Quickness is the fourth full-length studio album by
hardcore punk pioneers
Bad Brains. At the time of its release, it was the best selling Bad Brains album and also featured an
MTV video for the lead-off track "Soul Craft" directed by
Paul Rachman who later went on to produce and direct the feature documentary
American Hardcore. Drummer
Earl Hudson, though pictured on the cover, is absent, with the drum parts instead being performed by Mackie Jayson of the
Cro-Mags. In an interview with MTV, guitarist
Dr. Know said that the album's title comes from urgency and swiftness.