Age of Unreason
by Bad Religion
  • Record Label: Epitaph
  • Release Date: May 3, 2019
Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
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  1. Punknews.org (Staff)
    May 8, 2019
    90
    While Bad Religion’s forays into new territory may be subtle, they’re certainly there, and it’s commendable to see a nearly 40 year old band still trying to find ways to innovate and make their sound fresh and new. I know that I’ll catch some grief for this, but I honestly would call this the best Bad Religion album since The Empire Strikes First, and a sign of a revitalized band that’s ready to start making some more great music again.
  2. Kerrang!
    May 3, 2019
    80
    While these songs may lack the same kind of energetic rage that defined the band in their early years, they're still a formidable way of exposing truths and holding the powers that be to account. [4 May 2019, p.55]
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  3. Classic Rock Magazine
    May 3, 2019
    80
    As you'd expect, musically they're full-tilt melodic punk rallying cries, with the warmth of Greg Graffin's vocals contrasting beautifully against Brett Gurewitz's barbed riffs to suggest there's still a chance for redemption if we stand up and fight. [Jun 2019, p.86]
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  5. Under The Radar
    May 6, 2019
    75
    The band's 17th album, its title a play on Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason, is as urgent a politically motivated statement as the band has released in years.
  6. PopMatters
    May 3, 2019
    70
    Anyone who's spent any time with Bad Religion will know what they are getting into with Age of Unreason. It's a good album that largely succeeds because the band are old pros. And because Graffin and Gurewitz have plenty of genuine anger and articulate that anger in interesting ways.
  7. AllMusic
    May 3, 2019
    70
    Graffin remains a potent evangelist of the punk idiom, and while there's nothing on Age of Unreason that would sound out of place on anything that came before it, the band's commitment to keeping the genre vital, both musically and lyrically, feels as necessary as it does timely.

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User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 15 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 15
  3. Negative: 2 out of 15
  1. gloomygaloshes
    Nov 1, 2019
    9
    Bad Religion overcomes their tendencies towards being Repetitive and Derivative by dropping an album that advances their sound, while alsoBad Religion overcomes their tendencies towards being Repetitive and Derivative by dropping an album that advances their sound, while also feeling like a poignant and meaningful expression of the despair and frustration many are going through right now. Despite some minor lulls in the second half of the album, the project as a whole is packed with enough talent and emotion to not only justify it's existence as a punk rock album in 2019, but solidify itself as their most solid and refreshing album in over a decade.… Full Review »
  2. DavidCall360
    May 9, 2019
    10
    There's always that one punk album each year that becomes the soundtrack to my summer. This year it's this near perfect Bad Religion album. ItThere's always that one punk album each year that becomes the soundtrack to my summer. This year it's this near perfect Bad Religion album. It feels like I'm being transported to 1996 every time I listen to it. I love it so very much. I would also say that it's their best and and most focused album in 10-15 years.… Full Review »
  3. radiotoxic
    May 4, 2019
    10
    As expected, another brilliant album from the masterminds of modern punk rock. Thanks for a new classic, Bad Religion. This was much needed right now.
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