Into the Unknown (Bad Religion album)

Into the Unknown
Studio album by
Bad Religion
ReleasedAugust 1983 (1983-08)
Recorded1983
StudioPerspective Sound, Sun Valley, California
Genre
Length32:11
LabelEpitaph
Producer
Bad Religion chronology
How Could Hell Be Any Worse?
(1982) 		Into the Unknown
(1983) 		Back to the Known
(1985)

Into the Unknown is the second studio album by Bad Religion, released in August 1983[7] through Epitaph Records. The album marks a distinct departure from the band's previous album; instead of featuring hardcore punk, the album is characterized by slower tempos, use of electronic organ and pianos, and a prog-influenced hard rock sound. Into the Unknown is the only Bad Religion album to feature Paul Dedona on bass and Davy Goldman on drums. Dedona was ejected from the band before their next recording and replaced by Tim Gallegos,[8] while former drummer Pete Finestone returned to the band in 1986. The album also features Bad Religion's longest track to date, "Time and Disregard", which is seven minutes long.

Into the Unknown proved to be the band's most controversial release; despite favorable reviews from music critics, it was a commercial failure, and was characterized as a "misstep" by guitarist Brett Gurewitz. It was not reissued on any format until 2010, when it was issued on vinyl as part of the box set 30 Years of Bad Religion, and has never been reissued on its own.

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