Label: | Epitaph Europe | Release date: | 4/6/2004 |
Country: | Europe | Disc / Label details: | |
Format | CD | ||
Misc: | 14 tracks - Remaster - Jewel case |
Catalog ID: | 6700-2 |
Barcode: | 8 714092-670028 |
Matrix / Runout: | A0100517894-0101 13 A0 IFPI L553 IFPI 94Z2 |
Matrix / Runout: | A0100517894-0101 13 A0 IFPI L553 IFPI 94Y4 |
Matrix / Runout: | Sony DADC A0100517894-0101 21 A00 IFPI L551 IFPI 94K4 |
Matrix / Runout: | A0100517894-0101 13 A1 IFPI L553 IFPI 942T |
Song title | Song writer(s) | Version | Length | Interpretations | ||
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1 | We're Only Gonna Die | Greg Graffin | Remastered | 11 | ||
2 | Latch Key Kids | Greg Graffin | Remastered | 2 | ||
3 | Part III | Jay Bentley | Remastered | 10 | ||
4 | Faith In God | Greg Graffin | Remastered | 5 | ||
5 | Fuck Armageddon... This Is Hell | Greg Graffin | Remastered | 14 | ||
6 | Pity | Greg Graffin | Remastered | 2 | ||
7 | In The Night | Brett Gurewitz | Remastered | 4 | ||
8 | Damned To Be Free | Greg Graffin | Remastered | 5 | ||
9 | White Trash (2nd Generation) | Brett Gurewitz | Remastered | 4 | ||
10 | American Dream | Brett Gurewitz | Remastered | 6 | ||
11 | Eat Your Dog | Greg Graffin | Remastered | 4 | ||
12 | Voice Of God Is Government | Jay Bentley | Remastered | 3 | ||
13 | Oligarchy | Brett Gurewitz | Remastered | 1 | ||
14 | Doing Time | Brett Gurewitz | Remastered | 2 |
Production | How Could Hell Be Any Worse? is Bad Religion's first full-length album and was released in 1982. It was financed partly from some money left over (after having paid back the borrowed money) from the sales of the first EP and partly by a $1,000 loan from Brett's father. They brought in Jim... Read more |
Release and distribution | On January 19 1982 How Could Hell Be Any Worse? was released. It made the new wave charts in the LA Weekly. They drove the LP around to the stores but there were also a few dealings with distributors (Green World, Bomp, Gem). Originally only 6,000 copies were pressed, but the recor... Read more |
Reception | Professor Stone wrote in 1995 (in the liner notes of the bootleg Radiation Hazard) that the album "nowadays is looked upon as being one of the greatest American punk albums ever". |
Liner notes | According to the record's credits, Pete plays the drums and timpany and Jay plays the timpany on some tracks. Pete's surname is misspelled "Fienstone". Johnette Napolitano gets thanked as does Greg Hetson (for guitar on Part III). "Pity" is spelled properly in the line... Read more |
Re-releases | The album was reissued in 1988. The only difference between the original and the later edition is the catalog number and Epitaph's address (the original had a "Ventura Blvd" address and the reissue had a "Sunset Blvd" address). It came with a 23x11" double-sided poste... Read more |
Artwork | The photograph on the cover was taken by Edward Colver at the Hollywood cross, near the Hollywood Bowl. It was taken with the title of the record in mind. The image on the backsleeve is a wood engraving illustration by Gustave Doré (1832 - 1883), a French artist, engraver, illustrat... Read more |