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Stranger than Fiction (Bad Religion album) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stranger than Fiction by ReleasedSeptember 6, 1994RecordedApril–May 1994StudioRumbo Recorders in , Length38:28, Bad Religion chronology
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Stranger than Fiction is the eighth full-length studio album (tenth release overall) by , released in 1994 (see ).

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Stranger Than Fiction was their first album released on the major label  (although that label re-released the previous album, ), and also its last release with guitarist , who left just prior to the album's 1994-1995 world tour, only to return to the band seven years later. On tour, Gurewitz was replaced by , who would stay with the band permanently.

With sales continuing 24 years after its release, Stranger Than Fiction is one of Bad Religion's most successful albums, featuring two of their well-known hit singles, "" and the re-recorded version of "", which both earned airplay on  and radio stations, such as . The album included one more hit single, "", though the last one, "", failed to make any national chart. The album also includes fan favorites, "Leave Mine To Me", "Tiny Voices", "The Handshake", and "Better Off Dead." As of today, Stranger Than Fiction remains the only Bad Religion record to obtain gold status in the  and . The album was re-released by  on September 15, 2008.

In 2009,  released a colored vinyl to coincide with this album's 15th anniversary.

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Stranger Than Fiction was released on September 6, 1994 and became the first Bad Religion album distributed via . On September 24 of that year, the album peaked at number 87 on the album chart, and on March 4, 1998, also became Bad Religion's first (and only) album to be certified gold in the .

's Jack Rabid (The Big Takeover) praised this album as a "rare case of selling out in reverse" and songs such as "Leave Mine to Me", "Individual", "Tiny Voices" and "Marked", calling them "all uptempo barnburners, pulverizing in their rapid passion". He also criticizes "'Infected' and 'Television'" as "the two least effective songs of their 15 years, the former a third-rate 'Sanity'", referring to the seventh track on 1989's .

In November 2011, Stranger Than Fiction was ranked number one on  magazine's top ten list of guitar albums of 1994, with 's  in second place and 's  in third place. placed Stranger Than Fiction at No. 9 on its "10 Best Hard Rock Albums of 1994" list. In July 2014, Stranger Than Fiction was featured on Guitar World magazine's "Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994" list.

Track listing[] No.TitleWriter(s)Length1."Incomplete"Gurewitz2:282."Leave Mine to Me"Graffin2:073.""Gurewitz2:204."Tiny Voices"Graffin2:365."The Handshake"Graffin2:506."Better Off Dead"Gurewitz2:397.""Gurewitz4:088."Television" (featuring )Gurewitz, 2:039."Individual"Graffin1:5810."Hooray for Me..."Gurewitz2:5011."Slumber"Graffin2:3912."Marked" (featuring )Gurewitz1:4813."Inner Logic"Graffin2:5814."What It Is"Graffin2:0815.""Gurewitz2:47European and Brazilian bonus tracksJapanese bonus tracks B-sides[] "Mediocrity" (Graffin) – 2:45 Personnel[]  – lead vocals  – guitar  – guitar, backing vocals  – bass guitar, backing vocals  – drums, percussion  of  – guest vocals on "Television"  of  – guest vocals on "Marked"  – production, mixing Norman Moore – art direction Collaborations[]  (of the ) plays lead guitar on opening track "Incomplete".  (of ,  and eventually ) contributed lead vocals on "Television", which 's  co-wrote with Brett Gurewitz.  (of ) contributing backing vocals on "Marked" In pop culture[] "21st Century (Digital Boy)" is a downloadable song for the  video game. "Infected" also appeared on the first . The Japan only bonus track "Leaders and Followers" was featured in the  . The song "Inner Logic" was included on the soundtrack for the video game .  chose "News From the Front" as the theme song of , main character of his manga . Progressive rock band  covered the song "Better Off Dead" with female vocals. Anathema's version is very slow and involves mostly piano. Early versions of the online game "Punk-O-Matic" used "Tiny Voices" as the opening song. New York melodic hardcore punk band After the Fall mentioned Stranger Than Fiction in their song "1994", which appears on their 2009 album Fort Orange.