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| | I Against I | | | Music Artist : | | Bad Brains | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Sst Records | | Release Date : | | 1990-10-25 | | Store Price : | | $16.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $16.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Intro
2. I Against I
3. House of Suffering
4. Re-Ignition
5. Secret 77
6. Let Me Help
7. She's Calling You
8. Sacred Love
9. Hired Gun
10. Return to Heaven
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 I Against I
Submitted on: 2008-04-01 |
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Bad Brains-I Against I ****1/2
Released in 1986 after the band broke up, then decided that was a mistake and reformed almost instantly, I Against I is the classic album that really shouldn't be a classic. Of all the amazingly wonderfully brilliant albums that Bad Brains had released, this somehow became the most popular.
The band completely changed their sound and style here, and it wouldn't be the last time. Bad Brains opted out for a more (at the time) modern metal sound with funky over tones and rhythm. Now they do this wonderfully but it doesn't feel right, and for anyone who has heard the bands other albums they know what I am talking about.
The intensity is still here (even though they have slowed down the intensity greatly!) on tracks like the brilliant title track, 'I Against I' which is easily among the best songs the band ever recorded, and the equally phenomenal 'House Of Suffering.' The rest of the album is strong but seem awkward and at times forced.
To be honest there is not one single bad track on this album and had it been released by another band (i.e. Living Colour) then I would have given this a five star rating but coming from Bad Brains it doesn't feel like a five star no matter how good it is, it sounds like Dr. Know is Vernon Reid of Living Colour trying to be Bad Brains, an imitation of themselves. |
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 cannot be imitated
Submitted on: 2008-01-31 |
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| This album to me is the first album I have heard to have the sharp riffs and style of hardcore. The songs still stand out in my mind after not listening to the album for some time and that is my criteria for a great album. Secret 77 has a smooth rhyming tempo on guitars followed with sharp drumming and same goes for sacred love where the drums are very sharp on double beat with heavy guitar playing. The vocals are over the top to echoed smooth to convincing. Overall this album is a must have if you are into any kind of rock to hardcore style of music. |
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Stop reading and buy
Submitted on: 2007-07-01 |
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In this day and age when you can get just about any music you want for free off a friend's hard drive or some online site, there are is little that I would say you should pay your money for. This is one of them.
There is no need for me to add to the plenty that has been said and written about this album. It is a classic that needs to be heard - like it or not. It is an album that will inspire! BUY NOW! |
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 I don't get it
Submitted on: 2006-12-03 |
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Lemme start off by saying I absolutely LOVE the earlier Bad Brains material -- "Rock for Light" and "Bad Brains" (ie. the CD version of their ROIR cassette album) contain some of the most ferocious and uplifting rock 'n' roll music I've ever heard. And I've been listening to BB since 1982, when a guy who lived across the hall in my college dorm first told me about 'em and I went out and bought the Alternative Tentacles EP with "Sailin' On," "I" and one of the reggae songs.
But I have to be honest, I just don't think "i against i" is very good. Maybe I'm imposing unfair expectations on the band -- I'm not saying they had to stay in "Rock for Light" mode forever, but they needed to maintain way more intensity than "iai" delivers. It sounds too much like an attempt to commercialize the BB sound. Frankly, it almost seems like Dr. Know really got into Van Halen's "Fair Warning" album and convinced the band they needed to steer themselves in the general direction of the song "Push Comes to Shove," which was VH's stab at reggae rock. That's probably not what happened, but that's what goes through my mind when I hear the midtempo, solo-heavy, innocuous material on this platter.
My sincere apologies to anyone who's offended by my criticism, but I think it's important for newbies out there to know there's at least one long-time BB fan who thinks this album is an also-ran, not a masterpiece. |
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I can't explain it, I just can't stop listening to this album..
Submitted on: 2006-11-10 |
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I'm a big Beastie Boys fan and these guys were a major reason the Beasties got into music (they were a hardcore punk band before being signed by Def Jam), so I checked them out. I was expecting something different, but I wasn't dissapointed. These guys have a very unique sound to them that I can't get enough of. The music is great and the vocals just grab you. If you're into punk rock (not pop-punk rock like Simple Plan or Good Charlotte), check this band out.
tracks worth checkin' out:
I Against I
Secret 77
Re-Ignition
Hired Gun
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