Bad Religion - The Empire Strikes First

[MoonMan]

I recently (as in a week or two ago) acquired the new, unreleased, Bad Religion album "the empire strikes first" and I have to say that I am very impressed. It reminded me a lot of their older album "Stranger than Fiction" except with a new flavor to it.

Most of the songs are pretty good, though I really like the title track. "Boot Stamping on a Human Face" as well as "All There Is" are my personal favorites.

There’s an endless disposition,

and it doesn’t mean a goddamn thing—

there’s space for a paper-airplane race in the eye of a hurricane.

And if pigs could fly, then surely so could I,

but this pedestrian knows better than to even try,

and my divinity is caught between the colors of a butterfly.

Pure gold right there.

One song I didn't really like was "Beyond Electric Dreams". It just seems to drone on and on and only proves to be an extreme annoyance.

All in all, I highly recommend this album to BR fans as well as anyone who has any kind of positive feelings about this genre. As I said before, it is unreleased.. however, if you are interested in giving it a test drive anyway -- pm me.

[Shawn]

Seems some other Bad Religion fans agree.

Reviewer: A music fan from storrs, CT

For a band that's been around as long and has put out as many albums as bad religion has, they've put out a very impressive new album. I was horribly disappointed with The New America, pleasantly surprised with Process of Belief and fully impressed with this. I agree with what the first reviewer said and fully suggest buying this album. Don't expect another No Control, but don't expect another season 5 of the Simpsons, you know?

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