SUFFER (ALBUM)

'''Suffer''' is the third full-length album (and fifth recording overall) by the American punk rock band Bad Religion, which was released on September 8, 1988^[1]. It was their first album featuring the original line-up since their previous break-up. It is also the band's first official studio album recorded with second guitarist Greg Hetson (although he contributed one track on ''How Could Hell Be Any Worse?'' and also played on the ''Back to the Known'' EP). Like their albums up to ''Generator'', ''Suffer'' was also remastered on April 6, 2004. As of August 2007, the original press release is now out of print.
Although ''Suffer'' was not charted in Billboard, it is considered by many to be one of the best punk albums of the 1980s, as well as its follow-up ''No Control''. The album was also named the best punk album of 1988 by many publications. A plethora of third-wave punk bands cite this album as a major inspiration. ''Suffer'' also remains one of the highest selling albums on Epitaph Records, along with NOFX's ''Punk in Drublic'', The Offspring's ''Smash'' and Rancid's ''...And Out Come the Wolves''.
In 2006, ''Suffer'' was ranked as the top punk album of 1988 on Sputnikmusic.^[2]

Contents

Track listing

Release History

Notes/Trivia

Personnel

Accolades

References

Track listing

#	Song	Length	Credits
01	"You Are (The Government)"	1:21	Greg Graffin
02	"1000 More Fools"	1:34	Brett Gurewitz
03	"How Much Is Enough?"	1:22	Brett Gurewitz
04	"When?"	1:38	Greg Graffin
05	"Give You Nothing"	2:00	Brett Gurewitz, Greg Graffin
06	"Land of Competition"	2:04	Greg Graffin
07	"Forbidden Beat"	1:56	Brett Gurewitz, Greg Graffin
08	"Best for You"	1:53	Greg Graffin
09	"Suffer"	1:47	Brett Gurewitz, Greg Graffin
10	"Delirium of Disorder"	1:38	Brett Gurewitz
11	"Part II (The Numbers Game)"	1:39	Brett Gurewitz
12	"What Can You Do?"	2:44	Greg Graffin
13	"Do What You Want"	1:05	Brett Gurewitz
14	"Part IV (The Index Fossil)"	2:02	Greg Graffin
15	"Pessimistic Lines"	1:07	Greg Graffin

Release History

Label	Release Date	Notes
Epitaph Records	November 1, 1988	On the CD version, the inside cover features an image of a groupshot of the band. On the vinyl version, the same image appears on the back cover. The inside cover also features the lyrics written on the wall of an empty room where Greg Hetson's SG is by the door. Also on the CD version, the back cover features the credits and the band members are listed next to the groupshot the band.
Epitaph Records	April 6, 2004	Remastered along with ''How Could Hell Be Any Worse?'', ''No Control'', ''Against the Grain'' and ''Generator''.

Notes/Trivia

★ The opening line of track 4, "When?", is "I've seen a lot of things in 5 years". Considering that this album was released in 1988, five years would make it the year 1983, which coincidently marked the release of their previous full-length studio album ''Into the Unknown''.

★ In a fan poll, "Do What You Want" was cited as one of the best Bad Religion songs of all time, along with "American Jesus" and "Along The Way."

★ Rancid's Tim Armstrong has said that "What Can You Do?", the album's only slow song, is his favorite Bad Religion track.

★ In 2001, NOFX released an EP called ''Surfer'', with the cover art a parody/tribute to the cover art for ''Suffer''.

★ In 2004 a remastered version was released.[1]

Personnel

★ Greg Graffin – vocals

★ Brett Gurewitz – guitar

★ Greg Hetson – guitar

★ Jay Bentley – bass guitar

★ Pete Finestone – drums

★ Donnell Cameron – engineer

★ Legendary Starbolt – engineer

★ Jerry Mahoney – artwork

Accolades

The information regarding accolades attributed to ''Suffer'' is adapted from AcclaimedMusic.net.^[3]

Publication	Country	Accolade	Year	Rank
''Soundi''	Finland	The 50 Best Albums of All Time + Top 10 by Decade	1995	35
''Rock Hard''	Germany	Top 300 Albums	2001	222

References

1. ''All Ages'' booklet.
2. Highest Rated Albums: 1988
3. List of Suffer Accolades