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''True North'' is the sixteenth studio album by the California punk rock band Bad Religion, which was released on January 22, 2013. After touring in support of their previous album ''The Dissent of Man'' (2010), Bad Religion began writing new material for an album that was planned for release in 2012. During their 2011 tour, frontman Greg Graffin stated that Bad Religion would make "one more album and then all join the navy, do honest work", which led to speculation that they were breaking up, although this turned out not to be the case. The recording sessions took place in July and August 2012 at Joe's House of Compression, a studio owned by Joe Barresi, who produced the album. Singles to promote ''True North'' were "Fuck You" and the title track. ''True North'' was met with positive reviews upon release, and peaked at number 19 on the ''Billboard'' 200 albums chart, becoming Bad Religion's first album to crack the top 20 and their highest ever peak on that chart in their career.〔 〕 This album was released exactly eleven years after Bad Religion's twelfth studio album, ''The Process of Belief'', which was their first release with the lineup of Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz, Greg Hetson, Brian Baker, Jay Bentley and Brooks Wackerman. However, this would be the last album to feature Hetson and Wackerman following their departures from the band in April 2013 and October 2015 respectively. ==Background and recording== In an April 2011 interview with The Washington Examiner, guitarist Brian Baker was asked if Bad Religion was going to make a follow-up to ''The Dissent of Man'', and responded, "It's all very punk () just like it's always been. We will record when we have enough songs. For us, it just kind of happens." During their show in Boston, Massachusetts on April 29, 2011, frontman Greg Graffin said "after this year you probably won't be seeing much more of us. We're going to try one more album and then all join the navy, do honest work"; this led to rumors that ''True North'' was going to be Bad Religion's final album or that the band was going to break up, which were retracted by Graffin.〔 In an interview at the KROQ Weenie Roast on June 4, 2011, Graffin stated that Bad Religion was planning to record and release their sixteenth studio album in 2012, while bassist Jay Bentley mentioned an early 2012 timeframe for going back into the studio in an interview at Live 105's BFD festival, which took place on the day after the Weenie Roast. On June 4, 2012, Bentley confirmed in a post on the message board of the band's fan site The Bad Religion Page that they were expected to begin recording their new album in July and August. A week later, he revealed that guitarist Brett Gurewitz and Joe Barresi were going to produce it. On July 23, the band uploaded a picture to Bad Religion's Facebook page of all the members (except Greg Hetson, who took the picture) in the studio with the caption, "here we go again," indicating that work on their sixteenth studio album had begun. On August 22, Gurewitz tweeted that they were mixing the album, and a month later, he tweeted that the band was finishing it. During Bad Religion's performance at the En Vivo festival in Spain in September 2012, Graffin stated that ''True North'' was supposed to be released by Christmas, although this turned out not to be the case. On January 15, 2013, the band started streaming the album on their YouTube page. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「True North (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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