I Against I

Infobox Album
Name = I Against I
Type = Album
Artist = Bad Brains


Released = February 1987
Recorded = ?
Genre = Hardcore punk, Crossover thrash
Length = 31:53
Label = SST Records
Producer = Ron St. Germain
Reviews = *Alternative Press (favorable) ( [http://www.buy.com/retail/proreviews/product.asp?sku=60014307&loc=109&PageFormat=7 Jul 1995, p.77-78] )
*Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A2qotk6sx9krf link]
*Robert Christgau (B-) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=99 link]
Last album = "Rock for Light"
(1983)
This album = "I Against I"
(1986)
Next album = "Live"
(1988)
Misc =Listen
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"I Against I" is the third official full-length studio album by Bad Brains, released in 1986 (see 1986 in music) as SST Records number 65. The highest selling album in the band's catalogue, "I Against I" is a critically acclaimed album of American hardcore punk mixed with funk, soul, and heavy metal. It is the only Bad Brains album that does not include reggae music. It is also included in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die". The album featured an MTV video for the title track directed by Paul Rachman who later went on to direct the documentary feature film "American Hardcore".

The title "I Against I" presumably refers to a common Rastafarian phrase, "I and I", which is used in place of the first-person plural (i.e. "we") in order to signify the union of the speaker, audience, and Jah (God) in love and peace.

It is interesting to note that the vocals to "Sacred Love" were recorded over the phone from prison, while H.R. was serving time on a marijuana distribution charge.

There is song collaboration of Massive Attack and Mos Def with the same name, and another by Jedi Mind Tricks.

Track listing

# "Intro" - 1:02 (Miller, Jenifer)
# "I Against I" - 2:50 (Hudson, Miller, Jenifer)
# "House of Suffering" - 2:29 (Hudson, Miller)
# "Re-Ignition" - 4:16 (Hudson, Miller, Jenifer)
# "Secret 77" - 4:04 (Hudson, Miller, Jenifer)
# "Let Me Help" - 2:17 (Hudson, Miller, Jenifer)
# "She's Calling You" - 3:42 (Hudson, Jenifer)
# "Sacred Love" - 3:40 (Hudson, Miller, Jenifer)
# "Hired Gun" - 3:45 (Hudson, Miller, Jenifer)
# "Return to Heaven" - 3:19 (Hudson, Miller, Jenifer)

Legacy

The popular Canadian teen drama , which is known for naming each episode after an '80s hit song, named an episode after the song "I Against I".

Personnel

*H.R. - vocals
*Dr. Know - guitar
*Darryl Jenifer - bass
*Earl Hudson - drums

Recording details

*Ron St. Germain - Producer
*Phil Burnett - Engineer
*Patch - Mixing
*Anthony Countey - Management
*Jesse Henderson - Assistant Engineer at Longview Farm, Worcester, MA
*Bill Ryan - Assistant Engineer at Longview Farm, Worcester, MA
*Eddie Krupski - Assistant Engineer for mixing at Soundworks, N.Y.C.
*Dennis Mitchell - Assistant Engineer for mixing at Soundworks, N.Y.C.
*Bob Ludwig - Mastering at Masterdisc, N.Y.C.
*Marcia Resnick - Cover concept, Photography
*Paul Bacon Studio - Calligraphy and development