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See True Stories for the book by Chuck Palahniuk.
For the film, see Stranger Than Fiction (film)

Stranger Than Fiction (1994) was Bad Religion's last album with Brett Gurewitz (until their reunion on The Process of Belief), and the first on the Atlantic Records. It found the band retreating from the experimentation of Generator and Recipe For Hate and producing a fast and harmonic punk record, perhaps in response to allegations of the band selling out when they signed with Atlantic Records. Songs like "Stranger Than Fiction," and "Incomplete" became instant fan favorites, and the band scored hits with "Infected" and "21st Century (Digital Boy).

The album was certified gold by the RIAA on March 4, 1998.RIAA Certification

Track listing


  1. "Incomplete"
  2. "Leave Mine To Me"
  3. "Stranger Than Fiction"
  4. "Tiny Voices"
  5. "The Handshake"
  6. "Better Off Dead"
  7. "Infected"
  8. "Television"
  9. "Individual"
  10. "Hooray For Me..."
  11. "Slumber"
  12. "Marked"
  13. "Inner Logic"
  14. "What It Is"
  15. "21st Century (Digital Boy)"
  16. "News From The Front" (Europe and Japan bonus track)
  17. "Markovian Process" (Europe and Japan bonus track)
  18. "Leaders and Followers" (Japan only bonus track)

Personnel


Notes


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Trivia


  • All the songs were written by Graffin and Gurewitz, except News From The Front, which was cowritten by Jay Bentley.
  • The song "21st Century (Digital Boy)" was already released in 1990 on the album Against the Grain; Sony wanted them to release it again because they couldn't "hear a single" on Stranger Than Fiction.
  • The Japan only bonus track "Leaders and Followers" was on the movie Clerks.
  • Track No. 13, "Inner Logic" was included on the soundtrack for the video game "Crazy Taxi"

Charts


Album - Billboard (North America)
Year Chart Position
1994 The Billboard 200 87

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1994 "21st Century (Digital Boy)" Modern Rock Tracks 11
1994 "Stranger Than Fiction" Modern Rock Tracks 28
1995 "Infected" Mainstream Rock Tracks 33
1995 "Infected" Modern Rock Tracks 27

External links


Bad Religion albums | 1994 albums | Atlantic Records albums

Stranger Than Fiction | Stranger Than Fiction

 

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