Against The Grain
by Bad Religion

Against The Grain by Bad Religion
Year: 1990
Overall rank: 3,389th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 115 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1990 (49th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (567th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,389th)

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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 2397 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 664.

Bad Religion album bestography « Higher ranked (2,980th)
No Control
This album (3,389th)
Against The Grain
Lower ranked (4,170th) »
Suffer

(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

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 3,389th | 1990s rank: 567th | 1990 rank: 49th

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Against The Grain ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 115 votes)
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02/11/2026 17:03 Brandon8  Ratings distribution  1,03489/100
 
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12/24/2025 06:37 Olli  Ratings distribution  6,75563/100
 
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11/29/2025 03:40 Kingturtle  Ratings distribution  7,53073/100
 
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10/22/2025 22:24 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,35865/100
 
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10/12/2025 18:17 Hyggevinyl  Ratings distribution  4,23372/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.2/100, a mean average of 77.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.9.

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95/100
From 04/13/2022 09:44 | #284150
The last in a fantastic trio. This is the best in terms of consistency and diversity but has a more bland production.
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From 10/22/2020 10:49 | #259565
In my opinion, their best album.
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From 06/28/2019 11:52 | #238529
Really good album, one of Bad Religion's better ones.

Favorites: Anesthesia, Flat Earth Society, 21st Century (Digital Boy).
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80/100
From 03/27/2014 00:41 | #107710
Semi-automatic melodies for pro-active punks.
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From 03/05/2010 18:36 | #9679
"Turn on the light" is one of the songs i found most catchy.
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From 03/15/2009 17:12 | #3025
Hard to choose among the bad religion stuff, could've been No Control (1989), Suffer (1988),or Recipe For Hate (1993) as well
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