Tested | ||||
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Released | January 1997 [1] | |||
Recorded | April 17–October 14, 1996 | |||
Genre | Punk rock [2] | |||
Length | 65:49 | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Great Rock Discography | 5/10 [3] |
Punknews.org | [4] |
Tested is the first official [2] live album by punk rock band Bad Religion. [5] [6] It was recorded in the USA, Canada, Germany, Estonia, Denmark, Italy and Austria, in 1996, and released in 1997. It is Bad Religion's second live album.[ citation needed] Instead of using crowd microphones and mobile studios like most live albums, the band tapped the inputs, for a result that portrays Bad Religion's live sound without crowd noise. [5] It also includes three new songs; "Dream of Unity," "It's Reciprocal," and the title track.
Bad Religion's US label, Atlantic, turned down releasing Tested; however, the band's German label, Sony, agreed to release the album in Europe and the rest of the world through its imprints Dragnet and Epic. [7] The album was released in January 1997 in Australia, followed by a European release in February. [8] In March, it was available as import-only in the US. [5] [8]
"Dream of Unity" was released as a single in Germany in 1997. [9]
In 2008, Tested was reissued in Europe by Epitaph.
Dave Thompson, in Alternative Rock, wrote: "Disconcerting the first listen, energizing thereafter, few live albums have been this brave." [10]
In his review for AllMusic, Jack Rabid called the album "a bit of a letdown." He felt that the album lacks a "you are there" feel and that the overall sound is "merely average." He concluded, "Nonetheless, with a band this top-notch, even such a merely passable, perfectly clear recording demonstrates their awesome punk prowess enough (especially that of singer Graffin, whose phenomenal pipes soar all over this) to make Tested a large pleasure just the same." Rabid said of the three new studio tracks: "Dream of Unity" is uncharacteristically half-baked and slightly dull, but both "Tested" and "It's Reciprocal" burn the laser off the player." [2]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording date and place | Length |
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1. | "Operation Rescue" | Greg Graffin | June 26, 1996; The Arena, Berlin, Germany | 2:11 |
2. | " Punk Rock Song" | Graffin | July 10, 1996; Olympic Stadium, Rome, Italy | 2:24 |
3. | "Tomorrow" | Graffin | July 10, 1996; Olympic Stadium, Rome, Italy | 1:54 |
4. | " A Walk" | Graffin | June 27, 1996; Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark | 2:27 |
5. | "God Song" | Graffin | September 19, 1996; Metropol, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | 1:48 |
6. | "Pity the Dead" | Graffin | June 22, 1996; The Amphitheater, Loreley, Germany | 2:59 |
7. | "1000 More Fools" | Brett Gurewitz | September 7, 1996; Holidome, Melbourne, Florida, United States | 1:39 |
8. | "Drunk Sincerity" | Graffin | April 24, 1996; RPM Warehouse, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | 2:17 |
9. | "Generator" | Gurewitz | June 30, 1996; Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, Germany | 3:23 |
10. | "Change of Ideas" | Graffin | April 25, 1996; State Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, United States | 0:59 |
11. | "Portrait of Authority" | Graffin | June 26, 1996; The Arena, Berlin, Germany | 2:52 |
12. | "What It Is" | Graffin | April 17, 1996; Roseland Ballroom, New York City, New York, United States | 2:20 |
13. | "Dream of Unity" (studio track) | Graffin | September 4, 1996; Polypterus Studio, Ithaca, New York, United States | 2:50 |
14. | "Sanity" | Gurewitz | September 11, 1996; Button South, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States | 2:43 |
15. | " American Jesus" | Gurewitz, Graffin | June 22, 1996; The Amphitheater, Loreley, Germany | 3:15 |
16. | "Do What You Want" | Gurewitz | September 19, 1996; Metropol, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States | 1:15 |
17. | "Part III" | Jay Bentley | June 19, 1996; Circus Krone, Munich, Germany | 2:54 |
18. | "Ten In 2010" | Graffin | July 7, 1996; Tallinna Lauluväljak, Tallinn, Estonia | 2:24 |
19. | "No Direction" | Graffin | September 12, 1996; Hammerjack's, Baltimore, Maryland, United States | 3:07 |
20. | "Along the Way" | Graffin | May 3, 1996; PNE Forum, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | 1:38 |
21. | "Recipe for Hate" | Graffin | April 28, 1996; Riviera Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, United States | 2:15 |
22. | "Fuck Armageddon... This Is Hell" | Graffin | May 8, 1996; Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, California, United States | 3:00 |
23. | "It's Reciprocal" (studio track) | Graffin, Brian Baker, Bobby Schayer | October 14, 1996; Polypterus Studio, Ithaca, New York, United States | 2:04 |
24. | "Struck a Nerve" | Graffin | September 8, 1996; Shades, Jacksonville, Florida, United States | 3:36 |
25. | "Leave Mine to Me" | Graffin | April 22, 1996; Verdun Auditorium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 2:13 |
26. | "Tested" (studio track) | Graffin | September 2, 1996; Polypterus Studio, Ithaca, New York, United States | 3:05 |
27. | "No Control" | Graffin | September 8, 1996; Shades, Jacksonville, Florida, United States | 2:03 |
Total length: | 65:49 |
Adapted from the album liner notes. [11]
Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums ( Ö3 Austria) [12] | 49 |
Finnish Albums ( Suomen virallinen lista) [13] | 25 |
German Albums ( Offizielle Top 100) [14] | 74 |
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