No Substance | ||||
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Released | May 5, 1998 | |||
Recorded | June 1997–February 1998 | |||
Studio | Pyramid Sound, Polypterus Studio, Ithaca, New York | |||
Genre | Punk rock [1] | |||
Length | 41:53 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Producer | Bad Religion, Alex Perialas, Ronnie Kimball | |||
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Singles from No Substance | ||||
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No Substance is the tenth full-length album by the punk rock band Bad Religion. It was the band's third (or fourth, if the reissue of Recipe for Hate is counted) release on Atlantic Records, and their second studio album since guitarist Brett Gurewitz's departure.
No Substance was anticipated by both music critics and fans as a result of the band's previous worldwide successes with their 1994 major label debut Stranger Than Fiction and its 1996 follow up The Gray Race . The album has been met with mixed reviews and was not as successful as band's past releases. The album was re-released by Epitaph Records on September 15, 2008. No songs of the album would turn into live staples; "Raise Your Voice" is occasionally played live in Germany due to Die Toten Hosen singer Campino's guest vocals.
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Alternative Rock | 8/10 [3] |
Robert Christgau | [4] |
CMJ New Music Monthly | (positive) [5] |
The Indianapolis Star | [6] |
NME | [7] |
Rolling Stone | [1] |
San Antonio Express-News | (positive) [8] |
Spin | [9] |
Wall of Sound | 70/100 [10] |
Author Dave Thompson, in his book Alternative Rock (2000), wrote that the shared songwriting credits make this the band's "most eclectic album ever, eagerly exploring new sounds and styles... ah, Into the Unknown II! Only better." [3]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Hear It" | Greg Graffin | 1:49 |
2. | "Shades of Truth" | Graffin | 4:01 |
3. | "All Fantastic Images" | Graffin, Brian Baker | 2:08 |
4. | "The Biggest Killer in American History" | Graffin | 2:14 |
5. | "No Substance" | Graffin | 3:04 |
6. | "Raise Your Voice!" (featuring Campino) | Graffin | 2:55 |
7. | "Sowing the Seeds of Utopia" | Graffin | 2:01 |
8. | "The Hippy Killers" | Graffin | 3:01 |
9. | "The State of the End of the Millennium Address" | Graffin, Baker | 2:22 |
10. | "The Voracious March of Godliness" | Graffin | 2:27 |
11. | "Mediocre Minds" | Graffin, Greg Hetson | 1:56 |
12. | "Victims of the Revolution" | Graffin, Baker | 3:17 |
13. | "Strange Denial" | Graffin | 3:02 |
14. | "At the Mercy of Imbeciles" | Graffin, Baker, Hetson | 1:34 |
15. | "The Same Person" | Graffin, Baker, Jay Bentley | 2:49 |
16. | "In So Many Ways" | Graffin | 3:04 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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17. | "Dream of Unity" | Graffin | 2:50 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Universal Cynic" (B-side, 1996) | Graffin | 2:18 |
2. | "Markovian Process" (B-side, 1994) | Graffin | 1:30 |
3. | "News from the Front" (B-side, 1994) | Brett Gurewitz, Bentley, Bobby Schayer | 2:23 |
4. | "Leaders and Followers" (B-side, 1994) | Graffin | 2:42 |
5. | "Dream of Unity" (from Tested , 1997) | Graffin | 2:52 |
6. | "Tested" (from Tested, 1997) | Graffin | 3:04 |
7. | "The Answer" (live) (B-side, 1998) | Graffin | 3:11 |
8. | "The Dodo" (B-side, 1996) | Graffin, Baker | 2:10 |
9. | "Follow the Leader" (previously unreleased) | Graffin, Bentley, Baker, Schayer | 4:28 |
Adapted from the album liner notes. [12]
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