Bad Brains
by Bad Brains

Album
Bad Brains by Bad Brains
Year: 1982
Release date: 1982-02-05
Overall rank: 1,238th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 307 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1982 (20th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (200th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,238th)

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Bad Brains track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.
Sailin' On
Average Rating: 84 (59 votes)Comments: View 0
2.
Don't Need It
Average Rating: 81 (46 votes)Comments: View 0
3.
Attitude
Average Rating: 82 (45 votes)Comments: View 0
4.
The Regulator
Average Rating: 80 (45 votes)Comments: View 0
5.
Banned In D.C.
Average Rating: 84 (63 votes)Comments: View 0
6.
Jah Calling
Average Rating: 77 (44 votes)Comments: View 0
7.
Supertouch/Shitfit
Average Rating: 81 (46 votes)Comments: View 0
8.
Leaving Babylon
Average Rating: 79 (46 votes)Comments: View 0
9.
Fearless Vampire Killers
Average Rating: 79 (44 votes)Comments: View 0
10.
I
Average Rating: 82 (47 votes)Comments: View 0
11.
Big Take Over
Average Rating: 83 (49 votes)Comments: View 0
12.
Pay To Cum
Average Rating: 83 (54 votes)Comments: View 0
13.
Right Brigade
Average Rating: 82 (48 votes)Comments: View 0
14.
I Luv I Jah
Average Rating: 76 (41 votes)Comments: View 0
15.
Intro
Average Rating: 76 (33 votes)Comments: View 0

Bad Brains rankings

Bad Brains rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,238th | 1980s rank: 200th | 1982 rank: 20th  Overall chart history
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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 307 votes)
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 !		09/05/2026 19:45 LedZep  Ratings distribution  5,13479/100
 
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 !		04/08/2026 00:52 Purplepash  Ratings distribution  4,99075/100
 
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 !		03/13/2026 20:18 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,62070/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.8/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. 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 (Edited)
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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 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. (Edited)
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