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I have listened to this, not my personal favorite genre or type of music but I could still enjoy it and understand the appeal
It sucked, sorry.
más agradable de lo que pensaba que iba a ser para lo que son mis gustos de princesa chicle, me ha devuelto a mis raíces
It is very hard not to think of "Get up those stairs and tidy your room" as what prompts the "Fuck you etc" refrain in Killing In The Name. But also nice to remember it getting to Christmas number one at the expense of yet another X Factor contestant.
6/10 not my thing but still very enjoyable
I will never understand why this band blew up compared to some of the hardcore bands around at the same time. It's not bad, but nothing special as far as I am concerned.
I've always appreciated the importance of this album and I know that its good but I just don't think its for me. There's a level of irony about this album being released by Sony as well. I'd love to give this album 3.5/5 or a 7/10 but I need to round it and the coin flip came up tails so its a 3. Playlist track: Know Your Enemy
ouah ct vener la team
10 songs that rock but all sound the same with the same lyrical story
Im dtill not a big fan or hard rock or metal but i enjoyed the songs with more of a punk rythym
Can't listen to them the same after knowing they've sold out to The Man. No relief from the headbanging so in that sense it's a consistent album
A very politically charged, angry album. It's hard for me to imagine myself listening casually, but it doesn't change the fact that this album is so poignant and timeless. The instrumental work, like Tom Morello's guitar, really stands out to me. Listened once
Fistful of Steel was probably my favorite Again, not really my vibe and don't believe I'd have listened to otherwise...but glad I did I also realize that I'm less lyrical in a lot of ways, I did not really internalize many lyrics...I want to work on this!
my throat kinda hurt by the end of this album #empath this came out two days after my bday (8 years before i existed) but i will give them a point for this this isn’t rly a style of music i gravitate to, cld see it being fun if i was a more angry individual, tho i do like the messages behind a lot of the songs, take the power back afff i feel like its part of the whole thing they have going on, but idk if i rly like how the instrumentals kinda drown out the vocals, that said i do think the instrumentals r probs my fave part of the album if they had an instrumentals only version i lowkey think i wld listen to that i feel a need to draw attention to the fact that i did not get them in spotle last week so this feels personal i found for a few of the songs i was like ok yeah i kinda get it, this is fun then they wld rly up the scream for the last minute or so and they wld lose me
Really amazing sound; i love their guitar solos; i'm just not a fan of they logic between some lyrics but, it' a great and enjoyable album
I remember listening to them in middle school an playing some of the easier parts on guitar. From the band name onwards it seems that anger is the main and only emotion of the album, a feeling only partly interrupted by Tom Morello's masterful solos. 3 1/2 stars
Frig off, I’m not going to adhere to your requests!
I liked everything individually, unfortunately I didn't like this as a whole as much as I thought I would
355/1089 - Initially it was fun and sludgy and energetic but once I started paying attention to the music some more I found it pretty dull and derivative. One blues riff after another blues riff and some Drop D to spice things up. Let's throw in a 8 bar crescendo where we repeat the same thing over and over and never actually develop any ideas! Also let's play the same song 5 times with different lyrics on top of it and different blues/pentatonic riffs but with the exact same structure as listed up above. This is one of the few times where I wish I could put a 2.5 instead of a 3.
very angry, very loud favourite track - wake up I love the bang on the nose no metaphor sort of lyricism. It's brilliant at conveying political messages in a straightforward no bullshit manner, the perfect antithesis to the jargon and buzzwords thrown around so often in all honesty all the songs sounded rather 'same-y' to me, I would imagine I would struggle to differentiate them
3.5
a mi parecer no varía bastante, no es malo simplemente no lo que más me guste
starting off with a bomb literally. not something that i ever listened or would listen to. appreciate the guitars tho. i guess the lyrics are deep, i just didn't really want to listen to them.
I fw it more than I thought I would. Obv it’s very metal and the lyrics are still really applicable. Pumped me up in the morning, totally was not expecting to get this one first thing in the morning. Enjoyed it but prob wouldn’t reach for this day to day.
Liked very much.
it was ok
un grido alla ribellione e alla libertà: testi crudi e potenti, si sente la rabbia e la passione tipiche del movimento punk. linee di basso memorabili e sempre nuove, assoli di chitarra freschi e innovativi, monotona la parte vocale
Rap metal/rap rock is not my thing usually but this albums works even it borders on corny (as the previous user who reviewed it wrote). The lyrics are teenage level dumb, but this is a good album to let out anger and frustration. The sound stood the test of time, it doesn't sound dated. However, it's about 10-15 minutes too long. Overall an average 3 star.
A big, rightfully angry start to the year. I've never liked Rage (Morello's voice, not the music), so a somewhat challenging start too. At ~53 minutes, easy enough to give it a full listen. T2 (Killing In The Name): It's a classic, but I still think let down by the vocals. That said, what structure, what dynamic range, what a fucking anthem. Later - some real jazzy moments (still not my thing, but can appreciate the complexity here). The bass! T7: Goddamn, this is a lot. I like it, objectively, but I'm tired. Stop shouting at me. T8: That siren noise is making me want this to be over sooner. T10: It's good, it's smart, but all of that doesn't make me want this to be over any less.
yea we know you’re against the system, at least the music was good
borders on corny but it works
Es ist Ok, ich habe es mal gespeicher
mochte die erste hälfte sehr danach eher nicht so wurde mir wahrscheinlich zu repetetiv :(
Oh...
I like the message but sonically a little too hardcore for me lol
meh
6/10
Lyrics are interesting and insightful. Definitely want to research more. Reminds me of Beastie Boys but more aggressive. Enjoyed but for very specific feelings/situations.
I feel like i should like this a lot more for the political messages but the vocals dont do it for me great riffs though
every moment his messages become more and more relevant
we all know its a classic. cmon, its rage against the machine. just one problem for me, it feels to repetitive. every melody, every lyric, every composition. it all feels like a repeat to me. legit took me 15 minutes to realize a song had even passed. it feels like the kind of rock that you would see in a political young adult movie. yes its powerful, but i feels flat. amazing start, not such an amazing continuation. no one can deny its a classic though, still a type of genius in itsself
Helen did not like it, but it was fine
I loved "Stolen Cars" and "Stars All Seem to Weep." Enjoyable album overall but a bit glum.
Don’t know a lot about Rage against the machine, but good first impression. Big fan of their guitar parts, very energetic instrumentals. Not the style of music I listen to the most but they remind me a lot of Limp Bizkit. Solid album, but some of the more experimental sounding parts aren’t for me. 2.5/5
Riff-heavy, guitar really seems to be the focus of this album. Has a real 90s feel. 1 listen, 3 stars
not really my style but i still liked a few songs
RIP Joe McElderry’s music career
Killing in the name is good. I'm not much into rock but it was an interesting listen.
Great music, great lyrics. Very relevant to the socio-political odiern state of our world. Unfortunately I don't like rap and hip hop's rhythm. I will not listen to this again but its relevance and quality are undenaible. I will for sure reccomend it to my friends.
Sonoridade bastante diferente, muita spoken words, e fala bastante dos problemas da sociedade e da guerra.
A very solid album with catchy riffs and lots of attitude. Even though I'm not sure if it should be on this list, it is a very good album all ground.
Cool album cover and if I was in a different mood I would have enjoyed this album more
Maybe it’s a good álbum, but not my genre
Not bad, I like Zach's rapping style, and the electric guitar solos. But there's too much distortion for me. I understand the appeal, but I wouldn't fight for listening to it again. 2,8/5.
ok, não sou mt desse rock tho
I've heard 'Killing in the name of' many times in my life not liking it. Eventually though it grew on me and I can't help at least nodding along when it plays now. This album doesn't sound great to me now, I find there is too much screaming on vocals and guitar and the songs all sound very similar to me. Who knows though, maybe I'll start liking it more if I hear it more often. For now I'll give it 3 stars but maybe more later
loud
Solid Rock, for my taste a little bit too much rap inside. therefore only 3
Album review 010 Rage Against the Machine by Rage Against the Machine (1992) Rating 3.5/5 The 1001 Album Generator dealt me It Takes a Nation of Millions… by Public Enemy for my 9th album and followed it up with RATM for #10, I mention this as found so much similarity between them despite the difference in style. A call to arms for social justice over heavy riffs, Rage Against the Machine does exactly what it promises. (Got this on cassette when I was 13 and leant it to a mate, never got it back)
amazing group, not many good songs
A cultural touchstone that I cant see myself ever listening to again.
The pinnacle of rap-rock is still a low peak.
Interesting way to start the day!
3.0 RYM
Really dumb lyrics, great example of teenager logic hehe, good baselines
Theres some very obvious classic bangers here, which stand the test of time, however I'm not sure the whole album holds up. Strong lyrically and very politically motivated, which does stand the test of time, especially in 2025,the beat/bouncy backing noise just doesnt
Not my usual jam but can’t help and bounce to some of these songs. Can get repetitive at times but then it’ll switch into some sound you never heard before.
just not into them l8ke I used to be 3/5
I liked this album a lot less as a whole than just listening to the hits of Rage that I knew from the album or Bulls on Parade. The highlights for me are Tom Morello's guitar, which are just awesome. The wailing sound that he achieves is so good. I think the reason I didn't like the album as a whole as much as I expected to is because the non-hits feel like they mailed in the music a bit just in service of the lyrics they wanted, where some thing like Killing in the Name is more put together
Not a fan per se but not a horrible listen
A very recognisable sound. A good few well known songs. But it's a bit too preachy and doesn't really mix it up
Especially printers.
A classic, still a solid album.
Rage Against The Machine seems to be quite a spectacular meeting ground of 3 genres, Punk, Hip Hop, and Metal. While it teeters the line of being Nu-Metal, I feel Rage has enough personality, meaning, and sense of pure unapologetic anger that feels authentic and genuine over 30 years later. This project is very perplexing because it by no means should have had any Pop appeal and yet this album has acclaimed the rare feat of having a song with over 1 billion streams. This project was a cultural shift in a decade where it seems like just about every essential album of nearly every genre was coming out, and yet this project still stands out as one of the most iconic pieces of its' time. Personally I have never been crazy about this project, even with me owning it in my own personal collection, but I can still appreciate just how much it is going for while still being this group's debut album. It is nothing short of courageous and bold as Zach and the rest of his band put on one hell of a show in sounding the alarms of society in warning everyone of the current state of the world in such a way where it is extremely relevant in the grand year of 2025. This album is freedom of speech and quite creative and impactful usage of wording at its' finest. Even if the music may not hit for yourself, the meaning behind every note of this project can still leave quite a mark.
Funny how technical skill, middle school political analysis, and volume (plus a Harvard degree) don't necessarily add up to interesting songs. Big meh from me.
Good album by all means - I'm just not that angry any more!
The pros on this one are the exceptional musicianship, really good riffs and structure. The cons are that the lyrics are sometimes a bit righteous and it influenced Limp Bizkit.
There are undeniably some big tracks on here. I’d say half the album is good half is bad, the less said about Tom Morello the better though. Best track: Bullet in the head
Good album.
not bad! i like the rock/rap fusion
Meh 😅
Good vibes. Sometimes the voice reminds me of Andy Samberg in Threw it on the Ground though
Solid album, and overall a good listen. A little bit repetitive at times, but overall, I enjoyed listening, and I think now more than ever some of the lyricism is especially meaningful.
De la Rocha has always been the weak link of the band for me (as in, I don't love his vocals; lyrically, I'm all on board), and there are times when he gets to be a bit much on this record, but there are enough standout tracks ("Killing in the Name", "Know Your Enemy", "Wake Up") and killer musical moments to get it over the 3.5-star hump. I imagine I'd probably be a little higher on *Evil Empire* and *The Battle of Los Angeles*. 3.5/5
No private session used for this one. A perfect album for these times, though I did have to wait until the afternoon to listen to it. I can be a pretty angry man, especially with what is going on with the country's plummet into fascism, but even for me this was bit much.
Good classic grunge/rock. This album is AGGRESSIVE. Sometimes it tends to be repetitive and sound all similar, but good overall. Tom Morello's solos are so fun and original! Actual rating...3.5. Liked Songs: "Bombtrack" , "Killing In the Name" , "Take the Power Back" , "Know Your Enemy" , "Wake Up" , "Freedom"
liked songs: Killing in the Name, Wake Up 3.25
I know this album more by reputation than actively listening, and of course I know Killing in the Name. This is my first proper listen, and it’s like an over-wrought teenage rebellion. There is lots of repetition in there, and I suspect the subtlety of their argument was lost among the swearing for some young listeners. Rage’s manifesto is well set out, front of shop from the offset, but the message is drowned by their Faith No More “Nu Metal” vibe. The power is in the lyrics, not the chugging guitars or thundering bass. I’m not a huge fan of the style of the music, and I probably won’t listen to this again, but this deserves its place as something you must hear before you die. Even if it did inspire apathetic teenagers to buy band t-shirts to feed the very machine against which they raged.
Didnt listen thoroughly tbh. Not a huge rage fan but this is definitely like a more appropriate/palatable fruition of the rap-rock-funk genre than RHCP’s take. ThoughI can’t say Rage’s mission of social awareness really aged well - time has proven that what most fans latched on to weren’t so much the detailed political expressions but more just anti-establishment angst and anger. Probably much to the band’s chagrin.
Tedious fun
Love the energy. The aggression is a bit much when you listen to the full album in one go, but it's kind of cathartic. Killing in the Name is just a great song
Not as good as The Battle of Los Angeles. A lot of the songs are too screamy for me. Killing in the Name, Wake Up, and Renegades of Funk, and Testify are all great.
i love rage and i dont mean RATM i just love rage the emotion this is like sabotage by fucking beastie boys innit
Solid stuff. A bit repetitive but still aggressive enough to like.
Pretty good, a bit long and a bit loud
I raged against a machine once..... It was a printer
- if you don't find your head bobbing of its own accord during the first track, do you even have ears - the syncopated guitar riffs sound almost like gunfire when combined with those heavy cymbal crashes, which is a cool (and probably purposeful) effect considering how frequently gun violence is in their songs - (do you think they eventually ran out of rage, performing these same songs over and over again each night on tour?) - Tool hadn't released Undertow yet at the time Maynard James Keenan was featured on "Know Your Enemy," so I wonder what the story is behind that - RATM is one of those bands that basically pioneered a new genre (nu metal), but its influence has spread to so many other groups and projects that it's hard for me to not view this album as being derivative of... itself, even though it's essentially the source material. so many people make fun of similar bands like Disturbed or System of a Down ("wake up! asjflskjflkajf-makeup!"), so the serious messaging has become a bit laughable with the meme-ification of those artists and songs online. trolling wasn't a thing in 1992, at least not as we know it today, and I wonder if a sincere effort condemning violence and war today would either take off and become a rallying cry... or if it would quickly get dissected into soundbites taken out of context and made fun of on apps like TikTok - the political environment is also much different when this originally came out in 1992 (prior to widespread internet use and social media, which has fundamentally changed how we receive news and view/interact with politics), so I wonder what today's equivalent of Rage Against the Machine would be ("Set Fire To The Twitter Servers," maybe?) - "hatred passed on, and passed on, and passed on" from the fourth track was a line that stuck with me when I heard it. I really appreciate how repetition is used as a tool to escalate both the sense of urgency and seriousness of the subject matter. the instrumentation on each track complements the lyrics and gives them a space to flourish -- it's still clear that the thing listeners should be primarily be focusing on is the singer's voice and words, despite the presence of that growling bass tone and lots of interval-jumping in the hooks doing their thing in the background - my world wasn't rocked, but I could see how this would be a very powerful album for the right (left?) people at a time when a lot of uncertain stuff was going on (the Gulf War, LA riots, maybe even the approach of the millennium etc. -- I wasn't there so you tell me). even though the subject matter is mostly evergreen, a lot of it still feels tied to that specific time in history and the concerns and injustices people felt and witnessed
6 Defo keen on some elements of this but it doesn’t all come together in a way that I like rlly
A lot more 90s punk sounding than I was expecting, which is not a bad thing. Definitely just political statements with a backing track to justify it as music. The bass went crazy so I can't say I don't like it, but I certainly don't love it.
Very ragey. Lots of heavy guitar riff and that steady bash groove drumming and rhythmic scream shouting vocals. When I was a 15 year old steroid jacked white suburban rebel (umm, no), this would have been just the ticket. Now, I liked the first, then second, but diminishing returns. Too long and one formula.
Great music, but lyrics - post punk shite
Not my style, but I get why it's here. Interesting experience listening to it
Yesterday, I had Rid of Me by PJ Harvey, which was my formative teenage 'yeah, fuck the lot of you!' album. RATM was clearly that album for a lot of people around my age, so I completely understand the love for it in the reviews. For me though, while I was amped up for the first few tracks, it eventually got a bit wearying.
I don't LOVE RATM. I like this record and I like what they do. I LOVE Morello's playing, but not the fusion of "things" - the poltics, the rap, the mentality. I like the music. I don't HATE the poltics. I just don't love it.
Good. More progressive times, angry but clear on political stance, if it’s time but also still resonates.
Loved the instrumentals, but the lyrics aren't connecting with me. This came from an era of rebellion through music. Even back then, I didn't notice the lyrics and focused on the instrumentals. If there was an album with just the instrumentals, I'd love that, but unfortunately this album isn't that.
What a potent concoction. Strident and loud throughout. Impressive in its own way.
I liked the instrumentals in this album but I wish it was more singing than rapping.
I really don’t like metal music so purely because it surprised me and was listenable I’ll give it a 3
Overrated
I don't know. All a bit shouty, thrashy and futile for me. Can imagine this has inspired more gobby, spiky haired shits to refuse to clean their bedroom than to engage in making the world a better place. Can't help jumping around to some bits though.
It’s a little too on the nose for me right now
I like the idea of Rage and do find them somewhat respectable in their consistency. But I also have a hard time with them musically. I like a few songs, but when it’s a whole record I kind of remember how it can be grating.
🤘
An iconic and important piece of art, but I found myself getting bored towards the back half of the album
its okay
I had no idea this album was so old?! I always associate Rage Against the Machine with the early 00s. I really needed to hear an album like this in the politically cursed year of 2025. I love all the unashamed activism and calling out of very specific injustices. Great music for workout, protest, crashout, etc. Iconic sound, but the songs get pretty repetitive. Mainly walking away with: "Why stand on a silent platform? Fight the war, fuck the norm." and "Mindset is a threat".
Powerful but gets awfully monotonous after three songs or so. Glad it was included
Kinda enjoyed it too ?? Tho I wasn’t really in the mood for this type of music but I’ll try listening to it again one day
Some great tracks when in the mood
I like what they’re going for, but sonically this isn’t my favorite sound
Something something teenage angst. I remember really liking Rage Against the Machine when I was a young boy but I didn’t really enjoy this one too much. 2.8/5
3.5ish? Not my kind of metal but a very good band regardless.
Good for those moments of angst but not as great as I remember.
Very high-energy. Some tracks had a bit too much screaming for me, but I liked the music.
Definitely the timing was right for this band but really only 1 hit from this album. They want anarchy but do they understand the new system will probably end up then same as it is now over time?
A few bangers, a bit shouty.
Had to really talk myself into listening to this - only because I know killing in the name of love 😂 Mike claims to LOVE them. What on earth? Not as bad as expected but only made it through 2 songs.
Ein Werk mit roher Energie und politischem Anspruch verliert oft an Balance. Die Direktheit der Texte und die aggressiven musikalischen Elemente wirken stellenweise zu dominant und lassen wenig Raum für Zwischentöne oder musikalische Nuancen. Trotz seiner Bedeutung bleibt das Album für mich zu ungestüm und eindimensional.
Good for punk mental or whatever genre this is, but was a bit too anxious of an album.
I used to lump Rage Against the Machine in with Red Hot Chili Peppers, without giving either too much thought. A kind of automatic reaction. A twitch. Men in singlets, shouting things. Swagger, mostly. Not much subtlety. Maybe I saw nu-metal coming and thought: best to get my excuses in early. Morello, like Frusciante, is an able technician with a fetish for the single note: stretched, compressed, throttled, filtered through devices. Anything but shredding. Fine. Neither Zack de la Rocha nor Anthony Kiedis could be called rappers, but they certainly aren't singers. They're frontmen with sixth-form lyrical fixations. De la Rocha may pen juvenilia, but it's still preferable to Kiedis pining for actual juveniles. It's tempting (briefly) to admire the confrontational directness of “Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me.” But it is the same market-tested disobedience as “They say jump, you say how high?”, only reversed. The whole album is full of such balloon-light, impractical sentiment. Rebelliousness rather than rebellion. I wish I could name the rhythm section in Rage Against the Machine. I can’t, not without looking it up. But I can tell you this: I’ve never heard a Chili Peppers song that made me nod along like this. Not once. They are genuinely groovy, something the Chili Peppers never achieve. Rage grooves are simple and dependable, grounding the songs so de la Rocha can jump up and down and Morello can whammy pedal three notes into outer space. The bassist, apparently, believes the moon landing was faked. He once confronted Buzz Aldrin. Actually squared up to him. Which, in a strange way, makes perfect sense. If you’re going to rage against the machine, why stop at NASA? But it doesn't show in his playing. Rather, a moon denier, he - and the drummer - keep their feet on the ground. This allows his frontman and guitarist to lose the run of themselves altogether. They are the foundation. The others are the ornament. They are the machine. The other two are the rage. 3 ‘Bring that shit in, UGH’ A while back fortune favoured us with a brace of Beastie Boys albums including their misunderstood debut. They weren’t really frat arseholes you see; it was satire and the evidence was in the details. The DETAILS people! Go back and read our lyrics carefully - our tongues were in our cheeks; we are clever goddammit! Alas for the Beasties, in pop music as in newspaper journalism the headline is the important bit. Frat arseholes, answering the call to fight for their right, handed the Beasties their career. Rage Against the Machine have suffered/enjoyed a comparable fate. Whatever insight Zach De La Rocha thought he was offering regarding the struggle of people of colour to overcome modern America’s institutional white eurocentrism and systematic production of colonial mentality, it was all lost under the roar of a million middle-class white men (including manys a Frat arsehole) shouting “Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me!” The headline on this album, apart from that, is that you can’t trust anybody and their ‘facts’ so…revolt, in some unspecified way. Maybe you won’t do your homework or maybe you’ll refuse to take a vaccine or maybe you’ll set fire to yourself in public; it’s all commendable, all roughly the same thing. This album’s initial commercial success aside, the moment it truly became part of a cultural zeitgeist was the use of ‘Wake Up’ at the end of the first Matrix film; Neo, shades on, flies off into the sky to call bullshit on absolutely everything, then Rage kicks in. A couple of generations of Americans had just found their political touchstone, regrettably. Many times inebriated and sweaty, I jumped up and down to ‘Killing in the Name of‘ just before kicking out time at the (old) Limelight. It was usually paired with Smells Like Teen Spirit to close Friday night proceedings. It’s a happy memory. So although Zach De La Rocha’s nebulous nonsense grates a little with me now I still have a soft spot for a few of these tracks. Tom Morello’s distinctive bag of one-trick never got better than it is here. The cover art is brilliant, if distasteful - a hypnotically horrifying image cropped to strengthen its iconic character. The typewriter font suits the project. The limited colour palette suits the bluntness of the music. 3/5
People glaze this band so hard, so I had high expectations. Turns out its just a guy with a strange accent scream-talking leftist things through a hard-core band. The album sounds 90% the same as the two Limp Bizkit songs I've heard, and people hate them! What am I missing? On the topic of the lyrics, of course they are going to be relevant "30 years later". Lyrics that boil down to "da goberment sux" are going to be relevant 300 years later. It isn't exactly some sort of amazing predictive power that a civilization still has flaws however many years after you write lyrics criticizing it. I say all this as a bonafide leftoid.
I really hate Rage Against the Machine when I hear their stuff on Alt Nation on SiriusXM. Don't get me wrong, i love a lot of heavy stuff and it really bugged me thinking i am too old a guy to like something like this. But after finally listening to this album I think I get it, and I am able to appreciate the hard shredding style, the lyrics are really relevant, not just then but today as well. Hearing really closely I think is important when listening to super heavy music, otherwise it will just seem like sonic assault
Again, I can only do so much screaming in my music, even if it goes alongside such incredible music. This music is very good - tapping and moving the whole listen... but the screaming. I'm sure they'd call me a pussy!
Rap / rock collaboration was nothing new, but Rage Against The Machine turned things on their head with a guitar-imitating-hip-hop approach which was pretty refreshing at the time. Coupled with the angsty political agenda, they were on to a winner. It stilll holds up more than 30 years (yikes!) on, although the novelty has worn off a little. Listening in Summer 2025 though, I can't help feeling the machine is winning at the moment.
I feel like I should like this one but it’s just so much to take in
7/10 Highlights: Killing in the Name Take the Power Back Bullet in your Head
Veel beter dan verwacht. Luisterbaar en de rap is sick voor die tijd
yeah i like rap
Pretty fun though also hard to take seriously since I did not grow up listening to it. FREEEDOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!! Fav song: Settle For Nothing
Cult album.
I like their message and some of the songs on this album. I think I would have really enjoyed these guys as a teenager.
Good but when I was a teen this seemed so much better.
Holy nostalgia, Batman! Not really my cup of tea. It’s a bit too angsty for my taste. I did enjoy the percussivness! The guitars and rhythms are, at times, a little mathy, which I did not recall from way back when, so that was a neat discovery.
Not something I'm always in the mood for but I enjoyed this album. Killing in the Name is a classic. A lot of the songs (including that one) are a bit repetitive for me, but sometimes you do just need some angry music. Fav song: Take the Power Back or Killing In the Name Least fav: Settle for Nothing
Some decent songs in here but wasn’t too into the whole album. Still liked it as a whole though I think. Stronger second half I’d say. Listening to wake up at 0515 did infact wake me up a bit ill admit. Specific rating- 3.5 Fav song- wake up Least fav- settle for nothing
I'm not quite angry enough to truly appreciate Rage Against the Machine but I like the stuff they're saying (even if they're saying it a little too aggressively for me). Favourite: Take the Power Back Least: Settle For Nothing
Classic of its time
The album is great at what's it's trying to do, revolutionary for the genre too.
not my type of music, but I still enjoyed it
Earnest punk rock which explains why I didn't listen to it much back in the day. Starts off well but then gets too samey and the songs are too long.
medium interesting
It's rage, for sure, but the bass makes it music. The earnestness is a bit exhausting, hard to listen to the whole thing in one sitting. Saved by the bass
Killing in the Name is an iconic song... 3,75
3 out of 5. Now that I'm older and know more about how things work this album is better than I remembered.
I'll be honest, I liked this more than I expected to. It kept my interest, it was exciting, and I was surprised how many of these songs I already recognized. I never got in to this music, and frankly, I don't think I ever really will be "in to it," but was a good listen. I was on a roadtrip to Vegas, and actually gave this a couple repeat listens over the weekend.
3.5
Listened on 5/9/25 3/5 Favorite song: Killing in the Name This gave me a headache but the political commentary was top tier
Love the energy and raw feeling of RATM, even if the music isn’t my particularly cup of tea. I’d give the album a 3.5 and Bombtrack is probably the favorite.
great album
I expected to like this more than I did, it was decent but just don't see myself going back to it much
Album art:4
-holy shit this is so cool, I wish I could’ve been a teenager listening to this in the early 90s -really nothing bad to say about this album in terms of quality I think. I definitely preferred the first half but it never really deteriorated in quality. can see why this one’s so loved -Favorites are Bombtrack, Killing In The Name, and Take The Power Back
🎧Respect to Rage, they’re probably the most successful and influential politically-minded band of the past 40 years. Solid songs here, and that’s coming from someone who doesn’t like rap metal. Favorite track: Bullet In The Head
Definitely deserving on the list although for some reason I don't quite gel with the LA/So-Cal rap thrash/metal/punk sound - RHCP/RATM and all that.. In some ways this sounds a little bit like as if The Beastie Boys got up on the wrong side of bed - which isn't necessarily a bad thing. And no slight on this album but was surprised to see the Global score right on the money at 4....that's just outside the Top 20 - interesting given how unsurprising/more mainstream the other albums getting 4+ overall ratings are...
Man what an angry and aggressive album. One of those albums that you have to take a break halfway through. But that's exactly what RATM set out to accomplish so credit where credits due. Killing in the Name is a great song. Not an album I'll listen to again but respect the art. 6/10 (3/5)
Definitely not my favorite genre but lowkey I admire RATM quite a bit. This album is unapologetically radical. I’m not gonna look it up because it will make me sad if I’m wrong about this but I don’t think Tom Morello has ever had a bad take. 🤞🏻
Just what was needed
3.5
I have really mixed feelings on this one. On one hand, it takes a bunch of subgenres I hate -- rap rock, funk metal, nu metal -- but against all odds, it kind of works about half the time. I think Zack De Le Rocha kind of saves the band from their own worst instincts. He's a cool frontman. I do think it's still kind of cheesy at times, but there's some cool stuff here, particularly "Killing in the Name" and "Freedom". 3.5 stars.
Classic
Pretty cool liked it. I am a modern rap fan so listening to it super funky but not my style some absolute bangers though
I’ll admit that I was not a fan when it came out , it was really agro cock jock rock imo and I was more of a Dead Kennedys fan. But it’s not like that and I was wrong. It rocks and this album is definitely having a resurgence for reasons I am sure are a timely response to a certain political climate that finds the USA divided. Heavy guitars and good lyrics go along way.
It's really not bad. Honestly. It may be some of the best popular political punk rap I've heard. I'm just not a fan of the sound.
It's nice I guess? Would have to listen to it more (I wonder if you can edit these later)
It doesn't get much more metal than this!
It’s fine, not for my taste
It was solid workout music. They just start to sound repetitive
Good rage album
Fantastic debut album, a raw yet refined sound that you can’t help but get fired up to. Pointed and poignant lyricism that demands attention from the listener and imbues its energy into them. Zack de la Rocha vocals are raw and powerful, and Tom Morello’s iconic tone on guitar is standout from the jump. Fav track: Killing In The Name
custom_rating:6.5
INCREDIBLE bass and guitar, but the singing/screaming felt repetitive after a time -- my rage might not be big enough for this idk
Bit heavy for my taste
As a teen I couldn’t stand RATM, and now that it’s 3 decades later… It’s fine. Had to skip one song because it was like nails on a chalkboard. WHen the album finished, I was just happy the yelling was over.
Hook-filled, yapping funk metal. It sounded a bit more toothy in the 90s and paved the way for some much worse examples (the Nu Metal / Woodstock ‘99 gang). Production sounds a bit flat thirty years on and Morello’s Led Zep-isms are a bit cloying but they were a unique bit of stuff overall.
Angry mood music
I've never really listened to RATM before. I don't traffic in that kind of anger anymore but I like their sound. Morello is a good guitar player
1992, j’ai vingt-deux ans, je suis installé dans le studio de la radio indépendante, et je reçois ce truc. Une pochette avec un moine qui s'immole. Pas de fioritures, pas de logo brillant, juste la violence pure et silencieuse d'une photo historique. Je me rappelle avoir posé le diamant sur le vinyle avec une sorte d'appréhension. Ce que j'ai pris dans la gueule en cinquante minutes, c'était pas juste un disque de rock, c'était un attentat sonore. À l'époque, on sortait tout juste de la domination des brushings du hair metal et de la pop proprette. On était en plein milieu de l'explosion Grunge, mais Rage, c'était autre chose. C'était une machine de guerre conçue pour broyer le système de l'intérieur. Musicalement, c'est un séisme. Tom Morello est arrivé avec sa gratte et il a décidé que les règles n'existaient plus. Le mec ne jouait pas de la guitare, il faisait du scratching avec ses cordes, il imitait des sirènes de police, il transformait son instrument en platine de DJ ou en scie sauteuse. Pour moi, voir un type réinventer l'instrument de façon aussi radicale tout en restant "groove", c'était fascinant car on n'avait jamais entendu ça. C'était du métal, oui, mais avec une colonne vertébrale funk tellement solide qu'elle aurait pu faire danser un mort. Tim Commerford et Brad Wilk, c’est une section rythmique qui ne respire pas, elle martèle. C'est du béton armé, sec, sans aucune réverbération inutile. Et puis, il y a Zack de la Rocha. Le mec n’est pas là pour chanter, il est là pour te cracher ses convictions à la figure. C’est un flow incisif, une rage (justement) qui n’a rien de feinte. On sent que chaque mot est pesé, que chaque syllabe est une balle. À la radio, quand on passait « Killing in the Name », on savait qu’on faisait chier le monde, et c’était ça qui était bon. C’était l’époque où on croyait encore que la musique pouvait renverser des gouvernements. Ce disque, c’était le manuel de l'anarchiste mis en musique, une charge héroïque contre le capitalisme, le racisme institutionnel et la machine médiatique. C’était brut, c’était sincère, et c’était d’une efficacité redoutable. Plus tard, entre 1996 et 2000, quand je bossais dans le magasin de disques indépendant, je voyais les gamins se ruer sur cet album car c’était devenu la porte d’entrée pour toute une génération. Le problème, c'est que ça a aussi ouvert la vanne à toute la vague Nu Metal qui a suivi, et là, j'ai commencé à déchanter. Voir l'héritage de Rage Against the Machine se transformer en mecs à casquettes rouges qui pleurnichent sur leurs problèmes d'ados, ça m'a un peu flingué le plaisir. On passait de la révolte politique pure à de la soupe commerciale pour MTV. C'est peut-être là que mon regard sur ce premier album a commencé à changer, à se teinter d'une certaine amertume. Parce qu'au final, quand je remets ce disque aujourd'hui, je lui colle un 3 sur 5. Pourquoi pas plus ? Parce que c'est un album qui manque cruellement de nuances. C'est un bloc, un parpaing. C’est génial quand tu veux tout péter, mais au bout de quarante minutes, cette production ultra-propre, ultra-compressée, finit par me fatiguer. Moi qui suis un bouffeur de Post-Punk, j'ai besoin de zones d'ombre, de silences, de moments où la musique respire la défaite ou la mélancolie. Chez Rage, tout est en pleine lumière, tout est frontal, tout est dans l'affirmation constante. Il n'y a pas de place pour le doute, et pour moi, le doute, c'est l'essence même de la bonne musique. C'est un disque qui a incroyablement bien vieilli techniquement, mais qui a pris un coup de vieux dans son approche "grosse caisse claire qui claque". Quand j'écoute « Bullet in the Head », j'admire la construction, le crescendo final est monstrueux, mais ça ne me touche plus aux tripes. C'est un album de jeunesse, de testostérone et de conviction, et peut-être que j'ai juste passé l'âge de me faire hurler dessus pendant une heure sans qu'on me propose un peu de texture sonore plus complexe. Néanmoins, je ne peux pas nier l'importance de l'objet dans cette liste des 1001 albums. C'est une borne kilométrique indispensable. Ils ont réussi à fusionner le Rap et le Metal sans que ça sonne comme une blague ou un accident industriel. Ils ont apporté une conscience politique dans un milieu (le rock lourd) qui en était souvent dépourvu, ou alors de manière très superficielle. Ils ont imposé un son que personne n'a jamais réussi à copier correctement, malgré des milliers de tentatives foireuses. Rien que pour ça, le respect est éternel. C’est le genre d’album que je suis content d’avoir possédé, mais que je ne ressortirai pas spontanément pour une écoute attentive. C’est une pièce de musée vibrante, un témoignage d'une époque où on pensait que le rock pouvait encore être dangereux. Un 3/5 solide, pour l'histoire, pour le riff de « Bombtrack », pour la technique de Morello, et pour ce putain de souvenir de moi, dans mon studio de radio, pensant que le monde allait changer grâce à un riff de basse. C'était beau, c'était violent, c'était Rage. Mais la suite de l'histoire nous a appris que la "Machine" gagne toujours à la fin, et ça, le disque ne nous l'avait pas dit.
Really cool, but gets old near the end.
Some good, some bad.
i know the lyrics are important and all but rap metal isn't for me
Photo of the monk is crazy work. I think Rage Against the Machine is just an average band, if I wanted to listen to something similar there are much better bands in my opinion. Vocals mediocre.
In a remarkable feat, every song is exactly two minutes too long. On paper, this should be the worst idea for a band anyone's ever had, it ends up working as well as it does thanks to the earnest of the execution. Good in short bursts - maybe a song or two - but listening to this all the way through in one go seems a bit redundant.
This should have been Evil Empire, because this is just Rage as they’re figuring things out. Half the songs are Public Enemy ripoffs, and the others are good but still sound like bad metal production. They’ve done better, and as influential as it is, there’s so much more these guys did that it feels cheap to put this on the list.
some eternal bangers on here but the Tom Morello schtick gets old pretty quickly
such a solid album... the bass goes insane and the hits are pretty mmmmmm amazing. fav: killing in the name of
Killing in the name is harrowing but then the rest of the album just kinda sounds like a less impactful version
There was a week there back then when I thought RatM was the second coming, but I was having a bad week. They were a little too alpha for me. Fugazi for skaters who would go into finance.
I shouldn't be surprised but I was surprised at just how repetitive the lyrics are, now that I've listened to an entire RATM album. I think it makes sense for the kind of music they're making though. I have thoughts about whether this approach still resonates in the current sociopolitical climate but just as music, it sounds great, but I'm not sure I'd want to put it on any ol' time to listen to it. It's very much music for a specific occasion and purpose, and that purpose is literally the band's name.
Ok
All the bones are here but it is uneven (Settle for Nothing was really unpleasant.). Great when it is funkier. Killing in the Name whips.
The band’s sounds is great and the playing is really tight. A lot of the songs kinda end up blending together though. Also, I just cannot take the band‘s attitude seriously at all. There is an overabundance of cynical, “anti-establishment“ bands and musicians. I can enjoy some of them, but this band’s attitude is a bit overwrought for me
Hardcore ska
This is pretty cool and all but I'm not as crazy about it as many people seem to be. It definitely sounds unique as far as early-90's alternative rock or metal goes, with as much rapping as actual singing. Pretty groovy, too. Key tracks: Bombtrack Killing in the Name
Just REALLY ANGRY variations on the Seinfeld theme tune.
So I have been meaning to listen to Rage more as (sorry to be basic) but I do love Killing In The Name. Sadly, I wanted to like this album more than I did. It's good, don't get me wrong, but it didn't blow my socks off. Lyrically, I know they are a very political band and fuck the man and establishment which comes across in abundance and I can get behind to a certain extent but maybe I could be more behind it if it was told in a bit more clever way? Or maybe that's not the point to be honest... and just repeating phrases of anger is the point and I'm the problem... who knows. The guitar is great and if you like screaming the vocals definitely have something about them. Favourite songs for me (not counting Killing In The Name) Settle For Nothing and Township Rebellion but in all honesty, can I really tell one track from another... not really. And thats the problem with this album, its a lot of the same unfortunately. It's like when you see a trailer for a movie and think it looks amazing and then you watch it and realise the trailer had the best bits in it and the rest of the film is just meh. That's sadly how I feel about this album, Killing In The Name is the trailer that gets you excited but the album itself is nothing to write home about.
It's alright. The music itself is great. Not a fan of the screaming, though I get that it's essential especially considering the subject matter of this album (and every other RATM album tbh).
Decent. Wouldn’t seek it out I don’t think
Plenty of rage, and I get the naysayers, a bit like Ice-T's albums in the early 90s, this is channeling stuff for the burbs. But it's pretty listenable, and if the singer's rap-scream-singing patter is perhaps the worst thing about this, it is as nothing compared to the horrors Linkin park and Limp Bizkit would visit on us a few years later.
Ne
I know RATM has been a popular meme for being called woke, but to be fair middle school me didn't understand a lot of the content of the lyrics at the time either. I still knew they had a message and agenda and that is great. What is not great is that we're 30 years down the road and some of these issues are stills around if not worse, and that is just depressing. I also don't remember listening to the full album often, just some of the highlights like "Killing in the name" "Know your enemy" and "Freedom". All the tracks in a row are tough to get through. I agree with a lot of the points, but I like most people feel bad about the situation and not being able to see a way to make the changes. It's exhausting. Still great jams for those main tracks, so I'll give them that. Just wasn't as excited as the end of the album as I was to start it. Favorite track "Know your enemy" 3/5
3/5
the instrumentals are very good but i don't think i'm a fan of the vocal delivery. if i heard these just as instrumental tracks i think id enjoy them more.
Rage Against the Machine is exactly what it says on the tin — unbridled rage, usually (and often rightfully) directed at authority. Rock music has always been about “sticking it to the man,” as Jack Black famously said in School of Rock, and this album is a shining example of this concept gone right. RATM’s self-titled album is a nonstop tirade against “compromise, conformity, assimilation, submission, ignorance, hypocrisy, brutality, [and] the elite,” which lead vocalist Zach de la Rocha derides as “the American dream” in “Know Your Enemy.” Musically, this album fits well with other funk-influenced 90s alternative artists like Red Hot Chili Peppers, obviously minus the irreverent silliness of RHCP. Tom Morello’s guitar finesse is on display throughout this album, and I only truly began to recognize how brilliant and experimental his playing is while listening to this album. He utilizes a handful of interesting effects, including heavy distortion throughout, but my favorite solo on the album, the one on “Settle For Nothing,” features a relatively clean tone and a simple, singable legato melody, contrasting with the choppy, aggressive sound of the rest of the song. I don’t know that I enjoyed RATM’s music as much as, say, RHCP’s music, but I did enjoy listening through this album and hearing their message. I think music for me is a kind of escapism, which is why I’m not super into political/protest music., even if I’m on the same side of the artist. I don’t want to be reminded of how much the world sucks; I just wanna vibe and listen to cool stuff. RATM is NOT vibey music, but it does what it was created to do, which is fire people up to inspire change. And if that is their mission, I’d say they’re pretty successful.
I liked a portion of it. It's really not my style.
I can only take political music in small doses. Rage Against The Machine is great but a whole album of them at once is a bit much.
eu sempre achei essa banda limpa demais. tipo, tem gritaria, tem umas guitarrada alta e tal, sinto que a produção TENTA ser suja, mas é muito limpinha, organizadinha. nunca achei que combinasse, fica faltando sujeira. no mais, é divertidinho. dito isso, eu gosto de algumas ideias da banda. acho importante, blablabla. mas aqui vai minha crítica à fanbase. tem 3 tipos de pessoas que gostam de ratm: - pessoas que botam fé na visão política da banda; - galera burra que acredita que não se deve misturar política com música; - adolescente revoltado. 0 noção do que eles tão falando, mas doido pra quebrar tudo (um clássico noventista). em resumo, é uma fanbase variada que só tem um tipo de fã decente, o resto é mei burro/bobo. a década de 90 trouxe varias banda nessa pegada de nu metal/rap rock e geral se vendeu rapidinho, é justo ter essas fanbase nada a ver. eles até tentaro não se vender e pá, mas tendo a visibilidade que eles tiveram por assinar com grandes empresas, é o que acabaria acontecendo (mesmo forçadamente). sinto que eles ganhariam mais (tanto em público quanto musicalmente) se ficassem independentes. ao mesmo tempo sei que é importante a visibilidade que eles tinham pra disseminar umas ideias deles. confuso, mas de quê adianta se só 1/3 do seu público vai botar fé no que cê fala? sei lá. até o momento é um 3 mesmo e é isso aí. nunca mais vou escutar voluntariamente, rap rock não é minha pira, mas respeito a banda, apesar de tudo.
Still holds up.
What a throwback! I loved this album in high school. Still love it now! Great start!
Heavy, but ok
Generally I like this style of music, but I don't like their views, and the singing made me cringe a little bit.
Loud and angry. I was a big fan of this album in my 20s. Now in my 50s, the lyrics strike me as somewhat juvenile. The tunes still rock.
If you like “Killing in the Name” then you’re in luck! This album has that song and nine other slight variations of the same song. Luckily I do like that song so this was enjoyable. Always relevant but also pretty repetitive. But yeah there wasn’t much variation from one track to the next.
Screaming rebellious, anti-establishment rhetoric while your message is obscured by the noise doesn't make you revolutionaries. But using the capitalist framework you ostensibly oppose by selling merchandise, albums, and concert tickets through labels and massive corporations does make you a hypocrite. And your followers, too, if they want to believe that it's about message and not music. Maybe, instead, just be recognized as great performers who made banging metal rock.
the lack of substance sadly drowns out some really tasteful guitar and bass playing
# 366 : They've done a pretty decent job, good album, it’s enjoyable and fun overall. Very repetitive, very riffy and very angry. A great first album. Weird but catchy and lively songs. Not too heavy but a bit too shouty. Killing In The Name Of was the best track on here.
Strage for a mainstream album to be so revolutionary with a real call to protest, even violently. Tom Morello goat as well as the voice, so iconic After some song it begun to be repetitive 7/10
Never heard the full album before, but have heard some of the songs. I've never been a fan of the band. Morello's guitar work is good, but I'm not a fan of the vocal style. And in general I feel like they're overrated. I also think it's a bs move putting a famous Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of the self-immolation of a true political martyr.
Some good points but lots of the same over and over.
Hit and miss.
The music is good, but the vocals arent the best and the lyrics are rather repetititve.
I find myself getting angry about different things these days but this is still relevant.
Love the guitar work, but I didn't find the scratchy vocals as appealing.
If a single RATM song pops up on a playlist, I enjoy it. Give me an entire albums worth and it just becomes monotonous.
some slappers but a bit samey
I didn't really like it... I don't like rap, I don't like metal... I don't like rap metal.. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Never really warmed to these guys. Wake Up is great though 2.5 rounded up
Basically the same song over and over
Quite enjoyed this but was in a bad mood 7/10
Classic album, but I’m past my raging against anything days.
Good solid album, Not sure how I've missed listening to more of them.
Apart from one great song. A pretty mid album.
It’s right there in the name: Rage. These dudes are pissed about everything. I get that to an extent. But while I like a couple of the songs and there is some really interesting music happening, for me it doesn’t produce a pleasant listening experience. https://open.substack.com/pub/richcain/p/project-1001-rage-against-the-machine?r=4ztyq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
it was alright
Диссонанс: как можно всерьез рейдж против машины, если ты существуешь только благодаря крупному лейблу Сони? Как вообще можно выпускать такую музыку на одном из самых больших лейблов, не лицемерно ли это? В дополнение сюда, из этой группы родилось множество стыдных банд [которые я любил в детстве]. Энивэй, альбом окэй. Лучшая песня - Killing in the Name.
Will never listen to again
Such angry young men! F*ck you, I won't do what you tell me either! I appreciate their activism through lyricism and literally *showing up* to protests and driving their fans to take action, vote, and be heard. The music is an interesting blend of metal and rap which is a little much with my morning coffee. Maybe would give an extra star if I'd listened at 3pm instead!
political limp bizkit.
4st
I used to scare my peers with this album. It's got a lot of raw power and energy and was unlike most others at its time. Morello had a weird technique and relied almost exclusively on gadgets and tricks for tone.
It was a good album. First rock one ive ever listened to. or seemed a little too hard for me but there was defo a message that they were trying to get across
I hate listening to albums that have a really good song on them. I love Killing In The Name Of, but there's no way a whole album could be as good. I was right.
Liked it. Bass and guitar dove the album forward well
Came into this album expecting to hate it. Putting rage in the same bracket as limp bizkit and system of a down is an insult. The angsty white dudes in this band actually have some real shit to say. Might relisten
One of the most influential metal albums of all time or whatever, I get it. Maybe this helps get the album's point across, but better production and being less repetitive would make this album 100 times better.
First time listening to an album of theirs but I did recognize Killing in the Name. Their blend of screams, yells, and metal-ish sound doesn't work for me, there were a few moments where the music, especially the bass, sounded pretty good.
I used to love this album, and I used to love the production. The vocal style still works for me, raw, barely compressed, very dry. Like you're in the room with de la Rocha and he's personally screaming at you about injustice. The drumming style works for me too. But the clean, barely distorted bass feels like it lacks presence in the upper mids and the rhythm guitar sound reminds me of the midless-mush of ...And Justice For All. From a song writing perspective the first few tracks are iconic. Nothing beats Killing in the Name for passion and feeling. But after this the album tapers down to half time grooves and grunting with sporadic, amellodic and arrhythmic guitar solos from Tom Morello. It's hard to be too harsh on an album that includes Killin in the Name, but I spent most of my listen feeling like I wanted to listen to more interesting bands that these guys were inspired by or have inspired. Everything from Pearl Jam to Evergreen Terrace and Lamb of God.
Pretty rockin’. Great use of cowbell.
La rivoluzione, la libertà e la violenza. Gran bel disco.
The monster sitting at the pinnacle of angry 1990s rock.
Gonna have to relisten to this one. I know its a classic but i just wasnt blown away. The rap rock thing doesnt work for me and the lyrics sound like stuff ive heard a million times from lefty twitter
I like Rage, but an entire album is too much. They’re not very dynamic, all the songs sound the same for the most part. So an hour of it is draining. The album is very high energy, and has some really cool instrumentals. But even the guitar solos, while innovative, are kind of same-y throughout. I love a rage song every once in a while, and can appreciate what they contributed to music. However, the album as a whole had me wishing it was over by the halfway point.
It's still punchy yet I felt underwhelmed
Angry metal rap. Would like it better as a teen. Well executed.
Unfortunately, not my style and couldn't really understand the lyrics.
Rap meets heavy metal. I get the rage, but this is all a little cacophanous and one-nite for me.
It was ok. Not my cup of tea personally but it had great energy.
Few classic songs.
big 3
Good-ish album. I'm not sure what to say about this one. It's obviously a very popular and well-received album, but I can't help but find RATM kind of a dorky band. It's like edgy teenager stuff, but it does have a cool, interesting sound. Vocals/flow are excellent as well. It's not that great though. ***
A coherent album despite the screaming.
Jag har aldrig varit något superfan av RATM, vilket jag tror beror på att jag generellt inte tycker det skrik-rap-rockiga och pubertala uttrycket är jättebra (samma med t ex Beastie Boys). Med det sagt så gav jag den här skivan många chanser och de har verkligen sina stunder när de är grymma, men för mig blir det i längden lite för repetitivt över en hel platta. Vissa låtar, t ex Settle for nothing, tycker jag är rent plågsamma (trots den Kirk Hammet-inspirerade gitarrslingan). Stark trea.
Just a dude complaining for an hour
There are some real bangers on here. Many of the songs overstay their welcome for me, but most tend to have at least a portion that I enjoy. I did end up with a light headache by the end, though, so I can't go too high with my rating.
The first combination of heavy metal and wrap. A very interesting sound. Great musicianship. Definitely need to listen to it again sometime.
Rage Against the Machine Wake up sheeple! Corporations, yeah? The system, yeah? Although I kind of agree with the overall sentiment, lyrically this is pretty artless - it’s hardly groundbreaking to criticise capitalism and express dislike of inequality, but if you are, swearing with vague platitudes about systems and not doing ‘they’ say just sounds a bit crap. It’s not necessarily that they are naive, and I don’t doubt their sincerity and conviction at all, but the words are neither direct and powerful, nor opaque and poetic, so it fails to reach the intellectual articulation that he’s clearly striving for, and consequently it sounds a bit laughable - it has that sense of a teenager with superficial profundity telling you something very obvious that you already know. Musically however this is excellent, or more accurately ‘guitarily’ this is excellent. I know people always say Tom Morello is a great guitarist, but listening to this I completely understand. Although it may not be in my preferred genre, it’s so so good: heavy, groovy, riffy, simultaneously subtle and direct, it expresses the anger and themes of the album much better than the words do. I could quite happily listen to an instrumental-only version of this. Song wise, Killing in the Name is of course excellent and probably the standout. Take the Power Back is, I presume(?), unintentionally Seinfeld. Musically Settle for Nothing is great, superb guitar. Bullet in the Head is good and Know Your Enemy is excellent, possibly running Killing in the Name of close. Wake Up is very Kashmir, and then the remaining tracks are more of the same. Excellent guitar, bad lyrics. Of all the angry rock records, this has to be up there, I would say principally for the guitar - in fact I would prefer an instrumental-only version of this album. It’s tricky to rate, purely on guitar its a 4, but the whole is lesser, so I’ll go with 3. 🐑🐑🐑 Playlist submission: Killing in the Name
I have heard of them and they are not my style of music, but I kind of agreed with every machine they were raging against.
Something I’m familiar with which always helps the enjoyment of listening to an album. Not totally my cup of tea but happy to have this on cause it’s definitely a solid record. Makes me feel like I’m at high school again so nostalgia points are always welcome!
They sure are raging
Straightforward and a little repetitive, they have a message and go for it!
Liked some of this one. Interesting combination of heavy guitar and rap. The themes are still quite relevant today. Good arrangements. However, some of the lyrics and messages can be difficult to follow through the duration and added instrumentals in the songs. Highlights: Take the Power Back Bullet In the Head
RATM is good. I just don't love it personally all that much. Pretty cool for a debut album, there's no hiding from the aggression here, it's in your face as intended. Good album but I won't add it to the rotation.
Not bad
Energetic. Great band
It's a classic. But hasn't aged that well. Somehow I lost my teenager rage.
01) Bombtrack - 7,5 02) Killing in the Name - 10,0 03) Take the Power Back - 7,5 04) Settle for Nothing - 7,5 05) Bullet in the Head - 7,5 06) Know Your Enemy - 7,5 07) Wake Up - 7,0 08) Fistful of Steel - 7,0 09) Township Rebellion - 7,0 10) Freedom - 6,5 TOTAL: 7,50 (75/100) Current ranking: 113/210 Review? Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me...
Back in 2009, when the X factor had hijacked every single Christmas number one for four years a DJ appealed to the British public’s sense of anarchy and asked us to download Killing in the Name, to send a message to the music industry that we didn’t want sappy competition show winners any more. So in the Christmas of 2009, 17 years after its release RATM were at number one in the charts. I don’t love all the songs on this album, they tend to sound the same after a bit, but it is music and innovative compared to X factor bland ballads.
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Never listened to rage against the machine before but i expected it to be more metal. Either way, it was fine.
Honestly not what I expected. Felt like a Beastie Boys & Linkin Park mash-up… or perhaps I was just hearing how RATM influenced them.
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Really liked it. Not my usual fare and won’t revisit soon, but huge respect
Really not for me but it is iconic. I get why you’d like this as an edgy teen in the 90s but it’s too long overall. Plus I could never support music that suggests anything bad about the American government.
Good but get repetitive.
I liked it! But I liked the suggested radio songs that came on after just a teensy but more…
A little heavy
Good album. Have always liked Rage and this an enjoyable album, though not their best. “Killing in the Name of” is an amazing song. 3.5/5 Will listen again
It was okay, I liked the instrumental music, not so much the rap
Molto metal , non ho ascoltato tutto
Great energy and some great hooks - but a little bit repetitive after a while. If Sam Kinison was a lead singer then this might be the way his band would sound...