- alternative metal, rock, funk metal, metal
- 47 min
- 11 tracks
- Epic
Evil Empire is the second studio album by the American rock band Rage Against the Machine, released on April 16, 1996, by Epic Records. It debuted at number 1 on the US Billboard 200 chart with first-week sales of 249,000 copies, and the song "Tire Me" won a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance; "Bulls on Parade" and "People of the Sun" were nominated for Grammys for Best Hard Rock Performance.
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Character
Spare, grave, earnest and contemporary.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
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- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Chicago Tribune3/4 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- Houston Chronicle4/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times3.5/4 ★
- NME5/10
- Pitchfork6.1/10
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- Spin8/10
- The Village VoiceA−
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Tracks
- 1People of the Sun2:30
- 2Bulls on Parade3:51
- 3Vietnow4:39
- 4Revolver5:29
- 5Snakecharmer3:57
- 6Tire Me3:00
- 7Down Rodeo5:21
- 8Without a Face3:37
- 9Wind Below5:50
- 10Roll Right4:23
- 11Year of tha Boomerang3:60
11 tracks, 47 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Rage Against the Machine
- Label
- Epic
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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