Restless Breed

Restless Breed
Restless Breed
Studio album by Riot
Released	May 21, 1982
Recorded	Greene St. Recording, New York City
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock
Length	38:38
Label	Elektra
Producer	Steve Loeb, Billy Arnell
Riot chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	²
The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10³

Restless Breed is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Riot, released on May 21, 1982. It was the band's first record with vocalist Rhett Forrester. "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 six-song EP as bonus tracks. A stateside re-issue followed in 1999 on Metal Blade Records, albeit sans the EP bonus tracks.⁴

Metal Blade would re-issue the album a second time in 2016, this time including the Riot Live EP as bonus tracks. Rock Candy Records reissued a remastered CD of the album in 2019

Metal Hammer included the album cover on their list of "50 most hilariously ugly rock and metal album covers ever".⁵

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hard Lovin' Man"	Rhett Forrester, Doug Salomone	2:48
2.	"C.I.A."	Forrester	3:43
3.	"Restless Breed"	Mark Reale	5:11
4.	"When I Was Young" (Eric Burdon and The Animals cover)	Eric Burdon, Vic Briggs, John Weider, Barry Jenkins, Danny McCulloch	3:25
5.	"Loanshark"	Reale, Forrester, Kip Leming	4:10

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Loved by You"	Ventura	5:37
7.	"Over to You"	Ventura	3:42
8.	"Showdown"	Reale	3:49
9.	"Dream Away"	Ventura	3:43
10.	"Violent Crimes"	Leming, Forrester	2:30

2016 CD edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Hard Lovin' Man"	3:09
12.	"Showdown"	4:30
13.	"Loved by You"	8:02
14.	"Loanshark"	5:27
15.	"Restless Breed"	5:11
16.	"Swords and Tequila"	3:57

Personnel

Riot

Rhett Forrester – vocals, harmonica
Mark Reale – guitar
Rick Ventura – guitar
Kip Leming – bass
Sandy Slavin – drums

Production

Recorded and mixed at Greene St. Recording, New York City
Produced by Steve Loeb and Billy Arnell
Engineered by Rod Hui
Assistant engineer – Frank Scilingo
Mastered at Masterdisk by Howie Weinberg
Front cover illustration by Kid Kane
Original concept by Steven Weiss

References

"New Releases" (PDF). FMQB. May 7, 1982. p. 40. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
Anderson, Jason. "Riot Restless Breed review". AllMusic. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
Popoff, Martin (November 1, 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 January 7, 2012.
Young, Simon (May 9, 2023). "The 50 most hilariously ugly rock and metal album covers ever". Metal Hammer. Future plc. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

[1] "New Releases" (PDF). FMQB. May 7, 1982. p. 40. Retrieved March 23, 2023.

[2] Anderson, Jason. "Riot Restless Breed review". AllMusic. Retrieved January 7, 2012.

[martin-3] Popoff, Martin (November 1, 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.

[4] "Riot - Restless Breed". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved January 7, 2012.

[MH50worst-5] Young, Simon (May 9, 2023). "The 50 most hilariously ugly rock and metal album covers ever". Metal Hammer. Future plc. Retrieved December 9, 2024.

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