Run-D.M.C. [Deluxe Edition] [Digipak] [Remaster] by Run-D.M.C. (CD, Sep-2005, Arista)

Album Features
UPC:	828766956023
Artist:	Run-D.M.C.
Format:	CD
Release Year:	2005
Record Label:	Arista
Genre:	East Coast Rap, R&B

Track Listing
1. Hard Times
2. Rock Box
3. Jam-Master Jay
4. Hollis Crew (Krush-Groove 2)
5. Sucker M.C.'s (Krush-Groove 1)
6. It's Like That
7. Wake Up
8. 30 Days
9. Jay's Game
10. Rock Box - (B-Boy mix, previously unreleased)
11. Here We Go - (live, at The Funhouse)
12. Sucker M.C.'s - (previously unreleased, live)
13. Russell & Larry Running at the Mouth: Russell & Larry Running At The Mouth / Jay's Game - (previously unreleased)

Details
Producer:	Russell Simmons, Larry Smith, Darren Salmieri (Reissue), Noah Uman (Reissue)
Distributor:	BMG (distributor)
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Stereo
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
Run-DMC: Joseph "Run" Simmons, Darryl "DMC" McDaniels (rap vocals); Jason "Jam Master Jay" Mizell (scratches).Additional personnel: Eddie Martinez (guitar).Recorded at Greene Street Recording, Inc, New York, New York.Personnel: Davy DMX (guitar, drum programming); Eddie Martinez (guitar); Larry Smith (keyboards, drum programming); Steve Loeb (keyboards); Jason Mizell (scratches).Additional personnel: Larry Smith (keyboards, bass guitar, drum programming); Davy DMX, Eddie Martinez, Steve Loeb.Audio Mixers: Elai Tubo; Kurtis Blow.Liner Note Author: Bill Adler.Recording information: Funhouse (08/05/1983-01/30/1984); Greene Street Recording, Inc., New York, NY (08/05/1983-01/30/1984).Photographers: Talib Haqq; Glen E. Friedman; Gene Bagnato.By marrying the emerging rap sound to a distorted electric guitar, "Rock Box" made the connection between rap and rock, and launched Run-DMC on the road to stardom. Their middle class backgrounds differed from the ghetto roots of rap, yet they took rap to the top of the charts within a few years.The sparse backing tracks made the declamatory vocal style of Run and DMC jump off the album, and their love of rock sounds gave them hooks that made the white audience notice. Joseph "Run" Simmons' effortless style brought much respect in the rap community, and the groups' "look" (matching Adidas sweatsuits and footwear) added to the impact of their arrival.RUN-DMC is a collection of the group's early singles, some of which were hits on the R&B charts ("It's Like That," "Hard Times" and "Rock Box").

Editorial Reviews
4 stars out of 5 - ...RUN-DMC made everything else in the Live Aid era sound lame and tame...
Uncut (20031101)

Ranked #51 in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Albums Of The 80s.
Rolling Stone (19891101)