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The Battle of Los Angeles
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Rage Against the Machine
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Product Details
- Artist: Rage Against the Machine
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- Binding: Audio CD
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- EAN: 0074646963029
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- Format: Explicit Lyrics
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- Label: Sony
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- Manufacturer: Sony
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- Number of Discs: 1
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- Product Group: Music
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- Publisher: Sony
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- Release Date: 1999-11-02
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- Studio: Sony
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- Title: The Battle of Los Angeles
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- UPC: 074646963029
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Avg Customer Rating: 
Product Description: Having successfully fused music and politics from their start, inspiring both moshing and young minds in the process, Rage Against the Machine emerges in peak form with merely their third album in seven years. Guitarist Tom Morello is one of the most distinctive and innovative players of his era, and his foil, vocalist/lyricist Zack De La Rocha, is as unrelenting and inspiring as ever on The Battle of Los Angeles. Rage, whose past antics include performing naked with duct tape over their mouths to protest censorship, released Battle on Election Day, but the politics of the group can be separated from the sounds. Indeed, the 45 minutes of mayhem heard here can be enjoyed solely as rousing aggro hip-hop rock. There's more variety found on Battle than on its predecessors, however. "Sleep Now in the Fire" is one of their most straight-ahead rock tunes. The trippy guitar on "Calm Like a Bomb" is out there even for the adventurous Morello. And "Born a Broken Man" serves up lovely musical interludes. Overall, the more finely honed Rage heard on Battle may not inspire a generation of young revolutionaries, but they still stir up more mutinous spirit than the rest of the current rock pack. --Katherine Turman
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Customer Reviews
the album that sets the standard
This album is both defiant and poetic. Classic Rage Against the Machine. Rage's innovative combinations of hip hop, funk, and hard rock have influenced bands such as Kongcrete who followed a decade later. Rage and their successors Kongcrete showed that - when it comes to social justice, anger, and other human emotions and ideals - there is no distinction between black and white. We're all on the same boat. Battle of L.A. to this day remains at the top of my playlist.
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Great Album - shame about some of the reviews...
Why is it that all the negative, one-star ratings of this album rant about its anti-capitalist messages and fail to discuss - um - the music?
Solid, rocking angry music. Yes, it is political - and not everyone's gonna agree with the politics - but then imagine political rock that was in favour of the system... it would be boring.
Listen to this album and decide for yourself...
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Most ROCKING album for Rage
This was my first (sorry, late adopter) album for Rage, and still my favorite -- every track explodes!
If you only buy one Rage album, get this.
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Simply Amazing
Rage Against the Machine's The Battle of Los Angeles is my favorite Rage CD. It's perfect, from the opening chord of Testify to the last sound War Within A Breath. I can't recommend this CD highly enough. The political lyrics are in top notch form and everyone is in a groove with the musci making. Superb.
My favorites: Testify, Guerilla Radio, Calm Like A Bomb, Mic Check, Sleep Now In the Fire, Born of a Broken Man, Maria, Voice of the Voiceless, New Millenium Homes, War Within a Breath. That's only TWO songs not mentioned. This is definitely one of my favorites and one of the best of all time.
Must Have.
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Rage's Finest Hour
"The Battle of Los Angeles" is a triumphant masterpiece. I would easily put this album in my top 50 albums of all time. Their self titled debut is great, but this is the album that truely defines all of their talents. From start to finish each track is incredible.
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