Rise (Bad Brains album)

Rise
Studio album by
Released1993
RecordedApril 1993
Genre
Length41:12
LabelEpic
ProducerBeau Hill
Bad Brains chronology
Spirit Electricity
(1991)
Rise
(1993)
God of Love
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert Christgau(dud)[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[2]
Q[4]

Rise is the fifth studio album by American rock band Bad Brains.[5] It is the first Bad Brains album to be released on a major label (Epic Records) and is notable for the absence of two original members: here, Israel Joseph I replaces vocalist H.R. and Cro-Mags drummer Mackie Jayson, who was a session musician on the band's previous album Quickness, replaces drummer Earl Hudson.

The album was released in the wake of a number of funk rock acts whose sounds recalled the latter work of Bad Brains.

  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Rise - Bad Brains". AllMusic. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
  2. ^ Entertainment Weekly (8/20/93, p. 62) - "...they can play, all right..." - Rating: B−
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Bad Brains". Consumer Guide. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
  4. ^ Q (10/93, p. 103) - 3 Stars - Good - "...[Bad Brains] celebrate the inevitable sell-out with RISE....[the] songs manage to thrash in a civilized fashion..."
  5. ^ "TrouserPress.com :: Bad Brains". www.trouserpress.com.