The Battle Of Los Angeles
by Rage Against The Machine
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Rage Against The Machine bestography
The Battle Of Los Angeles is ranked 2nd best out of 10 albums by Rage Against The Machine on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Rage Against The Machine is Rage Against The Machine which is ranked number 112 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 11,235.
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The Battle Of Los Angeles track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Battle Of Los Angeles rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest Overseas Albums | 3/100 | - |
| 2026 | Untitled | Top 25 Music Albums of 1999 | 16/25 | 2 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1999 | 72/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1999 | 7/20 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 73 Music Albums of 1999 | 60/73 | 1 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums (One Album per Artist) | 9/100 | - |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 50 Music Albums of 1999 | 8/50 | 4 |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 95 Music Albums of 1999 | 17/95 | 4 |
| 2026 | Museman | Top 59 Music Albums of the 1990s | 42/59 | 6 |
| 2026 | sunnydhamm | Top 28 Music Albums of 1999 | 4/28 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 422 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,083 | |||
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The Battle Of Los Angeles ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 40 hours ago | pharoahstune | 254 | 79/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2026 14:22 | Siromynian | 1,801 | 74/100 |
| ! | 10/03/2026 13:47 |  Musicbuff123 | 403 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.8/100, a mean average of 75.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.
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The Battle Of Los Angeles forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 10/02/2026 08:18 in Monthly overall chart movements - September 2026View latest topic →
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The Battle Of Los Angeles comments
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My parents raised me on R&B and Soul, and a little Hip-Hop. When this album dropped, I was only 8 years old. It was my first real exposure to any sort of rock music. The first album I ever got.
I know opinions are sort of split: half the people I talk to say this was RATM's best, while others say the self titled was better. True, TBoLA does have deeper songwriting, and lyrics. But I have to say that even with that, nothing can compare to how hard-hitting this band's debut was. I prefer the debut album, but TBOLA was great in it's own right. Love this album, and love this band.
Their best album for me. Slightly better than their debut. It's close, though. Call it a tie maybe. Not a bad track here and lots of great ones. (Edited)
Intense. Very very intense.
Better than Evil Empire, but not as exhilarating as their debut. A little "Safe" in comparison, but wtf, it's a good album.
lightmyway TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/05/2012 01:21 | #41544 | TOP COMMENT
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For me this is their best album. It's more mature than their first two and the songwriting is more varied.
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