Tested

Bad Religion's US label, Atlantic, turned down releasing Tested; however, the band's German label, Sony, agreed to release the album in Europe and the rest of the world through its imprints Dragnet and Epic.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebrpage.net/theanswer/?article=tested%5F%28album%29|title=Bad Religion - Tested|website=The Bad Religion Page|access-date=April 11, 2024}} The album was released in January 1997 in Australia, followed by a European release in February.{{Cite web|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/v4mqjw/bad-religion-live-album-out-now|title=Bad Religion Live Album Out Now|website=MTV|date=February 3, 1997|access-date=April 11, 2024}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} In March, it was available as import-only in the US.

"Dream of Unity" was released as a single in Germany in 1997.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebrpage.net/discography/variation.asp?varID=128|title=Dream of Unity|website=The Bad Religion Page|access-date=April 11, 2024}}

In 2008, Tested was reissued in Europe by Epitaph.

Dave Thompson, in Alternative Rock, wrote: "Disconcerting the first listen, energizing thereafter, few live albums have been this brave."{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHP-r9-eqdAC&q=tested+bad+religion+1997&pg=PA170|title=Alternative Rock|first=Dave|last=Thompson|date=May 24, 2000|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780879306076|via=Google Books}}

In his review for AllMusic, Jack Rabid called the album "a bit of a letdown." He felt that the album lacks a "you are there" feel and that the overall sound is "merely average." He concluded, "Nonetheless, with a band this top-notch, even such a merely passable, perfectly clear recording demonstrates their awesome punk prowess enough (especially that of singer Graffin, whose phenomenal pipes soar all over this) to make Tested a large pleasure just the same." Rabid said of the three new studio tracks: "Dream of Unity" is uncharacteristically half-baked and slightly dull, but both "Tested" and "It's Reciprocal" burn the laser off the player."

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| extra_column = Recording date and place

| title1 = Operation Rescue

| writer1 = Greg Graffin

| extra1 = June 26, 1996; The Arena, Berlin, Germany

| length1 = 2:11

| title2 = Punk Rock Song

| writer2 = Graffin

| extra2 = July 10, 1996; Olympic Stadium, Rome, Italy

| length2 = 2:24

| title3 = Tomorrow

| writer3 = Graffin

| extra3 = July 10, 1996; Olympic Stadium, Rome, Italy

| length3 = 1:54

| title4 = A Walk

| writer4 = Graffin

| extra4 = June 27, 1996; Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark

| length4 = 2:27

| title5 = God Song

| writer5 = Graffin

| extra5 = September 19, 1996; Metropol, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

| length5 = 1:48

| title6 = Pity the Dead

| writer6 = Graffin

| extra6 = June 22, 1996; The Amphitheater, Loreley, Germany

| length6 = 2:59

| title7 = 1000 More Fools

| writer7 = Brett Gurewitz

| extra7 = September 7, 1996; Holidome, Melbourne, Florida, United States

| length7 = 1:39

| title8 = Drunk Sincerity

| writer8 = Graffin

| extra8 = April 24, 1996; RPM Warehouse, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| length8 = 2:17

| title9 = Generator

| writer9 = Gurewitz

| extra9 = June 30, 1996; Westfalenhallen, Dortmund, Germany

| length9 = 3:23

| title10 = Change of Ideas

| writer10 = Graffin

| extra10 = April 25, 1996; State Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, United States

| length10 = 0:59

| title11 = Portrait of Authority

| writer11 = Graffin

| extra11 = June 26, 1996; The Arena, Berlin, Germany

| length11 = 2:52

| title12 = What It Is

| writer12 = Graffin

| extra12 = April 17, 1996; Roseland Ballroom, New York City, New York, United States

| length12 = 2:20

| title13 = Dream of Unity

| note13 = studio track

| writer13 = Graffin

| extra13 = September 4, 1996; Polypterus Studio, Ithaca, New York, United States

| length13 = 2:50

| title14 = Sanity

| writer14 = Gurewitz

| extra14 = September 11, 1996; Button South, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

| length14 = 2:43

| title15 = American Jesus

| writer15 = Gurewitz, Graffin

| extra15 = June 22, 1996; The Amphitheater, Loreley, Germany

| length15 = 3:15

| title16 = Do What You Want

| writer16 = Gurewitz

| extra16 = September 19, 1996; Metropol, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

| length16 = 1:15

| title17 = Part III

| writer17 = Jay Bentley

| extra17 = June 19, 1996; Circus Krone, Munich, Germany

| length17 = 2:54

| title18 = Ten In 2010

| writer18 = Graffin

| extra18 = July 7, 1996; Tallinna Lauluväljak, Tallinn, Estonia

| length18 = 2:24

| title19 = No Direction

| writer19 = Graffin

| extra19 = September 12, 1996; Hammerjack's, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

| length19 = 3:07

| title20 = Along the Way

| writer20 = Graffin

| extra20 = May 3, 1996; PNE Forum, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

| length20 = 1:38

| title21 = Recipe for Hate

| writer21 = Graffin

| extra21 = April 28, 1996; Riviera Theatre, Chicago, Illinois, United States

| length21 = 2:15

| title22 = Fuck Armageddon... This Is Hell

| writer22 = Graffin

| extra22 = May 8, 1996; Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, California, United States

| length22 = 3:00

| title23 = It's Reciprocal

| note23 = studio track

| writer23 = Graffin, Brian Baker, Bobby Schayer

| extra23 = October 14, 1996; Polypterus Studio, Ithaca, New York, United States

| length23 = 2:04

| title24 = Struck a Nerve

| writer24 = Graffin

| extra24 = September 8, 1996; Shades, Jacksonville, Florida, United States

| length24 = 3:36

| title25 = Leave Mine to Me

| writer25 = Graffin

| extra25 = April 22, 1996; Verdun Auditorium, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| length25 = 2:13

| title26 = Tested

| note26 = studio track

| writer26 = Graffin

| extra26 = September 2, 1996; Polypterus Studio, Ithaca, New York, United States

| length26 = 3:05

| title27 = No Control

| writer27 = Graffin

| extra27 = September 8, 1996; Shades, Jacksonville, Florida, United States

| length27 = 2:03

| total_length = 65:49

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Adapted from the album liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Tested |others=Bad Religion |date=1997 |publisher=Dragnet/Epic}}

;Bad Religion

• Greg Graffin – vocals
• Brian Baker – guitar, backing vocals
• Greg Hetson – guitar
• Jay Bentley – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Bobby Schayer – drums

;Technical

• Bad Religion – production, recording, mixing, concept
• Ronnie Kimball – production, mixing
• George Marino – mastering
• Steve Raskin – art direction, design
• ION Design – art direction, design, photography
• Peter Hayes – cover stamp, flag stamp
• Jerry Mahoney – backdrop
• John Allan – photography
• Thorsten Martin-Edingshaus – photography
• Olaf Heine – photography
• Rob Myers – photography

• 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”.

{{Reflist}}

• [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtKArKK2vi6TcgSV-GV1SHsmWEJj_iWij Tested] at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

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