Bad Religion - The empire strikes first
Epitaph Records . release date: 07-07-04 . written by Oliver
The
Empire Strikes First is the latest release from Bad Religion
and I directly need to tell you that I am a sceptic, because I am not
into this album. The album get´s slowly better from the fifth song on. I don´t know what is so wrong about the newer BR releases,
but I am missing the typical Bad Religion song-concept and the great
melodies, back up vocals and harmonies. I love all the old releases, like Suffer, Against The Grain and all the other great records. The Empire Strikes First gets better from song number five on. “Los Angeles
is Burning” is such an amazing punkrock hymn. This song reminds me to those classic Bad Religion releases, like “Generator” or “Against the Grain”. The record is dominated by
mid-tempo and slow songs. There are not to many fast songs included on the record. Greg Graffin is the only savant (He is a professor at the University of New
York) that I know, who is singing in a punkrock band. Graffin's smart lyrics gonna criticize society as well as the politics. At least I would like to mention, that “The Empire Strikes First” has turned
out a little harder than those other BR releases. The sing-a-long factor is definitily given here but the record is not as good as all the classic stuff.
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Rank: 3 out of 5
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Tracklist - Bad Religion - The empire strikes first
| Track | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Overture |
| 2 | Sinister Rogue |
| 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) |
