Renegades (Rage Against the Machine album)

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Renegades
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Studio album by Rage Against the Machine
Released December 5, 2000 (2000-12-05)
Recorded Cello Studios, Hollywood, CA and The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, CA, 2000
Genre Rap metal, alternative metal, funk metal
Length 60:36
Label Epic
Producer Rick Rubin, Brendan O'Brien, Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine chronology
The Battle of Los Angeles
(1999)The Battle of Los Angeles1999		 Renegades
(2000)
Singles from Renegades
  1. "The Ghost of Tom Joad"
    Released: November 25, 1997
  2. "Renegades of Funk"
    Released: February 20, 2001
  3. "How I Could Just Kill a Man"
    Released: October 20, 2001

Renegades is a cover album by American band Rage Against the Machine released on Epic Records. The album consists entirely of cover songs and includes covers of artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Minor Threat, Eric B. & Rakim, EPMD, MC5, The Rolling Stones, Cypress Hill, and Devo. It was released in 2000, after Rage singer Zack de la Rocha had already left the band, but featured his vocals. After the release of Renegades, the remaining three members of the band reformed with Chris Cornell on vocals as Audioslave. Rage did, however, release another album, Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium, a live recording of their final two concerts before their initial break-up, in Los Angeles on September 12 and September 13, 2000. The bonus live version of "Kick Out the Jams" on the European version of this album also appears on Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium. Their version of "Maggie's Farm", was featured in the credits of the 2010 film The Other Guys.

The album achieved platinum status a little over a month after its initial release.

Artwork

The cover art is a parody of the pop art work, LOVE by Robert Indiana. The album shipped with four different versions of the cover: either red lettering with black and either blue or green background, or with the red and black switched.

Packaging also includes a poem by Josh Koppel. The artwork ends with a photograph of an American one dollar bill with the message "YOU ARE NOT A SLAVE" written on the back.

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 78/100 [1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars [2]
Entertainment Weekly A− [3]
Melody Maker 3.5/5 stars [4]
NME 8/10 [5]
Q 3/5 stars [4]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars [6]
Spin 7/10 [4]

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Original artist (date) Length
1. "Microphone Fiend"   Eric Barrier, Rakim Allah Eric B. & Rakim (1988) 5:01
2. "Pistol Grip Pump"   Roger Troutman, Dino Hawkins, Adrian Miller, Eric Vidal, Nick Vidal Volume 10 (1994) 3:18
3. "Kick Out the Jams"   Wayne Kramer, Fred "Sonic" Smith, Rob Tyner, Michael Davis, Dennis Thompson MC5 (1969) 3:11
4. "Renegades of Funk"   Afrika Bambaataa, Arthur Baker, John Miller, John Robie Afrika Bambaataa (1983) 4:35
5. "Beautiful World"   Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald Casale Devo (1981) 2:35
6. "I'm Housin'"   Erick Sermon, Parish Smith EPMD (1988) 4:56
7. "In My Eyes"   Ian MacKaye, Jeff Nelson, Brian Baker, Lyle Preslar Minor Threat (1981) 2:54
8. "How I Could Just Kill a Man"   Louis Freese, Senen Reyes, Lawrence Muggerud Cypress Hill (1991) 4:04
9. "The Ghost of Tom Joad"   Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen (1995) 5:38
10. "Down on the Street"   Iggy Pop, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, Dave Alexander The Stooges (1970) 3:38
11. "Street Fighting Man"   Mick Jagger, Keith Richards The Rolling Stones (1968) 4:42
12. "Maggie's Farm"   Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (1965) 6:54
Best Buy limited edition

Limited edition albums sold at Best Buy contained a bonus disc with live recordings of "People of the Sun" and "No Shelter". The songs were later released as part of Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in 2003, as was track 13.

Personnel

Chart positions

Album
Chart (2000) Peak
position
Billboard 200[7] 14
Canadian Albums Chart[7] 13
Polish Albums Chart[8] 33
UK Albums Chart 71
Top Internet Albums 14
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
2000 "Renegades of Funk" Modern Rock Tracks 9
2000 "Renegades of Funk" Mainstream Rock Tracks 19
2001 "How I Could Just Kill a Man" Modern Rock Tracks 37
2001 "How I Could Just Kill a Man" Mainstream Rock Tracks 39

References

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External links

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