Rock For Light

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Rock for Light
Rock for Light cover
Studio album by Bad Brains
Released 1983
Genre Punk, Hardcore Punk, Reggae
Length 42:04
Label PVC Records (original), Caroline Records (reissue)
Producer(s) Ric Ocasek
Professional reviews
Bad Brains chronology
Bad Brains
(1982)		 Rock For Light
(1983)		 I Against I
(1986)


Rock for Light is the second full-length album from hardcore punk & reggae pioneers Bad Brains. It was produced by Ric Ocasek of The Cars. The 1996 reissue was remixed by Ocasek and bassist Daryl Jenifer. The reissued version features some extra tracks, but also an altered track order, significantly different mixes, and on most tracks, a speed increase of the master which results in a raising of the pitch by one-half step.

The album contains a number of re-recorded songs from the band's self-titled debut album, released the previous year, as well as a number of new hardcore punk and reggae tracks. It would be the last Bad Brains album to exclusively feature only these two styles of music, as the band would eventually experiment with funk, soul, and heavy metal.

It would be the band's last album for three years as the Bad Brains would break up after its release for the first of several times throughout their career.

Kurt Cobain would often include this album in his "favorite albums" lists in his Journals.

The original mix is only available on the out-of-print PVC Records vinyl version, however, some of the original mixes appear on the recent Banned In D.C. compilation.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Original

  1. "Coptic Times"
  2. "Attitude"
  3. "We Will Not"
  4. "Sailin' On"
  5. "Rally 'Round Jah Throne"
  6. "Right Brigade"
  7. "F.V.K."
  8. "Riot Squad"
  9. "The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth"
  10. "Joshua's Song"
  11. "Banned in D.C."
  12. "How Low Can a Punk Get?"
  13. "Big Takeover"
  14. "I and I Survive"
  15. "Destroy Babylon"
  16. "Rock for Light"
  17. "At the Movies"

[edit] Remixed reissue

  1. "Big Takeover" − 2:29
  2. "Attitude" − 1:09
  3. "Right Brigade" − 2:07
  4. "Joshua's Song" − 0:32
  5. "I and I Survive" − 5:13
  6. "Banned in D.C." − 1:57
  7. "Supertouch" − 2:20
  8. "Destroy Babylon" − 1:19
  9. "F.V.K. (Fearless Vampire Killers)" − 0:58
  10. "The Meek" − 3:37
  11. "I" − 1:55
  12. "Coptic Times" − 2:06
  13. "Sailin' On" − 1:45
  14. "Rock for Light" − 1:36
  15. "Rally Round Jah Throne" − 3:58
  16. "At the Movies" − 2:16
  17. "Riot Squad" − 1:59
  18. "How Low Can a Punk Get?" − 1:49
  19. "We Will Not" − 1:34
  20. "Jam" − 1:15

[edit] Personnel

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