No Substance

No Substance
No Substance
Studio album by Bad Religion
Released May 15, 1998
Recorded 1997-1998 at Pyramid Sound, Polypterus Studio, Ithaca, New York
Genre Punk rock
Length 41:53
Label Atlantic (Original)
Epitaph (Re-release)
Producer Bad Religion, Alex Perialas, Ronnie Kimball
Bad Religion chronology
Tested
(1997)		 No Substance
(1998)		 The New America
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2.5/5 stars [1]
Robert Christgau (dud) [2]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars [3]

No Substance is the tenth full-length album by the punk rock band Bad Religion. It was the band's third (or fourth, if the reissue of Recipe for Hate is counted) release on Atlantic Records, and their second studio album since guitarist Brett Gurewitz's departure.

No Substance was anticipated by both music critics and fans as a result of the band's previous worldwide successes with their 1994 major label debut Stranger Than Fiction and its 1996 follow up The Gray Race. The album has been met with mixed reviews and was not as successful as band's past releases. The album was re-released by Epitaph Records on September 15, 2008.

Contents

Album cover

The actress on the album cover is Kristen Johnston, who is best known for her roles as Sally Solomon in the late 90's sitcom 3rd Rock From The Sun and as Wilma Flintstone in the 2000 film The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas.

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Hear It"   Graffin 1:49
2. "Shades Of Truth"   Graffin 4:01
3. "All Fantastic Images"   Graffin, Baker 2:08
4. "The Biggest Killer In American History"   Graffin 2:14
5. "No Substance"   Graffin 3:04
6. "Raise Your Voice!" (feat. Campino of Die Toten Hosen) Graffin 2:55
7. "Sowing The Seeds Of Utopia"   Graffin 2:01
8. "The Hippy Killers"   Graffin 3:01
9. "The State Of The End Of The Millennium Address"   Graffin, Baker 2:22
10. "The Voracious March Of Godliness"   Graffin 2:27
11. "Mediocre Minds"   Graffin, Hetson 1:56
12. "Victims Of The Revolution"   Graffin, Baker 3:17
13. "Strange Denial"   Graffin 3:02
14. "At the Mercy Of Imbeciles"   Graffin, Baker, Hetson 1:34
15. "The Same Person"   Graffin, Baker, Bentley 2:49
16. "In So Many Ways"   Graffin 3:04
Japanese Version
No. Title Length
17. "Dream Of Unity"   2:50

Personnel

  • Campino from Die Toten Hosen - guest vocals on "Raise Your Voice!"
  • Ronnie Kimball - producer, engineer
  • Alex Perialas - producer, engineer
  • Gavin Lurssen - mastering
  • Chris Lord-Alge - mixing
  • Jason Arnold - engineer
  • Mike Dy - engineer
  • Fred Kevorkian - engineer
  • Danielle Gibson - art coordination
  • Steve Raskin - art direction, design
  • Valerie Wagner - art direction, design
  • Terry Richardson - photography
  • Chris Toliver - photography
  • Taylor Nidoski - trumpet

Notes/Trivia

  • The State of The End of The Millennium Address is written like a speech, very similar to the beginning of "Voice of God is Government" from How Could Hell Be Any Worse?.
  • If you dial the 800 number, it will link through to ConAgra Foods customer service.
  • On the vinyl release, a guest vocalist sings alternating lines on "Raise Your Voice". On the CD version, he only provides backing vocals.

References

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r348580
  2. ^ http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=bad+religion
  3. ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/badreligion/albums/album/103262/review/5945327/no_substance
v · d · eBad Religion
Studio albums
How Could Hell Be Any Worse? • Into the Unknown • Suffer • No Control • Against the Grain • Generator • Recipe for Hate • Stranger than Fiction • The Gray Race • No Substance • The New America • The Process of Belief • The Empire Strikes First • New Maps of Hell • The Dissent of Man
EPs
Other releases
80-85 • All Ages • Tested • Punk Rock Songs • 30 Years Live
Videos and DVDs
Singles
"21st Century (Digital Boy)" • "Infected" • "Stranger than Fiction" • "A Walk" • "Punk Rock Song" • "Sorrow" • "Los Angeles Is Burning" • "The Devil in Stitches"
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