Audioslave - Audioslave
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Universal acclaim- based on 160 Ratings

  • Summary: After frontman Zack de la Rocha left Rage Against the Machine in 2000, the remaining members of that Los Angeles band enlisted former Soundgarden leader Chris Cornell, and together they formed Audioslave. This is their debut release.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 19
  2. Negative: 3 out of 19
  1. 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.
  2. The first truly great rock band of the 21st century.
  3. 60
    This is feel-good stuff, the sound of a rejuvenating artistic vacation. [#12, p.136]
  4. Lacking individuality, distinction and imagination, this album is over-produced, overlong and over-indulgent.

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Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 11 out of 121
  1. 10
    Best cd ever!!!!!!!!!!!!........................................................................................................................................................................................................... Expand
  2. With Chris and Zack as contributors make a nice combination of mixed tastes, while I don't feel the album as a groundbreaking phenomenon, it is one of the best well made and appealing sound list. Expand
  3. DaveN
    7
    Soundgarden and Rage Against the Machine might be better, but this is a solid debut nonetheless. While its expectations might be higher due to the all-star line up the band has, Chris Cornell most of the time seems comfortable with his new bandmates. They do need to tweek their sound a bit (Out of Exile fixes that error mostly), but this is expected on their first CD. Expand
  4. JasonK.
    4
    As we all know that the grunge-rock era is dead and long gone, even some of the bands have given up. The same fate consumed Soundgarden (probably) the first and most certainly the best of them all. They officially disbanded in 1997 which forced vocalist Chris Cornell to enter the solo world. He made one hell of a record by himself and really showed what he's capable of all by himself, no other news was heard about him since then. After a few years we heard a news about Cornell forming a new band. Some rays of hope fell on the grunge genre. Former R.A.T.M. (Rage Against The Machine) members and Cornell together formed Audioslave. This is their debut album. The result of the two band's joining is a laclustre album trying to copy the legendary Led Zepplin. Where did the hatred of R.A.T.M. disappear, where did the deep depressing and sometimes anger rousing songs of Soundgarden fall off? Chris sould've stuck to his solo career or should've considered a reunion of SG. Guess he really did "fall on black days". I am a diehard fan of SG and hope for another of his solo albums OR weep and hope for a SG reunion. WE BEG TO YOU CHRIS!!! Expand

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