True North is the sixteenth studio album of American punk rock band Bad Religion , released January 22, 2013. After completing a tour in support of the previous album (2010), Bad Religion began writing new material for the album, which was scheduled to be released in 2012. During the 2011 tour, frontman Greg Graffin noted that the group will release another album and all that caused speculation regarding the band’s breakup, although this did not happen [1] . The album lasted from July-August 2012 at Joe's House of Compression, a studio owned by album producer Joe Barresi.
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| Studio album Bad Religion | ||||
| Date of issue | January 22, 2013 | |||
| Recorded by | July - August 2012 | |||
| Genre | punk rock | |||
| Duration | 35:16 | |||
| Producers | Brett Gurevich , Joe Barres | |||
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| Label | Epitaph | |||
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True North received encouraging reviews, and took 19th place on the Billboard 200 , becoming the first Bad Religion album to hit the Top 20, which is their highest position in their career [2] . This is the last album featuring Getson and Wackerman after they left the group in April 2013 and October 2015, respectively.
Release
On January 15, 2013, the band posted the album on their YouTube page. True North singles are Fuck You and True North. A radio release later took place on January 29, 2013 [3] .
Reviews
| Professional Reviews | |
|---|---|
| Cumulative Grades | |
| A source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 75/100 [4] |
| Viewer ratings | |
| A source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [five] |
| Alternative press | [6] |
| The av club | B + [7] |
| Bbc music | [eight] |
| Consequence of sound | [9] |
| Loudwire | [ten] |
| Metal ireland | [eleven] |
| Mojo | |
| Popmatters | [12] |
Commercial Success
18,295 copies of True North were sold in the United States in the first week, and by the end of January 2013, he was 19th on the Billboard 200 , taking the highest position in 34 years of his career [13] .
List of Songs
| No. | Title | Author | Duration | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| one. | "True North" | Graffin | 1:56 | ||||||
| 2. | "Past Is Dead" | Graffin | 2:39 | ||||||
| 3. | Robin Hood in Reverse | Gurevich | 2:53 | ||||||
| four. | "Land of Endless Greed" | Graffin | 1:53 | ||||||
| five. | "Fuck you" | Graffin | 2:14 | ||||||
| 6. | "Dharma and the Bomb" | Gurevich | 2 a.m. | ||||||
| 7. | Hello Cruel World | Gurevich | 3:50 | ||||||
| eight. | "Vanity" | Gurevich | 1:01 | ||||||
| 9. | "In Their Hearts is Right" | Graffin | 1:59 | ||||||
| ten. | Crisis Time | Graffin | 2:39 | ||||||
| eleven. | "Dept. of False Hope » | Gurevich | 2:40 | ||||||
| 12. | "Nothing to Dismay" | Graffin | 2:07 | ||||||
| 13. | "Popular Consensus" | Graffin | 1:53 | ||||||
| 14. | "My Head Is Full of Ghosts" | Gurevich | 1:46 | ||||||
| 15. | "The Island" | Graffin | 1:28 | ||||||
| sixteen. | "Changing Tide" | Graffin | 2:18 | ||||||
| 35:16 | |||||||||
Record Members
- Greg Graffin - vocals
- Brett Gurevich - guitar, backing vocals, vocals in "Dharma and the Bomb"
- Brian Baker - Guitar
- Greg Getson - Guitar
- Jay Bentley - bass, backing vocals
- Brooks Wackerman - Drums
- Joe Barresi - producer
Notes
- ↑ Bad Religion's 'True North' Q&A: 'We're Still Creating Our Legacy' . Billboard (January 14, 2013). Date of treatment January 15, 2013.
- ↑ Bad Religion - Chart history | Billboard www.billboard.com. Date of treatment October 7, 2018.
- ↑ AllAccess.com Alternative eWeekly unopened . AllAccess (January 22, 2013). Date of treatment July 3, 2016.
- ↑ True North by Bad Religion . Date of treatment October 7, 2018.
- ↑ True North - Bad Religion | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic . AllMusic. Date of treatment October 7, 2018.
- ↑ True North by Bad Religion . Date of treatment October 7, 2018.
- ↑ Heller, Jason . Bad Religion: True North (English) , Music . Date of treatment October 7, 2018.
- ↑ Ian Winwood. BBC - Music - Review of Bad Religion - True North . Date of treatment October 7, 2018.
- ↑ Album Review: Bad Religion - True North (English) , Consequence of Sound (January 25, 2013). Date of treatment October 7, 2018.
- ↑ Bad Religion, 'True North' - Album Review . Loudwire Date of treatment October 7, 2018.
- ↑ MetalIreland.Com . Metalireland.com - »Bad Religion | 'True North' . Archived on October 9, 2016. Date of treatment October 7, 2018.
- ↑ Bad Religion: True North (English) , PopMatters (23 January 2013). Date of treatment October 7, 2018.
- ↑ Bad Religion Chart Career High . Drew Beringer (January 30, 2013). Date of treatment January 31, 2013.
Links
- True North on YouTube