The Youth Are Getting Restless is a live album from hardcore punk and reggae pioneers Bad Brains. It was released in May 10, 1990. Recorded at the Paradiso Theater in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 1987 by the VPRO. The show was part of the band’s I Against I tour. It remains one of the group’s best selling albums.
The album captures Bad Brains in concert at the height of their commercial and critical peak, featuring a diverse mix of hardcore punk, mellow reggae, funk, and heavy metal. Two of the reggae tracks are cover songs: Dennis Brown‘s “Revolution” and a rearranged medley of the Rolling Stones‘s “She’s a Rainbow” and The Beatles‘s “Day Tripper”.
Tracklist:
- I
- Rock for Light
- Right Brigade
- House of Suffering (Paul Hudson, Gary Miller)
- Day Tripper/She’s a Rainbow (Lennon–McCartney/Jagger–Richards)
- Coptic Times
- Sacred Love (Hudson, Darryl Jenifer, Miller)
- Re-Ignition (Hudson, Jenifer, Miller)
- Let Me Help (Hudson, Jenifer, Miller)
- The Youth Are Getting Restless
- Banned in D.C.
- Sailin’ On
- Fearless Vampire Killers
- At the Movies
- Revolution (Dennis Brown)
- Pay to Cum
- Big Takeover
Bad Brains
H.R.: vocals
Dr. Know: guitar
Darryl Jenifer: bass
Earl Hudson: drums
