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:''For use of the phrase by Ronald Reagan and United States' conservatives, see Evil empire.'' ''Evil Empire'' is the second studio album by American rap metal band Rage Against the Machine. It was released on April 16, 1996, almost four years after the band's self-titled debut album. ==Album background== 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.〔Staff report (May 3, 1996). (Rage Builds "Evil Empire" ) MTV〕 The cover is the altered image by Mel Ramos and features Ari Meisel as the subject.〔Vroom Journal (August 30, 2004) (Covers: Visual Artists and the Music Industry )〕 The caption "EVIL EMPIRE" and letter "e" on the boy's costume were originally "c" and "CRIME BUSTER".〔Mark Malazarte (''Crime Buster'' by Mel Ramos 1993 )〕 Additional themes for the album were 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. The inside of the CD booklet shows a picture of a pile of various political and philosophical books including ''A People's History of the United States'' by Howard Zinn, ''Capital, Volume I'' by Karl Marx, ''A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'' by James Joyce, and ''The Anarchist Cookbook'' by William Powell.〔http://www.ratm.net/book.html〕 ''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. The album was certified triple platinum on May 24, 2000.〔RIAA (RIAA Certification search results ) Note: type “Evil Empire” (without quotation marks) in field "Title:"〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Evil Empire (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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