Bad Religion – «Сұрапыл Жас» альбомы туралы

The Gray Race was released on February 27, 1996, and peaked at #56 on the Billboard 200 album chart. It spawned the moderately successful single "A Walk" in the United States. In Europe, the album also reached the German charts at #6 as well as earn the group a gold record for sales in Scandinavia. Then former and now current guitarist Brett Gurewitz disliked the album, however, and commented that it was "BR's worst selling record to date" and described it as "uninspired." He has since taken that back. Author Dave Thompson, in his book Alternative Rock (2000), wrote that Baker "not only brings new blood to the band, but also some superior guitar work. Gritty classics, tougher than recent offerings, dance on an edge not visited since the days of Generator." Bad Religion
Greg Graffin – lead vocals, backing vocals
Greg Hetson – guitar
Brian Baker – guitar, backing vocals
Jay Bentley – bass, backing vocals
Bobby Schayer – drums, backing vocals
Technical
Ric Ocasek – production
Bad Religion – production
Bruce Calder – engineer
Andy Salas – assistant engineer
George Marino – mastering
Frank Gargiulo – art direction, design
STAIN – design
Ryan J. McGuiness – design assistance
Richard Burbridge – photography (portraits)
Frank Ockenfels 3 – photography (band)

Due to Gurewitz's departure a year before the album was recorded, all tracks for this album were written by Greg Graffin, though guitarist Brian Baker co wrote 4 out of 15 of the songs. The track "Cease" was later re recorded for Greg Graffin's 1997 solo album, American Lesion, this time as a piano and vocal arrangement. This version was played by Graffin on their 2006 DVD Live at the Palladium. The album liner contains ten portraits of faces in black and white. Different versions exist, with different pictures as the front cover. The album would earn Bad Religion a gold record for sales in Scandinavia and reach # 6 on the German charts for the single "Punk Rock Song". The songs "Them and Us" and "Ten in 2010" were featured in the 1999 game Crazy Taxi. The album was re released by Epitaph Records on September 15, 2008.