'The Process of Belief' is the twelfth studio album released by the American punk rock band that is Bad Religion. The album was released in 2002 and saw the band return to the Epitaph record label for the first time in nine years. Four albums were released during the bands time away from the ... Read review
First, original guitarist Brett Gurewitz has rejoined the ranks, bringing with him the taut song writing skills that made Bad Religion hardcore pioneers in the m...
aspects. First, original guitarist Brett Gurewitz has rejoined the ranks, bringing with him the taut song writing skills that made Bad Religion hardcore pioneers in the ...
aspects. First, original guitarist Brett Gurewitz has rejoined the ranks, bringing with him the taut song writing skills that made Bad Religion hardcore pioneers in the mid-80s. Secondly, the band has returned to Gurewitz's extremely successful indie imprint Epitaph after years on a major. The result is an album that captures the clean joy and vigour of melodic hardcore without sacrificing its moral core. Songs like "Supersonic" and "Prove It" are fast, catchy and irresistible, prime ADD punk that's over before you know it. But it's the likes of "Materialist" and "Kyoto Now" that find Bad Religion at their best. "You might not think that there's any wisdom in a fucked up punk rock song," sings Greg Gaffin at one point, but his rants against global pollution, ambition and family politics prove otherwise. There are a few surprises too: "Broken" is almost an acoustic chart anthem while "Bored and Extremely Dangerous" could be Sebadoh with a rocket directed towards Lou Barlow's posterior. In all, The Process of Belief is confirmation that you don't need big shorts and a low IQ to make a prime grade punk rock album. --Ian Watson
First, original guitarist Brett Gurewitz has rejoined the ranks, bringing with him the taut song writing skills that made Bad Religion hardcore pioneers in the mid-80s. Secondly, the band has returned to Gurewitz's extremely successful indie imprint Epitaph after years on a major. The result is an album that captures the clean joy and vigour of melodic hardcore without sacrificing its moral core.Songs like "Supersonic" and "Prove It" are fast, catchy and irresistible, prime ADD punk that's over before you know it. But it's the likes of "Materialist" and "Kyoto Now" that find Bad Religion at their best. "You might not think that there's any wisdom in a fucked up punk rock song," sings Greg Gaffin at one point, but his rants against global pollution, ambition and family politics prove otherwise. There are a few surprises too: "Broken" is almost an acoustic chart anthem while "Bored and Extremely Dangerous" could be Sebadoh with a rocket directed towards Lou Barlow's posterior. In all,The Process of Beliefis confirmation that you don't need big shorts and a low IQ to make a prime grade punk rock album.--Ian Watson
A review by RazzaLazza on Process Of Belief, The - Bad Religion July 13th, 2008
Author's product rating:
Originality
Average
Lyrics
Thought-provoking
Quality and consistency of tracks
A couple of weak links
How does it compare to the artist's other releases
Good
Value for Money
Good
Advantages:
A strong album packed full of melodic punk rock anthems .
Disadvantages:
Not as hard hitting as some of the bands albums .
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
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'The Process of Belief' is the twelfth studio album released by the American punk rock band that is Bad Religion. The album was released in 2002 and saw the band return to the Epitaph record label for the first time in nine years. Four albums were released during the bands time away from the Epitaph label (all of which were released through major label Atlantic), 'The Process of Belief' was the first Bad Religion album released on Epitaph since the release of 'Recipe for Hate' in 1993. The album consists of fourteen tracks and provides for 37 minutes of listening enjoyment.
'Supersonic' provides this 'The Process of Belief' album with an absolutely excellent opening anthem, it's an incredibly well put across piece of music and an exquisitely fine way to begin this album release. Never does the music disappoint here, throughout the entire progression of the album the music is always greatly impressive and never does the sound created here fail to impress. This is an excellent punk rock album, not the most hard hitting that the band has ever released but given that this was the bands twelfth studio album it's only natural that some of the sting was taken out of the bands tail by this late stage in the game.
'Sorrow' is the most powerful piece of music from this album I feel, it's placed at the albums centre and every time I hear this track I can't help but smile. The music is moving, the chorus is incredible, and always the sound created here is incredibly well put across by the band. It's quite a melodic offering consisting of a fantastic rhythm also; the track is a beautiful creation of music and all six members of the band do incredibly well here in putting the fine sound of 'Sorrow' across.
'Broken' is another incredible track from this album, far more instrumentally hard hitting than 'Sorrow' and once more the vocal approach taken here is hugely effective. 'Broken' is a definite favourite of mine from this album, it took me a while to really appreciate much of this album but 'Broken' was one of the few tracks that I loved right from the very first time that I heard it. 'Broken' and 'Sorrow' are equally excellent in their approach, these two tracks do I feel progress the strongest of all those present on this 'The Process of Belief' album.
'Destined For Nothing' and closing track 'Bored And Extremely Dangerous' are two further favourites of mine from this album; both are exquisite offerings of punk rock and with each of these tracks the music of Bad Religion really is very well put across by the band. The choruses really hit hard as you listen to the music, these truly are two incredibly fine offerings of punk rock and this whole 'The Process of Belief' does in fact have much to offer at all times. Never is there a dull moment here, always Bad Religion shows itself to be exceptional as a band and at all stages of this albums progression the music is instrumentally and vocally also incredibly well put across.
This is not the ultimate in Bad Religion listening experiences, it is however still a strong album from the band and after 22 years together as a band and having released twelve studio albums in this time; Bad Religion showed here that the fine tunes are still flowing and the punk rock spirit of the band still very much lives on and stands strong. This was the second Bad Religion album of the new millennium, a fine return to the Epitaph record label for the band and with an album that I personally would highly recommend listening to.
Advantages: Awesome recording with perfect blend of songs and flawless result Disadvantages: Couple of tracks that are difficult to get used to
...and the highly recommended live album Tested). Devoting their lives to punk-rock, the BadReligion team have managed to pull together stunning vocals from lead singer Greg Graffin, combined with harmonised backing vocals (highly evident in The Empire Strikes First) and an original approach to punk rock (the intervention of guitar performances or 'solos' proves that punk-rock doesn't just consist of power chords and similar riffs that everyone has heard before).
The Empire Strikes First precedes the latest BadReligion album, The Process Of Belief. BadReligion took a step in the direction of harmonising and produced an album that really tested the extent of their vocal and all round instrumental talent. They pulled off something that was out of this world, very easy on the ears (less power chords, more guitar solos and more songs about love...
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Album Notes: Bad Religion: Greg Graffin (vocals); Brett Gurewitz (guitar, background vocals); Brian Baker, Greg Hetson (guitar); Jay Bentley (bass, background vocals); Brooks Wackerman (drums). Producers: Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz. Recorded at Sound City and West Beach, Los Angeles, California. Bad Religion has been the iron man of Southern California hardcore punk for more than two decades. The core of the group, founded in the San Fernando Valley in 1980 by teenagers Brett Gurewitz (guitarist), Greg Graffin (vocalist) and Jay Bentley (bassist), are reunited on their twelfth album, THE PROCESS OF BELIEF. Gurewitz rejoined the band for a second time in 2001 to record 14 blasts of melodic punk that take off with the hyperdrive rocker "Supersonic," in which Graffin yearns to live "decently, meaningfully" over double-time drums and buzzing guitars. The album is a return to form for the group, mixing pop-inflected hard rock songs about alienated, throwaway teens ("Broken") with intricately worded, mile-a-minute rants like "Materialist," which slams dollar-chasers obsessed with "nonsense and incipient senescence." Its Graffin and Guerwitz's erudite songwriting that elevates their sometimes by-the-numbers punk over that of contemporaries 20 years their junior. Whether ranting about environmental issues ("Kyoto Now"), crooning over a punkabilly swing tune describing the fractured relationship between a father and son ("Sorrow"), or bemoaning the modern culture of surveillance in the straight-up pop/rocker "The Defense," Bad Religion remains the premier choice for punk rockers who love both Minor Threat and the "The New York Times."
Album Reviews: Rolling Stone (2/14/02, p.65) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...The best songs here compress provocative ideas about self-esteem, fate and personal responsability into brash, blistering, exceedingly tuneful polemics....instantly memorable..." Spin (3/02, pp.90-92) - "...hardcore riffing beneath polished vocal harmonies--augmented by keyboard flourishes, acoustic guitar, and even some tape-loopy wish-wash..." Entertainment Weekly (2/01/02, p.106) - "...Catchier melodies and more breathlessly clever wordplay than the band has managed in years..." - Rating: B Q (Jan/02, p.96) - 4 out of 5 stars - "...beating heart of Southern Californian punk rock....high speed melody, humanism and pessimism..." Alternative Press (3/02, p.71) - 8 out of 10 - "...It sounds more like Bad Religion than any Bad Religion record has in years....they're back where they belong."
Titles on disc 1
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.: Defense
12.: Lie
13.: You Don't Belong
14.: Bored And Extremely Dangerous
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