The Empire Strikes First

The Empire Strikes First
Bad Religion studio album
Publication (s)	June 7, 2004
admission	November 2003-February 2004
Label (s)	Epitaph Records
Format (s)	LP , CD
Genre (s)	Punk rock
Title (number)	14/15
running time	39m42s (US) / 42m43s (Japan)
production	Brett Gurewitz , Greg Graffin
Studio (s)	Sound City, Los Angeles , California
chronology The Process of Belief (2002) The Empire Strikes First New Maps of Hell (2007)

The Empire Strikes First is the 13th studio album by the American punk rock band Bad Religion . It was released on Epitaph Records in June 2004 .

history

Brett Gurewitz and Greg Graffin produced the album from late 2003 to early 2004 in Sound City , Los Angeles . Under the impression of the Second Iraq War , the record was strongly socially critical - the title criticizes the corresponding Bush doctrine , which also included preventive wars. He satirically takes up the original English title of Episode V of Star Wars , The Empire Strikes Back . But other topics such as religion, media ( Los Angeles Is Burning ) are also addressed. The album contains several references to George Orwell's 1984 , most notably in the song. Boot Stamping on a Human Face Forever ; the title track and booklet refer to the "two minutes hate" introduced in Orwell's novel.

The album reached number 28 in Germany and number 40 in the USA.

Track list

1. "Overture" (Gurewitz) - 1:09
2. "Sinister Rouge" (Graffin) - 1:53
3. "Social Suicide" (Graffin) - 1:35
4. "Atheist Peace" (Graffin) - 1:57
5. "All There Is" (Gurewitz) - 2:57
6. " Los Angeles Is Burning " (Gurewitz) - 3:23
7. "Let Them Eat War" (Gurewitz, Francis, Wackerman, Baker, Bentley) - 2:57
8. "God's Love" (Graffin) - 2:32
9. "To Another Abyss" (Graffin) - 4:07
10. "The Quickening" (Gurewitz, Wollard, Wackerman) - 2:19
11. "The Empire Strikes First" (Gurewitz, Baker) - 3:23
12. "Beyond Electric Dreams" (Gurewitz, Wollard, Wackerman) - 4:02
13. " Boot Stamping on a Human Face Forever " (Gurewitz) - 3:49
14. "Live Again (The Fall of Man)" (Graffin) - 3:35

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-empire-strikes-first-mw0000333106
2. ↑ http://www.officialcharts.de/album.asp?artist=Bad+Religion&title=The+Empire+Strikes+First&cat=a&country=de
3. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-empire-strikes-first-mw0000333106/awards