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Lean, hard, strong, and memorable, a record that finds Audioslave coming into its own as a real rock band.
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No other big band out there makes their pieces fit like this. Not Queens of the Stone Age, not Nine Inch Nails, certainly not Crossfade, Seether, or Chevelle. Audioslave are officially in a league of their own.
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BlenderEven the fiercest moments never fully detonate. [Jul 2005, p.114]
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The foursome has still not found a common sound to call its own.
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Entertainment WeeklyThe album ends up in the same spinning-wheels muck that often bogged down Soundgarden. [27 May 2005, p.136]
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Los Angeles Times"Out of Exile" is mostly grand and aggressive, riding the old-fashioned appeal of pipes and chops. [5 Jun 2005]
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Mojo[Audioslave] display[s] a welcome lightness of touch. [Jul 2005, p.96]
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New Musical Express (NME)On the one hand it's easy to knock; on the other it's difficult to dismiss. [4 Jun 2005, p.58]
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Out of Exile finds Audioslave moving closer to finding their identity as a band; however they still have one or two more albums before they get there.
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Q MagazineA muscular piece of work... [but] a tangible sense of genuine passion is, ultimately, absent. [Jul 2005, p.112]
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At times, the four seem to move parallel to each other rather than as one.
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As solid a listen as it may be, one can't help but yearn for a little bit more of the testosterone-charged hard-rock muscle that the band members' resumes evoke.
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SpinDeep cuts like "Man or Animal" are as hot as anything this side of Led Zeppelin II. [Jul 2005, p.95]
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Middling music that shoots for epic and edgy, but takes far too few chances and falls short of its fans' expectations.
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As Out Of Exile carries on, the songs sound repetitious and a little formulaic; each guitar solo seems to arrive at a preordained moment, and both the album and the individual songs drag on too long.
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UncutThe likes of "Be Yourself" lack much of a dimension beyond 'Let's rock out!' [Aug 2005, p.105]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 71 out of 91
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Mixed: 8 out of 91
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Negative: 12 out of 91
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Sep 28, 2013
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Mar 2, 2011
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Apr 14, 2020