Bad Brains (studio album)
by Bad Brains

Bad Brains by Bad Brains
Year: 1982
Overall rank: 1,159th   
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 306 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1982 (19th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (187th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,159th)

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Bad Brains is ranked as the best album by Bad Brains.

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Dec
07
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20:00
THE CASUALTIES: For The Front Line Tour - w/ CRAZY & THE BRAINS
Madison Live (734), Covington , United States. United States
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16
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152 Productions Presents: The Casualties, Crazy & The Brains, and The Attack
Conduit, Winter Park, United States. United States
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14
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The Koffin Kats, the Last Gang, Crazy & the Brains, Clear Coat
Reggie's Rock Club, Chicago, United States. United States
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Bad Brains track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 84 (59 votes)Comments: View 0
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Average Rating: 77 (44 votes)Comments: View 0
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Bad Brains rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,159th | 1980s rank: 187th | 1982 rank: 19th

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Bad Brains ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 306 votes)
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60/100
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11/17/2025 16:27 Exist-en-ciel   1,87969/100
 
70/100
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11/13/2025 02:20 1977Podcast   6686/100
 
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08/07/2025 01:57 edguyerrison   13574/100
 
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07/23/2025 23:04 Pluto11   11,72172/100
 
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06/20/2025 12:03 DavideBerna   1,88274/100

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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.7/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.3.

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65/100
From 03/04/2024 17:43 | #302359
So not my music
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80/100
From 09/19/2022 03:55 | #289790
Quite unique for a hardcore punk record, but tracks are hit or miss, the reggae ones especially miss, but when it hits it is really sorry (Sailin On, Right Brigade, FVK, Banned In DC)
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90/100
From 04/12/2022 07:12 | #284052
Easily one of the masterpieces of hardcore punk. Christgau said that this proves that when u have a jazz band play punk the result is very fast heavy-metal. I dunno about that but it was quite funny.
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From 01/12/2022 21:50 | #279222
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From 02/05/2021 05:46 | #265800
Awesome debut that is mostly hardcore punk sometimes offset by reggae proving to be a one of a kind combination.
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60/100
From 01/17/2017 20:51 | #183076
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70/100
From 04/21/2016 03:58 | #164200
I like the Reggae on the punk record... that was a first for me. I enjoy what this represents... but probably not going to be spinning often for me.
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95/100
From 03/15/2016 18:15 | #161987
Best punk album of all time.
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From 10/10/2014 17:06 | #123899
this album's punk tracks are just so consistently good and the occasional reggae track just makes it all the more interesting
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20/100
From 03/30/2014 21:00 | #108127
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Best Albums of 1982
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2. The Dreaming by Kate Bush
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4. Pornography by The Cure
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