1983 at Synchro Sound Studios, Boston, Massachusetts
Genre
Hardcore punk
reggae
Length
38:18 (vinyl) 42:04 (CD)
Label
Passport Records (original), Caroline (re-issue), ORG Music (2021 ORG Remaster)
Producer
Ric Ocasek
Bad Brains chronology
Bad Brains (1982)
Rock for Light (1983)
I Against I (1986)
Rock for Light is the second full-length album by hardcore punk band Bad Brains, released in 1983. It was produced by Ric Ocasek of The Cars. The 1991 re-issue was remixed by Ocasek and bass player Darryl Jenifer. The re-issued version has some extra tracks, an altered track order, significantly different mixes and, on most tracks, a speed increase of the master which results in a raising of the pitch by one-half step.[1]
The album contains a number of re-recorded songs from the band's first album, Bad Brains, as well as a number of new hardcore punk and reggae tracks. The only tracks from Bad Brains that did not get re-recorded for Rock for Light are "Don't Need It", "The Regulator", "Jah Calling", "Leaving Babylon", "Pay to Cum" and "I Luv I Jah". It was the last Bad Brains album to feature only these two styles of music, as the band eventually experimented with funk, soul and heavy metal.
As Bad Brains broke up after the release of Rock for Light, it was the band's last album for three years. This was the first of several such break-ups during their career.
The original mix was only available on the out-of-print PVC Records version and 1987 CD-versions[2] until 2021.[3] Some of the original mixes appeared on the Banned in D.C. compilation.
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