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Universal acclaim- based on 27 Ratings
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Positive: 23 out of 27
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Mixed: 2 out of 27
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Negative: 2 out of 27
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Jul 13, 2018Regular to bad album. As usual, Bad Religion plays very well for a punk rock band and it became evident with the well clear production, although the musics structures are commons and nothing more. Bad Religions lyrics are intelligent, but here its looks pedant and even anti-accessible. Tiring and boring.
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SteveHFeb 3, 2010This is a solid album that does exactly what Bad Religion are supposed to do. It's melodic, it's angry, it gets to the point. Fans won't be disappointed.
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Awards & Rankings
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MagnetAs potent and timely as anything it released during the Reagan era. [#64, p.83]
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Alternative PressThe songs have the urgency and vitriol we've come to expect from the band, but there's one major problem: the spit shine production. [Jul 2004, p.128]
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The Empire Strikes First isn't a return to Bad Religion at its most vitriolic and unstoppable -- whether that could ever really happen is unclear, and probably unnecessary.