80–85

80-85
Compilation album by Bad Religion
Released	November 12, 1991 (1991-11-12)
Recorded	1981–85
Genre	Punk rock
Length	56:24
Label	Epitaph
Producer	Bad Religion
Bad Religion chronology
Against the Grain (1990) 80-85 (1991) Generator (1992)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	[2]

80–85 is the first compilation album by Bad Religion, released in 1991 after the band had risen to success. It is a collection of their early recordings before the come-back of the 1988 release Suffer.

Background

80–85 includes the entire How Could Hell Be Any Worse? album as well as two official EPs (Bad Religion and Back to the Known), plus three tracks from the Public Service compilation. 80–85 does not include their second album, Into the Unknown, partly due to its drastically different style and unpopularity, but is mentioned in the booklet.

80–85 is out of print, but on April 6, 2004, a remastered version of this album was released. It shares the same name as their 1981 debut How Could Hell Be Any Worse? and includes the same track listing as 80–85. Reissues of their post-1985 releases – Suffer, No Control, Against the Grain and Generator – were released on the same day as the 2004 remastered version of this album, as well as a DVD reissue of their live VHS Along the Way.

Release date

One of the most mysterious aspects of this compilation is its release date. Although the inlay on some says it was from 1991, this information may be confusing, like other early Bad Religion releases. Another reason why it could have been released before 1991 is because of its catalog number; 80-85 was released as Epitaph number 86407, while Against the Grain was released as Epitaph number 86409. For a while, Epitaph.com and the official Bad Religion website both claimed it was released on May 18, 1992, two months after the release of then-current album Generator (the current Bad Religion website claims it was released on November 12, 1991). Also, some software-based audio players and CD rippers that use CD lookup databases such as CDDB note 1989 as its release date. Finally, Allmusic claims it was released in 1990, while Punknews.org claims it was released in 1985 and Epitaph.com claims it was released in 1994, but there are no facts to support this.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"We're Only Gonna Die"	Graffin	2:12
2.	"Latch Key Kids"	Graffin	1:38
3.	"Part III"	Bentley	1:48
4.	"Faith in God"	Graffin	1:50
5.	"Fuck Armageddon... This Is Hell"	Graffin	2:48
6.	"Pitty"	Graffin	2:00
7.	"In the Night"	Gurewitz	3:25
8.	"Damned to Be Free"	Graffin	1:58
9.	"White Trash (2nd Generation)"	Gurewitz	2:21
10.	"American Dream"	Gurewitz	1:41
11.	"Eat Your Dog"	Graffin	1:04
12.	"Voice of God Is Government"	Bentley	2:54
13.	"Oligarchy"	Gurewitz	1:01
14.	"Doing Time"	Gurewitz	3:00
15.	"Bad Religion"	Gurewitz	1:49
16.	"Politics"	Graffin	1:21
17.	"Sensory Overload"	Gurewitz	1:31
18.	"Slaves"	Graffin	1:20
19.	"Drastic Actions"	Gurewitz	2:36
20.	"World War III"	Graffin	0:54
21.	"Yesterday"	Graffin	2:39
22.	"Frogger"	Hetson	1:19
23.	"Bad Religion"	Gurewitz	2:10
24.	"Along The Way"	Graffin	1:36
25.	"New Leaf"	Graffin	2:53
26.	"Bad Religion"	Gurewitz	1:48
27.	"Slaves"	Graffin	1:07
28.	"Drastic Actions"	Gurewitz	2:31

Credits

• Greg Graffin – vocals (all tracks)
• Brett Gurewitz – guitars (tracks 1-20 and 26-28)
• Greg Hetson – guitars (tracks 3 and 21-25)
• Jay Bentley – bass (tracks 1-20 and 26-28)
• Tim Gallegos – bass (tracks 21-25)
• Pete Finestone – drums (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 13 and 21-25)
• Jay Ziskrout – drums (tracks 2, 5, 8-12, 14 to 20 and 26-28)

Track notes

• Tracks 1-14 are from How Could Hell Be Any Worse? (their first LP, 1981).
• Tracks 15-20 are from Bad Religion (first EP, 1981).
• Tracks 21-25 are from Back to the Known (second EP, 1985).
• Tracks 26-28 are from Public Service (VA compilation album, 1981). These are different recordings of three songs from Bad Religion.

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Robert Christgau review