Suffer la album phong thu thu ba cua ban nhac punk rock nguoi My Bad Religion, đuoc phat hanh qua hang đia đoc lap Epitaph Records vao ngay 8 thang 9 nam 1988. Đay la album đau tien đuoc hang đia phat hanh va phan phoi đong thoi. Sau khi phat hanh EP Back to the Known (1985), Bad Religion buoc vao giai đoan gian đoan tam thoi, roi tai hop va sang tac album đau tien trong 5 nam.
Du Suffer khong vao đuoc bang xep hang Billboard 200, no đa đuoc mot so nha phe binh xem nhu mot trong cac album punk rock quan trong nhat moi thoi. Rat nhieu nhom punk lan song thu ba chiu anh huong lon boi Suffer, gom NOFX cua Fat Mike, nguoi goi no la "tac pham đa lam thay đoi moi thu."
"You Are (The Government)", "1000 More Fools", "How Much Is Enough?", "Land of Competition", "Best For You", "Suffer", "What Can You Do?", va "Do What You Want", đeu la nhung ca khuc yeu thich cua nguoi ham mo, va mot so thuong xuyen đuoc chon bieu dien. Ca khuc duy nhat trong Suffer chua bao gio đuoc bieu dien truc tiep la "Part IV (The Index Fossil)".


Boi canh Bad Religion đuoc thanh lap tai Mien Nam California boi hat chinh Greg Graffin va tay guitar Brett Gurewitz nam 1980. Bo đoi thue Jay Bentley (bass) va Jay Ziskrout (trong) va bat đau viet nhac. Nam 1981, ban nhac phat hanh EP đau tay qua hang đia moi thanh lap Epitaph Records, đuoc Gurewitz quan ly va so huu. Nam 1982, album đau tien, How Could Hell Be Any Worse?, ra mat va nhan đuoc luong nguoi theo doi đang ke. Trong khi thu am album đo, Ziskrout roi nhom va đuoc thay the boi Pete Finestone. Sau nhieu thay đoi nhan su hon va album thu hai, Into the Unknown (1983), bi tho o, Bad Religion bat đau gian đoan.
Nam 1984, Greg Hetson cua Circle Jerks, nguoi choi đoan guitar solo trong "Part III" cua How Could Hell Be Any Worse?, tro nen noi tieng, va ho tro Graffin trong ca khuc "Running Fast" cua soundtrack phim Desperate Teenage Lovedolls. Khong lau sau, Graffin tai hop Bad Religion, Hetson thay the Gurewitz, nguoi phai giai quyet cac van đe ve ma tuy. Bad Religion tro lai voi EP Back to the Known (1985), nhung roi lai tan ra lan nua.
Nam 1987, Gurewitz giai quyet song cac van đe ma tuy va tim kiem cong viec. Sau vai chuong trinh huong nghiep va mot so nghe nghiep ki la, ong tro thanh ky thuat vien thu am va la chu mot phong thu. Gurewitz ghi nhan, "Toi đa yeu thich, va van thich, lam mot ky thuat vien thu am, nhung toi chi phi thoi gian trong viec kiem tien. Nhieu thi gio bi bo phi. Toi chi biet toi muon lam nhac. Roi, nam 1987, Bad Religion noi, 'Nay ban, sao chung ta khong tro lai voi nhau nhi?". Sau tai hop, ho bat đau sang tac va đen Westbeach Recorders thang 4 nam 1988 đe thu album tiep theo. Theo Gurewitz, album can tam ngay đe thu am va phoi khi.
Cac thanh vien cua L7 gop mat trong album nay. Donita Sparks va Suzi Gardner choi guitar trong "Best for You" va Jennifer Finch hat nen trong "Part II (The Numbers Game)".


Tiep nhan Suffer nhan đuoc nhieu đang gia tich cuc, Robert Christgau cho album "B", va viet; "Lan tro lai nay đuoc xem la mot cot moc trong hardcore, co le boi vi no [co su] nhat quan." Alternative Press cho rang đay la "...album đinh nghia cua ho....ho khong bao gio co the che khuat hon lua cua nang luong sang tao nay."
Trong mot fan poll, "Do What You Want" đuoc xem la mot trong nhung ca khuc hay nhat cua Bad Religion, cung "American Jesus" va "Along The Way." Tim Armstrong cua Rancid noi rang "What Can You Do?" la bai hat ong yeu thich nhat cua Bad Religion.


Bia Bia đia la hinh ve mot thieu nien đang bi thieu chay mac mot chiec ao in logo Bad Religion. Bia nay đuoc Jerry Mahoney thiet ke. Nhan vat tren bia đia la mot vat lay khuoc ten "Boy on Fire" cua ban nhac. NOFX nhai hinh anh nay tren bia Surfer EP.


Vinh danh Theo AcclaimedMusic.net.


Danh sach ca khuc Thanh phan tham gia Greg Graffin – hat
Brett Gurewitz – guitar
Greg Hetson – guitar
Jay Bentley – guitar bass
Pete Finestone – trong
Donita Sparks - guitar phu trong "Best for You"
Suzi Gardner - guitar phu trong "Best for You"
Jennifer Finch - hat nen trong "Part II (The Numbers Game)"
Donnell Cameron – ky thuat vien
Legendary Starbolt – ky thuat vien
Jerry Mahoney – bia


Tham khao Lien ket ngoai Suffer at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
Ban mau:Bad Religion