Length 60:36 Release date 5 December 2000 | Artist Rage Against the Machine Label Epic/Sony Records | |
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Released December 5, 2000 (2000-12-05) Recorded April 2000 - September 2000 Studio Cello Studios, Hollywood, California
The Village Recorder, Los Angeles, California Producer Rick Rubin, Brendan O'Brien, Rage Against the Machine Genres Rap metal, Alternative rock, Alternative metal, Funk metal, Rapcore Similar Rage Against the Machine albums, Punk rock albums | ||
Renegades is the fourth studio album by the American rap metal band Rage Against the Machine, released on December 5, 2000 by Epic Records. The album consists entirely of cover songs and includes covers of artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Minor Threat, Eric B. & Rakim, EPMD, MC5, The Rolling Stones, Cypress Hill, and Devo. It was released after Rage singer Zack de la Rocha left the band, but still featured his vocals. After the release of Renegades, the remaining three members of the band reformed with Chris Cornell on vocals as Audioslave. Rage did, however, release another album, Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium, a live recording of their final two concerts before their initial break-up, in Los Angeles on September 12 and September 13, 2000. The bonus live version of "Kick Out the Jams" on the European version of this album also appears on Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium. Their version of "Maggie's Farm", was featured in the credits of the 2010 film The Other Guys. The album achieved platinum status a little over a month after its initial release.
Contents
Artwork
The album's cover art is a parody of the pop art work LOVE by Robert Indiana, with the words "LOVE" replaced with "RAGE". The album shipped with four different versions of the cover: either red lettering with black and either blue or green background, or with the red and black switched. The album's packaging also includes a poem by Josh Koppel. The artwork ends with a photograph of an American one dollar bill with the message "YOU ARE NOT A SLAVE" written on the back.
Track listing
Limited edition albums sold at Best Buy contained a bonus disc with live recordings of "People of the Sun" and "No Shelter". The songs were later released as part of Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium in 2003, as was track 13.
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Songs
1Microphone Fiend5:02
2Pistol Grip Pump3:18
3Kick Out the Jams3:12