''Recipe for Hate'' is the seventh studio album by American
punk rock band
Bad Religion
Bad Religion is an American punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1980. The band's lyrics cover topics related to religion, politics, society, the media and science. Musically, they are noted for their melodic sensibilitie ...
, released on June 4, 1993. It was their last album on
Epitaph Records
Epitaph Records is an American independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, most acts signed to the label were punk and pop punk acts, while there are many post-hardcore and emo bands ...
for nine years (until 2002's ''
The Process of Belief
''The Process of Belief'' is the twelfth studio album by the American punk rock band Bad Religion. It was produced by its leaders Greg Graffin and Brett Gurewitz, and was released on January 22, 2002, through Epitaph Records. After touring in sup ...
'') and the band had switched to
Atlantic Records
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, who re-released the album several months after its release.
While the album was reissued on a major label, ''Recipe for Hate'' initially received mixed reviews from music critics. It was also the first Bad Religion album to chart in the U.S., debuting at #14 on
Billboard
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's
Heatseekers
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chart, with "American Jesus" and "Struck a Nerve" in particular becoming major rock radio hits. The album also contains significant songs like, "Recipe for Hate" and "Skyscraper", which are both fan favorites and are staples of their live show today; the former is a song that Bad Religion often opens their set with.
Album cover
The album cover features an image of two dog-faced humans. It is an original
photo collage
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– using the bodies of 1930s Southern racists mocking the press after their acquittal by an all-white jury for murder, and 1944 Nazi
Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp guard dog heads. This is a metaphor for how far hate can spread. Hate by simple conversation that escalates – soon becoming the norm in culture (Artist). The artwork was designed by Fred Hidalgo (known for drawing the cover for
the Offspring
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's highly acclaimed 1994 album ''
Smash'', which was also released on Epitaph). ''Recipe for Hate'' was the first Bad Religion album since 1988's ''
Suffer'' to display the
Friz Quadrata font on the cover; the band would use this font again on their subsequent albums (except for ''
The Process of Belief
''The Process of Belief'' is the twelfth studio album by the American punk rock band Bad Religion. It was produced by its leaders Greg Graffin and Brett Gurewitz, and was released on January 22, 2002, through Epitaph Records. After touring in sup ...
'' and ''
The Empire Strikes First
''The Empire Strikes First'' is the thirteenth studio album by American punk rock band Bad Religion, released on June 8, 2004. The album is heavily influenced by the then-current Iraq War (most notably in the songs "Atheist Peace", "Let Them Eat ...
'').
Musical style
The album finds Bad Religion continuing the experimentation of its predecessor, ''
Generator
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* Generator (circuit theory), an eleme ...
'', introducing elements of
country
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and
folk
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Sociology
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*People
* Folklore
** Folk art
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** Folk hero
** Folk music
*** Folk metal
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** Folk religion
* Folk taxonomy
Arts, entertainment, and media
* Folk Plus or Fol ...
on songs like "Man with a Mission", and "Struck a Nerve", the latter of which includes a guest vocal by
Johnette Napolitano
Johnette Napolitano (born Jonette L. Napolitano; September 22, 1957) is an American singer, songwriter and bassist best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, and bassist for the alternative rock group Concrete Blonde.
Early life
Johnette Nap ...
(of
Concrete Blonde
Concrete Blonde was an American alternative rock band from Hollywood, California. They were initially active from 1982 to 1995, and reunited twice: first from 2001 to 2004, and again from 2010 to 2012. They were best known for their album ''Bloo ...
). "Man with a Mission" featured a slide guitar part over a standard punk guitar "gallop".
Production and marketing
Like Bad Religion's albums up to ''Generator'', ''Recipe for Hate'' was recorded at
Westbeach Recorders
Westbeach Recorders was a recording studio in Hollywood, California famous for recording punk rock groups, such as Bad Religion, Avenged Sevenfold, NOFX, Rancid, The Offspring and Pennywise.
History
It was established in 1985 by Bad Religion g ...
in
Hollywood, California
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, in 1993. This was the last time they would record an album there, until 2002's ''
The Process of Belief
''The Process of Belief'' is the twelfth studio album by the American punk rock band Bad Religion. It was produced by its leaders Greg Graffin and Brett Gurewitz, and was released on January 22, 2002, through Epitaph Records. After touring in sup ...
''.
During the recording of the album,
Johnette Napolitano
Johnette Napolitano (born Jonette L. Napolitano; September 22, 1957) is an American singer, songwriter and bassist best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, and bassist for the alternative rock group Concrete Blonde.
Early life
Johnette Nap ...
(of
Concrete Blonde
Concrete Blonde was an American alternative rock band from Hollywood, California. They were initially active from 1982 to 1995, and reunited twice: first from 2001 to 2004, and again from 2010 to 2012. They were best known for their album ''Bloo ...
) and
Eddie Vedder
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(of
Pearl Jam
Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990. The band's lineup consists of founding members Jeff Ament (bass guitar), Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar), Mike McCready (lead guitar), and Eddie Vedder (lead vocals, guita ...
) were invited to the studio to provide backing vocals on some of the songs. Napolitano's backing vocals can be heard on "Struck a Nerve", where she provides backing vocals on the bridge and in the last chorus. Vedder also provided backing vocals on "American Jesus" and sings the second verse of "Watch It Die".
Final overdubs and mixing were done at Brooklyn Recording Studios in Los Angeles, CA. The car used in "Stealth" was Brett Gurewitz's car, and recorded just outside the studio in the parking lot. One or two songs were remixed at a different studio after the Brooklyn Recording sessions.
Release and reception
''Recipe for Hate'' was released on June 4, 1993, and became the last Bad Religion album distributed via
Epitaph Records
Epitaph Records is an American independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, most acts signed to the label were punk and pop punk acts, while there are many post-hardcore and emo bands ...
before their return to the label in 2001. Not long after its release, Bad Religion was signed to
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over its first 20 years of operation, Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most i ...
, who quickly reissued the album. Although ''Recipe for Hate'' did not chart on the
''Billboard'' 200, it peaked at number 14 on
Billboard
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's Heatseekers chart.
[ The singles "American Jesus" and "Struck a Nerve" also did not chart, but earned airplay on ]MTV
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.
''Recipe for Hate'' received generally mixed to positive reviews from most music critics. Allmusic
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reviewer Jack Rabid gave the album a rating of three-and-a-half stars out of five and states: "It's easy to take them for granted, to view ''Recipe'' as just another red-hot LP (ho hum) by the last and best band to survive the '80s L.A. punk explosion. And on first listen, it's tarnished by their previous mild malaise: everything sounds alike, and some exit the boat here too quickly. But then the beautiful sonic smack starts to sink in, and the luxurious melodies introduce erudite parables."[
Unlike Bad Religion's previous albums (except '' Into the Unknown''), ''Recipe for Hate'' has never been remastered, or reissued on CD or cassette since Atlantic re-released the album in 1993. It has, however, been reissued on vinyl twice (in 2009 and 2015), and was included in the 2010 vinyl box set ''30 Years of Bad Religion'', containing reissues of all the band's albums up to '']The Dissent of Man
''The Dissent of Man'' is the fifteenth studio album by American punk rock band Bad Religion, which was released on September 28, 2010. It was their first album in three years, following the release of '' New Maps of Hell'' in 2007. The band co ...
''.
Track listing
* "Skyscraper" is misspelled as "Sky Skraper" on the CD, but spelled correctly on the back cover and in the booklet.
Personnel
* Greg Graffin
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– vocals
* Brett Gurewitz
Brett W. Gurewitz (born May 12, 1962), nicknamed Mr. Brett, is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist of Bad Religion. He is also the owner of the music label Epitaph Records and a number of sister labels. He has produced albums f ...
– guitar, backing vocals
* Greg Hetson
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– guitar
* Jay Bentley
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– bass guitar, backing vocals
* Bobby Schayer
Bobby Schayer (born December 23, 1966 in Los Angeles, California) was the drummer for Bad Religion from 1991 to 2001. He was a resident of Encino, a suburb in the San Fernando Valley. He started drumming in 1976 at the age of 10, but it was not ...
– drums
* Eddie Vedder
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of Pearl Jam
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– guest vocals on "American Jesus" and "Watch It Die"
* Johnette Napolitano
Johnette Napolitano (born Jonette L. Napolitano; September 22, 1957) is an American singer, songwriter and bassist best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, and bassist for the alternative rock group Concrete Blonde.
Early life
Johnette Nap ...
of Concrete Blonde
Concrete Blonde was an American alternative rock band from Hollywood, California. They were initially active from 1982 to 1995, and reunited twice: first from 2001 to 2004, and again from 2010 to 2012. They were best known for their album ''Bloo ...
– guest vocals on "Struck a Nerve"
* John Wahl – guitar on "Kerosene"
* Chris Bagarozzi – guitar on "Kerosene"
* Greg Leisz
Gregory Brian Leisz ( ; born September 18, 1949) is an American musician. He is a songwriter, recording artist, and producer. He plays guitar, dobro, mandolin, lap steel and pedal steel guitar.
Biography
Leisz grew up in the garage band cu ...
- Slide guitar on "Man with a Mission"
* Joe Peccerillo - Lead guitar on "All Good Soldiers", assistant engineering
* Paul Dugre - engineering
* Donnell Cameron - engineering
* Scott Stillman - assistant engineering
* Alison Dyer - photography
* Doug Sax – mastering
* Frederico Carlo mel Hidalgo – art direction
References
External links
''Recipe for Hate''
at YouTube
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Bad Religion albums
1993 albums
Epitaph Records albums
Atlantic Records albums
Alternative rock albums by American artists