The Gray Race
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| Studio album by Bad Religion | ||
| Released | February 27, 1996 | |
| Recorded | at Electric Lady Studios, New York City, New York in October and November 1995 | |
| Genre | Punk rock | |
| Length | 41:22 | |
| Label | Atlantic Records | |
| Producer(s) | Ric Ocasek | |
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| Bad Religion chronology | ||
| All Ages (1995) |
The Gray Race (1996) |
Tested (1997) |
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The Gray Race is the ninth full-length album of the punk rock band Bad Religion. This was the first album that was produced after guitarist Brett Gurewitz's departure. It was released on February 27, 1996.
Brett did not like the album and noted that it was "BR's worst selling record to date" and described it as "uninspired." However, it achieved modest success when MTV ran a commercial for the album. It reached # 56 on the Billboard 200 and spawned the moderately successful single "A Walk" in the United States. In Europe, the album would reach the German charts at # 6 as well as earn the group a gold record for sales in Scandinavia. It was also the first album since How Could Hell Be Any Worse? that the band recorded as a group. Part of the reason for this was financial, but Greg Graffin also wanted to foster a sense of unity following Brett's jarring departure. This was also the first album with which Greg solicited the opinions of other band members before recording. Graffin said that collaboration significantly improved the sound and quality of the album.
[edit] Track listing
- "The Gray Race" – 2:06
- "Them And Us" – 2:50
- "A Walk" – 2:14
- "Parallel" – 3:19
- "Punk Rock Song" – 2:27
- "Empty Causes" – 2:51
- "Nobody Listens" – 1:57
- "Pity The Dead" – 2:11
- "Spirit Shine" – 2:11
- "The Streets of America" – 3:48
- "Ten in 2010" – 2:22
- "Victory" – 2:36
- "Drunk Sincerity" – 2:13
- "Come Join Us" – 2:03
- "Cease" – 2:35
- "Punk Rock Song [German Version]" (Bonus Track)
[edit] Personnel
- Greg Graffin - vocals
- Brian Baker - guitar
- Greg Hetson - guitar
- Jay Bentley - bass guitar
- Bobby Schayer - drums
- Ric Ocasek - production
- George Marino - mastering
- Bruce Calder - engineer
- Frank Gargiulo - art direction, design
[edit] Notes/Trivia
- Due to Gurewitz' recent departure, all tracks for this album were written by Greg Graffin.
- The European release of the album contains Punk Rock Song in German as a bonus sixteenth track
- The track 'Cease' was later re-recorded for Greg Graffin's 1997 solo album, 'American Lesion', this time as a piano and vocal arrangement. This version was played by Graffin on their 2006 DVD Live at the Palladium.
- The album liner contains ten portraits of faces in black and white, different versions exist, with different pictures as the front cover
- The album would earn Bad Religion a gold record for sales in Scandinavia and reach # 6 on the German charts for the single "Punk Rock Song".
