Label: | Atlantic | Release date: | 2/27/1996 |
Country: | United States | Disc / Label details: | |
Format | CD | ||
Misc: | 15 tracks - O-card slipcase and jewel case | ||
Remark: | Common cover. Comes with booklet, but without any lyrics (only liner notes). |
Catalog ID: | 82870-2 |
Barcode: | 0 7567-82870-2 2 |
Matrix / Runout: | M3S1 82 70-2 RE-1 05 |
Song title | Song writer(s) | Version | Length | Interpretations | ||
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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 |
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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