{"product_id":"the-empire-strikes-first-1","title":"The Empire Strikes First","description":"\u003ch4 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSTUDIO ALBUM BY BAD RELIGION\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYear Released: 2004\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Empire Strikes First is the thirteenth studio album by American punk rock band Bad Religion, released on June 8, 2004. The album is heavily influenced by the then-current Iraq War (most notably in the songs \"Atheist Peace\", \"Let Them Eat War\" and the title track) and also has some nods to George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (the song title \"Boot Stamping on a Human Face Forever\" as well as the line \"you deserve Two Minute Hate\" in the title track are direct references to the book), the latter most likely inspired by the Patriot Act.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe album also marks the rare instance that non-members of Bad Religion received a writing credit, as Chris Wollard of Hot Water Music co-wrote two songs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe song \"Social Suicide\" appears in the video games Tony Hawk's Project 8 and MX vs. ATV Untamed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eTRACK-LIST:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOverture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSinister Rouge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSocial Suicide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAtheist Peace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll There Is\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLos Angeles Is Burning\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLet Them Eat War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGod's Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTo Another Abyss\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Quickening\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Empire Strikes First\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeyond Electric Dreams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoot Stamping on a Human Face Forever\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLive Again (The Fall of Man)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Surface of Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Bad Religion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47388805955741,"sku":"2157573","price":39.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0446\/4836\/6237\/products\/0008_badreligion-empirestrikesfirst.jpg?v=1661879325","url":"https:\/\/exoshop.com\/en-us\/products\/the-empire-strikes-first-1","provider":"EXOSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}