Bad Religion Suffer CD

Bad Religion: Greg Graffin (vocals); Greg Hetson, Mr. Brett (guitar); Jay Bentley (bass); Pete Finestone (drums).
Recorded at Westbeach Recorders, Hollywood, California in April 1988.
In early 2004, Epitaph released remastered versions of four Bad Religion LPs, as well as a tour film dating from 1989. Suffer was always one of the band's strongest albums, marking the reunion of its original lineup, tighter playing, and the blazing erudition of cuts like "Land of Competition," "You Are (The Government)," and "What Can You Do?" The remastering process rights the faults of the original analog-to-digital transfer, amplifying the grit instead of applying unneeded 21st century gloss. The album also rings true aesthetically, especially in light of the factional muddle the punk and hardcore scenes find themselves in today. Suffer drives forward at a consistent, breakneck speed, the band's no-frills chording supporting Greg Graffin's still vital cautionary wordsmithing; it's not flashy, nor is it slick, but it gets the job done. ~ Johnny Loftus
Along with such releases as NO CONTROL and RECIPE FOR HATE, Bad Religion's 1988 release, SUFFER, is one of their finest. The band (which saw the original line-up reunite for the album's release) was improving and becoming more and more focused with each successive release, and SUFFER showed the band as one of the world's top thought-provoking punk outfits. Although many similar-sounding bands have taken Bad Religion's patented sound further chartwise, few have been able to truly top such Bad Religion classics as "You Are (the Government)," the title track, "Do What You Want," and "What Can You Do?".Alternative Press (3/02, p.96) - Included in AP's "Essential Punk Influences '02 Style" - "...Their definitive album....they'd never eclipse this fireball of creative energy."
Kerrang (Magazine) (p.52) - "[A] mix of everyman politics and humanitarian beliefs with combustible indignation that influenced everybody it touched in punk circles."