Rage Against the Machine (album) - Definition and Overview

Rage Against the Machine
Album by Rage Against the Machine
Released	November 3, 1992
Recorded	1992
Genre	Rock
Length	52 min 48 s
Record label	Epic Records
Producer	Garth Richardson, Rage Against the Machine
Professional reviews
Allmusic.com	4.5 stars out of 5	link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDSUB040406301342131744&sql=Arya9qj5bojaa)
Rolling Stone	NR	link (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album?id=233612)
Rage Against the Machine Chronology
Rage Against The Machine (1992)		Evil Empire (1996)

Rage Against the Machine is the debut album by metal and hip hop band Rage Against the Machine, released November 3, 1992. As one of the first full-length fusions of the widely disparate genres, Rage Against the Machine is a landmark album, setting the stage for the late-1990s boom in more pop-oriented fusions like Limp Bizkit, Korn and Linkin Park.

The album cover (at right) featured the controversial photograph of Thich Quang Duc self-immolating in protest of the Vietnam War.

The album peaked at #1 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart, and at #45 on the Billboard Top 200 chart.

The song "Wake Up" is featured in the credits of The Matrix.

In 2001 Q magazine named Rage Against the Machine as one of the 50 Heaviest Albums Of All Time.

Track listing

1. "Bombtrack" (Rage Against The Machine) - 4:05
2. "Killing in the Name" (Rage Against The Machine) - 5:14
3. "Take the Power Back" (Rage Against The Machine) - 5:37
4. "Settle for Nothing" (Rage Against The Machine) - 4:48
5. "Bullet in the Head" (Rage Against The Machine) - 5:10
6. "Know Your Enemy" (Rage Against The Machine) - 4:56
7. "Wake Up" (Rage Against The Machine) - 6:04
8. "Fistful of Steel" (Rage Against The Machine) - 5:31
9. "Township Rebellion" (Rage Against The Machine) - 5:24
10. "Freedom" (Rage Against The Machine) - 6:07

Personnel (Guilty Parties)

• Rage Against the Machine - Producer, Art Direction
• Zack de la Rocha - Vocals
• Garth 'GGGarth' Richardson - Producer, Engineer
• Maynard James Keenan - Vocals ("Know Your Enemy")
• Bob Ludwig - Mastering
• Tom Morello - Guitar
• Stephen Perkins - Percussion
• Jeff Sheehan - Assistant Engineer
• Steve Sisco - Mixing Assistant
• Tim Commerford - Bass
• Andy Wallace - Mixing
• Brad Wilk - Drums
• Stan Katayama - Engineer
• Nicky Lindeman - Art Direction
• Craig Doubet - Assistant Engineer