Restless Breed
| Restless Breed | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | May 21, 1982 | |||
| Recorded | Greene St. Recording, New York City | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, hard rock | |||
| Length | 38:38 | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Producer | Steve Loeb and Billy Arnell | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10[2] |
Restless Breed is the fourth album by the American heavy metal band Riot, and their first with vocalist Rhett Forrester, released in 1982. "When I Was Young" is an Eric Burdon and the Animals' cover.
Restless Breed was first re-issued on CD in 1997 by Germany's High Vaultage label, including the Riot Live 6-song EP as bonus tracks. A stateside re-issue followed in 1999 on Metal Blade Records, albeit sans the EP bonus tracks.[3]
Metal Blade would re-issue the album a second time in 2016, this time including the Riot Live EP as bonus tracks.
Track listing
- Side one
- "Hard Lovin' Man" (Rhett Forrester, Doug Salomone) - 2:48
- "C.I.A." (Forrester) - 3:43
- "Restless Breed" (Mark Reale) - 5:11
- "When I Was Young" (Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs, John Weider, Barry Jenkins, Danny McCulloch) - 3:25
- "Loanshark" (Reale, Forrester, Kip Leming) - 4:10
- Side two
- "Loved by You" (Rick Ventura) - 5:37
- "Over to You" (Ventura) - 3:42
- "Showdown" (Reale) - 3:49
- "Dream Away" (Ventura) - 3:43
- "Violent Crimes" (Leming, Forrester) - 2:30
2016 CD edition bonus tracks
- "Hard Lovin' Man" - 3:09
- "Showdown" - 4:30
- "Loved by You" - 8:02
- "Loanshark" - 5:27
- "Restless Breed" - 5:11
- "Swords and Tequila" - 3:57
Personnel
Band members
- Rhett Forrester - vocals, harmonica
- Mark Reale - guitar
- Rick Ventura - guitar
- Kip Leming - bass
- Sandy Slavin - drums
Production
- Steve Loeb, Billy Arnell - producers
- Rod Hui - engineer
- Frank Scilingo - assistant engineer
- Howie Weinberg - mastering
References
- ^ Anderson, Jason. "Riot Restless Breed review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 289. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
- ^ "Riot - Restless Breed". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2012-01-07.