As Fat Mike put it, this was "the album to change everything". This ushered in the "modern" style of punk, which deeply influenced modern bands like [insert almost any punk band from the 90's SoCal scene].
The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 is the second official compilation album released by R.E.M. Issued in 2003, it includes tracks from their Warner Bros. Records era, from 1988's Green to 2001's Reveal, as well as two new recordings and two songs from movie sou
The exuberance of this release is kinda tuff ta' blow off. Contains the superior original version of "21st Century Digital Boy" plus 16 more crucial cuts. A barrage of melodic, hyper-overdrive.
Newly remastered, 1996's The Gray Race is Bad Religion's ninth full-length effort overall and follow-up to their highly successful 1994 album Stranger Than Fiction. Produced by The Cars' Ric Ocasek and the band's first record sans guitarist Brett Gurewit
On their 14th album New Maps of Hell, Bad Religion's view of the world is especially dark. There’s almost no light at the end of this tunnel. “Unrelenting night,” Greg Graffin calls the current state of the world in the album’s first single, “Dark Ages”.