Against The Grain
by Bad Religion
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Bad Religion bestography
Against The Grain is ranked 3rd best out of 24 albums by Bad Religion on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bad Religion is Stranger Than Fiction which is ranked number 2492 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 642.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Against The Grain track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Against The Grain rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 71/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1990 | 47/50 | 0 |
| 2026 | culwin | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 42/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 52/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 87 Music Albums of 1990 | 17/87 | 4 |
| 2026 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1990 | 94/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1990 | 39/50 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Wasinski | Top 85 Music Albums of 1990 | 41/85 | 3 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #1701-1800* | 53/84 | - |
| 2026 |  Larcx13 | Top 34 Music Albums of 1990 | 8/34 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 92 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 410 | |||
Against The Grain collection
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Against The Grain ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/14/2026 20:58 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,804 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/11/2026 17:03 |  Brandon8 | 1,056 | 88/100 |
| ! | 12/24/2025 06:37 | Olli | 7,982 | 62/100 |
Rating metrics:
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.1/100, a mean average of 77.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.
Against The Grain favourites
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Against The Grain forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/01/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5360): By hoyquarlowView latest topic →
neilgee 08/17/2020 17:44 in What album are you listening to right now? BestEverAlbums 12/01/2019 17:02 in Monthly overall chart movements - November 2019View latest topic →
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Against The Grain comments
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Really good album, one of Bad Religion's better ones.
Favorites: Anesthesia, Flat Earth Society, 21st Century (Digital Boy). (Edited)
The last in a fantastic trio. This is the best in terms of consistency and diversity but has a more bland production.
Hard to choose among the bad religion stuff, could've been No Control (1989), Suffer (1988),or Recipe For Hate (1993) as well
"Turn on the light" is one of the songs i found most catchy.
Larcx13 10/22/2020 10:49 | #259565 | TOP COMMENT
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In my opinion, their best album.
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