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The Gray Race From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Gray Race by ReleasedFebruary 27, 1996RecordedOctober–November 1995Studio, New York CityLength38:04 chronology
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The Gray Race is the ninth full-length album of the  band , which was released in 1996. It was the follow-up to the band's highly successful 1994 album .

This was the band's first album not recorded with original guitarist  (since the 1985 EP ) and is their first release with , who replaced him during the  tour.

Some songs on the album are considered fan favorites, such as, "Them And Us", "A Walk", "Punk Rock Song", "Spirit Shine", Ten in 2010", "Come Join Us", and "Cease".

Although not as successful as Stranger Than Fiction, The Gray Race achieved modest success when  ran a commercial for the album during its release. The album was re-released by  on September 15, 2008.

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After the 10-month Stranger Than Fiction tour, frontman Graffin soon began writing songs for Stranger Than Fiction's follow-up. The band recorded it at , New York City with producer  (of ,  and  fame). The recording lasted throughout much of October and November 1995.

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The Gray Race was released on February 27, 1996 and peaked at #56 on the  album chart. It spawned the moderately successful single "A Walk" in the United States. In Europe, the album also reached the German charts at #6 as well as earn the group a gold record for sales in Scandinavia. Then-former and now current guitarist  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. 

Track listing[] No.TitleWriter(s)Length1."The Gray Race"Graffin, 2:062."Them and Us"Graffin2:503.""Graffin2:144."Parallel"Graffin3:195.""Graffin2:276."Empty Causes"Graffin2:517."Nobody Listens"Graffin, Baker1:578."Pity the Dead"Graffin2:569."Spirit Shine"Graffin, Baker2:1110."The Streets of America"Graffin, Baker3:4811."Ten in 2010"Graffin2:2212."Victory"Graffin2:3613."Drunk Sincerity"Graffin2:1314."Come Join Us"Graffin2:0315."Cease"Graffin2:35Europe bonus trackNo.TitleWriter(s)Length16." (German version)"Graffin2:27Japanese bonus trackNo.TitleLength16."The Universal Cynic"2:1817."The Dodo"2:12 Personnel[]  – lead vocals  – guitar  – guitar, backing vocals  – bass, backing vocals  – drums, percussion  – production George Marino – mastering Bruce Calder – engineer Frank Gargiulo – art direction, design Notes/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  co-wrote 4 out of 15 of the songs. The track "Cease" was later re-recorded for Greg Graffin's 1997 solo album, , this time as a piano and vocal arrangement. This version was played by Graffin on their 2006 DVD . 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 game .