Bad Religion - How Could Hell Be Any Worse?

Original Release Date

1982

Release Information

US LP 1982 (Epitaph - EPI-BRLP1)
UK LP 1985 (Epitaph - EPI-BRLP1)
US CD 2004 (Epitaph - 86700-2)
Netherlands CD 2004 (Epitaph Europe - 6700-2). For release throughout Europe

How Could Hell Be Any Worse? (1982)
1 We're Only Gonna Die 2:13
2 Latch Key Kids 1:38
3 Part III 1:49
4 Faith In God 1:51
5 Fuck Armageddon... This Is Hell 2:49
6 Pity 2:01
7 In The Night 3:25
8 Damned To Be Free 2:21
9 White Trash (Second Generation) 1:58
10 American Dream 1:42
11 Eat Your Dog 1:05
12 Voice Of God Is Government 2:54
13 Oligarchy 1:01
14 Doin' Time 3:01

CD Bonus Tracks:
1st EP (1981)
15 Bad Religion 1:50
16 Politics 1:22
17 Sensory Overload 1:31
18 Slaves 1:20
19 Drastic Actions 2:36
20 World War III 0:55
Back To The Known (1984)
21 Yesterday 2:39
22 Frogger 1:20
23 Bad Religion 2:11
24 Along The Way 1:36
25 New Leaf 2:53
Public Service Comp (1981)
26 Bad Religion 1:47
27 Slaves 1:07
28 Drastic Actions 2:32

Chart Placings

None

Credits

LP (Insert):

All songs produced and arranged by Bad Religion
Engineered by Jim Mankey at Trak Record, Hollywood, USA
Mastered at Gold Star, Hollywood, USA

The band is...
Brett - guitar, backing vocals
Greg Graffin - vocals, piano
Jay Bentley - bass guitar
Pete Finestone - drums and Timpany; except tracks played by Jay Ziskrout (2, 5, 8-12, 14)

Thanks to Jonette, and Greg Hetson guitar on Part III

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CD:

Tracks 1-14 The band is:
Brett - guitars, backing vocals
Greg Graffin - vocals, piano
Jay Bentley - bass guitar
Pete Finestone - drums and Timpany on all tracks except 2, 5, 8, 9-14
Jay Ziskrout - drums on 2, 5, 8-12, 14
All songs produced and arranged by Bad Religion
Engineered by Jim Mankey at Trak Record, Hollywood, USA
Mastered at Gold Star, Hollywood, USA

Tracks 15-20 The band is:
Jay Bentley- bass
Brett guitar
Jay Ziskrout - drums
Greg Graffin - vocals
Produced by Bad Religion and Big Dick. Mastered at Gold Star Studios, Hollywood, by Stan Ross. Photos by Gary Leonard

Tracks 21-25 The band is:
Greg Graffin - lead & backing vocals, acoustic guitar on New Leaf
Tim Gallegos - bass
Greg Hetson - guitars
Pete Finestone - drums
Produced by Brett Gurewitz & Greg Graffin. Engineered by Brett Gurewitz. recorded & Mixed at Pacific Studios, LA, CA.

Additional Credits

CD Bonus songs from:
15-20: Bad Religion EP, 1981
21-25: Back To The Known EP, 1985
26-28: Public Service compilation, 1981

Reviews & Opinions

IRA ROBBINS/JACK RABID, THE TROUSER PRESS RECORD GUIDE, 1991: On their first album, this Southern California hardcore quartet adds such unexpected attributes as piano, dynamics and university-level lyrics to an otherwise traditional sore-throat- vocals/maximum-overioad-guitar sound. The well-recorded LP meets the minimum daily requirement of loud and fast rock without sacrificing basic human intelligence in the process.

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US LP 1982 (Epitaph - EPI-BRLP1). Click here for more

UK LP 1985 (Epitaph - EPI-BRLP1). Click here for more

US CD 2004 (Epitaph - 86700-2)

Netherlands CD 2004 (Epitaph Europe - 6700-2). Click here for more