Album: 80-85

Artist: Bad Religion

Release Year: 1991

Label: Epitaph

Bad Religion is: Greg Graffin (vocals), Brett Gurewitz (guitar), Greg Hetson (guitar), Jay Bentley (bass), Pete Finestone (drums)

Additional Personnel: Tim Gallegos (bass)

Tracklist:

1.  We're Only Gonna Die (G. Graffin, B. Gurewitz)

2.  Latch Key Kids (G. Graffin, B. Gurewitz)

3.  Part III (G. Graffin, B. Gurewitz, G. Hetson)

4.  Faith in God (G. Graffin, B. Gurewitz)

5.  Fuck Armageddon… This is Hell (G. Graffin, B. Gurewitz)

6.  Pitty (G. Graffin, B. Gurewitz)

7.  Into the Night (G. Graffin, B. Gurewitz)

8.  Damned to be Free (G. Graffin, B. Gurewitz)

9.  White Trash (Second Generation) (G. Graffin, B. Gurewitz)

10.  American Dream (G. Graffin, B. Gurewitz)

11.  Eat Your Dog (G. Graffin, B. Gurewitz)

12.  Voice of God is Government (G. Graffin, B. Gurewitz)

13.  Oligarchy (G. Graffin, B. Gurewitz)

14.  Doing Time (G. Graffin, B. Gurewitz)

15.  Bad Religion (G. Graffin, B. Gurewitz)

16.  Politics (G. Graffin, B. Gurewitz)

17.  Sensory Overload (G. Graffin, B. Gurewitz)

18.  Slaves (G. Graffin, B. Gurewitz)

19.  Drastic Actions (G. Graffin, B. Gurewitz)

20.  World War III (G. Graffin, B. Gurewitz)

21.  Yesterday (G. Graffin)

22.  Frogger (G. Graffin)

23.  Bad Religion (G. Graffin, B. Gurewitz)

24.  Along the Way (G. Graffin)

25.  New Leaf (G. Graffin)

26.  Bad Religion (G. Graffin, B. Gurewitz)

27.  Slaves (G. Graffin, B. Gurewitz)

28.  Drastic Actions (G. Graffin, B. Gurewitz)

Lyrics:

The lyrics in this album are your typical high-school-rail-against-everything-that-comes-to-mind lyrics… at least, at the beginning of the album, anyways.  The lyrics aren't really anything spectacular in this album, and it represents Bad Religion's in its earliest form.

Music:

Again, this is their earliest album, and the music is somewhat lacking, unless your more into the hardcore scene.  The guitar is sloppy, the bass is hard to make out, and the drums are generic beats.  Nothing too spectacular.

Highlights:

There are few highlights on this CD.  The best track is, by far, one of the ones off of their EP Back to the Known.  The track, "Along the Way", is one of the best they've ever done.  Also quite good are the tracks "Yesterday" and "New Leaf", both of which are also off of the Back to the Known EP.

Overall:

I can't say I liked Bad Religion much, in terms of their earliest albums.  I liked the stuff off of Back to the Known, but the Bad Religion EP and their first LP, How Could Hell Be Any Worse? are not my cup of tea.  Still, "Along the Way" was an absolutely brilliant song, so they get a few bonus points there.

FarSight37's Score: 67%