|
Stranger Than Fiction | 
| Artist: Bad Religion
Label: Columbia
Category: Music
List Price: £8.99
Buy New: £6.37
You Save: £2.62 (29%)
New (26) Used (12) Collectible (2) from £2.75
Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 40524
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5099747734328
ASIN: B000024EOH
Release Date: January 25, 1999
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
|
| Tracks:
| • | Incomplete | | • | Leave Mine To Me | | • | Stranger Than Fiction | | • | Tiny Voices | | • | Handshake | | • | Better Off Dead | | • | Infected | | • | Television | | • | Individual | | • | Hooray For Me | | • | Slumber | | • | Marked | | • | Inner Logic | | • | What Is It | | • | 21st Century (Digital Boy) |
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
SLUMBER WILL COME SOON January 12, 2008
stranger than fiction has got everything you expect from a bad religion album...and more.packed with classic tracks to sing along to HOT TRACKS . tiny voices .stranger than fiction . individuals .
Arguably the finest October 17, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This album was the first Bad Religion CD I bought, and it remains perhaps my favourite to this day. It certainly contains several excellent songs, most notably 'Tiny Voices', 'Better Off Dead', 'Marked', 'Inner Logic' and the best version of 'Digital Boy', not to mention the deftly written title track.
I find 'Stranger Than Fiction' represents a middle ground between the saw-edged and caustic approach of 'Recipe For Hate' and 'Generator' on one hand, and the less angry but more mature musicianship of 'The Grey Race' and 'No Substance' on the other. This album is the point of balance between the two, and is all the better for it, incorporating the strengths of both of the aforementioned varieties of BR.
Accessible to newcomers and an enduring bastion of quality for established fans, 'Stranger Than Fiction' is one of the high points of Bad Religion's career, in this reviewer's opinion.
BR proves that they didn't sell out June 7, 2004
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Bad Religion may have signed to a major label, but they certainly didn't sell out. This album proves it, with some of the catchiest tunes and most intelligent lyrics they ever wrote. The European CD also has 17 tracks while the US CD has 15, so that's an added bonus.1. Incomplete 8/10 - Cool lyrics but the chorus irritates me a bit ("Incomplete, incomplete, incomplete, incomplete...")
2. Leave Mine to Me 8/10 - Again, great lyrics but not very good musically.
3. Stranger Than Ficition 10/10 - One of the best on the CD, very catchy and with great lyrics containing literary references!
4. Tiny Voices 6/10 - My least favourite on the CD although lots of fans seem to love it. Pretty good lyrics.
5. The Handshake 10/10 - Best track on the CD, cool lyrics and a surprisingly uplifting bit at the end ("Fend for yourself...")
6. Better Off Dead 10/10 - One of the most moving songs BR ever wrote. Can be viewed as a love song, or a song about God. I prefer the latter.
7. Infected 9/10 - This is the BR song that everyone seems to know, the chorus is catchy but the bad grammar in the chorus bothers me :P
8. Television 10/10 - Most underrated song ever! This song rocks especially with Tim Armstrong doing the vocals.
9. Individual 9/10 - Some more great lyrics and a semi-catchy chorus thing. I totally agree with the message of this song.
10. Hooray For Me... 10/10 - I heard the band hate this song! I don't know why, it's catchy, and it's one of BR's rare autobiographical songs. Hooray for me...!
11. Slumber 10/10 - Another very underrated song, the lyrics fascinate me and it's got a cool solo.
12. Marked 10/10 - I love Pennywise so it's cool to have Jim on the track, even though you can't really hear him. Catchy chorus.
13. Inner Logic 10/10 - Best lyrics BR ever wrote (better than "1000 More Fools". This is a great song and is slightly different musically from the rest.
14. What It Is 8/10 - Like the earlier tracks, this song has great lyrics but it's nothing special musically.
15. 21st Century (Digital Boy) 7/10 - Doesn't hold a candle to the Against the Grain version. Sounds like a crappy demo version compared to that.
16. News From the Front 8/10 - European bonus track about AIDS. Nice lyrics but the chorus irratates me (reminds me of "Incomplete")
17. Markovian Process 10/10 - Why didn't this get onto the US CD instead of "Tiny Voices" or the butchering of "21st Century..."? Overall, some weaker tracks but the good tracks make up for it. A kind of return to form after "Recipe For Hate" (although I do love that album). Peace :)
Another absolute classic from BR! January 31, 2004
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Well the title says it all NO?!
This was the second BR album I ever bought and I love it! there was a period of about 3-4 months were it was the only CD I would listen to (the consequence being now every word of every song of this album is now permiently engraved in my skull!). Some of the better then mind-blowing tracks are: "Stranger Than Fiction", "Incomplete", "Tiny Voices", "Better Off Dead", "Slumber" and "21st Century Digital Boy". I will also recomend buying the Albums "No Control", "The Process Of Belief" and "Suffer".
WOW!! May 6, 2003
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is truly a masterpiece, it's the most popular bad religion album to date, and that includes the blistering 'Process Of Belief', and now we all know why, because of amazing songs such as 'Incomplete', 'Inner Logic', and my favourite, 'Infected' that's why, this is clearly BR at their peak of success, i hope that success comes again! They deserve it
|
|
|
|
| |
