Album · Bad Religion
The Gray Race by Bad Religion
The Gray Race is an album by Bad Religion, released in 1996. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 5 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “A Walk”, on 4 lists with a best position of #67.
The Gray Race, Bad Religion's ninth full-length, came out on Atlantic on February 27, 1996, and it's the band's first album without Brett Gurewitz since the 1985 EP Back to the Known; he had walked away to run Epitaph full time. Brian Baker, who took his place on the Stranger Than Fiction tour, joins Greg Hetson on guitar, with Greg Graffin singing, Jay Bentley on bass and Bobby Schayer on drums. Ric Ocasek sat in the producer's chair.
The formula holds: brainy, breakneck punk with those stacked three-part harmonies, and Graffin taking on religion, politics and society at full sprint. "A Walk" and "Punk Rock Song" became fan favorites, alongside "Them and Us", "Ten in 2010" and "Cease". It didn't match Stranger Than Fiction, but an MTV ad spot helped it find a modest audience, and Epitaph reissued it in 2008.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from The Gray Race on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Walk | 4 | #67 | – | 1996–2002 | |
| 2 | Punk Rock Song | 1 | #63 | – | 1996 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.