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The Gray Race was released on February 27, 1996, and peaked at No. 56 on the Billboard 200 album chart. It spawned the moderately successful single "A Walk" in the United States. In Europe, the album also reached the German charts at No. 6 as well as earn the group a gold record for sales in Scandinavia. Then-former and now current guitarist Brett Gurewitz disliked the album, however, and commented that it was "BR's worst-selling record to date" and described it as "uninspired." He has since taken that back.

Author Dave Thompson, in his book Alternative Rock (2000), wrote that Baker "not only brings new blood to the band, but also some superior guitar work. Gritty classics, tougher than recent offerings, dance on an edge not visited since the days of Generator."

;Bad Religion

  • Greg Graffin&nbsp;– lead vocals, backing vocals
  • Greg Hetson&nbsp;– guitar
  • Brian Baker&nbsp;– guitar, backing vocals
  • Jay Bentley&nbsp;– bass, backing vocals
  • Bobby Schayer&nbsp;– drums, backing vocals

;Technical

  • Ric Ocasek&nbsp;– production
  • Bad Religion&nbsp;– production
  • Bruce Calder&nbsp;– engineer
  • Andy Salas&nbsp;– assistant engineer
  • George Marino&nbsp;– mastering
  • Frank Gargiulo&nbsp;– art direction, design
  • STAIN&nbsp;– design
  • Ryan J. McGuiness&nbsp;– design assistance
  • Richard Burbridge&nbsp;– photography (portraits)
  • Frank Ockenfels 3&nbsp;– photography (band)

Notes and trivia

  • Due to Gurewitz's departure a year before the album was recorded, all tracks for this album were written by Greg Graffin, though guitarist Brian Baker co-wrote 4 out of 15 of the songs.
  • The track "Cease" was later re-recorded for Greg Graffin's 1997 solo album, American Lesion, this time as a piano and vocal arrangement. This version was played by Graffin on their 2006 DVD Live at the Palladium.
  • The album liner contains ten portraits of faces in black and white. Different versions exist, with different pictures as the front cover.
  • The album would earn Bad Religion a gold record for sales in Scandinavia and reach # 6 on the German charts for the single "Punk Rock Song".
  • The songs "Them and Us" and "Ten in 2010" were featured in the 1999 game Crazy Taxi.
  • The album was re-released by Epitaph Records on September 15, 2008.

Charts

Weekly charts

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Year-end charts

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Certifications

References

Citations

Sources

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  • The Gray Race at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)