Badlands - Badlands (Full Album) 1989

[@rayreddington_jr]

I'm 52 and still Rockin to this in 2023, anybody?

[@DonCurrier]

55 and rocking with you!

[@rayreddington_jr]

@@DonCurrier fvckin' awesome!

[@johnfreeman210]

Im 68 and still rocking! Only with the help of Codydramol these days! 🤘😎👍

[@paultiki9968]

Same age, and rocking too

[@paultiki9968]

I remember putting this in my old roommate's car tapedeck on a road trip. His response: "oh no, my foots' gonna get heavy"

[@AlbertSiebener]

I'm drunk. I'm 48. I haven't listened to this in 20 years. I know every word of every song. I love it. LOVE IT!

[@ccc1362]

Fkn straight up killer

[@Rock-N-Roll-Forever]

amazing. so sad that Gillen passed. gone too soon 😥😥

[@decimogiunio8177]

I am drunk too...best rock band for drunk man 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@zedddddful]

I'm not drunk currently but I still think this is one of the most badass albums ever 🤘

[@ejamsc]

I'm high. I'm 54. And I've been enjoying this masterpiece from time to time ever since its release. It holds up pretty damn good over time.

[@lucasorione8373]

2024 and this still a rock n roll masterpiece!!!

[@trinitytrin5265]

*Anybody Still Rock'n To This Cool Album Today In 2020?*

[@roadstomadness2335]

Always. This is my favorite from 89. Best time to be a teenager

[@trinitytrin5265]

@@maxlastarria9236 *Yes so very true indeed.*

[@maxlastarria9236]

@@trinitytrin5265 regards from a truly rocker

[@throughmusicislife3315]

I was just jammimg this on guitar last night after work

[@trinitytrin5265]

@@throughmusicislife3315 *Now that is truly cool...Rock On!!*

[@DeeNimmin]

One of the best rock albums ever made. My neighbors probably think so too.

[@peterpandemonium3336]

Your neighbors probably have good taste.

[@GroovyVintageLady]

I don't know what's with my neighbors but they MUST like Badlands because they have no other choice🤣

[@BernadetteNYC]

Lol

[@chrisguiling3546]

Too bad it’s out of print. Just found a used copy on Amazon. Jake E Lee is a bad mofo on the guitar

[@angelinafloresm7208]

haahhahahahhahahaahhaaaa

[@kirk42107]

My brother Greg is the bass player. They did a bunch of stuff after this. But I also had not listened to it for years and it still sounds great

[@javtimestwo]

that's awesome. welcome to Greg's brother 🤘🏼 Badlands did a 2nd album I think in 1991 and then they recorded a 3rd album that no record company wanted to touch and Badlands was unable to secure a deal for those songs but they can be found somewhere around YT

[@TheZir05]

​@@javtimestwo That album was called "Dusk" and it was released by a Japanese labe a while back. I got the Japanese import. I know Jake has been in a legal battle over the rights for those albums so they can be re-released but it's complicated. That first album is an in my opinion one of the greatest hard rock albums ever.

[@roberthanna4882]

Your Brother is one of my favorite Bass players.

[@javtimestwo]

@@username-zj9id by the time the band wrote/recorded the 3rd albums, Badlands was part of a genre that was not cool anymore. bands like Badlands were not getting US record deals anymore so even though they recorded a US label was not going to give them a deal let's be honest, the first two albums didn't sell much at all, with the 2nd album selling fewer than the debut. just a sign on the times, unfortunately

[@thomasjrgensen355]

@@username-zj9id I read somewhere that their manager revealed Gillen’s HIV diagnosis to the label. Can’t remember why. Because of that the label dropped them.

[@aaroncunningham7235]

I don't care what anyone else says, one of the nicest, tastiest guitar albums ever produced! Well Done Jake E. Lee

[@gnrvr19]

Aaron Cunningham 💯 pure Marshall Plexi Badassness it’s like having the Marshall right next to your ears!!!

[@stephenflannigan2198]

I'm 53 years old and I hate the way the so called fans of this music turned their backs on it when grunge/nirvana turned up. How do you decide that the music you have loved for a decade or more now means nothing to you.

[@derekmok]

I always liked Jake E. Lee a lot more than any of the other Ozzy Osbourne guitarists.

[@misadiegolo]

While that is true, Badlands second album was just as awesome as this one, a lot of bands went the grunge way to make it easier to turn on them. It could've been the record companies or the bands themselves. There was also a glut of shit metal out there that made it easier to hate, The record companies signed any band out of L.A. Greatness like Badlands went underappreciated.

[@misadiegolo]

Yep. Not only Ozzy he is one of my all time favorites.

[@amiruldiaz6305]

2024 and this album still diggit.. Ray Gillen voice is a legend .

[@porkchop3094]

Damn, I'm 59 and I can still remember purchasing this cassette tape. Real ROCK back in the day.

[@mdwayne741]

Tape World or Camelot Music? 😂. ... I am just like you ..great music is always "time stamped" in my mind.

[@scp101418]

oh hell yeah bro!!

[@aintmanyofusleft]

Haha, exactly....me too.

[@Juliana65]

I still have the cassette!!

[@aintmanyofusleft]

me too

[@joecardamone3718]

Jake E. Lee a fucking guitar wizard, one of my favorite albums from this era.

[@peterhelmer6252]

Jake's masterpiece! This album should've been huge.

[@michaelbaker3598]

It was to me

[@patsfan4life]

Just flew a bit under the radar for whatever reason

[@billsultzbach7079]

Play the living hell out of this album my senior year in high school! Totally agree this album should have been huge!

[@billsultzbach7079]

Saw them Live Twice they were great

[@glennmyers3127]

Never a greater truth has been told . This is guitar bliss!

[@wordragon]

It's amazing how a "second tier" band of the 80s blows away any modern band in chord progression, singing, poetics, and song pacing.

[@ralphgleason1461]

Hands down. Couldn't agree more

[@fildog5150]

What do you mean by “second tier”? May not have gained the popularity of some others but this is one of the best rock albums of that decade.

[@ChristianDeath74]

Who In This 2020?

[@ottolofstrom3896]

Me

[@chuckyspell]

ditto, dude

[@TheJayrockerr]

Definitely.

[@tammypeppers9554]

I'm so in this!!

[@waynekennedy2096]

It's Jake E. Lee. He was with Ozzy before the Witch fired him from Ozzy. He got so Up-set Because of it, he went and made his Own Band. His 2nd Album is BAD-ASS also. Ray Passed a-way in the 90's late some-time. Health Problems. Eric Singer is the Drummer on this Album. Eric Play's with Kiss Off and on thow.

[@MyMechagodzilla]

You know how good an album is?: When you sing along to every song 30 years later. Which is what I'm doing right now.

[@mikeoneill1793]

Amen brother

[@elvisparker4691]

Wow, it's that good eh ?? I hear nothing but good things about this band !

[@rodjones8411]

MyMechagodzilla - If you can sing along to this, your voice must be phenomenal!! 👍😂

[@Musicsports]

Ya, it is one of the best hard rock albums of all time. That kid could sing man.

[@duchiedefilippo2665]

Yaman killer

[@metaljew4456]

This is simply one of the BEST albums ever made. Badlands are the best kept secret in music. To bad Ray Gillian passed away. Jake E. Lee just shreds like nobody’s business.

[@freewilliam93]

Too bad he took others with him, but theyre not in hell.

[@caveman385]

Is it true Ray Gillen went around infecting women? Its not something i'm saying happened, i just read it. Shit hot record though.

[@Hectorheroic]

couldn't agree more. Criminally under-rated.

[@julescote6134]

Amen brother.

[@robertbishop5357]

@@caveman385 yes, Eddie Trunk verified this on one of his podcasts. It's sad because this and other Badland albums will never be rereleased because of what Rey did. Part of a lawsuit brought against Rey by the women he infected.

[@SBD36]

My 20 year old dumb ass owned this album in 1989 and didn't have the sense to give it a chance, it quickly fell through the cracks as I was getting very into thrash bands like metallica and anthrax. Here I am in April of 2023 sitting at my desk in my home office with this album open on a tab as my background work music. In hindsight I can really appreciate that at the peak of bubblegum hair metal these guys had the balls and integrity to dig down deep into their roots and release a bluesy 70's infused masterpiece while most bands were selling their soul for a quick buck. Respect.

[@hyutyub]

Had the album too when it was released. Never stopped listening to it until now. With Metallica and Anthrax .. i stopped listening to them about 20 years ago.

[@MehtaKyaKehta]

@@hyutyubDamn, you missed out on a lot of great work by Metallica. Anthrax was meant to be a joke.

[@r.a.m.tabletoprailwaysrail6224]

50 year old here, and this is just as magical and brings up those rebelious teenage feelings like it did when i first heard "dreams in the dark" on headbangers ball way back when life was simple and fun! thanks so much for posting this...took me back to where i wish i had never left!!

[@brainoneill7639]

56 here and it never left me glorious vocals

[@James-un1dj]

I was blessed to be able to do some local roadie stuff for these guys in Redding California right after this album came out. Talk about a sweet group of guys! Every one of em! I got to hang with them all day before the show and a few hours after. They were absolutely INSANE on stage! Killer show! Great memories.... R.I.P. Ray... One of the finest voices of all time!!

[@GeneralTHC]

This album is without a doubt one of the best hard rock albums of all time. And it's definitely Jake E. Lee's best work. And it just goes without saying Ray was just a phenomenal singer. The vocal melodies on this album are just unbelievable. This band should have been WAY bigger. I've often thought hard about why they weren't bigger and I think it comes down to two reasons. One, the musical landscape back then was just jam packed with rock bands. This was when Guns N Roses and Metallica simply ruled the rock world and there was just simply so many bands and you also had the transition from 80s rock to grunge. And two, I think this is almost a more mature form of hard rock that not everyone can appreciate. This is not "Unskinny Bop" or "We're not Gonna Take It." It's almost like a painting you would see on Night Gallery. Almost morose at times. And I love the hell out of it. I have all three albums on my phone and I keep coming back to them and just marvel at how good Badlands was.

[@peterpandemonium3336]

It goes without saying that...

[@jasonhartley-smith9680]

Perfect analysis

[@chrisguiling3546]

Being it’s out of print can’t find it on Apple Music or anywhere else. Just found a used cd on Amazon. Had it years ago when it first came out and wore it out. Glad I found another copy

[@GeneralTHC]

@@chrisguiling3546 Supposedly it's a vendetta against the band. The singer allegedly infected some bigwigs daughter with HIV.

[@danielbarton2444]

@@GeneralTHC Eddie Trunk talked about this on his show recently. I don't know if it was someone's daughter but apparently he was very careless after he knew he was HIV+

[@darryl.c7972]

Three O'clock in the afternoon in Thailand! Blasting this Album!

[@deathbrandrecords8972]

get some

[@jeffreyginsburg4241]

Jake E Lee and Ray Gillien made MAGIC together. Hands-down a TOP 5 rock album . Still AMAZING after all these years .

[@LindseyRenee1]

💯

[@mdwayne741]

Totally.

[@SonnyGTA]

One of the best vocalists ever. Mr. Ray Gillen.

Who got aids , and knowingly infected women.

[@jackblack4593]

This album is one in a million. Masterpiece

[@TheAntsh]

Not even close

[@gruffmusic]

I wore this one out back in the day. This and the Blue Murder album were in constant rotation.

[@hellfoot1]

Jeff Grimm 89 was a great year! I wore those out as well.

[@rhythman69uk]

And Dave Lee Roth's Skyscraper too!

[@rock_it9771]

After i discovered John Sykes and Jake e Lee i was listening to the same bands aswell for years every day. Brings back good memories.

[@crackert5176]

Absofuckinlutely!!!!!!!!🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@johnsoos6907]

Ray was the original singer in Blue Murder.

[@jasonbodden8816]

Ray Gillens vocals, man. Jesus!

[@carbonite1994]

Jake’s right hand/palm mute/pick attack was TOO NASTY

[@seansimpson513]

Jake. Needs. No. Comments. Only. A. Crown. He is. Unreal

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

Jake is an A leaguer

[@mitchellschleede569]

I'm revisiting this album. I always liked Voodoo Highway better, but I forgot how genius this album was as well. Jake, yea. No words. Just kicking ass!

[@1disciplemichael]

Fortnite anyone

[@skiphudson4034]

One of the Greatest Albums ever made.

[@alexsaucedo8032]

i saw this album tour twice. . Kick ass concert both times. Met the guys too after the show. They signed my CD 📀. . Good memories. Good times. . GUITAR GOD. . JAKE E LEE. 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@tdz69]

Damn this is great. Took me back! Picked this up in Tower Records and played the shit out of it. The 80s were such a magical time.

[@jamesdosch3374]

Guitar is tuned in like on Ozzys Ultimate Sin but more hard blues. This is my kind of Metal. Not the new popular stuff on the radio. This record just flat out rocks. Long live 1989. 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@NunsHaveNoFun_]

There's a lot more than what's just on the radio

[@garyconner6151]

Agreed 💯 percent I'm black .grew up with this.

[@je-2024_1]

Ultimate Sin best Ozzy post Randy for guitar Zack not bad minus 30 pinch harmonics per song

[@billymuellerTikTok]

check out the new Blue Oyster Cult album... and Rival Sons and anything George Lynch, Zakk Wylde or Jake E Lee play on

[@capellaguru]

And I just added the 89th like! Great stuff!

[@stanleydavis5988]

56 years old and I'm Still rocking this band. love Badlands Jake doesn't get the credit he deserves.

[@F.S.111]

55 here. Loved this album and loved Jake with Ozzy.

[@GloryCarrier22]

Nearly 60, I remembered this blaring out onto the streets from my bedroom during long summer days and cool winter nights; some years later I’m still rocking it, and my kids are huge fans of these and every other great rock band of the eighties; my 18 year old just gets blown away by this!

[@slurve44]

I turned 56 last month and still love this album. Saw Jake with Ozzy back in ‘86, it was awesome. Gotta say though, I listen to this more.

[@robertsimmons47]

Amen

[@lorenmars5244]

Listening to Badlands as I'm camping in the Badlands. I was 17 when this came out. Rad to this day. Not dated sounding. Still sounds relevant. Timeless. That's how you know.

[@stephenclendenin7371]

Just kick ass, bluesy, sleazy hard rock. Jake is a God. One of the greatest bands ever.

[@333grantjames]

Front to back just a killer loaded hard rock album with dynamics, melody, nasty and tasty guitar work, stunning vocals and great SONGS. One of the best rock albums of the decade. Just push play at any point on this album and you’re good. And what a great goddamn name for a band on top of it all.

[@chrislindsay5654]

Ray Gillen is a vocal master, along side Jake E Lee, created one of the greatest works in history, truly beautiful to my ears! Rest in peace Ray! If I could have any voice in the world it would sound like his.

Ray can rot in hell for what he did.

[@jmgmarcus808]

One of the best bands and albums to come from this era. The follow up Voodoo Highway is also killer.

[@HalethDagore]

Right on the money.

[@montanarush54]

Also their third album, Dusk, is killer. Released after Ray passed away.

[@rhythman69uk]

Its a good follow up, but as a drummer, I missed Eric Singer's contribution.

[@michaelwilson7924]

Bloody oath it's killer JMGMarcus, their version of James Taylor's Fire and Rain is unreal

[@TheBadThad]

Eric Singer just KILLS it on this album. I agree but Jeff is also very tasty in his licks. Not as good as Singer but what he does on the second album fits the band well.

[@roadstomadness2335]

Best album of 89. Had my 72 Chevy Malibu. I was 19 and I played this tape over and over again. Still have it! Best times in my life 🖤🤘

[@elvisparker4691]

Wow, Very Cool !

[@rb-kd4ry]

one wheel peel...

[@msbevins101]

Still got my concert tee-shirt... :

[@elvisparker4691]

@@msbevins101 - Vicki the Cutie Pie 😊 !

[@msbevins101]

@@elvisparker4691 LOL...Why Thank You for that.... ;

[@jessicadekrey4511]

Happily introduced my 12 year old son to this brilliant album this month. ❤️

[@anthonytravato7042]

You are a good mom!

[@robertstover984]

Good momma!! Got two half black step sons 26 and 29 they been rocking badlands for years and telling there friends.love my boys

[@richardclark1077]

I'm just know listening to BADLANDS for the first time !! I grew up in the 80s and somehow missed these guys on my radar !! Man what an incredibly tight sounding band !! Excellent LEAD VOCALS and LEAD GUITARIST !! YOU know what they say, hind sight is 20/20. I'm just glad I found them at the ripe old age of 55 !!

[@metaljew4456]

Richard Clark ; HOW are you listening to them just now? You can’t buy any of their music...well the first two albums anyway. So how do you hear their shit now?

[@2-4ever]

@@metaljew4456Probably on the internet dude, smoke another one 🤗

[@Ovalbugmann]

@@2-4ever haha! lolol

[@Ovalbugmann]

The 1980s were basically; incredible!! = was prime great fun af living!!!, really ;) lol however, I lost track of Jake after his Ozzy work but really liked him and I'm listening to this album for first time now, however the first two songs sound familiar, anyways I love Jake's playing style here and I'll be looking to his other Badlands albums and work with Red Dragon for eargasm guitar bliss, haha, enjoy! :)

[@chrspappas3612]

!!!"Welcome Richard"!!! I'm 57, it was only through a friend who turned me on to them way back then... I wrote something on this site today, but this is just for you... "I Can't Be More Happy For You If Just Got To Hear This Band"...

[@chrislindsay5654]

You just will never hear another voice like Ray Gillen. Incredible! With Jake by his side.... Unstoppable talent Beauty at it's best, never to be replicated....

[@aadioetomo6552]

Of course Jake and Ray totally aced, but if you pay attention, Greg's bassline is jawdropping!

[@m1ssn1ck13]

And Eric SInger is a drumming god in his own right.

[@symmetryphysicaltherapy8819]

100% @@m1ssn1ck13

[@rodmcdaniel1980]

I bought this album in 89 and have loved it ever since. Jake is amazing but for me it's all about Ray's vocals. My goodness what a voice he literally sings from the bottom of his soul!!!!! Feel very fortunate to be around when they came and rocked my life, thank you to this band

[@movieguy5035]

I saw this show @ Dallas City Limits club.. Dallas, TX 1989.. Insane how great.

[@infrared3717]

rod mcdaniel it's a Gillan thing!

[@AviatorMike777]

I saw them at "The Channel" in Boston in 1990-1991. They were INSANE!!!

[@holdenphartz745]

rod mcdaniel I bought it in '89 also...damn we're old.

[@bobthebear1246]

@@infrared3717 *Gillen. Absolutely no relation to Ian Gillan. 🙂

[@marcojose8040]

Who's still jamming this at 2019

[@peppermintcatsass3141]

🤘👿🤘

[@Bodhi716]

Right here! Love this album.

[@lyell555]

I barbecue to this album all the time bro \m/

[@carlahollars612]

🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️

[@stephenmcintire6081]

30 years and counting!

[@readmore4178]

The fact that this band wasn’t more successful, demonstrates what a joke the music business is.

[@billymuellerTikTok]

came out at the wrong time - right before Grunge -

[@markmedina5543]

well said

[@666Necropsy]

you have to sell your soul to that "big nose" satan remember.

[@KristofferThorsheim]

@@666Necropsy All entertainment does. Psyops and social engineering at its finest. However, enjoy the living blazes out of gems like Badlands. Good music is there. One just has to search deeper, longer and harder. (pun intended)

[@666Necropsy]

@@KristofferThorsheim great response

[@christopherlooney9677]

Those of you who thought Jake E. Lee's best work was with Ozzy, think again! RIP Ray Gillian..great vocalist! Not nearly enough recognition for this band.

[@MrIgorek13]

Also Page never ever play this solos! Ever.

[@lionelalias4561]

Gillen bordel !

[@michaelbaker3598]

​@@MrIgorek13 what????????

[@MrHumpah12]

Jake was some of Ozzy’s greatest work lol

[@chrisderoche1952]

That's some badass music😊

[@flndthebest1822]

This and the second album are works that deserve more recognition.

[@brianhansen9258]

Entire band is insanely great

[@slasherdope8065]

This really is one of the greatest albums ever made, there is just something magical about this record

[@TheAntsh]

Absolutely nothing magical about this derivative blend of LZ/Whitesnake/Motley Crue/Guns N'Roses

[@slasherdope8065]

Someones bitter​@@TheAntsh

[@bigtorrisi]

Winters call has serious echos of Led Zep.

[@kutnersuicide]

Badlands was like a turbo charged high octane Led Zeppelin. Jake is a true master and will always be underrated. His parts are so good yet so intricate. His leads are always dancing on the edge.

[@richiewuinschik5774]

I loved and will always Cherish Jake E Lee's Bark at the moon Work.

[@DocFeelgood69]

Were way better than led zepp

[@denniscarroll3164]

Good description! turbo Zep!

[@maexxtex4924]

Not even close to LED ZEPPELIN! To much noise, not enough voice!

[@RtroyD]

He's not underrated at all....everyone knows.he is one of the.best.from the 80s

[@alisterfolson]

The 80's: Listens on Walkman Now: Streams it everywhere

[@carlahollars612]

With headphones 😉

[@kooringagnd]

Tablet.

[@danambrus5298]

I whore this Album out when I had it back in the day

[@joselopezcamba1250]

Y vuelven los vinilos ... ke más ke bien !!!

[@slowemm]

2030: It's beamed directly into your brain

[@markjones9504]

& that's how it's done people.

[@turefromfinland3264]

This is one of the greatest records ever!!!

[@mdwayne741]

💯 Percent Agreed

[@serverofChrist]

I haven't heard these songs for a lifetime. I love everyone of them. They take me back 25 years to some of the best days of my life. Thanks for uploading.

[@MrBauernknecht]

What happend on this day, you made me curious :)

[@pamhunnicutt5562]

Agreed. Miss the music scene back then big time

[@tloftus2009]

Set the scene; Summertime driving at night, windows down, sunroof out, car audio near full volume, me singing this album in the car. Soooo under-rated.

[@alowicioustoollootsuoiciwo7283]

RIP-- Sir Ray! Very top echelon vocalist. One of the very best EVER,and this album is SOOO underrated it’s sickening !

[@jamie5397]

Rot in hell Ray! Fucker spread AIDS to many women he slept with knowing he had the disease.

[@scottk6383]

I was 16 when Jake took Randy's place.. I saw the ultimate sin tour in charlotte n.c Metallica opened. Jake e lee was awsome!!!! Nn

[@jaymeadors5674]

Scott K seen the tour in Evansville indiana james hetfield broke his arm so they didnt play proud jake e lee took tbe show ozzy was to drunk it was sad but the rest of the band kicked but

[@slowemm]

Yup, I saw Ozzy on the Ultimate Sin tour with Metallica as the opening act in Chicago. Metallica had released Master of Puppets and Cliff was still alive. After seeing them Ozzy was good but Metallica blew the doors off the place.

[@werdna_sir]

Oh my holy god that would have been ridiculous. If I saw Puppet's era Metallica and Ozzy with Jake in the one sitting I would self destruct. I can't emphasise enough how ridiculous that is.

[@scottbailey1055]

Jake is very underrated....glad he’s once again active. Brad Gillis delivered after Randy’s passing. I saw ultimate sin tour in San Francisco...killer show.

[@altag1]

Yea, memories, I saw that same show in Ft. Worth, TX (Metallica/Ozzy) - Tarrent County Convention Center... Drove down from Wichita Falls, TX...

[@joethebar1]

This album was Atlantic Records biggest selling debut album up til that time- it did initially what it should have. The second album never got promoted properly and no one heard of it. These albums should be remixed and remastered to fix some of the imbalances- and rerelease them. Good music will always have an audience. These albums have a chance of doing better in a time when there is a huge vacuum of nothing; they would have no competition

[@bobjoe7508]

Wait, this can't be right. Artists like Ratt who were on Atlantic had multi platinum debut albums. This album sold about 400,000 records by 1990. I see on the credits that Titanium is also listed as a record label, so I wonder if this was Titanium's biggest selling debut at the time.

[@phillipsears6200]

Can't re-release them cause Ray gave a ton of women AIDS knowingly so they are never getting remastered

[@cnikolas]

I don't remember all the details but Badlands music is under some type of lien 'cause Ray Gillen gave HIV to a few people.

[@spocktheripper]

They can never be re-released sadly. I have my vinyl of the first album but that is it.

[@danielnachazel8967]

Been a long time .. Still the Greatest Immortal rock albums of all time. Jake E Lee and Ray Gillen effing nailed it!!!

[@joe6093]

So EPIC!!! One of the best bands EVER!!! MISS YOU RAY....LOVE & BLESSINGS...THANK YOU!!!

[@scottchadwick1321]

joe thurman yes brother, can't agree more

[@davidringo8093]

joe thurman saw. Them. At. Shoreline. Me. Make up. Show. Cinderella

[@rdwalter]

57 years old metal fan here. I've heard of Badlands but never heard this album before today. Good stuff!

[@derekblais8951]

Check out Voodoo Highway and Dusk their other 2 albums just as good!

[@mdwayne741]

Not a weak link at all in this band....as perfect as can be. Just insanely kickass music.

[@angelom4987]

One of my favourite drum performances on an album. Eric Singer is the bomb!!!!!

[@donaldschoenborn6370]

Man this guy has some pipes! RIP Mr. Gillem. You really had a great thing! I never understood why this band wasn’t one of the biggest bands of the 80’s & early 90’s. Promotion & marketing problems? Bad management? Band creative differences? Or they came along just a bit too late when “alt rock” had already developed momentum? Probably a combination. Too much saturation(?) with too many rock bands trying to be too similar?! These guys stood way out to me though. They have that Led Zeppelin sound with just a bit more metal but enough melodic bluesy grit to make them a good fit between Zeppelin and Whitesnake (or similar). This is one of my top 20 favorite rock albums ever.

[@DTWC]

Because it isn't that good.

[@thevinylgeezer]

This album sounds so damn good. It has that nice, dry no bells and whistles type production that is damn near timeless. This is when a lot of other albums from around that could have stood up musically, but production got in the way. Bulletboys for example.

[@BillyCullen-c4f]

Once in awhile I play this album… I cannot even describe how High Wire is the most perfect way to open an album!!! Everything about this album is why I’m a music fan! At a time when frills & fluff were all over the place this was a grass roots work of art! I was always miffed at how they didn’t go over the way I felt they deserved. But, I feel lucky to have listened to this band!!! They were a gift! Thanks to them!!!

[@username-zj9id]

Super under rated. Are you from SI, NY by any chance?

[@brianwebb9504]

This album is timeless!! Masterpiece. Rock on! RIP Ian 💖

[@javtimestwo]

saw them summer of '89 opening for Cinderella. debut album is very underrated. there is no filler here. all terrific tracks from beginning to end.

[@alexandreteixeirabenjamin6539]

High Wire is a classic of hard rock/heavy metal! Pure Led Zeppellin/Whitesnake style!!!! Superband!!

[@davidslater8742]

THIS is METAL not that shit thats thrown at us today

[@KeyoRacing]

David Slater The shit they play today is..... SHIT!

[@C0mm0nS3ns3]

metal sounds like black crows with some noise

[@mannyruiz1954]

I wouldn't call this metal, I'd call it timeless, Rock and Roll.

[@dosadi512]

that's funny because when this came out people put on Sabbath and said the same thing about Badlands

[@shawnsiam4768]

There are quite a few bands doing the 80s metal justice. Iron flame, hitten, blackslash, skullfist, white wizzard, holy Grail just to name a few

[@chaddavidson1999]

I was 16 in 1989……..I’ve never really got into badlands at that time in life! It’s always great to add some monster 80’s Rock 33 yrs later………Jake E Lee is a monster on this album…………Ray Gillen has the most amazing voice I believe in Rock RIP Ray

[@MTRyan321]

Winter’s Calling. One of my favorite songs ever. Incredible.

[@alexsaucedo8032]

My favorite SONG off this album. Love this jam. Great guitar work too. RIGHT on. 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@garyconner6151]

Best early jack e Lee.and Eric Singer

[@garyconner6151]

@@alexsaucedo8032 love it for you brother this album had no bad tracks.

[@garyconner6151]

Made me play drums.

[@purrdeekittee]

This is one of my top 5 absolute favorite albums in the world. I wish I would have been at an age to have seen them in concert but at least I have the music and videos. Ray did indeed leave us far too soon, but he left us with some incredibly awesome, magical music to enjoy. I hope his spirit journeys well and happiness is ever within.

[@timothya.olmeda7299]

purrdeekittee got the chance to see badlands when their first album came out. It was at the palace in Hollywood, and got there not long after the doors opened. The band kept getting better as the night rolled along and Rays vocals were superb. Being in the presence of Ray's vocal's live was to say the least enlightening, and turned many a head with amazement as he wailed away. Would have loved to hear his voice grow old throughout time.

[@mikeralston777]

Badlands and Enuff Z'nuff at the Cannery in Nashville 89 was so good I missed formation at Ft. Campbell the next day.

[@melissapratt4676]

I count myself SO lucky to have seen them in ‘87! My BF got me a t-shirt for my birthday…of BadLands(Feels So Good To Be So Bad )… still wear it with PRIDE!…..

[@melissapratt4676]

I don’t know what to tell you…it was absolutely AMAZING to see BadLands in concert!!! My BF knew what a BadLands freak I am & she bought me a “Feels So Good To Be So Bad” t-shirt for my B-day(& I still wear it with PRIDE!! )….

[@vlad_iiidraco4717]

winters call is my alltime fav... cant explain how much i love this tune... so enormous talented guys... rip ray, such a short life... but he gave so much...

[@doublejake.4846]

This album is a hidden treasure, to bad things got cut short for this band. Badlands was the true definition of hard rock.

[@mdwayne741]

It doesn't get any better than this. Flawless album with amazing musicians!

[@jodymartin9512]

This album is 32 years old today and is still one of the best ever made .. so underrated

[@patsfan4life]

Simply cannot believe this amazing album is not available on Google Play Music or iTunes..... an absolute travesty

[@roadstomadness2335]

I understand the families that was hurt from Ray not telling all the girls he slept with when knowing he was positive for HIV But damn this was such a great album and the rest of the band and there fans shouldn't be punished. Truly Badlands was BADASS🤘🖤

[@mikeroullier6875]

Not to be found on spotify either

[@regondi]

From start to finish not a weak spot anywhere. What a great band. But, would you expect anything other than pure awesome from Jake E Lee? No, no you wouldn’t.

[@TeetMauLau]

Eric Singer (playing for KISS) standing right next to Jake E. Lee.

[@elykus793]

this singer is like a mix between Sammy Hagar and David Coverdale, kicks ass

[@bluezybones4215]

Absolutely! I'm thinking a mix between Hagar, Coverdale & Rick Sanford of Legs Diamond

[@marciawood2061]

This was my first concert. Ray sang right to me.Dreams In The Dark no less.I was so happy that night. Terrible to hear about his passing. I really would have liked to hear more from Badlands.

[@seansimpson513]

Words. Cannot. Do. Justice. Beides. Maybe. Perfect

[@wahoo89]

Seriously how could anyone dislike Badlands?

[@devakikaren]

Pop music fans don't appreciate Classic rock. They're got their up their.....over people like Taylor Swift.

[@MrJdogg213]

Always will be Top Shelf for Me 🤘🎼🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🍻

[@HeidisHereAndThere]

I used to ride my mountain bike to this album when I was living in Manzanita, Oregon. Right across the street from the Pacific Ocean💕🙂 I was in the best shape of my life, ROCKIN' it out!! Take care, Washington State USA 🇺🇸🌅

[@tinabarnes2520]

I never get sick of this album and I like every song!

[@alexandreteixeirabenjamin6539]

Ray Gillen was a fantastic singer! Jake E. Lee a great guitarist!

[@erics2614]

One of the best opening tracks ever. This is such a great album. Reminds me of being a teenager.

[@ashesantics]

Me too

[@JuanCarlos-tv2hu]

the last GREAT Rock and Roll album.

[@deathbrandrecords8972]

bingo

[@deathbrandrecords8972]

Juan !, Your right. What a great point......

[@ehMMMKay]

little bit of zep, whitesnake, kiss, purple ... overall, good stuff :)

[@yudelrox]

Martin Kubek you beat me to that observation

[@stanleyfrank8630]

Kiss??? Uh-uh. Mostly Zeppelin, both in Gillen's vocal delivery and Jake's versatility on both the electric and acoustic guitars. Plenty of heavy funk on this baby too!

[@montanarush54]

Stanley Frank, especially "Winter's Call"

[@ehMMMKay]

Winter´s Call is nearing the level of a Whitesnake rip-off mostly from 10:45 to 12:05 :D still probably their best song for me

[@kingofdragontown9680]

Definitely some of those crazy Ace Frehley bends in the solos.

[@leandrodellarocha3204]

Badland - Dream in the Dark lyrics I remember you, baby Like a sweet summer song Said you'd love me forever Nothing could ever go wrong Time's gone by I'm just a memory scarred I'm lost in a shadow Don't know where you are 'Cause yesterday's gone Dreams carry on Will you return my way, no Sing me a sweet, sweet song Turn out the lights And my love will burn on and on Hold me until tomorrow Dreams in the dark Dreams in the dark You pushed me, baby A little too far Turned your back on my lovin' Lick my wounds in the bars Story's been told And a lesson is learned I know where your love lies And I know where you've gone 'Cause yesterday's gone Dreams carry on Will you return my way, no Sing me a sweet, sweet song Turn out the lights And my love will burn on and on Hold me until tomorrow Dreams in the dark Baby, I know that you're leavin It's over, it's over, I know Now that My heart now is bleedin' Don't know which way to turn Run home! Dreams in the dark

[@artybarra6054]

This band was way before there time. And look , were 2022and. They still kick Ass!!🤘🤘🤘thank you very much for this record.🙏🤘🤘

[@joethebar1]

Actually- they were after their time; they were a throwback to the 70’s

[@JayTor2112]

Every time i listen to one of their albums it makes me sad, that they only lasted a few years and we can never get this band back again.

[@elvisparker4691]

Yeah that's unfortunate. I wonder if RUSH will/can/wants to record now, without Neil.

[@dudelbwski]

Voodoo Highway is a stellar album in its own right. I actually forgot how good the first one was. Whole thing kicks ass

[@danmkern754]

I can't believe I just discovered this existed. What an awesome album!!!!

[@stringbender11672]

I consider Badlands, Voodoo Highway, & Dusk one big album. No filler whatsoever. Every song is a gem including the live heavy version of Jade's Song!!! RIP Ray Gillen🙏🖤

[@Musicschoolofcny]

So TRUE!

[@ezraericfallas211]

I agree fully, all killer and no filler, what a band !!!

[@joerenotown6335]

One of the Most Underrated Band and Album of all times.!!! Jake E Lee is a Genius when it comes to producing and song writing and of course a Master Guitarist. One of the Best still in the world today to ever play and preform\\ Yet he one of the most kindest Humblest man you can ever met. In which he always put 100 per cent of hard work in every aspect especially to all his amazing fans around the world. !!!!! Long live Jake E Lee and Rock and Roll.!!!!

[@SonnyGTA]

STOP SAYING UNDERRATED!!!!!!!!!!!

[@capellaguru]

One of the greatest Hard Rock releases of the 80s--will always be a fave of mine for all time at times ;-) You know what I mean...mood, tone...weather Love the LP!

[@dnd820]

To this day, this is still a great album! One of the classics........

[@topsecret2389]

Yesss , man ! ! ! ......... 👍❗.........

[@joes.5302]

Always loved this album. Even when I started listening to punk and “grunge” I would always go back. It is much more than hair metal. Gillen was incredible and Jake’s bluesy style really was stylistically different from what he did with Ozzy. Love heavy music of all styles. Could never understand why friends and hipsters were so myopic when it came to music. So called open minded. This band was great and there hasn’t been a true elite singer like Ray since.

[@zeketrick]

@Joe S, well said !