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Studio album by Rage Against the Machine
Released April 16, 1996
Recorded November–December 1995[1]
Studio Cole Rehearsal (Los Angeles)
Genre
Rap metal[2]alternative metal[3]nu metal[4]
Length 46:37
Label Epic
Producer Brendan O`Brien
Rage Against the Machine chronology
Rage Against the Machine
(1992) Evil Empire
(1996) Live & Rare
(1998)

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]

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]

Background
According to MTV News, `The title `Evil Empire` is taken from what Rage Against The Machine see as Ronald Reagan`s slander of the Soviet Union in the eighties, which the band feels could just as easily apply to the United States.`[7]

The title actually came from a speech by Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, and he addressed the Soviet Union as the `evil empire`. If you look at the atrocities committed by the U.S. in the latter half of the 20th century, we feel that tag could be easily used to describe the U.S.

— Zack de la Rocha[8]
Before the May 27, 1996, performance of `Without a Face` that is featured on the band`s 1998 Live & Rare album, Zack de la Rocha said: `It seems as if soon as the... the wall in Germany fell, that the US government was busy building another one on the border between the US and Mexico. Since 1986, as a result of a lot of the hate talk and hysteria that the government of the United States has been speaking, 1,500 bodies have been found on the border. We wrote this song in response to it.`

`Year of tha Boomerang` had previously been included in the film Higher Learning, though its title was written as `Year of the Boomerang` on the packaging of the film`s soundtrack, as well as that of the song`s promotional single.

All lyrics are written by Zack de la Rocha; all music is composed by Rage Against the Machine

No. Title Length
1. `People of the Sun` 2:30
2. `Bulls on Parade` 3:49
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` 4:02
Total length: 46:34
Personnel
Rage Against the Machine

Zack de la Rocha – vocals
Tom Morello – guitars
Tim Commerford (credited as `Tim Bob`) – bass
Brad Wilk – drums
Technical

Brendan O`Brien – production
Rage Against the Machine – co-production
Andy Wallace – mixing
Nick DiDia – engineering, recording
Caram Costanzo – engineering
Clay Harper – assistant engineering
Dave Rat – recording (`Down Rodeo` vocals)
Paul Kosky – recording (`Down Rodeo` vocals)
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Artwork and design

Rage Against the Machine – art direction
Aimée Macauley – art direction
Lisa Johnson – photography
Recording locations
Cole Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA – recording
Kiss Music Recording Studios, Melbourne – recording (`Down Rodeo` vocals)
The Enterprise – mixing
Gateway Mastering Studios – mastering