Restless Breed

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
Studio album by Riot
Released	May 21, 1982[1]
Recorded	Greene St. Recording, New York City
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock
Length	38:38
Label	Elektra
Producer	Steve Loeb, Billy Arnell
Riot chronology
Fire Down Under (1981) Restless Breed (1982) Riot Live (EP) (1982)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10[3]

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