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Customer Reviews of The Empire Strikes First

Not the Best, But Still Very Good
I absolutely love Bad Religion. I own every single one of their CDs (except Into The Unknown) and I love every single one of them. Even No Substance and The New America. So when I found out that there was a new Bad Religion album coming out a few months back, I absolutely could not wait. I heard the mp3 for "Sinister Rouge" and although it didn't get me hooked right away I ended up liking it the more I listened to it. So I waited until the new CD came out and I popped it in my CD player and this is what I thought about it

1)Overture- As far as intros go, this one is awesome, if it was an actual song I would love it so I'll give it a 3/5

2)Sinister Rouge- Wow! Talk about a transition between songs that really smacks you in the face. Classic Bad Religion. Awesome song 5/5

3)Social Suicide- Another great punk song 5/5

4)Atheist Peace- When I first heard this CD this was probably my favorite song on it, my only complaint is that it is way too short. They should have gone into another chorus to make it longer but still a great song 5/5

5)All There Is- Now this is my favorite song on the record. It's kind of a different sound for Bad Religion but still good 5/5

6)Los Angeles Is Burning- Didn't like this too much when I first heard it, but it has one of the catchiest choruses I've heard in a long time 5/5

7)Let Them Eat War- I didn't like this one that much either, but now it's starting to grow on me a bit 4/5

8)God's Love- Definatly seems kind of like a filler song, there isn't really much to it 3/5

9)To Another Abyss- A slower song on the CD it reminds me of something off of Recipe For Hate. But that's fine by me because it's my favorite Bad Religion CD 5/5

10)The Quickening- Kind of the same thing as God's Love except it has a rocking solo in the middle of the song 4/5

11)The Empire Strikes First- Reminds me a lot of "21st Century Digital Boy" but the two songs are about two completely different things and the lyrics aren't as good but I never really cared that much about lyrics anyway 4/5

12)Beyond Electric Dreams- This song has a really great title, only the song doesn't live up to it. It doesn't have a very good riff to start the song with and it doesn't get much better. While I will say this song is interesting, I don't think it's good 2/5

13)Boot Stamping On A Human Face Forever- Now thats a title. This is another one that reminds me of Recipe For Hate sounds kind of like "Struck A Nerve". At first I didn't like the chorus to this song because I thought it didn't fit the rest of the song but now its one of my favorite songs on the CD 5/5

14)Live Again (The Fall of Man)- Great song to end the CD with, one of my favorite Bad Religion songs of all time now. 5/5

Like I said this isn't the best Bad Religion CD but it is still a good one. I'm already looking forward to a new CD!!!!

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Average-Above Average for Bad Religion
It's hard to put down a Bad Religion album when even their more disappointing entries top the crap that's put out today. Empire Strikes First isn't one of my personal favorite BR album's (Against the Grain and Process of Belief are my favs), but it's a solid overall album that sounds just like Bad Religion.

It's got some nice hardcore stuff like 'God's Love' and 'Sinister Rouge' that'll have you tapping your toes, and some songs that are fairly average have just plain killer choruses(All there is, To Another Abyss). There's also a couple of 'poppier' songs on the album, namely 'Los Angeles is Burning' and the title track, 'Empire Strikes First', with the latter having the most simplistic lyrics of any Bad Religion song I've heard, minus their first album. I wouldn't call any of Empire's tracks duds, so it's a good 40 minute album that you'll most likely listen to straight through.

Consensus: A great purchase.

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This is What I Expect from BR
Bad Religion did not let me down with this cd. When I first heard the song "sinister rouge" from Epitaph's site, I thought it sounded very mediocre.....but I'm glad I got the CD. I could listen to tracks 6-9 for a whole day straight.

my favorite song on the cd is definitely "let them eat war"

It is classic Bad Religion, makes you want to go out there and do something about what's going on right now.