- alternative metal, funk metal, rap metal, rock
- 53 min
- 10 tracks
- Epic
Rage Against the Machine is the debut studio album by American rock band Rage Against the Machine, released on November 6, 1992, by Epic Records. The album was based largely on the band's first commercial demo tape of the same name, completed 11 months prior to the album's release. The tape contained earlier recordings of seven of the ten songs.
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Character
Spare, grave, earnest and contemporary.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 87/100
- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Blender4/5 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music5/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times3.5/4 ★
- Metal Hammer4/5
- NME7/10
- Pitchfork9.1/10
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 ★
- Select4/5
- The Austin Chronicle4/5 ★
- ConsequenceB
- Mojo4/5 ★
- PopMatters7/10
- Record Collector5/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4.5/5 ★
- Spectrum Culture4/5
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Tracks
- 1Bombtrack4:04
- 2Killing in the Name5:14
- 3Take the Power Back5:37
- 4Settle for Nothing4:49
- 5Bullet in the Head5:10
- 6Know Your Enemy4:56
- 7Wake Up6:04
- 8Fistful of Steel5:31
- 9Township Rebellion5:24
- 10Freedom6:06
10 tracks, 53 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Rage Against the Machine
- Label
- Epic
- Released
- 1992
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- FR
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