Bad Religion's
Recipe for Hate was released in
1993, one
year before the
revolutionary Stranger Than Fiction. It has all the makings of a musical
masterpiece (though at some times, the overuse of
guitar solos is
annoying), with the
powerful and
deep lyrics steering the whole
operation.
Inventive songs like "Recipe for Hate", "American Jesus", "All Good Soldiers", "Struck a Nerve", and "Don't Pray on Me" exemplify BR's ability to fit mass amounts of information and {political, social, religious} commentary in a short time. Greg Gaffin displays his sarcastic, brash (yet always harmonic) vocal stylings present on all of the Bad Religion albums.
Playing on this album were: Greg Gaffin (vocals), Jay Bently (bass), Mr. Brett (lead and rhythm guitar), Greg Hetson (lead and rhythm guitar), and Bobby Schayer (drums).
Track List:
- Recipe for Hate (Graffin) 2:02
- Kerosene (Gurewitz) 2:41
- American Jesus (Graffin, Gurewitz) 3:17
- Portrait of Authority (Graffin) 2:44
- Man With a Mission (Gurewitz) 3:11
- All Good Soldiers (Gurewitz) 3:07
- Watch it Die (Graffin) 2:34
- Struck a Nerve (Graffin) 3:47
- My Poor Friend Me (Graffin) 2:42
- Lookin' In (Graffin) 2:03
- Don't Pray on Me (Gurewitz) 2:42
- Modern Day Catastrophists (Graffin) 2:46
- Skyscraper (Gurewitz) 3:15
- Stealth (Gurewitz, Bently, Schayer) 0:41