Audioslave
by Audioslave

Really glad I finally gave this album a chance. Its biggest strength is the production. It sounds fantastic. The instruments are well placed, complement each other beautifully, and the whole thing has a ton of drive.

The songs themselves are generally strong too. The main problem is that the album is too long, and in two different ways. First, a lot of the songs stretch themselves out unnecessarily. There are many guitar solos that don't add much, outros that overstay their welcome, and final choruses that could have been cut without losing anything.

Second, there are simply too many songs for the amount of variety on display. At some point, you've understood the formula. Ten tracks would have been plenty. The extra four don't really bring anything that wasn't already present in the rest of the album. There are basically three types of songs here, and I don't think we needed fourteen of them.

That said, the production and energy go a long way. When I'm in the right mood, I can enjoy this album quite a bit. I also hear a lot of connections to bands I love, especially Queens of the Stone Age and Red Hot Chili Peppers, along with the more obvious connections with Rage Against the Machine and Soundgarden.

And Like A Stone is a fantastic track, the definite highlight of this album.

There's a handful of really good songs on this. However, the album as a whole is nothing to get excited about. Mainly pedestrian commercial sounding rock. Above average.

What happened to Chris Cornell's voice after his first solo album? This voice ruins an already underwhelming album.

A great mix of hard rock songs (Cochise, Light My Way, Show Me How To Live) and rock ballads (Like A Stone, I Am The Highway, Getaway Car). The RATM band and Chris Cornell's phenomenal voice work brilliantly together. The first half is much better than the second. My highlights are Show Me How To Live, Like A Stone and Gasoline. Weak tracks are Shadow on the Sun, Exploder and The Last Remaining Light.

From VictorVale 05/04/2021 18:31 | #269356

Impossível enjoar! Um dos melhores da década!

From llibnanoon 09/16/2020 13:28 | #258287

Excellent collection of songs. Chris Cornell's voice is superb on this release! Rating (87.50)

From jeremy9 08/30/2019 12:25 | #241944

Their best album

From ImmortalAl 02/09/2019 06:04 | #231614 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

My thoughts while listening to this album:

I love the grunge influence brought to the new era.
Tom Morello does his thing. He wants to jam no matter who the singer is. One thing consistent in this album: it rocks.

After the first half, once you get past the singles, you get scared, entering new territory. My expectations of the second half of the album were below actual performance. Actually, I zoned out, not regretting a minute of any song. I thought, "oh boy, here we go, here comes the filler". But I couldn't hear any. Could you? To be honest, this whole album contains a consistent feel to it. One of deep introspection. With deep lyrical themes. This album is much deserving of the 802 spot! Much deserved.

One of the very best Rock Albums of the 2000s. the First half is one of the most explosive and interesting First halves in 21st century rock.

Fav Tracks- Cochise, I Am The Highway,Shadow Of The Sun,What You Are.

From LedZep 07/21/2017 14:58 | #194732

Great album. RIP Chris