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The Gray Race
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15 tracks
The Gray Race - 12" - 2022
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Details
Label: Epitaph Records Release date: 7/15/2022
Country: United States Disc / Label details: Vinyl: Black / Label: Black
Format 12"
Misc: 15 tracks - Reissue - Limited 1500 - Cardboard sleeve and printed dust sleeve
Remark: This was pressed alongside the Trans Purple and Clear w/Black Smoke Vinyl and again features the incorrect font on both the Front and Back cover due to a exporting issue with the artwork that went unnoticed by Epitaph when sending it off to press.
Identification
Catalog ID: 86996-1
Barcode (Printed On Sleeve): 0 45778 69961 2
Matrix / Runout (A-Side): 236961E1/A 10-93982/86996-1 - A
Matrix / Runout (B-Side): 236961E2/A 10-93982/86996-1 - B
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    • Tracklist
    Click the song titles for more information, lyrics and interpretations
    Song title Song writer(s) Version Length Interpretations
    1 The Gray Race Greg Graffin, Brian Baker Album version 2:06 16
    2 Them And Us Greg Graffin Album version 2:50 8
    3 A Walk Greg Graffin Album version 2:14 7
    4 Parallel Greg Graffin Album version 3:19 12
    5 Punk Rock Song Greg Graffin Album version 2:27 9
    6 Empty Causes Greg Graffin Album version 2:51 6
    7 Nobody Listens Greg Graffin, Brian Baker Album version 1:57 4
    8 Pity The Dead Greg Graffin Album version 2:56 5
    9 Spirit Shine Greg Graffin, Brian Baker Album version 2:11 8
    10 The Streets Of America Greg Graffin, Brian Baker Album version 3:48 8
    11 Ten In 2010 Greg Graffin Album version 2:22 8
    12 Victory Greg Graffin Album version 2:36 2
    13 Drunk Sincerity Greg Graffin Album version 2:13 6
    14 Come Join Us Greg Graffin Album version 2:03 17
    15 Cease Greg Graffin Album version 2:35 9
    Info from 'The Answer'
    General Graffin: "This album maybe has a little more emotion in it. [It] talks about the struggle of being an individual person in a society and in a race of human beings that is intolerant of individualism."
    Writing Greg Graffin started writing songs for The Gray Race while still touring (as usual), and by the end of the tour the album was pretty much finished, although he continued the process back home in Ithaca (he has a studio in his home). He sent preliminary versions of the songs to the other band memb... Read more
    Recording The Gray Race was recorded in October and November of 1995 in New York's Greenwich Village and the famed Electric Lady Studios (set up by Jimi Hendrix), on West 8th Street (it was their first studio work outside of L.A.). Jay Bentley explained on 120 Minutes that it was also the first time th... Read more
    Production Greg Graffin: "The sounds we were using were different, as was our approach to making the record, and that was all because of Ric [Ocasek]’s influence. It was very rejuvenating on an artistic level." Greg said that he and the band were bored of the sound of the guitars on album... Read more
    Demos Twelve song demos exist that have been worked out pretty well and almost sound like the songs as they ended up on the album. It also contains different versions of Tested and Strange Denial, which both eventually didn't end up on The Gray Race. Come Join Us This is Just a Punk Rock So... Read more
    Artwork The photographs on the cover and insert are employees of Atlantic Records, taken by NY based photographer Richard Burbridge, who specializes in black & white facial portraits.  The Asian woman on the cover (she is more prominent on the cassette version), is Marilou De Los Reyes. S... Read more
    Marketing The Gray Race was released on 2.26.1996. There used to be a commercial regarding The Gray Race on MTV.  When TGR came out, in the UK they made a CD with A Walk, Punk Rock Song, Streets of America and The Gray Race (so they had decided all the singles at an early stage).
    Reception It seems that at the time, Brett communicated contradicting opinions on The Gray Race: Brett Gurewitz said, "I don't care for the Gray Race" when it came out and one year later he added, "I don't like The Gray Race and in fact it is Bad Religion's worst selling recor... Read more
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