Label: | Epitaph Records | Release date: | 6/8/2004 |
Country: | United States | Disc / Label details: | |
Format | CD | ||
Misc: | 14 tracks |
Catalog ID: | 86694-2 |
Barcode: | 0 4577-86694-2 4 |
Matrix / Runout: | 54744BM-01 86694-2 042004-09 |
Song title | Song writer(s) | Version | Length | Interpretations | ||
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1 | Overture | Brett Gurewitz | Album version | 1:09 | 1 | |
2 | Sinister Rouge | Greg Graffin | Album version | 1:53 | 14 | |
3 | Social Suicide | Greg Graffin | Album version | 1:35 | 10 | |
4 | Atheist Peace | Greg Graffin | Album version | 1:57 | 14 | |
5 | All There Is | Brett Gurewitz | Album version | 2:57 | 5 | |
6 | Los Angeles Is Burning | Brett Gurewitz | Album version | 3:23 | 6 | |
7 | Let Them Eat War | Brett Gurewitz | Album version | 2:57 | 4 | |
8 | God's Love | Greg Graffin | Album version | 2:32 | 9 | |
9 | To Another Abyss | Greg Graffin | Album version | 4:07 | 7 | |
10 | The Quickening | Brett Gurewitz | Album version | 2:19 | 4 | |
11 | The Empire Strikes First | Brett Gurewitz | Album version | 3:23 | 7 | |
12 | Beyond Electric Dreams | Brett Gurewitz | Album version | 4:02 | 12 | |
13 | Boot Stamping On A Human Face Forever | Brett Gurewitz | Album version | 3:49 | 11 | |
14 | Live Again - The Fall Of Man | Greg Graffin | Album version | 3:39 | 10 |
Songwriting | Greg: "I think Brett and I made a considerable effort this time to try to outdo The Process of Belief; we wanted to show people that that wasn’t just a fluke because Brett was coming back to the band, we were going back to Epitaph, we finished our major label play. It wasn’t a... Read more |
Tracklist | The Empire Strikes First was released in June 2004. The European and American versions contain 14 tracks; the Japanese and Australian versions contain 15 tracks. |
Recording | The album was recorded at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, CA from November 2003 until February 2004. |
Album title | Jay: "Well, we thought how funny it would be to make Graffin wear a Darth Vader costume all year, and Hetson kind of looks like Yoda (not Eva), so... It's simply a matter of considering ourselves (USA) the empire, which we are, and the fact that we have a song title of the same, and that we a... Read more |
Trivia | The lyrics sheet contains a quote from George Orwell, which belongs to the song Boot Stamping On A Human Face Forever: "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever". Apparently someone forgot to put in the "you". |
Promotion | The following photo was taken on Hollywood blvd: |