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Bad Religion - The Process of Belief Audio CD

A fair review of the Bad Religion "The Process of Belief" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Bad Religion reviews here, or go back to the Bad Religion tabs.

Bad Religion Band: Bad Religion
Title: The Process of Belief
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Release Date: 2002-01-22
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Supersonic 2: Prove It 3: Can't Stop It 4: Broken 5: Destined for Nothing 6: Materialist 7: Kyoto Now! 8: Sorrow 9: Epiphany 10: Evangeline 11: The Defense 12: The Lie 13: You Don't Belong 14: Bored and Extremely Dangerous

Stay strong
I totally love the way it starts out, with Supersonic, Prove It, and Can't Stop It, which was the first I heard from the album and it reminded me much of 70s and 80s underground hardcore punk. So Brett is back in the band and they finally get to exploit their traditional solid hard rocking material on a great inspirational album. Not much of a fan of Broken, but it's okay to have some slow and sad tunes every now and then. Destined For Nothing, Materialist, and Kyoto Now! are also ones to blow your mind, but I absolutely HATE Sorrow. Then it sort of dies down, but is still decent on "side B," if this were to be released on cassette tape, which is mostly what I grew up listening to. But please please please, I wish they could just get rid of Sorrow forever, or at least never play it on stage again. Rule of thumb, if it's a song that a preppy redneck girl can sing along to, then I'm going to hate it. That is NOT Bad Religion, it is a bland, cheesy, corporate and commercial pop song, like a Bush tribute to Creed. I'm serious, if I ever hear you guys play that song live again, I am going to jump up on stage and punch Greg and Brett in the balls. Anything but that.


Awesome CD
I got it for the song "Supersonic" and I love lot of the music on it. I just got this CD today and already listened to all the songs. The band reminds me of The Offspring somewhat. If you like the sound of the preview clips, you'll probably love the CD.


Not the best but great
Sorrow is one of my favorite Bad Religion songs, I really like Can't stop It and Bored And Extremely Dangerous as well. I Like Suffer and No Control much better than this cd but its great. .


forget return to form
oddly enough everyone seems to talk about how repetition in excess is bothersome and annoying in BR albums yet Suffer, No Control, and Against The Grain are immune to such criticism. there's something sad about wanting bands to play the way they used to. Energy somehow is directly proportionate to tempo and pop influence (a consistency for Bad Religion) is looked down on for the most part as a form of conformity. Then you have every mother's son wanting the band to "rot in obscurity" (as Simon Pegg would put it) as if signing to a major label is a betrayal to. . . who? Odds are not one of the band members knows you as a personal friend and thus are not concerned with what you feel. While they did leave Alantic for their Epitaph home, and Brett is back, there is no "returning to form. "
All that being said, this album is so solid compared to the mind numbing sameness of early Bad Religion records (which I happen to like anyway) and is energetic from end to end. (and by energetic, I mean you can feel that they have put themselves into every part of this album and are excited about every song). Greg hasn't lost his lyrical ability, and the three guitar/two guitar attack coupled with exceptional vocal harmonies are the perfect support for Greg's vocals.
And now that I've pontificated like so many other BR fans, you decide. I'm sure you will find it to be one of the best albums in your collection. It remains my favorite Bad Religion album to date. .


Comeback or not, The Process of Belief is an Instant Classic
Bad Religion does just that! This is THE BEST Bad Religion album ever recorded, and that's saying something. Its rare that a band considered by many to be releasing a comeback album ends up recording the BEST album of their career.

Gurewitz makes his presence felt in his triumphant return to Bad Religion. This album has his staple guitar licks all over it. However, what often gets overlooked is the fact that BR acquired a new drummer after Bobby McShay left the band one year prior to the recording of this album. The new drummer (whose name escapes me at the moment) IS PHENOMENAL and provides a major upgrade whether you realize it or not. He, along with Gurewitz, are the driving forces behind this powerful punk rock. As always, lead singer Greg Graffin is dazzling, stringing together the most intelligent multi-syllabic lyrics in rock. He remains among the most distinctive and inspiring voices in music today.

My only gripe is the band's semi-bothersome habit of opening an album with 2 or 3 very short, frenetic, pointless tracks that seem to serve no purpose other than to announce "LOOK AT US, WE STILL PLAY REALLY FAST!!", but once things settle down a bit Bad Religion shines brightly.

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