Suffer
by Bad Religion

Suffer by Bad Religion
Year: 1988
Release date: 1988-09-08
Overall rank: 4,288th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 108 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1988 (58th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (624th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,288th)

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Bad Religion bestography

Suffer is ranked 4th 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 2445 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 655.

Bad Religion album bestography « Higher ranked (3,533rd)
Against The Grain
This album (4,288th)
Suffer
Lower ranked (5,560th) »
The Gray Race

(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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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Suffer rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,288th | 1980s rank: 624th | 1988 rank: 58th  Overall chart history
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Suffer ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 108 votes)
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06/19/2026 12:34 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,11470/100
 
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02/28/2026 16:38 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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07/18/2025 15:48 Milhaud  Ratings distribution  2,10071/100

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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.


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Rating:  
70/100
Good and very consistent in quality, but it can get a little boring at some points.
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If any record is responsible for making punk rock more lyrically mature and melodically accessible, this is the game changer.

It's definitely the record I would recommend for anyone unfamiliar with Bad Religion.
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Rating:  
90/100
Suffer, No Control and Against the Grain might not quite be the best hardcore punk records on their own, but they are definitely the best consecutive trio of records in punk and rock in general.
If I had to choose the best of the trio it would be Suffer because it's the best combination of sound (a very ditinctive bouncy yet almost atmospheric distortion) and consistency.
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85/100
Great, CLASSIC punk rock record. Like most punk albums it has it's weak parts for music enthusiast that your regular punk rocker will love. To each their own. This is in my top 100 and will remain along with their subsequent records: No Control & Against the Grain.
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Rating:  
90/100
One of their best albums this has You Are The Government, Give You Nothing, Suffer and Do What You Want some of their most well known songs. It was their 1st comeback after disappearing in the mid 80s and set the tone for the rest of their work.
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100/100
From 06/26/2019 22:02 | #238351
Solid album. As someone who was huge into Bad Religion, I always preferred their later work.
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