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The Empire Strikes First by Bad Religion (CD, Jun-2004, Epitaph Records Japan) 
The Empire Strikes First by Bad Religion (CD, Jun-2004, Epitaph Records Japan)

 
The Empire Strikes First by Bad Religion (CD, Jun-2004, Epitaph Records Japan)

Artist: Bad Religion
Release Date: Jun 2004
Format: CD
Record Label: Epitaph Records (Japan)
Genre: Hardcore/Punk
UPC: 766487618540
Product ID: EPID46427671
Description: Bad Religion: Greg Graffin (vocals); Greg Hetson, Brett Gurewitz (guitar, background vocals); Brian Baker (guitar); Jay Bentley (bass, background vocals); Brooks Wackerman (drums). Japanese release features one bonus track. A sense of ju...
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Track Listing
1. Overture
2. Sinister Rouge
3. Social Suicide
4. Atheist Peace
5. All There Is
6. Los Angeles Is Burning
7. Let Them Eat War
8. God's Love
9. To Another Abyss
10. Quickening, The
11. Empire Strikes First, The
12. Beyond Electric Dreams
13. Boot Stamping on a Human Face Forever
14. Live Again (The Fall of Man)
15. Surface of Meb, The - (Bonus Track for Japan Only)

Details
Distributor:Phantom Import Distributi
Recording Type:Studio
Recording Mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:n/a

Album Notes
Bad Religion: Greg Graffin (vocals); Greg Hetson, Brett Gurewitz (guitar, background vocals); Brian Baker (guitar); Jay Bentley (bass, background vocals); Brooks Wackerman (drums).
Japanese release features one bonus track.
A sense of justice and moral outrage is frequently part of punk's ethos, and Bad Religion has willfully flown this flag since the early 1980s. The title of the band's 2004 release, THE EMPIRE STRIKES FIRST, and the songs "Let Them Eat War" and "Sinister Rouge" indicate that Bad Religion has a thing or two to say about United States foreign policy and the George W. Bush administration, among other things. Driving guitars, thundering bass, and jackhammer drums create a sonic assault that reinforces the group's ideological fervor and underscores the pitch of its rage.
Though Bad Religion borrows from the legacy of punk, its music does not fall strictly under that rubric. The pop melodicism of the band's song structures and sing-along choruses, along with heavy-metal time changes and blistering guitar solos, help broaden its appeal, as does the range of social and political issues addressed in the group's lyrics. THE EMPIRE STRIKES FIRST shows Bad Religion at the top of its game, mining the musical and topical principles that made its previous releases popular, while losing none of the fire or urgency that keeps its approach vital.

Editorial Reviews
[Graffin] attacks American jingoism and 'nation building' with a passion and verve absent in his voice for too long.
CMJ

[T]he politially charged songs have an added weight - another lesson worth paying attention to.
CMJ

[P]otent and timely....The pedigree of the songs on THE EMPIRE STRIKES FIRST is outstanding.
Magnet

3 stars out of 5 - Bad Religion know how to thrill and THE EMPIRE STRIKES FIRST is a thrill from first to last.
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