Audioslave
by Audioslave

Audioslave by Audioslave
Year: 2002
Release date: 2002-11-19
Overall rank: 964th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 514 votes)
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Award Top 20 albums of 2002 (16th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (149th)
Award Top 1,000 albums of all time (964th)

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Audioslave is ranked as the best album by Audioslave.

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Audioslave track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 964th | 2000s rank: 149th | 2002 rank: 16th
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2026 RomanelliTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s13/10018
2026 Robert Anton WilsonTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s87/1003
2026 AAL2014Top 50 Music Albums of 200221/503
2026Juneof44Top 50 Music Albums of 200244/501
2026 RomanelliTop 100 Greatest Music Albums50/10051
2026mostlymorTop 100 Music Albums of 200267/1002
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s32/10014
2026NifcakeTop 40 Greatest Music Albums15/4065
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest American Albums28/100 -
2026SiromynianTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s42/10012
2026Rm12398Top 34 Music Albums of 200223/342
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 20023/1005
2026Johnnyo2002 by DDD21/50 -
2026 ssteveTop 48 Music Albums of 200224/483
2026wizardalienTop 100 Music Albums of the 2000s37/10013
2026FelipeBoorkesTop 100 Greatest Music Albums94/1007
2026mrmcrookTop 40 Music Albums of 200216/403
2026fabm0Platinum year 200248/100 -
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest Albums (Outside of BEA Top 1,000)33/100 -
2026javicho07Top 14 Music Albums of 20025/144
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 347
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 1,807
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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 514 votes)
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06/12/2026 14:58 Nifcake  Ratings distribution  4086/100
 
70/100
 
06/01/2026 17:13 bonnequestion  Ratings distribution  1,65470/100
 
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05/27/2026 10:23 JoshN125  Ratings distribution  25987/100
 
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05/18/2026 21:18 Milhaud  Ratings distribution  2,05971/100
 
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05/12/2026 15:43 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,43470/100

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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.1/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.8.

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70/100
From 06/01/2026 17:21 | #314731
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.
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70/100
From 09/14/2022 23:07 | #289677
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.
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From 03/29/2022 19:19 | #283586
What happened to Chris Cornell's voice after his first solo album? This voice ruins an already underwhelming album.
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60/100
From 01/14/2022 12:26 | #279334
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.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 05/04/2021 18:31 | #269356
Impossível enjoar! Um dos melhores da década!
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85/100
From 09/16/2020 13:28 | #258287
Excellent collection of songs. Chris Cornell's voice is superb on this release! Rating (87.50)
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90/100
From 08/30/2019 12:25 | #241944
Their best album
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85/100
From 02/09/2019 06:04 | #231614
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.
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85/100
From 10/22/2018 18:11 | #223048
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.
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75/100
From 07/21/2017 14:58 | #194732
Great album. RIP Chris
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