Bad Brains (album)

Bad Brains
1996 CD reissue cover
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 5, 1982
Recorded
  • May 16
  • August – October 1981
Studio171-A
Genre
Length33:56
LabelROIR
ProducerJay Dublee
Bad Brains chronology
Bad Brains
(1982)
Rock for Light
(1983)
Alternate cover art
1989 reissue as Attitude: The ROIR Sessions.
Retrospective professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
Sounds[5]
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10[6]

Bad Brains (also known as The Yellow Tape[7] or Attitude: The ROIR Sessions) is the first album released by American hardcore punk/reggae band Bad Brains. Recorded in 1981 and released on the cassette-only label ROIR on February 5, 1982, many fans refer to it as "The Yellow Tape" because of its yellow packaging.[8]

  1. ^ Paste Staff (June 3, 2024). "The 300 Greatest Albums of All Time". Paste. Retrieved June 3, 2024. ...but it may be the most impactful document of the Bad Brains' early efforts to push punk and reggae fusion past the limits of shrieking speed...
  2. ^ Prato, Greg. "Bad Brains – Bad Brains". AllMusic. Archived from the original on September 22, 2013. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "B". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Archived from the original on July 10, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2020 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ Frere-Jones, Sasha (2004). "Bad Brains". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 34–35. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  5. ^ Bushell, Garry (20 February 1982). "Brained alive". Sounds. p. 34.
  6. ^ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. New York: Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  7. ^ Harvell, Jess (June 28, 2007). "Bad Brains: Build a Nation". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on November 5, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  8. ^ Ellison IV, John (July 4, 2011). "More than Meets the Eye: My Interview with MVP". Ghetto Punk Rocker. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

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