No Substance

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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. No songs of the album would turn into live staples with the exception of Raise Your Voice which is occasionally played live in Germany due to Campino's involvement in the recording of the song.

Album cover

The actress on the album cover is Kristen Johnston, most famous for her two-time Emmy Award-winning role as Sally Solomon in the television series 3rd Rock from the Sun.

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!" (ft. 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

Bonus B-Side Disc

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Universal Cynic"	2:18
2.	"Markovian Process"	1:30
3.	"News From The Front"	2:23
4.	"Leaders And Followers"	2:42
5.	"Dream Of Unity"	2:52
6.	"Tested"	3:04
7.	"The Answer" (Live)	3:11
8.	"The Dodo"	2:10
9.	"Follow The Leader"	4:28

Personnel

• Greg Graffin - lead vocals
• Greg Hetson - guitar
• Brian Baker - guitar, backing vocals
• Jay Bentley - bass guitar, backing vocals
• Bobby Schayer - drums, percussion
• 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

• "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, Campino sings alternating lines on "Raise Your Voice". On the CD version, he only provides backing vocals.

External links

• No Substance at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)