The Process of Belief

Infobox Album | Name = The Process of Belief
Type = Album
Artist = Bad Religion

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Released = flagicon|UK January 21, 2002
flagicon|World January 21, 2002
flagicon|USA January 22, 2002
Recorded = June-September 2001 at Sound City, Los Angeles & Westbeach Recorders, Hollywood, California
Genre = Punk rock
Length = 37:10 (U.S. version)
40:48 (Japanese version)
Label = Epitaph Records
Producer = Brett Gurewitz and Greg Graffin
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ihuk6j527190 link]
*Rolling Stone rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/156945 link]
*Ultimate Guitar rating|9.3|10 [http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/bad_religion/the_process_of_belief/index.html link]
Last album = "The New America"
(2000)
This album = "The Process of Belief"
(2002)
Next album = "Punk Rock Songs"
(2002) |

"The Process of Belief" is an album by the punk rock band Bad Religion, released in 2002. It marks the band's first album released on Epitaph Records since 1993's "Recipe for Hate" (although that label released the "All Ages" compilation) and to feature original guitarist Brett Gurewitz since 1994's "Stranger Than Fiction". It was also the first Bad Religion album to feature new drummer Brooks Wackerman, replacing Bobby Schayer who suffered a severe shoulder injury which left him unable to drum professionally.

Musical style

The album marked the return of Bad Religion's punk rock roots, and many have compared it favorably to classics like "No Control" and "Generator".

Production and marketing

"The Process of Belief" was recorded from June to September 2001 at Sound City, Los Angeles and Westbeach Recorders, Hollywood, California, and mixed at Larabee East. This was the first time Bad Religion recorded an album at Westbeach Recorders since "Recipe for Hate".

Reception

"The Process of Belief" was released on January 22, 2002 and is the first Bad Religion album distributed via Epitaph Records since 1993's "Recipe for Hate". It peaked at number 49 on the Billboard 200 album chart,cite web|title=The Process of Belief's entry at Billboard.com| publisher=Billboard.com|url= http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=4026&aid=508417|accessdate=2007-11-06] and also number 1 on Top Independent Albums, making it Bad Religion's highest U.S. chart position to date. [cite web|title=Bad Religion's Artist Chart History| publisher=Billboard.com|url= http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=4026&model.vnuAlbumId=954479|accessdate=2007-11-09] The album sold very well, due to success of its radio hit "Sorrow," and yielded many concert favorites like "Kyoto Now!", "Epiphany" and "Supersonic." This would be Bad Religion's most successful album since 1996's "The Gray Race".

Track listing

# "Supersonic" (Graffin) – 1:47
# "Prove It" (Graffin) – 1:15
# "Can't Stop It" (Gurewitz) – 1:10
# "Broken" (Gurewitz) – 2:55
# "Destined For Nothing" (Graffin) – 2:35
# "Materialist" (Graffin) – 1:53
# "Kyoto Now!" (Graffin) – 3:20
# "Sorrow" (Gurewitz) – 3:21
# "Epiphany" (Graffin) – 4:00
# "Evangeline" (Gurewitz) – 2:11
# "The Defense" (Gurewitz) – 3:53
# "The Lie" (Graffin) – 2:19
# "You Don't Belong" (Gurewitz) – 2:50
# "Bored And Extremely Dangerous" (Graffin) – 3:25

Japanese Bonus Tracks

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"Shattered Faith" (Graffin) – 3:38

B-Sides

# "Who We Are" (Gurewitz)) – 3:01

Personnel

* Greg Graffin) – lead vocals, producer
* Brett Gurewitz) – guitar, backing vocals, producer, mixing
* Greg Hetson) – guitar
* Brian Baker) – guitar, backing vocals
* Jay Bentley) – bass guitar, backing vocals
* Brooks Wackerman) – drums, percussion

* Jerry Finn) – mixing
* Bob Ludwig) – mastering
* Billy Joe Bowers) – engineer
* Jeff Moses) – assistant engineer
* Mackie Osborne) – art direction, design

Notes/Trivia

*The albums title comes from a line in track 6, "Materialist", which reads "The Process of Belief is an elixir when you're weak" a Graffin song which reveals "I must confess, at times I indulge it on the sneak, but generally my outlook's not so bleak".
*Track 15, "Shattered Faith", a bonus track on the Japanese release, is very similar to "The Kids Aren't Alright" by The Offspring in the chorus and parts of the riff.
*A previously unreleased song left off from the album is on "Punk-O-Rama Vol. 8" titled "Who We Are". "Shattered Faith" also appears on Punk-O-Rama Vol. 8.
*This album celebrates the 20th anniversary of the first Bad Religion album "How Could Hell Be Any Worse?", although the band had been around for twenty-two years.
*Sonic GL, a fan made 3D Sonic the Hedgehog game, uses the song 'Supersonic' as the main theme.The Song 'Supersonic' is compared to Sonic the Hedgehog's Super Transformation on Youtube. Many people have the song play over video clips of Super Sonic.

The Song "Sorrow" will be released as a downloadable song for Rock Band And Rock Band 2 on September 23rd, 2008.

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