Stranger Than Fiction (album)
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- For other uses, see Stranger Than Fiction (disambiguation).
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| Studio album by Bad Religion | ||
| Released | 30 August 1994 | |
| Recorded | 1994 | |
| Genre | Punk rock | |
| Length | 38:28 | |
| Label | Atlantic Records | |
| Producer(s) | Andy Wallace and Bad Religion | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Bad Religion chronology | ||
| Recipe for Hate (1993) |
Stranger Than Fiction (1994) |
All Ages (1995) |
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Stranger Than Fiction (1994) was Bad Religion's last album with Brett Gurewitz (until their reunion on The Process of Belief), and the first on the Atlantic Records. It found the band retreating from the experimentation of Generator and Recipe For Hate and producing a fast and harmonic punk record, perhaps in response to allegations of the band selling out when they signed with Atlantic Records. Songs like "Stranger Than Fiction," and "Incomplete" became instant fan favorites, and the band scored hits with "Infected" and "21st Century (Digital Boy).
The album is also considered one of the best punk albums of 1994 by many fans, along with Green Day's Dookie, NOFX's Punk in Drublic and The Offspring's Smash.
The album was certified gold by the RIAA on March 4, 1998.[1]
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "Incomplete" (Brett Gurewitz) – 2:28
- "Leave Mine To Me" (Greg Graffin) – 2:07
- "Stranger Than Fiction" (Gurewitz) – 2:20
- "Tiny Voices" (Graffin) – 2:36
- "The Handshake" (Graffin) – 2:50
- "Better Off Dead" (Gurewitz) – 2:39
- "Infected" (Gurewitz) – 4:08
- "Television" (Gurewitz, Johnette Napolitano) – 2:03
- "Individual" (Graffin) – 1:58
- "Hooray For Me..." (Gurewitz) – 2:50
- "Slumber" (Graffin) – 2:39
- "Marked" (Gurewitz) – 1:48
- "Inner Logic" (Graffin) – 2:58
- "What It Is" (Graffin) – 2:08
- "21st Century (Digital Boy)" (Gurewitz) – 2:47
- "News From The Front" (Gurewitz, Jay Bentley, Bobby Schayer) – 2:22 (Europe and Japan bonus track)
- "Markovian Process" (Graffin) – 1:29 (Europe and Japan bonus track)
- "Leaders and Followers" (Japan only bonus track)
[edit] Personnel
- Greg Graffin – vocals
- Brett Gurewitz – guitar
- Greg Hetson – guitar
- Jay Bentley – bass guitar
- Bobby Schayer – drums
- Tim Armstrong of Rancid – guest vocals on "Television"
- Jim Lindberg of Pennywise – guest vocals on "Marked"
- Andy Wallace – production
- Norman Moore – art direction
[edit] Notes
[edit] Miscellanea
- Tim Armstrong (of Operation Ivy, Rancid and The Transplants) contributed lead vocals on "Television", which Concrete Blonde's Johnette Napolitano co-wrote with Brett Gurewitz.
- Jim Lindberg (of Pennywise) contributing backing vocals on "Marked"
- The song "21st Century (Digital Boy)" was already released in 1990 on the album Against the Grain; Sony wanted them to release it again because they couldn't "hear a single" on Stranger Than Fiction.
- The Japan only bonus track "Leaders and Followers" was on the movie Clerks.
- The song "Inner Logic" was included on the soundtrack for the video game Crazy Taxi.
- The song "Infected" is one of the first available songs in the video game Guitar Hero.
- The song "News From the Front" is the theme song of Ichigo Kurosaki, the main character of the manga Bleach.
[edit] Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1994 | The Billboard 200 | 87 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1994 | "21st Century (Digital Boy)" | Modern Rock Tracks | 11 |
| 1994 | "Stranger Than Fiction" | Modern Rock Tracks | 28 |
| 1995 | "Infected" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 33 |
| 1995 | "Infected" | Modern Rock Tracks | 27 |
[edit] External links
| Bad Religion |
| Greg Graffin | Brett Gurewitz | Jay Bentley | Greg Hetson | Brian Baker | Brooks Wackerman |
| Former members: Jay Ziskrout | Pete Finestone | Bobby Schayer |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: Bad Religion | Public Service | How Could Hell Be Any Worse? | Into the Unknown | Back to the Known | Suffer | No Control | Against the Grain | Generator | Recipe for Hate | Stranger Than Fiction | The Gray Race | No Substance | The New America | The Process of Belief | The Empire Strikes First | (Fourteenth Studio Album) Live and compilation albums: '80-'85 | All Ages | Tested | Punk Rock Songs |
