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No Substance - CD - 1998

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By: Alice

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By: Alice

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By: Alice

Tracklist

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	Song title	Song writer(s)	Version	Length	Interpretations
1	Hear It	Greg Graffin	Album version	1:49	3
2	Shades Of Truth	Greg Graffin	Album version	4:01	5
3	All Fantastic Images	Greg Graffin, Brian Baker	Album version	2:08	12
4	The Biggest Killer In American History	Greg Graffin	Album version	2:14	10
5	No Substance	Greg Graffin	Album version	3:04	6
6	Raise Your Voice	Greg Graffin	Album version	2:55	1
7	Sowing The Seeds Of Utopia	Greg Graffin	Album version	2:01	1
8	The Hippy Killers	Greg Graffin	Album version	3:00	4
9	The State Of The End Of The Millennium Address	Greg Graffin, Brian Baker	Album version	2:22	16
10	The Voracious March Of Godliness	Greg Graffin	Album version	2:27	4
11	Mediocre Minds	Greg Graffin, Greg Hetson	Album version	1:56	4
12	Victims Of The Revolution	Greg Graffin, Brian Baker	Album version	3:17	6
13	Strange Denial	Greg Graffin	Album version	3:02	4
14	At The Mercy Of Imbeciles	Greg Graffin, Greg Hetson, Brian Baker	Album version	1:33	3
15	The Same Person	Greg Graffin, Jay Bentley, Brian Baker	Album version	2:49	12
16	In So Many Ways	Greg Graffin	Album version	3:04	6

Info from 'The Answer'

Album concept	Before it was released, Greg Graffin said a lot of it is a straight throwback to 1981. At the show played in New York on September 26, 1997, he said they were making a new album and considering the title to be "The Hippy Killers". Greg Graffin on (no) substance: "I'm not bitter, bu... Read more
Writing & recording	The whole album was recorded in Ithaca, New York. No Substance was the album which took the shortest amount of time when considering songwriting and recording. It was both written and recorded in the studio and virtually no pre-production was done. Mixing and mastering only took a few weeks. Greg ... Read more
Cover art	Contrary to popular belief, the cover photo is not of actress Kristen Johnston (Third Rock From The Sun). She confirmed this on Twitter on January 27 2019.
Reception	Late 1997 it was counted by Alternative Press as among the year's top 25 most-anticipated albums. Jay: "You know, Brian and I did all those interviews with No Substance and The New America where we just kinda painted on a smile saying 'this is great; this is the greatest record we've ever don... Read more

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