- punk rock, rock, punk, hardcore punk
- 40 min
- 14 tracks
- Epitaph
The Empire Strikes First is the thirteenth studio album by American punk rock band Bad Religion, released on June 8, 2004. The album is heavily influenced by the then-current Iraq War and also has some nods to George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, the latter most likely inspired by the Patriot Act.
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Character
Spare, classical in form, grave and relentless.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
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Metacritic 70/100
- AllMusic3/5 ★
- Chart AttackFavorable
- IGN9/10
- RTÉ4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- Pitchfork8.2/10
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Tracks
- A1Overture1:09
- A2Sinister Rouge1:54
- A3Social Suicide1:35
- A4Atheist Peace1:58
- A5All There Is2:58
- A6Los Angeles Is Burning3:24
- A7Let Them Eat War2:58
- A8God’s Love2:32
- B1To Another Abyss4:08
- B2The Quickening2:19
- B3The Empire Strikes First3:23
- B4Beyond Electric Dreams4:03
- B5Boot Stamping on a Human Face Forever3:49
- B6Live Again (The Fall of Man)3:36
14 tracks, 40 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Bad Religion
- Label
- Epitaph
- Released
- 2004
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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