No Substance

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No Substance
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Studio album by
Bad Religion
ReleasedMay 5, 1998
RecordedJune 1997 – February 1998
StudioPyramid Sound, Polypterus Studio, Ithaca, New York
Genre Punk rock [1]
Length41:53
Label Atlantic
Producer Bad Religion, Alex Perialas, Ronnie Kimball
Bad Religion chronology
Tested
(1997)		No Substance
(1998)		 The New America
(2000)
Singles from No Substance
  1. "Shades of Truth"
    Released: April 20, 1998 [2]
  2. "Raise Your Voice"
    Released: 1998
  3. "The Biggest Killer in American History"
    Released: 1998

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.

Contents

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.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Alternative Rock8/10 [4]
Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau-dud.svg [5]
CMJ New Music Monthly (positive) [6]
The Indianapolis Star Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
San Antonio Express-News (positive) [9]
Spin Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Wall of Sound 70/100 [11]

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." [4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hear It" Greg Graffin 1:49
2."Shades of Truth"Graffin4:01
3."All Fantastic Images"Graffin, Brian Baker 2:08
4."The Biggest Killer in American History"Graffin2:14
5."No Substance"Graffin3:04
6."Raise Your Voice!" (featuring Campino)Graffin2:55
7."Sowing the Seeds of Utopia"Graffin2:01
8."The Hippy Killers"Graffin3:01
9."The State of the End of the Millennium Address"Graffin, Baker2:22
10."The Voracious March of Godliness"Graffin2:27
11."Mediocre Minds"Graffin, Greg Hetson 1:56
12."Victims of the Revolution"Graffin, Baker3:17
13."Strange Denial"Graffin3:02
14."At the Mercy of Imbeciles"Graffin, Baker, Hetson1:34
15."The Same Person"Graffin, Baker, Jay Bentley 2:49
16."In So Many Ways"Graffin3:04
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
17."Dream of Unity"Graffin2:50
US limited edition bonus promo disc
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Universal Cynic" (B-side, 1996)Graffin2:18
2."Markovian Process" (B-side, 1994)Graffin1:30
3."News from the Front" (B-side, 1994) Brett Gurewitz, Bentley, Bobby Schayer 2:23
4."Leaders and Followers" (B-side, 1994)Graffin2:42
5."Dream of Unity" (from Tested , 1997)Graffin2:52
6."Tested" (from Tested, 1997)Graffin3:04
7."The Answer" (live) (B-side, 1998)Graffin3:11
8."The Dodo" (B-side, 1996)Graffin, Baker2:10
9."Follow the Leader" (previously unreleased)Graffin, Bentley, Baker, Schayer4:28

[12]

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes. [13]

Bad Religion
Additional musicians
Technical

Charts

Chart (1998)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [14] 18
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [15] 68
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [16] 17
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [17] 28
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [18] 54
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [19] 23
US Billboard 200 [20] 78

Notes

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