Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire (1996)

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NM Original U.S. 1st Pressing

Epic Records: E 57523
Format: 12" LP, Standard Black Vinyl
Includes: Original Custom Lyrics & Liner Notes Inner Sleeve
Cover Condition: NM, No dents, dings, wrinkles, splits, creases, holes, or saw cuts!
Always stored vertically in a protective poly sleeve.
Vinyl Condition: NM! Beautiful copy! Lables are NM.
The inner sleeve is also NM!

Release Info:  Evil Empire is the second album by American heavy metal band Rage Against the Machine. It was released on April 16, 1996, almost four years after the band's first, self-titled album.

The album's title is taken from the phrase "evil empire", which was used by former U.S. President Ronald Reagan and many conservatives in describing the former Soviet Union. The cover is the altered image by Mel Ramos and features Ari Meisel as the subject. The caption "EVIL EMPIRE" and letter "e" on boy's costume were originally "c" and "CRIME BUSTER". Additional themes for the album was created by Barbara Kruger, and some of her artwork appears in the video clip for "Bulls on Parade", which became the first single for the album. As with their debut, five singles were released in total.

Evil Empire debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200. The song "Tire Me" won the 1996 Grammy award for Best Metal Performance. The tracks "Bulls on Parade" and "People of the Sun" were both nominated for Grammys for Best Hard Rock Performance in separate years.

On May 24, 2000 the album went Triple Platinum.

In 1995 the band sent a free 7″ record to promote the upcoming album to everyone who signed up for the Rage Against the Machine fan club promoted in the liner notes of the debut CD as an apology for never having received anything. It came in a plain cardboard colored fold-out with a black-and-white American flag on the cover and the title "Evil Empire" and the band's name all in capitals. On the back was a UPC with marker scribble on the barcode. The A-side was a reissue of the "Evening Session" version of "Bombtrack" listed as "Bombtrack (Live on the BBC)" and the B-side was the then unreleased cover of N.W.A's "Fuck tha Police" recorded live on August 13, 1995, Mumia Benefit, Capitol Ballroom, Washington D.C.

All songs written and arranged by Rage Against the Machine and all lyrics by Zack de la Rocha.

1."People of the Sun" – 2:30
2."Bulls on Parade" – 3:51
3."Vietnow" – 4:39
4."Revolver" – 5:30
5."Snakecharmer" – 3:56
6."Tire Me" – 3:00
7."Down Rodeo" – 5:20
8."Without a Face" – 3:36
9."Wind Below" – 5:50
10."Roll Right" – 4:22
11."Year of tha Boomerang" – 3:59