | 21,063st |
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TRACK LISTING |
Disc: 1
- Track 1: Pay to Cum
- Track 2: I Against I
- Track 3: Don't Bother Me
- Track 4: I
- Track 5: Regulator
- Track 6: F.V.K.
- Track 7: Re-Ignition
- Track 8: Sailin' On
- Track 9: How Low can a Punk get
- Track 10: At the Movies
- Track 11: With the Quickness
- Track 12: Sacred Love
- Track 13: Soul Craft
- Track 14: Voyage to Infinity
- Track 15: Banned in DC
- Track 16: Big Takeover
- Track 17: Joshua's Song
- Track 18: I and I Survive (single mix)
- Track 19: The Meek Shall Inherit
- Track 20: I Luv I Jah
- Track 21: The Prophet's Eye
- Track 22: Riot Squad
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Album Description
The first ever definitive collection of greatest hits, features 23 tracks including rare versions and the never before released song 'Riot Squad', as well as the video for 'I Against I'. Caroline. 2003. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 15 reviews)
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yeah bang your freaking head by Sherance Brothers (Jasper Ala)  5 Stars
September 10, 2007
yeah loud azz guitars, crazy vocals this cd rocks love the bad brains one of my favorite rock groups after funkadelic they were crazier though than bad brains but these mugs are almost up there.
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banned in d.c. bad brains greatest riffs by James Nicholson 5 Stars
May 13, 2007
one of the greatest comps ever everyone should own this
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Someone finally does something right. by Alex Nennig (New London, WI) 5 Stars
April 07, 2007
This collection is exactly what it promises on the front sticker: a "Definitive" collection.
It shows you every side of the Brains, from their blistering hardcore awesomeness to their forays into grotesque sounding metal (not that the metal songs are of low quality, but man is that some ugly, evil riffing on "Voyage To Infinity" and "Soul Craft"), and, of course, some Reggae songs at the end.
Thats what makes this disc so great, you see every side of the Bad Brains.
If you've never heard the Bad Brains before, they're one of the best, if not THE best, hardcore band of all time. Nobody sounded like these rastafarian dudes. Dr. Know was an amazing guitarist (he started out playing jazz fusion), playing tight, furious riffs and ripping out solos like no ones business, HR had a very unique voice with unbelieveable range, at times he sounds very operatic and soulful and then one second later can be screaming like some crazy evil dwarf baby. Earl Hudson (HR's brother) plays drums at light speed, all the while refusing to play those simple "boom-chick, boom-chick" kind of drumlines like most other hardcore drummers. Finally, Darryl Jenifer played bass very well (check out the solo he performs on the live cut of "Big Takeover" on this disc!) and, along with Hudson, kept the band locked in tight at whatever speed they played at.
And they could turn it on and off at the drop of a hat, too. They had lots of tempo shifts and stops in their songs, something that keeps the hardcore numbers from getting too repetitious (something plenty of other hardcore bands suffer from).
So with this disc, you get over an hour's worth of their best songs, every track lovingly re-mastered to sound as good as possible. I'm also very happy that they did vinyl transfers for the "Rock For Light" tracks too, as the CD issue of that album was artificially sped up for some mysterious reason. So you get to hear songs like "Sailin' On" and "At The Movies" at the speeds they were meant to be heard at, something fans who don't own the vinyl edition of that album(i.e. me) will be glad to have.
The bottom line is: The Bad Brains were a truly original force in music, and this disc is an excellent representation of who they were and what they did. It's easily the best single disc purchase of these guys, though after hearing their stuff, you'll probably want to buy more.
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A great collection of Bad Brains material by Chris Stankis (Maui, Hawaii)  4 Stars
November 16, 2005
This collection spans the best of the career of these DC/NYC reggae/hardcore musicans. Later stuff is OK....but Bad Brains aren't the same without HR's "throat".
If you have never heard the band before this makes a good primer, to get you into them (and they are counted as influences by lots of bands: Beastie Boys to Living Colour & No Doubt (the last two have covered Bad Brains songs both live and in the studio). So if you like what you hear on this disc....make the purchases to get yourself the rest of their library (especially the early stuff) !
My only complaint with this compilation would be that I prefer the SST label recordings versions of the "I Against I" era material. I am sure not having them on here is more a result of label infighting, so at least recordings from that era are still here for inclusion.
Other than that.....great, great stuff !!!
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best hardcore band EVER by punk fan (re,rwer) 5 Stars
June 28, 2004
No hardcore band beats the bad brains. They play so damn fast you cant understand them...its great! These guys don't jsut play hardcore either, on this album theres metal and theres reggae. Theres no reason why not to buy it if you like punk (none of that pop-punk crap.)
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