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Stranger Than Fiction - CD - 1994

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Details

Label:	Dragnet \| Sony Ger.	Release date:	8/30/1994
Country:	Germany	Disc / Label details:
Format	CD
Misc:	17 tracks - Jewel case
Remark:	Dragnet 50

Identification

Catalog ID:	DRA 477343 2
Barcode:	5 099747-734328
Matrix / Runout:	12-477343-10 24 A2
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 (mirrored)):	12-477343-10 12 B8 Sony Music
Matrix / Runout (Variant 10):	S0735425810-0101 43
Matrix / Runout (Variant 11):	S0735425810-0101 31 A2
Matrix / Runout (Variant 12):	Sony Music S0735425810-0101 31 A1
Matrix / Runout (Variant 13 mirrored):	12-477343-10 12 B12 Sony Music
Matrix / Runout (Variant 14 mirrored):	12-477343-10 24 A2 Sony Music
Matrix / Runout (Variant 15 mirrored):	12-477343-10 12 B13 Sony Music
Matrix / Runout (Variant 16 mirrored):	12-477343-10 12 B8 Sony Music
Matrix / Runout (Variant 17 mirrored):	12-477343-10 12 B5 Sony Music
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2):	12-477343-10 12 B6 Sony Music
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3):	12-477343-10 12 B4 Sony Music
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4):	12-477343-10 12 A5 Sony Music
Matrix / Runout (Variant 5 (mirrored)):	12-477343-10 12 B10 Sony Music
Matrix / Runout (Variant 6 (mirrored)):	12-477343-10 12 A3 Sony Music
Matrix / Runout (Variant 7 (mirrored)):	12-477343-10 12 B2 Sony Music
Matrix / Runout (Variant 8 (mirrored)):	12-477343-10 12 A5 Sony Music
Matrix / Runout (Variant 9 (mirrored)):	12-477343-10 12 A4 Sony Music
Label code:	LC 5852
Mastering SID code:	IFPI L553
Mastering SID code (Variant 2):	IFPI L551
Mastering SID code (Variant 8):	IFPI 949B
Mould SID code (Variant 1):	IFPI 942R
Mould SID code (Variant 2):	IFPI 947A
Mould SID code (Variant 3):	IFPI 944A
Mould SID code (Variant 4):	IFPI 94F2
Mould SID code (Variant 5):	IFPI 948C
Mould SID code (Variant 6):	IFPI 947B
Mould SID code (Variant 7):	IFPI 946B
Mould SID code (Variant 8):	IFPI 947Q

Images

Stranger Than Fiction - Front (1014x1000)

Front
By: Jesse

Stranger Than Fiction - Back (1285x1000)

Back
By: Jesse

Stranger Than Fiction - Inlay (1281x1000)

Inlay
By: Jesse

CD
By: Jesse

Stranger Than Fiction - CD Matrix (mirrored) (600x588)

CD Matrix (mirrored)
By: EHCRecords

Tracklist

Click the song titles for more information, lyrics and interpretations

	Song title	Song writer(s)	Interpretations
1	Incomplete	Brett Gurewitz	6
2	Leave Mine To Me	Greg Graffin	3
3	Stranger Than Fiction	Brett Gurewitz	13
4	Tiny Voices	Greg Graffin	6
5	The Handshake	Greg Graffin	7
6	Better Off Dead	Brett Gurewitz	38
7	Infected	Brett Gurewitz	14
8	Television	Brett Gurewitz	4
9	Individual	Greg Graffin	7
10	Hooray For Me...	Brett Gurewitz	4
11	Slumber	Greg Graffin	13
12	Marked	Brett Gurewitz	8
13	Inner Logic	Greg Graffin	17
14	What It Is	Greg Graffin	4
15	21st Century (Digital Boy)	Brett Gurewitz	15
16	News From The Front	Brett Gurewitz, Jay Bentley, Bobby Schayer	12
17	Markovian Process	Greg Graffin	12

Info from 'The Answer'

Recording	The album was recorded at Rumbo Recorders in Canoga Park, CA.The album was produced by Andy Wallace. It took five weeks to record. As far as the song selections, Jay says "That was an ordeal! we choose the songs, but man did we fight. The songs that were left off the U.S. release were ... Read more
B-Sides	There were four B-sides for Stranger Than Fiction: News From The Front Markovian Process Mediocrity Leaders And Followers Demos & unreleased songs For both Brett's and Greg's songs demos exist. Brett's songs: Hooray For Me Infected &nb... Read more
Demos & unreleased songs	For both Brett's and Greg's songs demos exist. Brett's songs: Hooray For Me Infected Marked Stranger Than Fiction Greg's songs: Leave Mine To Me Fucked Up Children (unreleased) The Handshake Slumber Fanat... Read more
Singles & Release	Three singles were released: Stranger Than Fiction, 21st Century (Digital Boy) and Infected. They were all Brett songs. Brett Gurewitz: "Stranger Than Fiction is one of our best records and I am very proud of it. I still think “Infected” should have been the first single. Maybe we... Read more
Golden album	On March 3rd 1998, Stranger Than Fiction officially became Bad Religion's first gold album (over half a million copies sold in the US).
Artwork	All the images in the booklet and on the front/back cover come from issues of Popular Science magazine. Atlantic Records didn't have a say in the album cover. The band just chose it because they couldn't agree on anything.
Liner notes	The booklet also thanks a number of notable musicians and relatives: Grant Graffin, Greg's brother Gina Davis, the woman who worked with Brett at Epitaph and eventually married him Dexter Holland (as Brian Holland), singer and guitarist of The Offspring, who were one of BR's labelm... Read more
Trivia	Tim Armstrong of Rancid provided the vocals to the song Television. In the credits he was called Lint, his name when he was the guitarist of Operation Ivy. Rancid were also labelmates with Bad Religion for a very brief time before Bad Religion signed to Atlantic Wayne Kramer of the MC5 played lead... Read more
Review	Suburban Voice Issue 36 (Spring 1995): “You always know what to expect with a Bad Religion album, though they have mixed things up on their last few albums. ‘Stranger Than Fiction’ is a significant return to form, after the moderately-disappointing ‘Recipe For Hate.’ ... Read more

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