No Control - Bad Religion

No control was the bands fourth full studio album, and the band had quite a lot of pressure on them to do another great album following on from the success of their third album. Their second album had been a total fop and so the pressure to do another good one may have been high, but they stuck to there own style, the style that the fans loved them for, wrote some new material and released this cracking album. The first song off the album is a nice little song, I say that because its actually less than a minute long, however even with such a short song its clear to see bed religions style on this album. The lyrics are great, the instruments not too over the ...  Read the complete review

Released in 1989, 'No Control' is the fourth studio album from the popular American punk rock band that is Bad Religion. The album was released through Epitaph Records and comes complete with fifteen tracks comprising of a total length of 26 minutes and 25 seconds. Almost every track here clocks in at under the two minute mark; the music is fast, frantic punk rock fun and I personally wouldn't have it any other way. 'Change of Ideas' gives the album a powerful opening track; it's only 55 seconds in length but very well put across by the band here. The bands vocalist Gregg Graffin here chants 'So many theories, so many prophecies, what we do need is a change ...  Read the complete review

Although 'Suffer' is widely praised as Bad Religion's crowning achievement, it's the follow-up 'No Control' that really impresses with its increased energy and greater variety, as well as even better sing-along choruses. Clocking in at only twenty-five minutes, these fifteen songs more than make up for the time in quality, and are again mostly medium-speed accessible punk, though with a distinctly harder and more authentic edge than many of the later bands they inspired. The guitar duo of Greg Hetson and Brett Gurewitz is at is most creative and powerful here, introducing scratchier and heavier riffs alongside their customary style, lending a darker tone to ...  Read the complete review