There was not a lot going on at the shop today, so I decided to give the new Bad Religion album The Dissent of Man a critical listen, and let old, and new Bad Religion fans alike know what someone who has been listening to them for 15 years and hasn’t bought a new Bad Religion albums since the Grey Race. New Maps of Hell was all right, but, as you will soon figure, I pine for the earlier BR cuts.
The best songs on the album are Turn Your Back On Me, I Won’t Say Anything, and The Devil In Stitches. These songs are a few of the faster tunes, but they rely more on quality vocals and melodic choruses, rather than the great time changes, and incredible lyrics. That is not to say that the lyrics are lacking, but the old tunes had ideas and messages that may be some of the finest ever to come out of punk.
The album is nothing close to their classic albums such as Suffer, and No Control, but that doesn’t mean it is not worth a listen. This album is a good, more mellow listen, but Bad Religion puts together a good mix of up tempo songs so you don’t get bored. Speaking of boring that style that Bad Religion was living off of for about 8 years which appeared in songs like Sorrow, and Let Them Eat War is finally gone. I hated those songs, if you take anything away from this review know that the style of this album is completely different than anything they have released before.
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