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This 1991 reissue of ROCK FOR LIGHT contains three tracks that weren't on the original LP.
Digitally remastered by George Marino (Sterling Sound, New York, New York).
In the early-'80s, the Bad Brains recorded many of the same songs at several different sessions, resulting in such releases as 1982's BAD BRAINS and ROCK FOR LIGHT, 1996's BLACK DOTS, and 1997's OMEGA SESSIONS. ROCK FOR LIGHT is made up of songs produced by Cars leader Ric Ocasek, but unlike the sound of his slick, chart-topping new-wave band, Ocasek wisely kept the production on ROCK FOR LIGHT raw and in-your-face. While such hardcore classics as "Attitude," "Right Brigade," "Banned in D.C.," "Supertouch," "I," "Coptic Times," "Sailin' On," and "At the Movies" would be included as different versions on the aforementioned collections, ROCK FOR LIGHT features rare studio takes of such favorites as "I and I Survive," "The Meek," and the title track.
Bad Brains: H.R. (vocals); Dr. Know (guitar, piano, organ, background vocals); Darryl (synthesizer, bass, percussion, background vocals); Earl Hudson (drums, percussion, background vocals).
Personnel: Dr. Know (piano, organ, background vocals); Darryl (synthesizer, percussion, background vocals); Earl (drums, percussion, background vocals).
Recording information: Synchro Sound Studios, Boston, MA.
Unknown Contributor Role: H.R.
Additional personnel: Dave Id (background vocals).Melody Maker (7/1/95, p.39) - "...one of the greatest albums ever made. Switching from blunted dub reggae to the most shattering speedpunk ever committed to plastic...it's an album anyone interested in the outer limits of rock absolutely must own, an eighties FUNHOUSE, an unsurpassed inspiration to everyone that heard it from Albini to Mackaye to Yauch to Rollins..."
Mojo (Publisher) (3/03, p.76) - Ranked #44 in Mojo's "Top 50 Punk Albums" - "...An American classic punk....Feel the rush of this seismic hardcore. A peak of exhilaration and precision..." Rock For Light Music | List Price | $9.93 (You save $0.44) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Pop, Alternative, Punk | | Label | Caroline | | Orig Year | 1983 | | All Time Sales Rank |  14373  | | CD Universe Part number | 1020235 | | Catalog number | 1613 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jul 01, 1991 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Ric Ocasek | | Engineer | Walter Turbitt; Ian Taylor | | Recording Time | 38 minutes | | Personnel | H.R. - vocals
Darryl Jenifer - synthesizer, bass, percussion, background vocals
Dr. Know - guitar, piano, organ, background vocals
Earl Hudson - drums, percussion, background vocals
Also: Dave Id |
Bad Brains Rock For Light Songs Rock For Light Music Review Average Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Punk the way you remembered it
This album has a pretty good selection of Bad Brains best tracks. Worth every penny!
Submitted by octoberflames (oranger park , fl usa) 
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 Rock for Light
Awesome
Submitted by antoine.williams (NY, NY)
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 One of the greatest punk rock albums ever made...
...gets a weak rerelease! The mixing is poor, the voice sounds like Donald Duck's singing, the music runs much faster than on the original recordings. I couldn't give less than three stars bevause nevertheless "Rock For Light" has been one of the most influental hardcore albums (besides Black Flag's "Damaged") of the early 80s.::
Submitted by mujahed (Baghdad, Iraq)
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hardcore!!
one of the best hardcore album ever, together with Minor Threat's "Out of step".
Sometimes nature generates unique creatures: four rastamen playing furious hardcore named Bad Brains is an example.
Submitted by lavezzi (Pisa, Italy)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No If u've never seen them live, this sheer energy record pretty close.
With it's Blitz speed pulse driving force that takes an occasional reggea rest energy
drink,This effort 'Rocks Maddness! Reminding me of an old black gospel church worship service with distorted guitars. Each song sores with wings, launching energy
Bombs at anyone that's sitting down.Anthem chants like "Destroy Babylon"
will strike even the most timid of listeners.And classics like" FVK" and "Attitude"sound even more menacing than they did on the recording prior to this one. This album was not only (well) pollished It Rocked !. The Brains were definately one of the bands that took (hardcore) punk into places that it hadnt gone . And this very album was one of many that totally changed not only the history of hardcore but
also help give birth to the term thrash -in a real since as well. You can hear the soul,
blood, sweat, and tears put into this album.
orlando Greenhill -Havalina Rail Co.
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