Against the Grain
Against the Grain is the fifth album by American punk rock band Bad Religion, released on the Californian independent record label Epitaph Records on November 23, 1990. After the release of this album, drummer Pete Finestone left Bad Religion in 1991 to concentrate with his new project The Fishermen. Following his departure, their music would take a different direction on their next album, 1992's Generator.
| Against the Grain | ||||
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| Released | November 23, 1990 | |||
| Recorded | May 1990 at Westbeach Recorders, Hollywood, California | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 34:27 | |||
| Label | Epitaph | |||
| Producer | Bad Religion | |||
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Against the Grain was highly anticipated by both music critics and fans as a result of the band's success with their last two albums, Suffer and No Control.[1] Even though Against the Grain still did not break Bad Religion into mainstream audiences, it was the first 100,000 seller, and showed how quickly they were growing.
The album's 13th track, "21st Century (Digital Boy)", was re-recorded and appeared on their eighth full-length studio album Stranger Than Fiction. The Stranger Than Fiction version of that song made Bad Religion even more popular.
Track listing
| Side one | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Modern Man" | Graffin | 1:58 | ||||||
| 2. | "Turn on the Light" | Gurewitz | 1:24 | ||||||
| 3. | "Get Off" | Graffin | 1:43 | ||||||
| 4. | "Blenderhead" | Gurewitz | 1:12 | ||||||
| 5. | "The Positive Aspect of Negative Thinking" | Bentley | 0:57 | ||||||
| 6. | "Anesthesia" | Gurewitz | 3:04 | ||||||
| 7. | "Flat Earth Society" | Gurewitz | 2:23 | ||||||
| 8. | "Faith Alone" | Graffin | 3:40 | ||||||
| Side two | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 9. | "Entropy" | Graffin | 2:24 | ||||||
| 10. | "Against the Grain" | Graffin | 2:09 | ||||||
| 11. | "Operation Rescue" | Graffin | 2:08 | ||||||
| 12. | "God Song" | Graffin | 1:38 | ||||||
| 13. | "21st Century (Digital Boy)" | Gurewitz | 2:50 | ||||||
| 14. | "Misery and Famine" | Graffin | 2:35 | ||||||
| 15. | "Unacceptable" | Hetson, Bentley | 1:44 | ||||||
| 16. | "Quality or Quantity" | Graffin | 1:34 | ||||||
| 17. | "Walk Away" | Gurewitz | 1:52 | ||||||
Personnel
- Greg Graffin – vocals
- Brett Gurewitz – guitar, backing vocals
- Greg Hetson – guitar
- Jay Bentley – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Pete Finestone – drums
- The Legendary Starbolt – mixing
- Eddie Schreyer – mastering
- Joy Aoki – art direction
References
- ↑ Johnny Loftus. "Bad Religion - Against the Grain: Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 April 2014.