Product Description

Debut album from the band formerly known as Civilian and featuring former members of Rage Against The Machine with ex-Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell. Since recording the albumin LA with the legendary Rick Rubin, they have split up, reformed and changed their name. 'Audioslave' sounds exactly as you would expect - Rage Against The Machine with vocals and lead guitar by Chris Cornell. Includes the single 'Cochise'.

Track Listing

1. Cochise
2. Show Me How To Live
3. Gasoline
4. What You Are
5. Like A Stone
6. Set It Off
7. Shadow On The Sun
8. I Am The Highway
9. Exploder
10. Hypnotize
11. Bring Em Back Alive
12. Light My Way
13. Getaway Car
14. The Last Remaining Light

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2281 in Music
• Released on: 2002-11-18
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
The debut of thundering supergroup Audioslave--featuring members of Rage Against the Machine post-Zack de la Rocha with ex-Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell--is as much curio as fascinating blend of visions. Cornell might be outnumbered, but his unmistakable holler and nihilistic imagery ensure that Audioslave, the album, recalls early Soundgarden. That's especially true since de la Rocha took Rage's signature rap and politicking with him. Still, if this is Soundgarden, it's Soundgarden set to stun. Rage guitarist Tom Morello is more of a mauler than Kim Thayil ever was--witness "Shadow on the Sun", which moves from bruising thud to psychedelic freak-out and back again--while the Rage rhythm section of Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk anchor the bottom end with pure instrumental cement. Intentionally or not, "Gasoline" bears passing resemblance to "Rusty Cage", while the sweeping "I Am the Highway" and slow-burning "The Last Remaining Light" best showcase Cornell's surprisingly New Age-y lyrical bent. Cover art by Storm Thorgerson--who gave Pink Floyd records their distinctive stamp--underscores the set's inherent celebrity. Fans of Rage and Soundgarden can raise clenched fists in unison, for Audioslave is win-win. --Kim Hughes

Customer Reviews

Nice
As a person new to the band and what they had done previously i thought the first 3 tracks absolutely rocked one of the best starts to an album i've heard.
Downside being that theres only so much full on singing you can take which lets the rest of the album down pity their was'nt more songs in the mould of hypnotize which is the only other song i really liked.

Set it off my children
Turn-of-the-century supergroup Audioslave - comprised of 3 parts of RATM and one of Soundgarden - deliver a heavy rocking debut on this album which includes the thunderous (if ripped off from Zeppelin's "The Ocean") Cochise and other hard rock sounds like Set It Off, Gasoline and Shadow On The Sun, as well as quieter more reflective selections like Highway and Last Remaining Light.

At first listen it sounds rather generic and simplistic, but with repeated hearings there is a lot more going on underneath than you'd think, which is usually the mark of a good record. Cornell's voice sounds fantastic and as for Morello, when he lays off a bit from the power chords, gets to play some interesting fills. Commerford and Wilk remain the dead-on rythym section that made Rage such badasses, and all in all it's a good solid hard rock album, the kind that Zeppelin would make if they were still here.

Rage Against The 'Garden
I loved Soundgarden. I hated Rage Against The Machine.
Bearing this in mind, you can probably imagine the trepidation with which I approached the first release by Audioslave - the amalgam of both abovementioned groups. Would it appease my craving for more Soundgarden or would the RATM influence drag Chris Cornell down to their level?
Well, I needn't have worried. While Audioslave doesn't quite scratch my Soundgarden itch, they manage to be a fantastic group in their own right. This is a blistering rock record with some great vocals, lyrics and a pounding rhythm section to die for. Cornell is amazing as usual and the ex-RATM boys have made me realise that what I didn't like about Rage Against The Machine was simply their singer. With him gone and replaced with a vocalist I love, I find that the RATM boys groove hard.
My one slight complaint, and it's a minor quibble, is that 'Cochise' reminds me a little too much of 'I'm Broken' by Pantera.