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The Gray Race - CD - 1996

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Details

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:	US version without barcode and text that says "Mfd. for BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. under License 6550 East 30th Street Indianapolis, Indiana 46219. D 111751" The slipcase is made of shiny cardboard paper and the images on both the slipcase and in the booklet are brighter than the ones on/in the European version. The only way to fold the booklet properly is when the lyrics of "the gray race" are on the front; that way the catalog ID of the booklet is on the backside (as supposed to be)

Identification

Catalog ID:	82870-2 \| D 111751
Matrix / Runout:	3 82870-2 SRC##01 M1S4 IFPI 2 U 4 E

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The Gray Race - Front (booklet) (1021x1000)

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The Gray Race - Inlay (inside) (1278x1000)

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Tracklist

Click the song titles for more information, lyrics and interpretations

	Song title	Song writer(s)	Version	Length	Interpretations
1	The Gray Race	Greg Graffin, Brian Baker		2:06	16
2	Them And Us	Greg Graffin		2:50	8
3	A Walk	Greg Graffin	Album version	2:14	7
4	Parallel	Greg Graffin		3:19	12
5	Punk Rock Song	Greg Graffin		2:27	9
6	Empty Causes	Greg Graffin		2:51	6
7	Nobody Listens	Greg Graffin, Brian Baker		1:57	4
8	Pity The Dead	Greg Graffin		2:56	5
9	Spirit Shine	Greg Graffin, Brian Baker		2:11	8
10	The Streets of America	Greg Graffin, Brian Baker		3:48	8
11	Ten in 2010	Greg Graffin		2:22	8
12	Victory	Greg Graffin		2:36	2
13	Drunk Sincerity	Greg Graffin		2:13	6
14	Come Join Us	Greg Graffin		2:03	17
15	Cease	Greg Graffin		2:35	9

Info from 'The Answer'

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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