This record was bashed by both critics and fans. Admittedly, it's more mellow than most fans were used to, but lyrically, this album blows the others away. Their best album lyrically, without a doubt.

Released just after Greg Graffin's divorce, this is BR's most painful record to date. Sad and beautiful, this is the painful truth of humanity presented in the simplist form - black and white.

15 songs courtesy of ingenious Greg & Brett songwriting. Their loudest and rawest record, cyncially yet honestly dissecting the sick and sad state of humanity and life as we know it.

17 songs about pro choice, the environment, child labor, getting off, negative thinking with a positive aspect, and entropy, plus a cameo by Keith Morris! The harmonies on Entropy still blow me away.

Ah yes, the classics! Contains the original s/t 7", the How Could Hell Be Any Worse? LP, and the Back To The Known 1-sided 12". Politics, World War III - songs that go down in punk rock history!

Get this just for the tracks Lose As Directed and Pretenders. For being b-sides off of New America, they're phenomenally good. Plus, the cover art closely resembles that of American Lesion.

Released in 1995 by Brett, this is a supposed "best of" compilation of the Epitaph years. While it's a fun listen, there are SO many gaps in this record. The 2 live tracks aren't even that exciting.

Of the numerous worldwide releases of this record, this one is the easiest to swallow. It contains some pretty rad tunes, such as The Fast Life & Don't Sell Me Short, but this disc is NOT up to snuff.