Recipe for Hate is Bad Religion's seventh full-length album, released on June 4, 1993. This was their last album on Epitaph Records and the band switched to Atlantic Records before its release. While the album was reissued on a major label, Recipe for Hate initially received mixed reviews from music critics, who generally found it to be less impressive than Bad Religion's past releases, though it has gained a cult following in recent times. Recipe for Hate was also the first Bad Religion album to chart in the U.S., debuting at #14 on Billboard's Heat-seekers chart, with "American Jesus" and "Struck a Nerve" in particular becoming major rock radio hits at their time.