Label: | Dragnet | Epic | Release date: | 1/1/1998 |
Country: | Austria | Disc / Label details: | |
Format | CD | ||
Misc: | 16 tracks - Jewel case | ||
Remark: | There is a ''Sony Music'' logo embossed on the bottom left of the back of the original jewel case for this edition. |
Catalog ID: | 489570 2 |
Barcode: | 5 099748 957023 |
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): | ['Sony Music' logo] S1248957010-0101 23 A5 |
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): | ['Sony Music' logo] S1248957010-0101 23 A2 |
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3): | ['Sony Music' logo] S1248957010-0101 23 A10 |
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4): | ['Sony Music' logo] S1248957010-0101 23 A3 |
Matrix / Runout (Variant 5): | Sony Music S1248957010-0101 23 A13 |
Matrix / Runout (Variant 6): | Sony Music S1248957010-0101 23 A12 |
Label code: | LC 5852 |
Mastering SID code (Variant 1,2,3,4,5,6): | IFPI L553 |
Mould SID code (Variant 1): | IFPI 947Q |
Mould SID code (Variant 2): | IFPI 9480 |
Mould SID code (Variant 3): | IFPI 944R |
Mould SID code (Variant 4): | IFPI 944Q |
Mould SID code (Variant 5): | IFPI 943R |
Mould SID code (Variant 6): | IFPI 942Q |
Other (Manufacturing Code): | 12-489570-10 |
Song title | Song writer(s) | Version | Length | Interpretations | ||
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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 | Featuring Campino | 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 |
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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