The Empire Strikes First
by Bad Religion

The Empire Strikes First by Bad Religion
Year: 2004
Release date: 2004-06-02
Overall rank: 6,877th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 38 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2004 (96th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (1,186th)
Award Best albums of all time (6,877th)

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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 2413 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 663.

Bad Religion album bestography « Higher ranked (6,027th)
The Process Of Belief
This album (6,877th)
The Empire Strikes First
Lower ranked (6,877th) »
The Empire Strikes First

(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

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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The Empire Strikes First rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 6,877th | 2000s rank: 1,186th | 2004 rank: 96th

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The Empire Strikes First ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 38 votes)
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60/100
 
08/18/2025 10:11 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  24,46064/100
 
65/100
 
07/18/2025 15:47 Milhaud  Ratings distribution  1,99270/100
 
85/100
 
02/14/2024 23:54 NoisyBeast  Ratings distribution  13,31674/100
 
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08/02/2023 12:11 MrX88  Ratings distribution  6067/100
 
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03/23/2023 09:17 mickilennial  Ratings distribution  83591/100

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This album is rated in the top 16% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 74.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.

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From 11/24/2017 20:48 | #202010
Probably my favourite Bad Religion album, pop-punk hardcore?
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