The Empire Strikes First
by Bad Religion
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Bad Religion bestography
The Empire Strikes First is ranked 7th best out of 24 albums by Bad Religion on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Bad Religion is Stranger Than Fiction which is ranked number 2470 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 649.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Empire Strikes First track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Empire Strikes First rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 67/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 30 Music Albums of 2004 | 13/30 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Dankel | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 29/100 | 67 |
| 2026 | PapaShiz86 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 36/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | Andras | Top 8 Music Albums of 2004 | 8/8 | 1 |
| 2025 | Dankel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 5/100 | 19 |
| 2024 |  NoisyBeast | Top 100 Music Albums of 2004 | 37/100 | 3 |
| 2023 |  mickilennial | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 14/100 | 17 |
| 2023 | mickilennial | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 66/100 | 23 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 23 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 187 | |||
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The Empire Strikes First ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/06/2026 19:51 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/18/2025 10:11 | TonySayers61 | 25,608 | 64/100 |
| ! | 07/18/2025 15:47 |  Milhaud | 2,156 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 74.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/15/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5374): By Dankel NoisyBeast 02/07/2024 15:58 in What album are you listening to right now? mickilennial 11/20/2015 02:17 in Recommendations ThreadThe Empire Strikes First comments
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Dankel 11/24/2017 20:48 | #202010 | TOP COMMENT
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Probably my favourite Bad Religion album, pop-punk hardcore?
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