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It's Time To Turn The Tide...

Advantages: Awesome recording with perfect blend of songs and flawless result
Disadvantages: Couple of tracks that are difficult to get used to

...vocals (highly evident in The Empire Strikes First) and an original approach to punk rock (the intervention of guitar performances or 'solos' proves that punk-rock doesn't just consist of power chords and similar riffs that everyone has heard before). The Empire Strikes First precedes the latest Bad Religion album, The Process Of Belief. Bad Religion took a step in the direction of harmonising and produced an album that really tested the extent ...
...the release of: The Empire Strikes First. Well, I was going to go straight into the track listing, but then I realised how much I love the album title! 'The Empire Strikes First', a parody of the 'Empire Strikes Back', the fifth Star Wars film. This clever title is an obvious reference to the oppression of the U.S.A (or anything corporate for that matter) and how the public really has no chance to act on or influence a governments' decision. Very ...

DaveGriffiths 22.09.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Empire Strikes First, The - Bad Religion

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Pure Class

Advantages: Every tracks a classic
Disadvantages: none at all !

Although many accused the band of selling out by signing to a major label, this, in my opinion is their best album. It is consistantly excellant with not a duff track amongst them. Geg Graffin's voice is at its best and the excellant songwriting of Brett Gurewitz was sorely missed on their albums released after he left. Every song from start to finish is great and its definately the sort of album that you'd listen to the whole way through. Definately ...

Ryan-Simpson 18.09.2000 · Read full review
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There Will Be Sorrow, No More

Advantages: A strong album packed full of melodic punk rock anthems.
Disadvantages: Not as hard hitting as some of the bands albums.

'The Process of Belief' is the twelfth studio album released by the American punk rock band that is Bad Religion. The album was released in 2002 and saw the band return to the Epitaph record label for the first time in nine years. Four albums were released during the bands time away from the Epitaph label (all of which were released through major label Atlantic), 'The Process of Belief' was the first Bad Religion album released on Epitaph since the ...
...'Supersonic' provides this 'The Process of Belief' album with an absolutely excellent opening anthem, it's an incredibly well put across piece of music and an exquisitely fine way to begin this album release. Never does the music disappoint here, throughout the entire progression of the album the music is always greatly impressive and never does the sound created here fail to impress. This is an excellent punk rock album, not the most hard hitting ...

RazzaLazza 13.07.2008 · Read full review
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A great introduction

Advantages: Many a great song
Disadvantages: Pointless for the big fans

...you the best songs from all those albums and gives you an insite into what BR are all about. To be going that long they must be doing something right, and they have been constantly changing their style ever so slightly throughout the bands life. In the whole BR's songs are punk rock, and to be quite honest they are the kings of punk rock, no one else even comes close. This CD is great value for money with 22 songs which even though short, makes ...
...Brooks Wackerman - Drums all these guys deserve a mention, they have done so much for music in these last 20 or so years, i hope they carry on as long as they feel they should. If you own many or all of BR albums then you may not need to buy this, but if you are a relative newcomer to BR then this will give you just a taste of what they can offer, and they can offer a lot. ...

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Review of All Ages - Bad Religion

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Isn't all religion bad?? Discuss.

Advantages: Good title track, interesting and questioning lyrics
Disadvantages: A little too repetive at times, brief.

...of Epitaph records, Brett Gurewitz. Generator is their sixth album and it signalled the beginning of their entry to the mainstream music industry of the time. The album consista of 11 tracks and runs at around half an hour in length, although two further tracks have subsequently been added on recent re-releases of the album. The Album [Track 1 - Generator] The song beats the album into life with its ponding drums and Brett delivers the ...
...far as ounk bands go. The lyrics are quite evocative and do well to conjure up plenty of mental images. I havent heard this album in some time and I'm enjoying going back over this track. [8/10] [Track 2 - Too Much To Ask] This track starts off mellow with a tentative bassline but soon shifts up the gears with typical rapid punky drumming. The track isn't exactly brilliant but it has pleasant harmonies in places and lyrics very typical of the ...

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