Into the Future
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{{Infobox album
| name = Into the Future
| type = studio
| artist = Bad Brains
| cover = Badbrainsfuture.jpg
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| released = {{Start date|2012|11|20}}
| recorded = March 2011 – September 2012
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = *Hardcore punk
| length = 36:54
| label = Megaforce
| producer = Darryl Jenifer
| prev_title = Build a Nation
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
Into the Future is the ninth studio album by the American rock band Bad Brains, released on November 20, 2012 through Megaforce Records.{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=179959 |title=Bad Brains Announce New Album |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |date=2012-09-26 |accessdate=2012-09-26}} The album is dedicated to Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys, a longtime friend of the band who died of cancer six months before its release, and produced their previous album Build a Nation.{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2012/09/bad-brains-to-honor-adam-yauch-new-album/ |title=Bad Brains Honor Adam Yauch on First LP in Five Years |publisher=SPIN.com |date=2012-09-26 |accessdate=2012-09-26}} "Popcorn" first appeared on the Bad Brains tribute album "Tribute To Bad Brains", when the band appeared under the name Soul Brains.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-Tribute-To-Bad-Brains/release/7006754|title=Tribute to Bad Brains (2000, CD)|website=Discogs}}
Reception
{{Music ratings
|MC=74/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/into-the-future/bad-brains/critic-reviews|title=Into the Future review|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=2012-11-23}}
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Thomas|first=Fred|title=Into the Future - Bad Brains|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/into-the-future-mw0002431711|work=Allmusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|accessdate=20 November 2012}}
| rev2 = Consequence of Sound
| rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2012/11/album-review-bad-brains-into-the-future/|title=Album Review: Bad Brains - into the Future|date=21 November 2012}}
|rev3=Los Angeles Times
|rev3Score={{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-bad-brains-pop-review-20121120,0,3796388.story|title=Review: Bad Brains goes 'Into the Future' with power|work=Los Angeles Times|last=Roberts|first=Randall|date=2012-11-20|accessdate=2012-11-23}}
|rev4=Revolver Magazine
|rev4Score={{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.revolvermag.com/reviews/review-bad-brains-into-the-future.html|title=Bad Brains - Into the Future|publisher=Revolver|last=Camisasca|first=Paige|date=2012-11-06|accessdate=2012-11-23}}
}}
Into the Future has received positive reviews. Fred Thomas of AllMusic gave the album a positive review, saying that the album, like Build a Nation, "attempted a return to the ragged glory of the band's early speed-demon hardcore days, and probably came as close as possible given the years and whether they'd seen since ... turning out 13 new jams that volley between dub-styled reggae and the kind of loud-and-fast hardcore with funk and metal undertones that they've been perfecting for ages." However, he adds that "it's not quite as loud and just a little bit less fast than before."
Track listing
- "Into the Future" - 2:43
- "Popcorn" - 3:12
- "We Belong Together" - 1:39
- "Youth of Today" - 3:25
- "Rub a Dub Love" - 2:35
- "Yes I" - 1:28
- "Suck Sess" - 1:53
- "Jah Love" - 3:35
- "Earnest Love" - 3:14
- "Come Down" - 1:25
- "Fun" - 3:47
- "Make a Joyful Noise" - 4:43
- "MCA Dub" - 3:47
Personnel
- H.R. – vocals
- Dr. Know – guitars
- Darryl Jenifer – bass
- Earl Hudson – drums
- Jamie Saft – keyboards