Rage Against the Machine (album)

Rage Against the Machine is the debut studio album by 2 Tour

American rap metal band Rage Against the Machine.[1]
The album was released on November 3, 1992. It went Main article: Rage Against the Machine Tour
to #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart, and #45 on the
Billboard 200 chart.
The album was supported by the Rage Against the Ma-
"Know Your Enemy" features Tool vocalist Maynard chine Tour which commenced in early 1993 and con-
James Keenan on additional vocals, and also features cluded on December 31, 1993.[3]
Janes Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins on trashcan
percussion. Keenan has been known on occasion to ap-
pear onstage with the band to perform the song. The al-
bum cover features the self-immolation of Thch Qung
3 XX 20th Anniversary Edition
c that occurred on June 11, 1963.
The band announced on October 9, 2012, via their Face-
book page that they would be releasing a special 20th
anniversary boxset to commemorate the groups debut
album. The boxset contains never-before-released con-
cert material, including the bands 2010 Finsbury Park
show and footage from early in their career, as well as
a digitally-remastered version of the album, b-sides and
1 Artwork and sleeve notes the original demo tape (on disc for the rst time).[4][5] The
collection was released on November 27, 2012.[5]
The release features 3 distinct versions:
The cover features a photo of the self-immolation of
Thch Qung c, a Vietnamese Buddhist monk, in
Deluxe Box Set featuring two CDs, two DVDs, one
Saigon in 1963. The monk was protesting President Ng
12 180gm vinyl LP, one 40 page booklet and two-
nh Dims administration for oppressing the Buddhist
sided poster
religion. The photograph drew international attention and
persuaded U.S. President John F. Kennedy to withdraw Special Edition featuring two CDs and a bonus DVD
support for Ng nh Dims government. It was taken by featuring six tracks
Associated Press correspondent Malcolm Browne; a sim-
ilar photograph earned the award of World Press Photo Single compact disc (with three bonus tracks)
of the Year in 1963.
The songs on Rage Against the Machine all feature politi-
cal messages. Activists such as Provisional IRA hunger
4 Critical reception
striker Bobby Sands and Black Panther Party founder
Huey P. Newton are listed in the Thanks For Inspiration In a contemporary review, NME wrote that what makes
section. Also thanked were Ian and Alec MacKayede RATM more than just another bunch of prodigiously
la Rocha was straight edge at the time, though he later capable genre-benders is their total lack of pretension
took up smoking.[2] or contrivance ... the results burn with an undeniable
conviction.[10] Q magazine deemed it a record of real
The lyrics for each song were printed in the album booklet attitude and energy,[11] while Los Angeles Times critic
with the exception of those for Killing in the Name, Robert Hilburn hailed it as a striking, politically con-
which were omitted; the booklet reads 2. KILLING IN scious debut and de la Rocha a bona de star who
THE NAME, skips the lyrics and continues with the next combines on stage a Bob Marley-like charisma and a
song. Chuck D.-style rap command -- and the music itself is
The statement no samples, keyboards or synthesizers as tough and relentless as his raps.[8] Robert Christgau
used in the making of this record can be found at the was somewhat less impressed in The Village Voice, sum-
end of the sleeve notes. Similar statements were made ming it up as metal for rap-loversand opera-haters
in the bands subsequent albums. The band also refer to while naming Know Your Enemy and Wake Up
themselves as Guilty Parties for each album. as highlights.[16] AllMusic reviewer Eduardo Rivadavia

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wrote in a retrospective review, it was the rst album to 6 Personnel

successfully merge the seemingly disparate sounds of rap
and heavy metal, he also praised the albums meaning- Rage Against the Machine
ful rhymes and emotionally charged conviction.[6]
In 2001, Q named Rage Against the Machine as one of Tim Commerford (credited as Timmy C.) bass
the 50 Heaviest Albums Of All Time. The album is in- guitar, backing vocals, production, art direction
cluded in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before
You Die. In 2012, the album was ranked number 365 on Tom Morello guitar, production, art direction
Rolling Stone magazines list of the 500 greatest albums
of all time.[17] BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe named Rage Zack de la Rocha vocals, production, art direction
Against the Machine as one of four 'Masterpieces. This Brad Wilk drums, percussion, production, art di-
was his best album, on December 2, 2008.[1] In October rection
2011, Rage Against the Machine was ranked number ve
on Guitar World magazines top ten list of guitar albums
of 1992.[18] Additional musicians

Maynard James Keenan additional vocals on

Know Your Enemy
5 Track listing
Stephen Perkins additional percussion on Know
All tracks written by Rage Against the Machine (Tim Your Enemy
Commerford, Zack de la Rocha, Tom Morello, Brad
Wilk). Technical
Anger Is a Gift bonus disc released with the 1995 Aus-
tralian CD re-release Craig Doubet assistant engineer

Stan Katayama engineer

1. Darkness 3:40
Nicky Lindeman art direction
2. Year of tha Boomerang 4:02
Garth Richardson production, engineering
3. Freedom (Remix) 6:14 Je Sheehan assistant engineer

4. Take the Power Back (Live) 6:12 Steve Sisco mixing assistant

Andy Wallace mixing

Bonus Maxi 12 from the Limited Tour Edition
red vinyl 1993 European re-release included this sec- Bob Ludwig mastering (1992 CD and Vinyl)
ond LP labeled sides C and D
Steve Homan - mastering (2016 Hybrid SACD)

1. C1 Freedom (Live) 6:13

7 Charts
2. C2 Bombtrack (From Mark Goodiers Evening
Session) 4:08
8 Certications
3. C3 Bullet in the Head (Remix) 5:40

4. D1 Darkness of Greed 3:40 9 References

5. D2 Bullet in the Head (Live) 5:44
6. D3 Bombtrack (Live) 5:33
All songs from both bonuses are the versions from pre-
viously released singles and promos, except C1 which is
from a dierent performance. No information is given
on the 12 about the date nor venue.
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[3] Rage Against the Machine Tour - eNotes.com
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[7] Larkin, Colin (2011). Rage Against the Machine.
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.).
Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
[8] Hilburn, Robert (December 1, 2002). Too volatile a mix
to last?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
[9] Rage Against the Machine: Rage Against the Machine.
Mojo (230): 106. January 2013.
[10] Rage Against the Machine: Rage Against the Machine.
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[11] Rage Against the Machine: Rage Against the Machine.
Q (78): 90. March 1993.
[12] McIver, Joel (January 2013). Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine. Record Collector (410).
Retrieved August 19, 2016.
[13] Catucci, Nick (November 27, 2012). Rage Against the
Machine XX. Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 30,
2012.
[14] Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). Rage
Against the Machine. The Rolling Stone Album Guide
(4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
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[16] Christgau, Robert (March 9, 1993). Consumer Guide.
The Village Voice. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
[17] 500 greatest albums of all time. Rolling Stone. Re-
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[18] Grassi, Tony. Photo Gallery: The Top 10 Guitar Albums
of 1992. GuitarWorld.com. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
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Against the Machine (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
[23] "Lescharts.com Rage Against the Machine Rage
Against the Machine. Hung Medien.
[24] Ozielle Deutsche Charts Top 100 Album-Charts.
www.offiziellecharts.de (in German). GfK Entertain-
ment.
[25] "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline (in German).
Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
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[26] "Charts.org.nz Rage Against the Machine Rage
Against the Machine. Hung Medien.
[27] "Swedishcharts.com Rage Against the Machine Rage
Against the Machine. Hung Medien.
[28] "Swisscharts.com Rage Against the Machine Rage
Against the Machine. Hung Medien.
[29] Ocial Albums Chart Top 75. www.officialcharts.
com. The Ocial UK Charts Company.
[30] Rage Against the Machine | Artist | Ocial Charts. UK
Albums Chart
[31] Chart Search. www.billboard.com. Billboard.
[32] Rage Against the Machine Chart history Billboard 200
for Rage Against the Machine.
[33] ARIA Charts Accreditations 2015 Albums.
Australian Recording Industry Association.
[34] Austrian album certications Rage Against the Ma-
chine Rage Against the Machine (in German). IFPI
Austria. Enter Rage Against the Machine in the eld In-
terpret. Enter Rage Against the Machine in the eld Titel.
Select album in the eld Format. Click Suchen
[35] Canadian album certications Rage Against the Ma-
chine Rage Against the Machine. Music Canada.
[36] Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Rage Against the Ma-
chine; 'Rage Against the Machine')" (in German).
Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
[37] Italian album certications Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine (in Italian). Federazione
Industria Musicale Italiana. Select Album e Compilation
in the eld Sezione. Enter Rage Against the Machine in the
eld Filtra. Select 2017 in the eld Anno. The certication
will load automatically
[38] New Zealand album certications Rage Against the
Machine Rage Against the Machine. Recorded Music
NZ.
[39] The Ocial Swiss Charts and Music Community:
Awards (Rage Against the Machine; 'Rage Against the
Machine')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
[40] British album certications Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine. British Phonographic In-
dustry. Enter Rage Against the Machine in the eld Key-
words. Select Title in the eld Search by. Select album in
the eld By Format. Select Platinum in the eld By Award.
Click Search
[41] American album certications Rage Against the Ma-
chine Rage Against the Machine. Recording Indus-
try Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced,
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