The Empire Strikes First

The Empire Strikes First is het dertiende studioalbum van de Amerikaanse punkband Bad Religion. De meeste teksten van de nummers op het album zijn gebaseerd op de oorlog in Irak.

The Empire Strikes First
Studioalbum van Bad Religion
Uitgebracht8 juni 2004
OpgenomenNovember 2003 - februari 2003
GenrePunkrock
Duur39:42
Label(s)Epitaph Records
Producent(en)Brett Gurewitz
Greg Graffin
Professionele recensie
Chronologie
2002
Punk Rock Songs		 2004
The Empire Strikes First		 2007
New Maps of Hell
Portaal    Muziek

Het album is door Sputnikmusic uitgekozen tot twintigste beste punkalbum van het jaar 2004.[1]

Tracklist
  1. "Overture" – 1:09 (Brett Gurewitz)
  2. "Sinister Rouge" – 1:53 (Greg Graffin)
  3. "Social Suicide" – 1:35 (Greg Graffin)
  4. "Atheist Peace" – 1:57 (Greg Graffin)
  5. "All There Is" – 2:57 (Brett Gurewitz)
  6. "Los Angeles Is Burning" – 3:23 (Brett Gurewitz)
  7. "Let Them Eat War" – 2:57 (Brett Gurewitz, Sage Francis, Brooks Wackerman, Brian Baker, Jay Bentley)
  8. "God's Love" – 2:32 (Greg Graffin)
  9. "To Another Abyss" – 4:07 (Greg Graffin)
  10. "The Quickening" – 2:19 (Brett Gurewitz, Brooks Wackerman)
  11. "The Empire Strikes First" – 3:23 (Brett Gurewitz, Brian Baker)
  12. "Beyond Electric Dreams" – 4:02 (Brett Gurewitz, Brooks Wackerman)
  13. "Boot Stamping On A Human Face Forever" – 3:49 (Gurewitz)
  14. "Live Again (The Fall Of Man)" – 3:35 (Greg Graffin)
  15. "The Surface Of Me" (Japan bonus track) – 3:01 (Greg Graffin)

Noot: tussen haakjes staat de tekstschrijver.

Samenstelling
Bad Religion
Leden:Greg Graffin · Brett Gurewitz · Greg Hetson · Brian Baker · Jay Bentley · Brooks Wackerman
Oud-leden:Paul Dedona · Tim Gallegos · Jay Ziskrout · Davy Goldman · John Albert · Lucky Lehrer · Peter Finestone · Bobby Schayer
Albums:How Could Hell Be Any Worse? (1982) · Into the Unknown (1983) · Suffer (1988) · No Control (1989) · Against the Grain (1990) · Generator (1992) · Recipe for Hate (1993) · Stranger Than Fiction (1994) · The Gray Race (1996) · No Substance (1998) · The New America (2000) · The Process of Belief (2002) · The Empire Strikes First (2004) · New Maps of Hell (2007)
Ep's:Bad Religion (1981) · Back to the Known (1985) · Christmas Songs (2013)
Live- en compilatiealbums:80-85 (1991) · All Ages (1995) · Tested (1997) · Punk Rock Songs (2002)
Video's en dvd's:Along the Way (1992) · Live at the Palladium (2006)
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