| Product Summary | | Label: Cbs/epic/wtg Records | | UPC: 00696998696822 | | Release Date: 11/19/2002 | | Buy.com Sku: 60580138 | | Item#: MHLH9W | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 2011 | Format:  CD |
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| In the spirit of the supergroups of the past, two of the most important bands of the nineties have pooled their talents to create a new band: Audioslave, featuring former lead singer/guitarist of Soundgarden, Chris Cornell (Vocals) and Rage Against The Machine's Tim Commerford (Bass), Tom Morello (Guitar), and Brad Wilk (Drums). Audiosave was recorded in Los Angeles at Cello Studios with producer Rick Rubin.
"The result isn't a faux Rage album; rather, it's the true follow-up to Soundgarden's Superunknown that neither that band nor a solo Cornell ever managed." Entertainment Weekly
"One of the most important rock bands ever meets one of the best, and guess what, they've only gone and knocked out a bonafide masterpiece. It's 1993 all over again, but it's also 1970 and 2002 and beyond, because an album this classic transcends any pigeonholing." Playlouder
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Audioslave: Chris Cornell (vocals); Tom Morello (guitar); Tim Commerford (bass); Brad Wilk (drums). | | Recorded at Cello Studios, Royaltone Studios, Burbank, Akadamie Mathematique Of Philosophical Sound Research, Los Angeles, California; Audio Litho, Studio X, Seattle, Washington. | | AUDIOSLAVE was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album. | | "Like A Stone" was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance. | | Personnel: Chris Cornell (vocals); Tom Morello (guitar); Brad Wilk (drums). | | Audio Mixer: Rich Costey. | | Recording information: Akadamie Mathematique Of Philosophical Sound Research,; Cello Studios, Hollywood, CA; Royaltone, Studios, Burbank, CA; Studio Litho, Seattle, WA; Studio X, Seattle WA. | | Photographers: Rupert Truman; Danny Clinch. | | Arranger: Audioslave. | | A modern day super-group composed of ex-members of heavy rock titans Soundgarden and Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave was subject to some pretty high fan expectations. Luckily, the group delivers just what the doctor ordered: a seamless mix of the styles that made the individual members famous. Basically a stoner rock record par excellence, AUDIOSLAVE strips the genre down to its core, serving up one pile-driving riff after another with minimal, but perfectly placed, production flash. In any given song, the band repeats said riffs with even more bone-crushing attitude each time. | | Just when the listener thinks his/her head will go numb from too much stud-rock low E-string twanging and Montrose-era Sammy Hagar-esque wailing, however, Audioslave wisely throws in a ballad. Sure, it's a proven rock formula, but these guys are professionals fully in control of the situation; AUDIOSLAVE bristles with a no-frills, offhand intensity that throws down and reminds those silly nu-metal poseurs what heavy rock is all about. |
Producer: Rick Rubin; Audioslave |
Engineer: Dave Schiffman; Floyd Reitsma; John Burton; Andrew Scheps; Thom Russo |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 11/19/2002 | | Original Release Date : 2002 | | Catalog ID : 86968 | | Label : Epic (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00696998696822 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Spin (1/03, p.72)
- Ranked #34 on Spin's list of 2002's "Albums of the Year"Spin (12/01/02, pp.135-6)
- 8 out of 10 - "...[Cornell] still has the strongest rock voice in existence....Badass music..." Entertainment Weekly (11/22/02, p.77)
- "...The metal is as taut as a rubber band....If you want simple elevation by way of accomplished rock band, AUDIOSLAVE is ready to serve..." Q (01/01/04, p.79)
- Ranked #28 in Q's "The 50 Best Albums of 2003" - "[A]n attempt to rewrite PHYSICAL GRAFFITI for the 21st century." |
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