Tested

This article is about the punk music album. For the online technology channel, see Tested.com.

Tested is a live album by punk rock band Bad Religion.^[3][4] It was recorded in the USA, Canada, Germany, Estonia, Denmark, Italy and Austria, in 1996, and released in 1997. It is Bad Religion's second live album.^{[citation needed]} Instead of using crowd microphones and mobile studios like most live albums, the band tapped the inputs, for a result that portrays Bad Religion's live sound without crowd noise.^[3] It also includes three new songs; "Dream of Unity," "It's Reciprocal," and the title track.

Tested
Live album by Bad Religion
Released	January 1, 1997 (Europe)
Recorded	1996
Genre	Punk rock^[1]
Length	65:49
Label	Epic
Producer	Bad Religion and Ronnie Kimball
Bad Religion chronology
The Gray Race (1996) Tested (1997) No Substance (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Punknews.org	^[2]

Critical reception

Dave Thompson, in Alternative Rock, wrote: "Disconcerting the first listen, energizing thereafter, few live albums have been this brave."^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Operation Rescue"	Graffin	2:11
2.	"Punk Rock Song"	Graffin	2:24
3.	"Tomorrow"	Graffin	1:54
4.	"A Walk"	Graffin	2:27
5.	"God Song"	Graffin	1:48
6.	"Pity the Dead"	Graffin	2:59
7.	"1000 More Fools"	Gurewitz	1:39
8.	"Drunk Sincerity"	Graffin	2:17
9.	"Generator"	Gurewitz	3:23
10.	"Change of Ideas"	Graffin	0:59
11.	"Portrait of Authority"	Graffin	2:52
12.	"What It Is"	Graffin	2:20
13.	"Dream of Unity" (Studio Track)	Graffin	2:50
14.	"Sanity"	Gurewitz	2:43
15.	"American Jesus"	Gurewitz, Graffin	3:15
16.	"Do What You Want"	Gurewitz	1:15
17.	"Part III"	Bentley	2:54
18.	"Ten In 2010"	Graffin	2:24
19.	"No Direction"	Graffin	3:07
20.	"Along the Way"	Graffin	1:38
21.	"Recipe for Hate"	Graffin	2:15
22.	"Fuck Armageddon... This Is Hell"	Graffin	3:00
23.	"It's Reciprocal" (Studio Track)	Graffin, Baker, Schayer	2:04
24.	"Struck a Nerve"	Graffin	3:36
25.	"Leave Mine to Me"	Graffin	2:13
26.	"Tested" (Studio Track)	Graffin	3:05
27.	"No Control"	Graffin	2:03
Total length:			65:49

Personnel

• Greg Graffin - vocals
• Brian Baker - guitar, backing vocals
• Greg Hetson - guitar
• Jay Bentley - bass guitar, backing vocals
• Bobby Schayer - drums
• Ronnie Kimball - production

Notes/trivia

• The songs "Tested", "Dream of Unity" and "It's Reciprocal" are previously unreleased studio tracks.
• The live songs were recorded in Berlin (Germany), Rome (Italy), Roskilde (Denmark), Pittsburgh (PA, USA), Loreley (Germany), Melbourne (FL, USA), Toronto (Ontario, Canada), Dortmund (Germany), Detroit (MI, USA), Berlin (Germany), New York (NY, USA), Ithaca (NY, USA), Raleigh (NC, USA), Munich (Germany), Tallinn (Estonia), Baltimore (MD, USA), Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada), Chicago (IL, USA), San Francisco (CA, USA), Jacksonville (FL, USA) and Montreal (Quebec, Canada)
• The disc has the phrase "No Bad Religion song can make your live complete" printed on it - a slightly modified quote from the song No Direction, in which the lyric is “life” instead of “live”.

References

1. "Tested - Bad Religion | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
2. "Bad Religion - Tested". www.punknews.org.
3. "TrouserPress.com :: Bad Religion". www.trouserpress.com.
4. Buckley, Peter (May 24, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
5. Thompson, Dave (May 24, 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.

External links

• Tested at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)