Episode 137 is here, and we’re closing out our deep dive into Rage Against the Machine’s groundbreaking debut album! We break it all down! Don’t miss this final chapter on RATM’s explosive debut!
Rage Against the Machine is the debut studio album by American rock band Rage Against the Machine. It was released on November 6, 1992, by Epic Records, four days after the release of the album’s first single, “Killing in the Name”. 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.
With politically themed, revolutionary lyrical content, the album artwork was notable for its graphic photograph of Vietnamese monk Thích Quảng Đức performing self-immolation in June 1963.
The album was a critical success upon release, with several critics noting the album’s politically motivated agenda and praising frontman Zack de la Rocha’s strong vocal delivery. Ranked number 24 on Rolling Stone’s list of the “100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time”, the album peaked at number 1 on the US Billboard Heatseekers chart and number 45 on the US Billboard 200 and has gone on to achieve a triple platinum sales certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the US. Multiple publications have ranked it as one of the best albums of the 1990s. In 2020, it was ranked 221 in Rolling Stone’s updated list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.
Rage Against The Machine
Zack de la Rocha – vocals, production, art direction
Tom Morello – guitar, production, art direction
Tim Commerford (credited as “Timmy C.”) – bass, backing vocals, production, art direction
Brad Wilk – drums, percussion, production, art direction
Production
Craig Doubet – assistant engineer
Stan Katayama – engineer
Nicky Lindeman – art direction
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Garth Richardson – production, engineering
Jeff Sheehan – assistant engineer
Steve Sisco – mixing assistant
Andy Wallace – mixing
Vlado Meller – 2012 remaster
Steve Hoffman – 2016 Hybrid SACD remaster
Additional Musicians
Maynard James Keenan – additional vocals on “Know Your Enemy”
Stephen Perkins – additional percussion on “Know Your Enemy”
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