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  • Audio CD (31 Dec 1993)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Sst
  • ASIN: B000000M0V
  • Other Editions: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 85,499 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Intro 1:02£0.79
Listen  2. I Against I 2:50£0.69
Listen  3. House Of Suffering 2:29£0.79
Listen  4. Re-Ignition 4:16£0.79
Listen  5. Secret 77 4:02£0.79
Listen  6. Let Me Help 2:17£0.79
Listen  7. She's Calling You 3:42£0.79
Listen  8. Sacred Love 3:40£0.79
Listen  9. Hired Gun 3:45£0.79
Listen10. Return To Heaven 3:17£0.79

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Some people just don't 'get' Bad Brains. To be fair, their early recordings can be intimidating, and it is only when you familiarise yourself with the musical dialectics of trackssuch as 'Pay To Cum' that you can really appreciate their kinetic aesthetic. Abandoning the speed-freak punk cum dub reggae crossover of old, Bad Brains now employed funk and conventional rock stylings. What they lost in 'edge' they more than compensated for in power, allowing temperamental vocalist H.R. to make the most of his famously elastic vocal range over the album's 31 minutes. The exception was 'Sacred Love', where H.R.'s vocals were phoned in from jail during recording sessions after being busted for marijuana possession.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Post-punk doesn't come any better, 10 Sep 2003
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I've heard quite a few post-punk records in my time but none better than I Against I. Originally released in 1986, it was Bad Brains' bid to draw a line under hell-for-leather punk and go wherever their inclinations took them. The record proves beyond any doubt that their ability more than matched their ambition: if Stevie Wonder, Bob Marley, The Sex Pistols and Jimi Hendrix had got together in the studio, the results would have sounded like I Against I - it's that good.

Using conventional instrumentation, I Against I is slower paced than the Brains' earlier output, leaving room for funky basslines that recall Gang of Four and Fugazi. The guitars yelp their way up and down the scale as though they are almost human, while HR sings in a frequently pained voice that complements the theme of the lyrics: dignity in adversity. The octave range is wide throughout, so we are treated to real tunes that put most of today's 'emo' to shame. The record possesses two idiosyncrasies: HR sang the lyrics to Sacred Love down a phone line from prison (a drugs-related offence, apparently), while Intro is 20 or 30 seconds of music that grows into a full song on the Brains' next album, Quickness. I Against I also contains House of Suffering, a fantastic, abrasive, impassioned and melodic song that ranks as Bad Brains' best tune ever. Rather than rail aimlessly at the world, Bad Brains took up Rastafarianism. This endows I Against I with a righteousness unusual in this type of music. None of the tracks overstays its welcome and the whole thing sounds as if it was all in a day's work for the band.

Everyone from Kurt Cobain to The Beastie Boys name-checked Bad Brains, and I Against I anticipated the 'dance rock' of Faith No More and Jane's Addiction, but neither of those bands sound as soulful and effortless as Bad Brains sound here.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent Bad Brains album!, 6 Jun 2003
This a rerelease of the 1986 album I against I. Production values are far better than the 1982 S/T release on ROIR, but perhaps losing a little of the raw live Brains energy. There is a good mix of hardcore (i against i, re-ingnition), and bad brains style funky reggae hardcore (secret 77, she's calling you, return to heaven). HR's vocals are as ever excellent and Gary Millers guitar work is able to shine through a little more clearly with the better production. If you want to hear the real Bad Brains then you need to get a live album, re-ignition and secret 77 often feature in live performances. The studio versions are a bit more soulful but still manage to capture the Bad Brains energy and show off the amazing skill of the musicians, a must buy hardcore album, and a good introduction to the Bad Brains.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Bad Brains goes funky, 13 Aug 2001
By h.gell@btinternet.com (Eastbourne, England) - See all my reviews
this is much along the lines of the Bad Brains self title ablum released in 97.Its not so much punk but funk,less hardcore than many of the new skatepunk bands. If you like the very popular Incubus, then you should get this funky alternative, which doesn't take the much trodden hardcore route
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