Evil Empire (album)
1996 studio album by Rage Against the Machine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Evil Empire is the second studio album by the American rock band Rage Against the Machine, released on April 16, 1996, by Epic Records. It debuted at number 1 on the US Billboard 200 chart with first week sales of 249,000 copies, and the song "Tire Me" won a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance; "Bulls on Parade" and "People of the Sun" were nominated for Grammys for Best Hard Rock Performance. On May 24, 2000, the album was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.[5]
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Released | April 16, 1996 (1996-04-16) | |||
Recorded | November–December 1995[1] | |||
Studio | Cole Rehearsal (Los Angeles) | |||
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Length | 46:37 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | Brendan O'Brien | |||
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The album's title is a reference to a term used in the early 1980s by President Ronald Reagan and many American conservatives to describe the Soviet Union.[6]