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Ever relevant. Stunning debut. Would be a 5 if it wasn't for Tom Morello's ugly solos
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.
Great album.
One of the greatest albums of all time!
ok, não sou mt desse rock tho
Great album. I noticed the settle for nothing song sounds a lot like Tools bottom, mostly the Henry Rollins spoken word poetry part. They sound very similar and thought it was one group mocking the other until later on the album when fools Maynard James Keenan sang vocals on a track.
Anger is a gift
Wow these guys really are raging against the machine. I’m not huge fan of this style of rock where it’s a bit more hip hop vocally. Everything sounded great but the vocal style didn’t hit. Obviously Killing in the Name is the huge song off this and it’s a great song. A really solid album even if the vocal stylings didn’t really hit for me.
Invented their own genre. brings the funk hard.
The record that made teenage white boys everywhere angry although I’m not sure they knew what they were angry about. I must admit I was one of them although I cannot listen to this album at all anymore.
This album was on heavy rotation in my youth. Forgot how much l loved their music
Rally Sauce record for when you really need to hammer off a task
I hate how much more relevant this album is today than it was when I first heard it.
My sincerest hope is that I someday can live in a world where Rage Against the Machine is no longer timely and relevant.
Like the rock part, not the hiphop part so Much
The Good: We are warned that the band is pissed off! The Bad: Why they are pissed off, I don’t understand… The Ugly: Using the image of the poor monk… I never dug deep into RAtM, maybe I should have sooner, so I could have told anyone who I know that is a fan, that they are being duped. Tom Morello does what he does, and it is even commendable. Mr singer man, on the other hand, is a douche. Anyone who likes to defend the Zapatistas can go and eat shit. I have little to no respect for violent protest, however, it seems that this is perfectly okay for this band… To think that I have read a gazillion boo’s regarding Dire Straits and their misogynist song Money for Nothing, yet nobody offers a word here? Well, though the music at times ain’t bad at all… Here’s a 1* as a massive FU to all you numbnuts applauding this shit.
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
As debut albums go, this is pretty spectacular - and a brilliantly appropriate band name too. I loved this record when it came out and it sounds every bit as furious today as it did 30+ years ago. I belted it out at battle volume (while the kids were at school, obviously) and it sounded great. It still fizzes with a raging energy, and there isn't a single weak moment in the whole thing. It's alarming to think, their message is probably more relevant today than it was when it came out. Nothing else they did ever caught my attention quite like this record - it's really not the kind of thing I listen to much these days so it was great to reacquaint myself with it.
While I like the sentiment and what seems to be the attitude there’s only so much “hurr”, “Yeah”, “c’mon” over sludgy funk metal that I can cope with.
Class album. Frustrating how relevant the themes remain decades on. Wake up is a stand out with the led zeppelin Kashmir-esque chords. Album gives me more than enough energy to run through a wall. Probably would cop a 4.5 if I could do halves, 6 albums in. I can’t give out a 5 yet… can I?
Am amazing Rock album, I love the instrumental parts and the pure hype it hives you while listening Favs sogns - Killing In the Name, Township Rebellion 5/5
loud
listen...not totally my thing, but I'm glad I listened!
This is one of the albums where I wish we had a 10 star scale, cause it's an 8 or 9 out of 10 for me. Going for a 5, because Killing In The Name Of remains amazing but the whole album is consistent and there's no filler. Every song goes hard.
Solid Rock, for my taste a little bit too much rap inside. therefore only 3
PEAK PEAK PEAK
Name ist Programm
cringe against the machine
Well that livened up an early start on a Monday! Epic album. Demands to be cranked up as loud as you can. I almost consider this to be hard funk at times as it’s got such a groove. And has the best Christmas Number 1 of all time on it! Can’t fault this. 5
Am absolute, genre defining album. From the first moment to the last, you're not with an unrelenting, raw mix of rap, funk and metal. I can only imagine what it would have been like to hear this when it came out
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)
10/10. One of the BEST albums of all time.
Mr. Madison, what you just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response, were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may G-d have mercy on your soul."
Of the heavier albums I've gotten, this is definitely the most enjoyable. Good political message, voice, guitars. That, or the Paul Ryan review at the top gave me a huge chuckle.
This deserves a 5 for cultural significance alone. Killing In The Name is such a banger I remember going on killing sprees in GTA San Andreas as a 7 year old with that playing in the background. Thank you for influencing my angsty teenager years, Radio-X. No skips on this bad boy.
It does exactly what it says on the tin. I can’t recall any other band which produces music evoking such indignation. Other musicians (many contemporaries of RATM) make angry music, but RATM has such an altogether different subject matter so divorced from personal circumstance that it can hold up over 20 years later without coming across as corny like so much from its era. One of the GOAT debuts. Just insane groove end to end. Zach De La Rocha has a delivery that can only be described as vitriolic, and Tom Morello at least one of the most creative guitarists of all time. Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk may not be as notable as the other two but you couldn’t have made a record like this without their contributions. However, I want to know how fucking stupid you need to be to think that this band isn’t political though. Aside the politically motivated self-immolation on the cover, the liner notes include thanks to Huey P. Newton and Bobby Sands. That category of person however is totally eclipsed in idiocy by the individuals which can generously be described as medically stupid who think that the band are hypocrites for daring to not just play underground basement shows to smelly anarchist punks instead of making money off their music.
This really hits hard sitting in my comfortable job, at my desk working the email mines. It’s phenomenally angry without wearing out its welcome. I’m grateful that the empire allowed these guys to exist as controlled opposition, but I do wonder what the world would look like where instead of growling into the mic, Zach De La Rocha is a really angry faculty member at a university. This shit rocked, I’m gonna go watch the yellow Parenti video again. Highlights: Killing in the Name, Bullet in the Head, Wake Up
HELL YEAHHHHH the greatest rebel f* you I won't do what ya tell me album ever - I have seen 1st hand how people react when the dj puts Killing in the Name on in many different countries (not exaggerating, lots of travel w buddhist community) it is INSAAAANE - it's global - the power in their sound and their sound period is just GRAHHHHH how can you not jump up and down pumping your fist in the air. AWESOME. giving a 4 so I can be correct when I give a 5
What a debut. A punch in the face out of the gate. Whether you agree with their views or they go over your head (like me) this is powerful and infectious. The riffs just keep coming wave after wave. Is there another vocalist like Zack? A unique talent. Every member is an amazing musician. Great production. Can’t listen too often because it’s so intense but what fun to revisit.
A steady groove gets occasionally interrupted so some dude can scream bumper sticker slogans and drop f-bombs while a guitarist - apparently unaware there is a band practicing in the other room - scratches at Gang of Four chords before having a seizure laying atop his guitar. Rinse. Repeat. Not exactly revolutionary. But it gets you pumped. Sh*t Happens.
rage, rage against the machine. Tracks to Track: Know Your Enemy
No comment needed.
1.0 Its so boring. Occasional it sounds decent but it spends so much time being mad it forgot to find anything to be mad at.
Can’t get through this album. Don’t think this band’s heavy music is for me.
ACAB. Fuck ICE. Fuck the System. I've seen De la Rocha twice, first was RtJ final night of tour and El-Ps birthday and Zack came out for Close Your Eyes. it was absolutely epic. Second was Rage at MSG right before cancelling the tour. So awesome, and RTJ opened.
I feel obliged to give this 4.
Great!
La música y las imágenes de un tiempo de rabia tras caer del caballo. Para mí sigue envejeciendo como los buenos vinos. Tengo guardadas todas las canciones de este disco y todas merecen la pena escucharse con las letras en la mano y hacer un esfuerzo por entender el mensaje de rabia.
amazing group, not many good songs
1. bomb - 1 2. name - 2 3. pouuer - 1.5 4. nothing - 1 5. bullet -1 6. enemy - 1 7. uuake -1.5 8. zteel- 1 9. rebellion - 1 10. freedom - 1 Sound like kid rock wtf
yeah!!
Really cool and good! It's very apparent why they became so popular and influential, this is a lot of really solid stuff. The only reason for not being a 4 really is that I wouldn't listen to it much on its own, but it's damn close.
RAW. Nothing but a fury-tinged political manifesto against the capitalist nightmare, those who profit from it, and the police and other institutions who prop it up through force and hatred. While there's much to be said about Rage feeding into the machine through merch sales, tours, and general affiliation with major labels, the fact remains that this is an abrasive and sharp-tongued record that's as relevant today as it was over 30 years ago, potentially even more so.
There are many other reviewers on here who can more eloquently put how important Rage Against the Machine is lyrically, so I’ll let those reviews do the talking there. My review: banger after banger after banger. Tom Morello’s guitar is incredible for a variety of reasons. I arrived at work today about 5 minutes earlier than normal and I’m attributing that to this album.
Powerful, powerful album. It's music to ram through a concrete wall to, and the chanting vocals succeed in articulating pressing issues that are still very relevant today. That's the key that makes bands like Rage and SOAD stand out for me -- 'anger is a gift', and they manage to meaningfully channel it towards subjects that deserve every bit of that energy. That's on top, of course, of the incredible instrumentation on all fronts (I'm particularly a sucker for the aggressive bass). High 4 for me, though it's very much a 5 in the right listening context (such as a concrete wall standing before me) Standouts: Killing In The Name • Know Your Enemy • Freedom
One of the greatest, angriest albums of all time. The guitar is immaculate also. RATM is such a cultural institution and Wake Up kills it at the end of The Matrix. It's only not a 5 because I almost never find myself listening to it on my own, but every time someone reminds me I enjoy it again and again.
Frickin’ banger!
Well…not my kinda music, but they definitely landed a hit with killing in the name back in the days…
Love RATM, but maybe not a whole album at a time. The music is utterly fantastic, and while I think singer Zack de la Rosa is great in smaller doses, a whole album of him tends to wear on me. Compositionally, this album is really impressive, with a lot of variety in their framework and I don't think there's a bad song in here.
Liked some of the music, interesting and some familiar riffs. Found the overall sound too much by the end of the album.
Powerful!
2025 and it’s still relevant and we are still having to Rage! Very powerful album still
Absolute classic filled with bangers, that's still as politically relevant today as it was when it released. Morello's inventive guitar is fantastic, Commorford's basslines perfect, Brad Wilk an incredibly underrated drummer, and on top of it Zack de la Rocha's punchy, immediate vocals bring the energy. Standouts for me are Bombtrack, Killing in the Name, Know Your Enemy, and Fistful of Steel.
I love the grooves on this album, and the lyrics are still relevant today. Tom Morello is a fantastic and innovative guitar player, but sometimes his weird noises tend to irritate me.
Siempre guapísimo. Metal con slap bass hablando de acabar con el capital y el estado policial. Dan ganas de pegarle puñetazos a paredes, gritar o salir corriendo. La gente que me vio por la calle escuchando esto o se asustó o entendió que estaba en la mía gozándomela que flipas. Los air drums y stank faces no son suficientes, este disco pide puño. Clásico que espero que me siga causando estas reacciones toda la vida.
I've been pleasantly surprised that aggressive music has been covered on this list. I usually don't expect it. Don't let the meatheads who come for "fuck you, I won't do what you tell me" distort the overall message.
Good bass lines. Had a good time, high energy. Fav: killing in the name, take the power back, wake up
Made me hop up and down the living room like a true socialist.
So many great riffs here. Tom Morello is a guitar genius. Zack's flows are pretty great too. Favorite track: Wake Up
A little too discordant and shouty for my taste.
Repeat listen
Fuck you I won’t do what you tell me
A cultural touchstone that I cant see myself ever listening to again.
The pinnacle of rap-rock is still a low peak.
“How Long, not long, cos what you reap is what you sow” A true masterpiece of a debut album, one of my favourite bands ever and stills sends a message that’s as relevant then as it is today.
I have listened to this album so many times. Released during my sophomore year of college, and shaped so much of my headspace. You can feel the rage of Zach de la Rocha pouring from the speakers. My rating: 10/5 megaphones!
Fierce
Ive been listening to rage so long that I've now become the machine
There’s no denying the impact this made to those of a certain age when RATM broke. Anthems for teenagers to be mad at their parents and the establishment, which every generation needs. Their tired political rhetoric quickly went stale for most though (obviously), and listening to this again in 2025 it seems the music has also. It hasn’t stood the test of time very well. Front loaded and quickly tiresome, and there’s some cringeworthy moments. It is well produced and well executed though.
recht in je gezicht gespuwde teksten die nu meer dan ooit relevant zijn... op enkele goeie gitaarpartijen en drumslagen... beste debuut in jaren!
classic-great stuff
When this came out, nothing this loud, angry, or gloriously anti-establishment was anywhere near the mainstream. It kicked the door open and handed everyone a megaphone. Still feels necessary today, given the state of… * gestures broadly *. A perfect gateway into exactly what they were trying to light on fire.
to think when I was younger I would confuse rage against the machine and Florence and the machine
Funk and rock/metal is a combination I'll never get bored of. These basslines are fucking phenomenal, my favourite bits of this album. The angry, shout form of rapping that De La Rocha uses fit all this perfectly. Long-lasting stank face when listening to this. But the less energetic, "quieter" parts of the album I'm not a fan of. It's supposed to be hardcore, energetic, angry, so when you take away that edge it's just a bit meh. Doesn't really do this often though which is good. Bombtrack and Township Rebellion were my favourites
Looooooove this, banger
The Revolution is already here - it just isn't evenly distributed yet.
Really good, radical stuff, even if it can get a tad bit repetitive
Interesting way to start the day!
Shite
In this crazy world, listening to this album tonight gave me a solid dose of hope that we can all finally rise up and... oh wait... this music is 33 years old. Rats.
Rage Against the Machine is such a unique band that I wasn't entirely sure what I would think. I've heard many songs from this album before (Killing in the Name and Know your Enemy, for two), but I've found even albums that I know some music from have let me down. RATM lands at the convergence of rap and metal: two genres that occasionally overlap, but never quite like this. Zack has a contagious energy, even when he isn't always going for a specific pitch, and the rest of the band went on to become Audioslave backing up Chris Cornell. The music is all full of grit, and the band perfectly performs as a whole band, not individual musicians. For the message the band is sending, this music style is very effective. While the music is a bit repetitive, each song feels like something different than the last.
How do I write this review? Well, I guess I'll start by saying that I didn't enjoy the album. Too angry. Too political. Too a lot of things. Just not something I want to listen to. Politics and music can and do work together, but in my opinion, this is just annoying and doesn't do anything to change what they are raging about for almost an hour straight. Also every single track overstays it's welcome. Meh.
Ultra classic. Great first album.
Me recuerda a Matrix (que no es desacertado porque estoy segura de que están en alguna de las BSO). He tenido que parar en la tercera canción, demasiado estimulo auditivo, demasiado rage, demasiado ruido. Es música que me suena para entrar en un estado de disociación, casi exorcitario. Le podnré un 2.5 o 3 porque sin que sea mala música, no es para mí.
Just as relevant now as it was when it came out 10/10
A timeless and incredibly poignant protest rock album. We gotta take the fuckin power back!
I wasn’t going to listen to this album, because RATM was a regular rotation band for me in the 90s and I know what you get here. I wanted to hot take that this album is overrated and maybe a little boring, thirty years later (and I’m still a fan). It’s not. Still great. Anger is a gift.
3.0 RYM
Really dumb lyrics, great example of teenager logic hehe, good baselines
Instructions were unclear; raged too hard against the wrong machine. Now I need a new toaster.
Someone threw a grenade & BOOM!! the result Rage Against the Machine. Tom Morrello's turn tabl-- wha... that's his fucking guitar! Zach de la Rocha's angry growling & spitting truth about the world. This is a five album easily. BUT the problem I have is with this both ignorance & the fact that none of this ever changes. This album came out in 1992. All the shit that Rage has been spouting out against are still problems. Yeah cool you shed light on those issues but I listen to it in 2025. Same shit, different year. Not to mention, some of these issues, that you bring to light with the subtlety of crowbar smacked to face flew directly over fans heads. How stupid do you have to be to not figure that from the second song on the album? Ignorance plain & simple. I like protest songs & bands but they just seem to land on deaf ears.
Not really my type of music
Nostalgia: 5/5 Riffs: 5/5, Angry political lyrics that doestn't sound like propaganda: 5/5 Heavy and loud production: 5/5 Maynard James Keenan feat 5/5 Raging against the Machine 5/5
Counterpoint: unfortunately it isn't the beats and lyrics that they fear. This is Red Hot Chilli Peppers if they rocked and were filled with the impotent rage of youth at an unfair world. It's not their fault that every band who copied them sucked. And it really rocks. I remember listening to BBC Radio 5 at breakfast time in 2009 and they had invited RATM on to perform live because someone decided Killing In The Name should be number one as a protest against Simon Cowell 🤷♂️. I still remember Sheila Fogerty shouting "get rid of it" as at 9 in the morning, they not unexpectedly didn't do what they'd been told and sang the full lyrics. Almost spilt my tea.
My opinion of this group and album has changed. Originally, I like the raw sound but the more I have listened to it, I have found it to be an ode to hate and to have no redeeming value so I am dropping low on this one.
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
The instrumentation is fine, but I'm really not into the vocals. It's just not my style at all.
Really fucking good. But yeah, not much changed since then...
Sjel, rytme, engasjement, energirik, og best av alt ikke bare støy. Uten å se særlig på teksten så liker jeg den. Glad for å få hørt dette albumet. Hvertfall etter ett kjedelig DnB album som sugde (ga da den 3 men burde fått 2/1)
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.
An absolute classic.
richtig hässig - i like - muass sicher no kli in anderi alba dri losa
Liked the genre mix
Yeah just not my thing ...
LOVE IT! Great pick. Familiar but all time favorite
Surprisingly good!
I don’t think there’s really been anything like RATM, before or since and I’m not sure there ever could be. My personal and our collective fave debut album. I remember seeing the uncensored grainy hand-cam shot video for _Killing in the Name_ back when it came out in late 92 (possibly early 93). I don’t remember where I saw it but it left the 13 year old me wondering what the hell I’d just seen and whether it was something I shouldn’t have. It felt so subversive! The internet not being available back then it took me a few weeks to find out who they were and that they had an album out and it became one of only 4 purchased cassette tapes (along with 3 Nirvana ones) that I owned. With its fusion of rock and rap, still not bettered to this day, Tom Morello’s insane guitar sonics, (“_no samples, keyboards or synthesizers used in the making of this record_”) and Zack’s rebellious, anti-establishment tirades this was like nothing I’d heard and it’s subject matter is still prescient today. I’d have to wait until the Evil Empire tour in 96 before I saw them live but I’ve never been in a mosh pit like it. There were moments I thought I wouldn’t make it out, had to be picked up off the floor a couple of times and by the end my RATM ‘fuct’ tshirt was shredded and hanging off my body. Hands down one of the best gigs I’ve ever been to… what a band!
Now this is political activism. Create heavily politicized anthems of rage to incite and inspire the left to take action against the injustice and hypocrisy of America. This rings true now more than ever and I’m grateful for Rage’s contribution to the issue.
powerful
Absolute banger album, one of the best of all time and completely timeless.
Rocks so hard. Never really noticed how much funk is in their sound. They honestly do the funk/rock/rap thing better than a band like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who made that fusion their whole identity. The presence of a James Brown/George Clinton influence is probably what makes Rage so good and Audioslave lacking in comparison. Evil Empire is my personal favorite, but there’s no knocking this.
just not into them l8ke I used to be 3/5
NOW YOU DO WHAT THEY TOLD YA
Aggressively articulate, this stunning debut combines contemporary explosiveness to old fashioned soul. The riffs are simple, the grooves are huge and the lyrics are unambiguous - this album is a vital and uncompromising statement, only slightly let down by a few songs repeating themselves too much. Favourite tracks: Bombtrack, Bullet In The Head (one of my most played bass songs), Township Rebellion
Appropriate album for the political times. What a great listen. Couldn’t help but headbang to a few of these in my olden age.
Tom Morello sempre fa coses diferents i noves amb la guitarra,el disc esta ple de himnes de batalla,rabia i innovacio,te mes de 30 anys i sona fresc igual que el primer dia!!O millor!!Un clàssic!!Li dono un 8'5.
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
One of the easiest 5 stars I've handed out and would go more if I could. This is a monumentally incendiary achievement of an album and almost single-handedly invented a genre (that would come to be poorly copied and maligned eventually - and I supposed Licensed to Ill might like a word here but it's such an apples/oranges comparison I think). The opening 3-song salvo of Bombtrack, Killing in the Name of, and Take the Power Back is just unbelievable. The "mother****er!!!!" in Killing in the Name is one of the most viscerally angry moments in all of music for me. My middle school self loved this album but certainly didn't appreciate the message - that came with time, but Zack's lyrics are what really set Rage apart from their peers. Tom Morello invented sounds that literally never been heard out of a guitar before, and the rhythm section is just pummeling. No skips on this album for me, Wake Up is another high point and Freedom is just an epic closer. It's just so good and arguably they never quite recaptured these heights as a total work, although later albums had their individual high points. A stunning debut on all fronts.
Neke legendarne stvari su s razlogom legendarne čak i kad meni nisu baš najdraže. Ono ne bih mogla slušati Rage stalno, ali kako inovativno zvuče i danas, a tek kad bih se zamislila prije tridesetak godina da ovo čujem prvi put, mozak bi mi sigurno eksplodirao. Čujem dosta Audioslave jer sam ja na njima odrastala pa je i to veliki plus. Jedini rap koji zaista mogu reći da volim.
It goes hard as fuck, but it suffers from being an influence on a whole lot of terrible terrible bands that didn't have the redeeming political content.
Another amazing album. Rage had a pretty big influence on my late teens and twenties, really opening my mind to a lot of injustices in an era that didn’t have the 24-hour news cycle and constant flood of information that we have now. It’s a real shame we didn’t get another album or two out of them before Zack shut up shop, but we have this masterpiece to remember them by.
what can I say
I still really like this.
Melodic anger
I love this album
Not a fan per se but not a horrible listen
If I didn’t know any better, I’d say these guys were upset with the political climate in the early 90’s. Fortunately for them, things have improved drastically since then…
Commodified discontent for suburban punks. I had forgotten how tedious nu-metal was. Incohate rage for the man - 1 star
Unconvinced that this really has a place ; might be one of 1001 albums but if so you definitely don't need to listen to 1001 albums before you die. Not very pointed and not very effective. Sounds more like part of the machinery tbh.
A pretty good album, I liked Bombtrack, Killing In The Name and Bullet In The Head the most
Heavy, but is nice background music for school work. Definitely old-school mid-2000's skater music- something you'd hear in a game like Tony Hawk games or Skate.
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.
This is the first album I generated that I had already listened to. I liked it the first time and enjoyed it even more now. So much passion and energy. This album is still relevant 33 years later. Bombtrack is a great opener and really gets you pumped up. Favorites: Killing In The Name Of, Take The Power Back, Bullet In The Head, and Know Your Enemy
Very nice, very cool. Had only really heard one of these before but they all go hard.
Man, is there a more politically charged band? Rage Against the Machine stands as one of the most explosive debuts in rock history: a pure collision of fury, groove, and purpose. Zack de la Rocha’s lyrical fire burns over Tom Morello’s inventive guitar work, backed by a rhythm section that’s as heavy as it is precise. Every track hits hard; there isn’t a weak moment here. Kneecap might carry a similar revolutionary spirit today, but RATM remains unmatched - a band that sounded urgent in 1992 and feels even more relevant now.
If you’re in the right mood for it (pissed off), nothing hits like a little Rage. Tom gets all the press, but this is a fantastic band. That bass tone! Together they sound like no one else on the planet, ‘cept Audioslave. Zack can make even simplistic verses sound prophetic. I think Battle of LA has more consistent quality, but this is a banger of a debut.
I’ve heard this álbum before but I came in expecting not to like it. Time hasn’t been kind to RATM or the nu metal they helped spawn, but the album still sounds good production wise and the content sadly hasn’t aged a day. There are still plenty of good reasons to start a heavy band and scream (or rap) your head off. Maybe ¨Killing in the Name¨ has been tainted by hearing it bellowed by drunken sweathogs a thousand times, but does that really take away from its power? Just because the mid and late 90s had guys with soul patches and dreads rapping over metal riffs doesn’t take away that RATM did it first and did it better. Forget the breakups and makeups, forget their last 25 years as a legacy band, forget the nu metal lameness: this album is amazing. Best songs: ¨Bombtrack,¨ ¨Killing in the Name¨
4 star average? Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me. 1/5 19/10/25
What machine did you think they were raging against? The dishwasher? Fuck Nazis. Fuck fascists. Fuck ICE. Fuck Donald Trump and anyone who supports that piece of shit. No kings. Ever.
Fav : bullet in my head
Some angry, funky music...when it hits its belting.. the type of music you need sometimes. Great guitar lines and musicianship throughout. Gets a bit indulgent in places but I can live with it. Won't be an every day album but is something I will come back to.
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.
One of my favorite albums. A seminal recording. Songs like Killing in the Name, Bombtrack, Freedom, still strike a chord today in the political environment of 2025. Those songs inspired young people, like me, and help cement values that are more about people over country.
What a debut album! Crazy to think this was the stuff we were listening to at 10-12 years old haha. Rage is STILL the best protest music, the best rage music, and the best way to blow off some steam & get the adrenaline pumping. Shame we had to miss their 2020 show due to COVID... one of my all time cancellations I wish I had. Several generational bangers and instantly put them on the map. What more could you want?
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.
IM NOT A BIG FAN OF THE GOVERNMENT wreeeoweoworwowwowoawoaaow
This rocks!
Good album by all means - I'm just not that angry any more!
Great album! Classic
Sure killing in the name is incredible but Bullet in the head is very much on par ‘they say jump you say how high’ might be one of my favourite hooks ever. Wake up reminds me of Kashmir by led zep in the best way possible. Theres a funky angle to the music but unlike something like ‘janes addiction’ which I received the other day theres a lot more honesty and better songcraft from RATM
Couldn’t help but think ‘if you thought things were bad back in 1992, just you wait’. Anyway, it’s difficult to be objective with this one, as there’s an almost emotional attachment to some of the tracks here, and Tim Commerford was a massive formative influence on me as a fledgling bass player.
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.
We get it Zach, you’re not happy. I had probably written Rage off a while ago as being a bit noisy and sanctimonious but listening with fresh ears was something worth doing. A tight band with the ability to draw out a good hook either musically or lyrically. Particularly like some of the weird sounds Morello gets from his guitar to accentuate the drums and bass rather than just drown them out.
A classic one. Its reputation certainly antecedes him, a master class on hard rock riffs, strange-sounding guitar solos, tight-as-a-machine drums, and a musicalization on Noah Chomsky's lectures. Great album, though not a perfect one for me on a subjective note.
The sound of the resistance!
I understand that people like this - it’s the same sound over and over, and if that sound doesn’t connect with you, it’s just not something you’ll ever put on. A couple palatable tracks even though this isn’t really for me, but that may just be because I’ve heard it so many times before.
Lotta people need to take this to heart
It’s music that I left in my teenage angst years but that whenever I happen upon I remember how much I loved it and realise how much I still do love it. Nostalgia in its best and purest form. Lots of riffs lots of FUN and tbf a lot of lyrics that stayed relevant. Best Song: Wake Up
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
Dope! Its a classic!
The great American protest album.
Wahhahhhahhahh
Kunnon funkkihevii. Onhan tässä voimaa! 4/5
Onhan siinä vähän sellaista nuorten miesten kiihkoa, mutta hyvää sellaista! 4/5
Gear: 64 Audio Duo Artwork: 👨🦲🔥🪧 Production: 🎧😘🤌 Music: 🤬🚫🌋 Ratinng: ✊✊✊✊✊/5
Holy god this gets tiring early on
Loved it
Esencial como Killing in the name.
Good album.
Beautiful album easy five. This is like the second or third album I ever bought with my own money. Somehow they make political rock rap that isn’t cringey at all. Some of the best riffs ever, really important messaging, just a perfect album. Top 100 album ever probably. Know your enemy is one of the best rock songs ever written.
So incredibly, mind blowingly good.
I'm more of a conform to the machine kind of guy, not that I believe in a machine anyway. Mostly I just feel these people would be insufferable to be around. Sound is a bit like B grade early RHCP, which would have been preferable. Still, some nice bass, drum & guitar riffing.
not bad! i like the rock/rap fusion
Easy 5. Some albums make you feel like dancing, some albums make you feel like crying, and some albums makes you feel like joining a protest and overthrowing the government.
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.
Bangers, like if kid rock wasn't cringe
Geiles Album, banger after banger
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
Мені не подобається подібна музика 2 з 5
This is their first fucking album? Are we sure? This is amazing! The musicianship on this is absolutely next level for whatever level of metal this is in the 90s. Tom Morello is of course celebrated, but he really proves his breadth and expertise here and it's incredible. What can you say about Zach De La Rocha? Unmatchable energy and anger. Maybe the angriest singer ever. I know Killing in the Name of, and it absolutely GRIPS you here, but the rest of the album is just so phenomenal. It is shocking to me how such a politically driven album can also be maybe one of the best albums of the 90s from a pure music standpoint at the same time. AND their first album? An incredible perfect storm.
Que ganas mas tontas de destruir al sistema me han dado Cumple con su proposito claramente.
swinging, driving, and furious
Knallsterk, spesielt de tre første!
A little too hardcore for my taste
No thanks.
95/100. Rage Against the Machine's self-titled debut is one of my all-time favorite rock albums. The record fuses metal, rap, and funk into an exceptional and explosive sound that feels both innovative and timeless. Its politically charged, forward-thinking lyrics make a powerful statement that resonates just as strongly today. And with tracks like "Killing in the Name," which stands out as one of the best songs of all time, this album isn't just music, it's a rallying cry.
03.10.25 #9 Favourite Tracks: Bombtrack, Killing in the Name Rate: 8/10 Amazing Album
Insanely good, this rocks. I have no idea how I have gone years hearing a couple of the songs on the album but never listened to the whole thing.
BANGER
Bom demais!
Nice
Angry but awesome
I respect this album more than I actually like it. The message and intent behind it are great, but the music itself is not for me. Favorite Songs: Fistfull of Steel, Freedom
very interesting style, pretty unique
Fantastic rock album. I don't love the screaming instead of singing, but I liked everything else. Great to listen to when I'm having a frustrating day.
Rage Against The Machine is a debut that still hits like a hammer. From the opening of “Bombtrack,” the band set out their mission with explosive energy, blending metal riffs, funk grooves, and politically charged fury into something completely their own. “Killing in the Name” remains one of the most confrontational songs to ever break into the mainstream, its mix of repetition and raw anger still capable of shaking walls decades later. Tom Morello’s guitar work is full of inventive sounds that feel like turntables one moment and sirens the next, while Zack de la Rocha’s delivery is sharp and unrelenting. What makes the album so gripping is its consistency. Every track feels locked in, from the propulsive “Take the Power Back” to the simmering tension of “Know Your Enemy.” The rhythm section holds everything together with precision and swagger, giving the album both weight and movement. There’s no filler here, just a band absolutely clear on their sound and message from the start. Even after years of imitators, Rage Against The Machine still sounds fresh and dangerous. It’s a record that channels fury into something laser-focused, and while its politics are upfront and confrontational, the music itself is so tight and innovative that it demands attention regardless. Few debuts arrive this fully formed, and it remains a landmark in rock and rap crossover.
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.
Absolute classic
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.
This is an awesome album, maybe held back just a tad by some repetitive lyrics. But everything is full adrenaline and testosterone.
Gritty album that still resonates today over 30 years since its release.
Fantastic Album! Anthem of my youth.
The hard rock genre is truly my least favorite. All this hooting and hollering is just not my vibe… I can honestly say that I likely won’t check out anymore more of their music.
I recognize it’s a good album but did not personally enjoy
Is good, I have no idea how the average is so high though
5/5 - rocks
Honestly, I really enjoyed this and was ready to recommend to others. I’d actively seek it out for listening during a workout.
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.
The best!
I liked the way they raged against the machine
God I know it's cliche but the world needs this album now more than it ever did. Be a cynical asshole about it all you want idc but even 30 years later it still gets the blood pumping and the anger rising more than anything anyone else has put in out since. Fuck Trump and fuck fascism now and forever. KITNO is still my go to song before a race for a reason. 10/10 easily
Great all the way through
Pretty good, a bit long and a bit loud
Great album. I owned it as a kid. I preferred evil empire, but this album is much more raw, emotional, and funky.
They weren’t always so angry. It was actually after meeting Len Houmous that they changed their direction. It was a little misunderstanding. They didn’t like that the crowd was more excited about seeing Houmous & Chutney and blamed Len directly for stealing their crowd. I mean, Len also slept with all their girlfriends so maybe that was the real problem? 4.6 6/10 Know Your Enemy
Imagine being surprised that RATM is political. The people who don't get it are probably the people that need to hear it the most. Anyway. Politically, RATM is right on. I'm glad this music exists, that it is unapologetic in its messaging, and that it is something young men will be drawn to. Now more than ever RATM's messaging is relevant and needed. All that said, this is not for me. I'm not the target audience. I don't really like Zack's vocals and it's a bit repetitive. I'm going with a 4 because it's important; docking a star because of the repetitive nature of it all.
Love this album. So glad we saw them in person!!
Love this album! Still remember listening to this the for the first time in 7th grade, life changing. Incredible debut album, never tire of it. Highlights: "Know Your Enemy" and "Take the Power Back"
An album I haven't listened to in 25 years! Still mostly good, tracks might be slightly too long. 3.5 rounded up Heard before? Yes - used to have Owned: No 14/1001, 14/56 (25%) Will I get? No
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Love this album! Such raw energy!
I raged against a machine once..... It was a printer
This is how it looks when talent and passion intertwine perfectly - it's a rare moment when a message is executed so perfectly you have no choice but to listen.
First time for a full listen of this record - wow. Stellar debut album. Particularly Morello’s playing is just top shelf.
I raged as much as I could on the airplane
this album is highly influential and historical in many ways. Rage as a band and entity itself, is highly influential and historical in many ways. probably a reason i am so against authority and standing up for what i believe in. i also thank Adam for radicalizing me with music like this and showing me that i can listen to whatever i want and not give a shit. this is a top listen for me on any occasion. mainly election season. 5/5.
Who is this guy and why is he yelling?! It’s like hip-HOP, but with a heavy metal soul! Album for the ages, but certainly helping us navigate this day and age. Notable faves: Take the Power Back, Know Your Enemy, Killing in the Name.
I’ve always been a fan of this album, but a few years ago I heard it in an entirely new light, and it blew my mind. The realization was: This is not a rock record. This is purely a hip hop record, made with live instruments instead of samples and machines, and that’s how it should be listened to. From that moment on my opinion of this record and band went from just love to absolute respect. It might have influenced a lot of other terrible artists to ape their success and start the Rap Rock/ Nü Metal genre, but no one has or will ever do it better. The fact that the subject matter is just as poignant today as it was 30 years ago goes to show how important this band and album are. The only song I don’t dig on here is “Settle For Nothing”, but that will not get in the way of a very well deserved 5 stars. Literally one of the best hip hop albums of all time.
Listened in the truck via YouTube music. It’s been a while since I’ve listened all the way through. There were several surprise tracks that stood out and also that the music was not nearly as “heavy” as I once thought it to be. The guitar work from Morello was much more nuanced than I’d remembered and the bass was funky if not verging on the Nu-metal sound.
One of my favorites
Amazing. Suppose it's kind of ironic straight after giving Straight Outta Compton a 1, but what makes this(and most music) album for me is the playing. Every single track on this album just hits hard back to back, there's not a single slump. I am in awe of Morello's guitar playing, it's everything from unbelievably creative and weird to riffs that I could listen to all day. The rage and anger works so well and is really unbeatable for a protest album.
I'm a bass head so this is a Hall of Famer for me. I've sat and played through the entire album on the drums because it's not only sick as hell but also fun as hell to play. This album goes. I don't need to give reasons why this album is great as it's already got a legacy that I think it lives up to. Highlight: Bullet In The Head
- 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
Go on, have your 5 stars kings.
Now we’re dundalkin
What an album! Morello bringing this sound in 92 must have left some amount of jaws on the ground and Zack's manifesto/battle cry wants me to stockpile some petrol bombs
Almost flawless album, contender for best debut of all-time. Have this on heavy rotation for the last 20 years, spent way too much time trying to learn all the guitar parts, with an unhealthy obsession around 2008. Never fully warmed to Settle For Nothing but it's still better than most.
Pure class, I wanted to crash the car and shoot a fascist (RIP CK)
Fuck yes, so good, enormous amount of clinkers on this. Fills my body with the fury of a million suns.
There's something special about this album. The anger on display perfectly mirrors the band and album name.
6 Defo keen on some elements of this but it doesn’t all come together in a way that I like rlly
I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this album. The gritty, heavy tones & lyrics work perfectly together, and I quite like this slower, funk influenced genre of metal.
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.
Started to blend.
Another album I've loved for a long time. Every track is a banger. Bombtrack is a great opener, and Freedom is a solid closer. I also think Township Rebellion is a sleeper great track.
Good debut album
I can't understand how someone could listen to this and like it. Maybe politics?
Brilliant album to listen to if you want to get really pumped up, lots of angry energy mixed with some catchy riffs
This is a good one.
I’m not going to justify this one. I just really like the album
great
Goddamn I love this album. It’s the perfect introduction to protest music,(it was mine) The opening trio of songs is so strong. This album is designed to get you angry and pumped up and it doesn’t let you down. I’ve seen A lot of people argue about the lyrics being amateurish, but the “fuck you I won’t do what you tell me” is exactly what protest music should be, catchy as fuck and easily chantable. I’m sure Rage could’ve wrote deeper political songs but that’s not what they were about. Ton Morello is such an innovator. We could use more rage in today’s times. 9.5/10
Schon geil. Vor allem für den Rage
Great. Changed my life.
It’s all one song, but that song is really good.
I was 19 and lived in LA in 1992. I was there during the Rodney King riots. This album came out several months later and really captures the anger and frustration that was really taking hold in the country in those days. It seems like child's play compared to 2025 I'm afraid. But I digress. This album is truly powerful whether you agree with the message or not. Before dopey nu metal took over in the mid to late 90s, RATM really captured something that was primal, heavy, angry, yet catchy. And that unforgettable album cover. My only minor complaint is that the many of the songs have a similar progression and pattern to them. But I'm some ways it works to their advantage here. 4.5/5 #183
Always loved bombtrack, think I’ve heard this through but everything past wake up is a blur. Killing in the name of is good, but I think take the power back is a better song. Settle for nothing was fine. Never heard it. Bullet in the head onto wake up is great. Fistful of steel was violent I was shocked. Very good, perfect delivery. Township rebellion is good. Freedom is an interesting closing. Style of percussion changed in the last two songs Overall awesome.
This album is like someone reading Marxist theory to you through a megaphone while drop-kicking your door in—then handing you a guitar and telling you to fight back. It’s raw, volatile, and somehow surgically tight. Every riff is a molotov cocktail, and Zack de la Rocha doesn’t rap at you—he surgically removes your spine with syllables. Tom Morello? Not a guitarist—just a sentient distortion pedal possessed by ghosts of revolutionaries. Rating: 5/5 Short Review: It’s protest music that works better than therapy. If you don’t feel something, you’re probably a spreadsheet in human form. Favorite Track: “Know Your Enemy” – This is the part where your blood becomes 80% adrenaline and 20% black coffee.
Even better than I remembered, and I remembered this as being a classic album. Sadly, the only thing that's gotten old about this album is that it's still as relevant today as it was when it came out over 30 years ago. We still have forces burning crosses in America, it might even be worse over there now than it was in 1992. Easy five stars.
Since always
Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me
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.
Not exactly my thing, but lots of admiration for this politically fearless, smart, head-on album.
Might be my favorite all time. Heady headbangers. Intelligent chaos. I love it. 10
Great music, but lyrics - post punk shite
I’ve never been a fan of Rage Against the Machine, but I promised myself I’d give their self-titled debut a fair shot. To my surprise, I enjoyed this album far more than I expected. It’s not just mindless head-banging — it’s a sharp mix of genres with real purpose behind the noise. The record is full of raw power, anguish, and unfiltered anger, driven by anarchic lyrics that still feel relevant to America today, more than 30 years on. I have to admit, I probably liked this album more than I’d ever admit publicly. Consider my opening statement withdrawn. Favourite track: Killing in the Name is iconic for a reason, and Take the Power Back really hit me. I also loved the Zeppelin-esque guitar intro to Wake Up. Least favourite track: Honestly, I enjoyed every track. Album artwork: Simple, bold, and instantly recognisable.
Not my style, but I get why it's here. Interesting experience listening to it
What should we say about this masterpiece? Starting with a Bomb(track), and going smoothly into the anthem of a generation. Every song is plastered with the riffs and experimental sounds from Tom Morello, which guitar playing style was ahead of his time. Excellent album. Nothing more too say.
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.
Raw power.
Absolute classic love it so much
de mi top ten de albums favoritos del mundo mundial
I've loved this album for 30 years. Still do. It's tempting to pick nits about the ham-fisted lyrics, the hypocrisy of rich rockstars raging against the machine, and whatever, but this absolutely rips. There are weaker spots but that means they're simply good, not great ("Settle for Nothing" "Fistful of Steel"). There's also a few things that aged poorly, but they were huge for a reason. Rap-rock generally sucks, but not always. RATM forever.
Raging against everything on sight is only fine for teenagers.
Only criticism is that the record was mixed/produced too “clean”… really needed to be recorded live to get the full force of sound.
Hadn't previously listened to this album in its entirety. So good!
OK påminner mig om Red hot chilli pepper
Banger. Fun hearing Zach go super Saiyan throughout. 5 stars
Just a fantastic debut even if they did kind of join the machine they were raging against