Label: | Epitaph Records | Release date: | 6/17/2022 |
Country: | United States | Disc / Label details: |
Vinyl: Bloodshot Translucent / Label: Red
Note: Slight color variations exist (e.g. lighter, darker, hints of another color)! |
Format | 12" | ||
Misc: | 15 tracks - Reissue - Colored vinyl - Limited 1000 - Cardboard Sleeve and Dust Sleeve | ||
Remark: | 1-2-3-4 Go! Exclusive |
Catalog ID: | E-86404 |
Catalog ID (Sticker on shrink): | 86404-1TBS |
Barcode (Printed On Sleeve): | 4577864041 |
Barcode (Sticker On Shrink): | 0 45778 64049 2 |
Matrix / Runout (Side One): | MRP3389 / 86404 - A 23034E1/A #1 |
Matrix / Runout (Side Two): | MRP3389 / 86404 - B 230334E2/A #1 |
Song title | Song writer(s) | Version | Length | Interpretations | ||
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1 | You Are (The Government) | Greg Graffin | Album version | 1:22 | 11 | |
2 | 1000 More Fools | Brett Gurewitz | Album version | 1:35 | 7 | |
3 | How Much Is Enough? | Brett Gurewitz | Album version | 1:23 | 4 | |
4 | When? | Greg Graffin | Album version | 1:40 | 3 | |
5 | Give You Nothing | Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz | Album version | 2:02 | 6 | |
6 | Land Of Competition | Greg Graffin | Album version | 2:05 | 4 | |
7 | Forbidden Beat | Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz | Album version | 1:53 | 14 | |
8 | Best For You | Greg Graffin | Album version | 1:57 | 1 | |
9 | Suffer | Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz | Album version | 1:45 | 8 | |
10 | Delirium Of Disorder | Brett Gurewitz | Album version | 1:39 | 5 | |
11 | Part II (The Numbers Game) | Brett Gurewitz | Album version | 1:38 | 5 | |
12 | What Can You Do? | Greg Graffin | Album version | 2:44 | 5 | |
13 | Do What You Want | Brett Gurewitz | Album version | 1:05 | 7 | |
14 | Part IV (The Index Fossil) | Greg Graffin | Album version | 2:02 | 6 | |
15 | Pessimistic Lines | Greg Graffin | Album version | 1:07 | 3 |
Writing process | Brett Gurewitz: "I spent the time between 1983 and 1987 developing a pretty phenomenal drug habit and learning how to be a recording engineer. I hadn’t been in the band for a few years but Greg had kept Bad Religion going through his college years. I ultimately got clean by April 1987, w... Read more |
Lyrics | Suffer was influenced by the writings of Fyodor Dostoyevski. Brett: "(...) the whole concept comes from how Dostoevski felt that sublimation and catharsis can be achieved through suffering, how one can't really come without the other. Almost all his books have that central theme. It's not t... Read more |
Recording | Suffer was recorded in April of 1988 in no more than seven or eight days. To record his bass tracks, Jay used a Hiwatt SA212 combo into an Electro-Voice EVM12L speaker mounted in in a KK Audio closed back cabinet. The same method was used on all albums from Suffer through No Substan... Read more |
Artwork | The cover artwork was done by Jerry Mahoney. Greg Graffin: "The image occured to me and Jerry while they were working as salad-bar hosts at an L.A. restaurant. That image seemed to capture the simultaneous anger, powerless, and defiane of my teenage years, emotions that fueled my songwriting ... Read more |
Reception | It was released on 9.8.88 and it sold 4,000 copies, which was cool to them considering how utterly insignificant Epitaph was at the time. In 1993 Brett said it was his favorite BR album. In 1988 the album was voted best album of the year by the editors of Trust Magazine and Maximum Rock and Roll ... Read more |
Rumors | There were rumors of an 8-track tape release of the album. However, Jay denied that rumor as Epitaph never released it. In fact It's said that no 8-tracks were released in the 80s at all. |