- Record Label: Epic
- Release Date: Nov 27, 2012
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Nov 29, 2012Ultimately, if there's any disappointment to be had with this near-perfect album, it's that it still towers above subsequent efforts as the unequivocal climax of Rage Against the Machine's vision. As such, it remains absolutely essential.
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Feb 7, 2013Zack de la Rocha's fevered shout doesn't sound any more graceful now than it did then, but Tom Morello's riffs still cook, the grooves still burn.
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Nov 29, 2012Overall, Rage Against the Machine has aged extremely well.
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Nov 29, 2012While the bonus material is nice, they won't likely reinvent people's appreciation for the record, which is more or less foolproof as it is. But the reissue should call people's attention back to a record that, over time, has only grown in stature as one of the most vital and enduring musical statements of its era.
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Kerrang!Jan 2, 2013Rage Against The Machine's debut is still a record that would shock and shake foundations were it released today. [1 Dec 2012, p .48]
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MojoDec 17, 2012This reissued debut reminds, they were a band better informed--and more thrilling--than most. [Jan 2013, p.106]
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Dec 14, 2012It's as well assembled as one could hope a box set of this type to be assembled. But the excessiveness of the content here suggests that this box set would have been better served in a career-spanning retrospective, not one limited to just the debut album.
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Q MagazineDec 11, 2012The passage of time sometimes has a way of making youthful politicking seem naive, but not here. [Jan 2013, p.121]
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Jun 4, 2013The real gold is in tracks that didn’t make the final album, such as the funked-up Autologic and a jazz workout, Darkness Of Greed.
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Nov 29, 2012Rage Against the Machine's 1992 debut is a grenade that keeps exploding.... Remastered to museum-clean standards, the reissued album comes with DVDs of holy-shit live shows and music videos, plus demos that prove just how down and detailed the group had every song (even if Morello still couldn't resist changing solos).
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UncutJan 3, 2013The expanded set illustrates the inventiveness of their playing and the original template of their sound was a strong one--these were louder protest songs for a louder time. [Feb 2013, p.94]
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Under The RadarJan 3, 2013For 50 minutes, Rage Against The Machine is in superb form, showing that its vision was strong from the start. [Jan-Feb 2013, p.92]
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Dec 11, 2022Straightforward, unscrupulous,... I must give this personal best rock album of the 1990s more applause and kneel...until death...