Battle of Los Angeles/Renegades

Rage Against The Machine

Genre: music4me > Rock > Rock

Format: CD Album

Released: Mon 15 May 2006

Catalogue Number: 5205322000

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Description:
Rage Against The Machine: Zack De La Rocha (vocals); Tom Morello (guitar); Y.tim.K (bass); Brad Wilk (drums). Recorded at A&M Studios, Hollywood, California; Royaltone Studios, North Hollywood, California; Silent Sound Studios and Southern Tracks, Atlanta, Georgia; Sunset Sound and Westlake Audio, Los Angeles, California. "Guerrilla Radio" won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. THE BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album. Rage Against the Machine doesn't release rushed albums for the sake of exposure. Each of the band's deftly crafted full-length albums has defined a progression in the group's sound and musical vision. Here, Rage has taken the dynamics of its unique style to a deeper level, as evidenced on "Mic Check," which features gentle, unsettling guitar work by Tom Morello, who is deservedly hailed as an innovator of the instrument. The mid-tempo funk of "Maria" finds vocalist Zach De La Rocha telling the poetic story of an immigrant factory worker whose dream of freedom leads her unknowingly into modern-day slavery. Taking up the cause of death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jabal, De La Rocha questions the validity of his trial in "Guerilla Radio" and fleshes out his argument in "Voice of the Voiceless." "Sleep Now in the Fire" finds De La Rocha making historical references to government greed and the darker side of human nature. Though other rap/metal acts may have seemingly copped some of its musical traits, Rage Against the Machine has a conviction and passion that cannot be matched by any other band in the genre.

Details:

Distributors: Arvato Services, Sony Music
Producers: Brendan O'Brien, Rage Against The M
Sound Engineers: David Schiffman, Jim Scott
Discs: 2
Release Year: 2005

Track Listing:

Disk 1
1.	Testify
2.	Guerilla Radio
3.	Calm Like a Bomb
4.	Mic Check
5.	Sleep Now in the Fire
6.	Born of a Broken Man
7.	Born of Ghosts
8.	Maria
9.	Voice of the Voiceless
10.	New Millennium Homes
11.	Ashes in the Fall
12.	War Within a Breath
Disk 2
1.	Microphone Fiend
2.	Pistol Grip Pump
3.	Kick Out the Jams
4.	Renegades of Funk
5.	Beautiful World
6.	I'm Housin'
7.	In My Eyes
8.	How I Could Just Kill a Man
9.	Ghost of Tom Joad
10.	Down On the Street
11.	Street Fighting Man
12.	Maggie's Farm