THE BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES Review
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE THE BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES
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Average Rating: 8.67
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Reviewed on April 12th, 2000
Rage Against The Machine may not be the most prolific band on the planet (three albums over the course of a decade) but the finished product always makes it worth the wait. On "The Battle Of Los Angeles", RATM's sound becomes refined and more eclectic - some songs like "Mic Check" and "Ashes Of The Fall" cover new territory for the band. It's true that they have lost some of the aggression of their other two albums, but they compensate with sonic variety and more insightful lyrics, and songs like "Born As Ghosts" and "Testify" wouldn't sound out of place on their first album. What puts RATM way ahead of many of their peers is that actually have a message and aren't merely "doing it for the nookie". Zack is very passionate about the Zapatista rebels and Mumia Abu-Jamal getting a fair trial (and freedom) and the lyrics on BOLA are the best he's written to date. My favorite songs on the album would have to be "Guerrilla Radio", "Calm Like A Bomb", "Born Of A Broken Man", and "Testify", though all of them are awesome. Highly recommended to fans of the rap/rock sound that are looking for something more lyric-intensive.More "The Battle of Los Angeles" reviews:
[2004-12-29] A Masterpiece (10)
[2004-12-22] Now Testify! (6)
[2004-11-20] the founder of the best genre- rap metal!!! (10)
[2004-11-11] Oh Oh (2)
[2004-10-25] truely pumping up music (10)
[2004-10-10] rage is great ..... (10)
[2004-10-01] Rage wins the battle (10)
[2004-09-12] Rage Against the Machine gives me goosebumps (10)
[2004-09-10] Hay you listen up (10)
[2004-09-08] One Of The Most influental albums ever (10)
[2004-08-16] sleep now in the fire (8)
[2004-08-09] Rage's Best Album (10)
[2004-08-08] One of the only two album's I've bought in the last 4 years (10)
[2004-08-03] RATM Saves us! (10)
[2004-07-30] Sad that this is Rage's last album. (10)
[2004-07-25] EARTHLIGHT66 needs a reality check. (10)
[2004-07-18] Rage Against the Machine spews hyprocritical bull (2)
[2004-07-17] one of the best albums ever (10)
[2004-07-15] Their best work (10)
[2004-07-10] All right! (10)
[2004-07-04] What a damn joke! (2)
[2004-06-29] I would give this cd more stars if i could (10)
[2004-06-28] THE BATTLE OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY (10)
[2004-06-22] Brillant (10)
[2004-06-18] Why are people so stupid. (10)
[2004-06-15] a masterpiece (10)
[2004-06-13] highly recommended (10)
[2004-06-10] Excellent (8)
[2004-06-08] Rage at its absolute best (10)
[2004-06-06] political blast (10)
[2004-06-05] IF YOU DON'T LOVE THIS ALBUM ITS BECAUSE YOU'RE TOO... (10)
[2004-06-02] Musical Masterpiece, Classic (10)
[2004-05-07] The Most Unbelieve Record Next To their Self titled Record (10)
[2004-03-28] The Battle of Los Angeles (10)
[2004-03-27] A Much Needed Battle... (10)
[2004-03-11] Near Perfection (10)
[2004-02-23] awesome (10)
[2004-02-02] Wonderful CD (10)
[2004-01-30] One of the best albums of the decade (10)
[2004-01-30] RATM's best CD (10)
[2003-12-22] bad (2)
[2003-12-14] Unimpressive (6)
[2003-12-10] A Serious Kick to the Head (8)
[2003-12-08] Fight war, not wars. Destroy power, not people. (10)
[2003-12-05] Amazing (10)
[2003-12-04] Review (10)
[2003-11-27] What better time than now? (10)
[2003-11-22] Tough, tough,, review to write:( (8)
[2003-10-10] Rage Rocks (10)
[2003-10-01] they age like a fine wine and are getting PERFECT (10)
[2003-09-28] Pure Raw Energy or more well described as"Calm like a Bomb". (8)
[2003-09-16] battle of l.a. (8)
[2003-08-18] Intense! (10)
[2003-08-13] Rage (10)
[2003-07-29] superb (10)
[2003-07-19] Fight the Machine!!! (8)
[2003-07-07] Stunning First Half, Average Second Half (8)
[2003-06-17] RATM does it again (10)
[2003-06-01] It'll blow you away (10)
[2003-04-22] One of their Greatest albums (10)
[2003-04-13] Rage's Finest (10)
[2003-04-08] Wrath Continues... (8)
[2003-04-04] Why did they have to break up? (10)
[2003-04-03] Fanatatic creativity and talent (10)
[2003-03-19] Monotonous (2.5 stars) (4)
[2003-03-04] Thumbs Up (10)
[2003-02-02] It's not the debut, but still great. (8)
[2003-01-26] Decent death metal!! (10)
[2003-01-25] A triumphant return to form (8)
[2003-01-11] RATM Battle Of Los Angeles!!! (10)
[2003-01-04] Great CD - Great Band (10)
[2002-12-21] The Mighty Rage!! (10)
[2002-12-21] The Politicaly Packed CD - One of the best albums (10)
[2002-11-27] absolutely incredible!!! (10)
[2002-11-22] One of my top five (10)
[2002-11-07] Almost A 4, But Not Quite... (6)
[2002-10-30] Third album, third on the list (8)
[2002-09-21] The Best Rap-Metal Album of the 1990's (10)
[2002-09-03] Sighs all around (4)
[2002-08-04] monotone (2)
[2002-07-28] Rage Changed My Life (10)
[2002-07-13] An unfocused album from a gifted band (6)
[2002-07-01] There lyrics and music are amazing! (10)
[2002-06-22] Rage Against the Machine changed my life... (10)
[2002-04-19] Why cant more bands be like this? (8)
[2002-04-17] The Greatest Band Ever to Play! (10)
[2002-04-14] great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (10)
[2002-03-28] Its about war......for peace. (10)
[2002-03-16] War Within, War Without (10)
[2002-01-22] another great rage album (10)
[2002-01-22] The Battle Rages on..... (10)
[2002-01-13] Very good CD. (8)
[2002-01-11] This album is amazing (10)
[2002-01-02] THE BEST CD OFF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (10)
[2001-12-29] wow just amazing (10)
[2001-12-14] Great RATM CD!! (10)
[2001-12-09] Buying this cd is a winning battle!! (10)
[2001-11-23] Great If Predictable! (8)
[2001-11-17] Not As Good As I'd Hoped... (6)
[2001-11-09] Great Band, Great CD (10)
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