caroline. 83049 / 23 tracks / 2003

“Enhanced” CD version has a video for “I against I”.

I don't know if, after all the collections and reissues, we really need a Best Of compilation from the Bad Brains, but well, here it is. Great music, songs from all crucial releases up to Quickness, mostly hardcore, with some reggae songs towards the end. There's an unreleased instrumental version of Riot Squad which is nice, but since it's got no vocals it's not a “real” unreleased track. [7]

Ich weiss nicht, ob man von dieser Band wirklich eine Best Of-CD braucht, aber jetzt gibt es das jedenfalls auch noch. Tolle Musik von den wichtigen Releases bis zu Quickness; etwa 70% sind Hardcore, am Ende gibt es noch etwas Reggae. Der letzte Song ist eine unveröffentlichte Instrumentalversion, also auch nicht wirklich etwas, das man dringend braucht.

Tracks: pay to cum / i against i / don't bother me / i / regulator / f.v.k. / re-ignition / sailin' on / how low can a punk get / at the movies / with the quickness / sacred love / soul craft / voyage to infinity / banned in dc / big takeover / joshua's song / i and i survive (single mix) / the meek shall inherit / i luv i jah / the prophet's eye / riot squad