Renegades (studio album) by Rage Against The Machine

A great covers album - made their own way

Good selection of covers. Most are great and done very well. A couple not so much. But overall this is a decent listen

From VictorVale 12/28/2018 11:10

O excelente canto do cisne do Rage Against! Extraordinário!

Although it's filled with cover songs, this is actually my 2nd favourite RATM album, behind their self-titled debut. With Renegades, the band took 12 songs and gave them a brand new identity.

Best tracks: Microphone Fiend, Renegades of Funk, I'm Housin', and Maggie's Farm

It's incredible how they can do their covers completely different from the original pieces and do however a good work. Their style it's powerful and unique

From jhuik 09/25/2015 23:17

Do not understand the dismissal and neglect of this rock and roll powerhouse of pure rock and funk by a band of brilliant musicians. I don't know all the originals but Maggie's Farm for example is the best cover ever of a song covered by so many others. I Love Pistol Grip, How I Could Kill, Microphone Fiend, the title track, Ghost of Tom Joad (and you know I love Bruce's original)... all amazing.

I prefer this one over 'Battle of LA' few good covers and overall good album.

From lightmyway 05/05/2012 01:29

An alright covers album. I've only heard about half the songs they cover and none of them are better than the originals, but they do something different with them at least.

From junodog4 01/21/2012 20:00

I think I'm halfway in-between the earlier comments. While this album isn't an all-time favourite and some of the covers struggle, it's also not a poorly executed flop. Their covers of Renegades of Funk and How I Could Just Kill a Man aren't better than the originals, but take them in an entirely new direction, with such rhythmic power and aggressive tone. Rage makes each song their own, without trampling the originals. This album is worth it for those two tracks alone.

From ShaneSpear 11/30/2011 23:23

The problem with having a good sense of musical taste is that if you decide to do an all-covers album, there's no way that you can match the quality of the originals. That seems to be a problem here, as Rage (who for all intents and purposes were done as a band by this point) barely tries to make any changes or improvements on great songs from MC5, Springsteen, Iggy Pop, Cypress Hill, and even Devo. This leaves it coming off as a disjointed mess of an album that really seemed like a cash-grab going out the door. It's still Rage, so it was better than 90% of the crap that was out there in 2000, but if it's 2011 and you're reading this you may as well skip over and go straight into Street Sweeper Social Club, because that's what this album eventually led to. Only better executed.