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Harkens back to a very specific point in the 90s rock scene that was very deeply against what America was becoming--a country of quiet disdain so that polite society's vanity would remain undisturbed. An excellent blend of the 80s/90s "rap" (if you can call Rage's vocals that) and heavy rock, both used in service towards a greater, angrier message. This album is perfect in service to its namesake, it is an angry group of people that want you to stand up against the large-looming shadows of oppressive capitalism, discrimination, hatred, and worst of all, the societal rationalization of these practices. It wants you to "Rage Against the Machine".

I'm 1000% willing to bet that when JG Quintel was talking to his music supervisors for Regular Show, he directly referenced this album. Same for any GTA V music supervisor asking what their "Heist Music" ought to sound like. I wont try to get into history as that is way out of my ball knowledge, but if I had to take an educated guess (and based on the ethos of this being one of the "1001 most influential albums" in music), this was likely a MASSIVE turning point of an album for the music industry. Who knows if it was actually that influential at the time of release, but it is clear that these presumably German dudes were tinkering with what was going to be the complete future of sound. Late stage disco was the thing of the 70's, and I imagine that synths and drum machines were starting to rear their heads at this period. These two were artists using brushes completely new and foreign to them. Saw wave synths. Artificial drums. Fun and funky beat patterns. and most of all, ALMOST NO VOCALS. This album is the exploration of "machine", as it was introduced to "man" in its mystique, modern representation in the 70's and 80's. This album is a piece that (now according to the wiki page that I read) represents a maturity of electronic music. One of my favorite other reviews from this site: Music made by men pretending to be robots for people who are pretending not to be robots.