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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.
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Despite Graffin and Gurewitz's intelligence and historical awareness, their artistic vision here suffers from oversimplification.
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This is by no means a ‘bad’ album... and you’ll be hard-pushed to find a more topical anti-Bush punk album released this year, but after 20+ years and umpteen albums that - lets face it - haven’t really strayed much from their influential style, does anyone really need another Bad Religion album after this one?
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The album is not a total loss, however. When Bad Religion turn to more interesting subject matter, the results are more than worthwhile.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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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, 2018
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Oct 28, 2016
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SteveHFeb 3, 2010