Restless Breed

Restless Breed
Studio album by Riot
Released	May 21, 1982
Recorded	Greene St. Recording, New York City
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock, speed metal
Length	38:38
Label	Elektra
Producer	Steve Loeb and Billy Arnell
Riot chronology
Fire Down Under (1981) Restless Breed (1982) Riot Live (EP) (1982)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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]

Track listing

Side one

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, Vic Briggs, John Weider, Barry Jenkins, Danny McCulloch) - 3:25
5. "Loanshark" (Reale, Forrester, Kip Leming) - 4:10

Side two

6. "Loved by You" (Rick 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

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

1. Anderson, Jason. "Riot Restless Breed review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
2. 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.
3. "Riot - Restless Breed". Encyclopaedia Metallum. Retrieved 2012-01-07.