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The Empire Strikes Back
Studio album by Country Teasers
Released	2006
Recorded	October 17 – November 3, 2005
Genre	Rock
Label	In the Red Records
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Live Album (2005) The Empire Strikes Back (2006)

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The Empire Strikes Back is the fifth studio album by Country Teasers.

Reception

Frieze magazine described the album as "Full of moral outrage, scything black humour and joyful Garage-Punk invention, it is also a provocative assault on the hypocritical uses and abuses of language."

Track listing

All tracks written by Ben Wallers except where noted.

Side one

1. "Spiderman in the Flesh" (Wallers/Roger Waters) – 4:09
2. "Points of View" – 5:06
3. "Hitlers & Churchills" – 3:09
4. "Mos E17ley" – 4:43
5. "The Ship" – 4:15
6. "Raglan Top of Lonsdale Grey" – 5:26

Side two

1. "Good Looking Boys or Women" – 3:23
2. "Your English" – 3:56
3. "Panic Holiday" – 3:42
4. "White Patches" – 7:16
5. "Please Ban Music / Gegen Alles" – 5:02

Personnel

• Leighton Crook – drums, bass (11)
• Alastair Mackinven – guitar, percussion (9)
• Robert McNeill – keyboard, guitar "Oscillations" (4)
• Sophie Politowicz – bass guitar, drums (11)
• Ben Wallers – vocals, guitar; creaking on the "Ship, Oscillations" (9)

References

1. Deming, Mark. "The Empire Strikes Back – Country Teasers". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
2. Nathaniel Mellors (September 2006). "The Empire Strikes Back". Frieze. Retrieved 13 February 2014.

• 2006 albums
• Country Teasers albums
• In the Red Records albums