Rock for Light | List Price: $11.98
Discount Price: $6.91
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Binding: Audio CD
Release Date: 1991-07-01
AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF YOUR HARDCORE COLLECTION... [Posted on 2006-10-21]
This is a great album, but get the PVC Records release which is available on CD, the reason being that the Caroline re-issue has been sped up making HR sound like a chipmunk and the bass guitar and floor tom seem non-existent. I don't know what the reviewer down below is thinking--with Rock for Light you get blazing furious hardcore assault with some reggae tunes where the extremely overhyped I Against I doesn't come close...If you like 80's rock mixed with hardcore than get I Against I...If your full of testosterone and you just wanna go nuts, then get Rock For Light!!!!!!!
Hardcore the way it's supposed to be [Posted on 2007-02-04]
This is the definitive hardcore album. Bad Brains were among those who invented hardcore and they definitely set the ledge almost too high. This album is their best, IMO. It's almost incredible how tight the music is...
Bad Brains [Posted on 2007-07-05]
How can you describe Bad Brains? How can you describe the first time you listened to Bad Brains? First off you are blown away by tracks like Supertouch and Sailin' On then the next minute you get hit with some pure reggae tracks like The Meek and I! You are left thinking to yourself "What the ****!"
Bad Brains are a band like no other and this is one of their best albums, no matter what anyone says about this band they are unique in music. Hardcore that leaves Minor Threat in the dust.
Buy it, buy it now!
Perhaps the most popular Bad Brains Album [Posted on 2007-08-10]
The pure energy in this album is amazing. H.R. is singing with all his might, and it creates a one-of-a-kind sound. Dr. Know just tears things up every now and then.
This album contains the classical mix of lots of hardcore/punk, sprinkled with reggae. If you are a reggae fan, than you will love this album just because of it's three awesome reggae songs. "I and I Survive" is great!
The hardcore/punk part of this album is the bulk. Any true hardcore/punk fan should immediately fall in love with this album.
Classic album, odd remaster... [Posted on 2007-11-25]
As other reviewers have said, the hardcore songs on this CD master are artifically sped up.
I have no idea why, as the Bad Brains were already really really fast, but what truly baffles me is that the people producing the CD remaster are Rick Ocasek (the original album producer) and Darryl Jennifer (the bassist of the Bad Brains). Simply put, they should've known better. I can't imagine how this happened knowing that the task of putting this on CD was in their hands.
This album is an absolute punk rock classic, no doubt about that, but speeding up the tracks dilutes the album of its power and impact. Their speed is no longer impressive since its no longer real. HR sounds way to high pitched, everything is in the wrong pitch now.
I don't know if was a fluke or a mistake or what, but it really kills the experience.
If you would like to hear some Rock For Light tracks at the right speed, I know that songs like "At The Movies" and "Sailin' On" were transfered from vinyl for the "Banned In D.C.: Greasest Riffs" comp, so you can hear some of those classics at their correct speed and pitch on that CD.
Lastly, to Caroline Records: If you really wanna do us a solid, remaster and re-issue this thing on CD at the right speed with the right track order. I'll be the first to buy it, I promise.
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