Audioslave - Discography (2002-2006)[APE]

Audioslave - Discography (2002-2006)







Country: Los Angeles, California, United States

Genre: Hard rock, alternative rock

Duration: 04:23:43 h.

Format: APE (Covers + Log + Cue + Check)

Official Site: http://www.audioslave.com/



Description:



Audioslave was an American hard rock supergroup that formed in Los Angeles, California in 2001. It consisted of ex-Soundgarden frontman and rhythm guitarist Chris Cornell and the former instrumentalists of Rage Against the Machine: Tom Morello (lead guitar), Tim Commerford (bass and backing vocals) and Brad Wilk (drums). Critics initially described Audioslave as an amalgamation of Rage Against the Machine and Soundgarden, but by the band's second album, Out of Exile, noted that it had established a separate identity.



The band's trademark sound was created by blending 1970s hard rock with 1990s grunge. Moreover, Morello incorporated his well-known, unconventional guitar solos into this mix. As with Rage Against the Machine, the band prided themselves on the fact that all sounds on their albums were produced using only guitar, bass, drums and vocals; no samples were ever used.



After Audioslave released three successful albums, received three Grammy nominations, and became the first American rock band to perform an open-air concert in Cuba, Cornell issued a statement in February 2007 that he was permanently leaving the band "due to irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences". As the other three members were busy with the Rage Against the Machine reunion, and Morello and Cornell had each released solo albums in 2007, Audioslave was officially disbanded.





Line-up:



   * Tim Commerford – bass

   * Chris Cornell – Vocals

   * Tom Morello – Guitar

   * Brad Wilk – drums







More info at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audioslave



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Audioslave - Audioslave (2002)



All lyrics by Chris Cornell, with music written and arranged by Audioslave:

  1. "Cochise" – 3:42

  2. "Show Me How to Live" – 4:37

  3. "Gasoline" – 4:40

  4. "What You Are" – 4:09

  5. "Like a Stone" – 4:54

  6. "Set it Off" – 4:23

  7. "Shadow on the Sun" – 5:43

  8. "I Am the Highway" – 5:35

  9. "Exploder" – 3:26

 10. "Hypnotize" – 3:27

 11. "Bring Em Back Alive" – 5:29

 12. "Light My Way" – 5:03

 13. "Getaway Car" – 4:59

 14. "The Last Remaining Light" – 5:17









Discription:



Audioslave is the eponymous debut album by hard rock band Audioslave and was released in November 2002.

The album's music is strongly reminiscent of Rage Against the Machine, with Chris Cornell providing his familiar classic rock-esque wails and croons to the songs. It features the hit singles "Cochise", "Show Me How to Live", "What You Are", "Like a Stone", and "I Am the Highway". The record was certified triple platinum in the USA.

"Like a Stone" was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance.

Songs from the album were first heard when thirteen rough rehearsal demo tracks were leaked onto various peer-to-peer filesharing networks on May 16, six months before the official release of the album, under the name "Civilian" (or "The Civilian Project"]. According to guitarist Tom Morello "it was very frustrating, especially with a band like this, there is a certain amount of expectation." He also said that the songs were not in their finished form and that in some cases "they weren't even the same lyrics, guitar solos, performances of any kind." In an earlier, July 2002 interview with Metal sludge he spoke more explicitly about the incident, blaming "some jackass intern at Bad Animal Studios in Seattle" for stealing the demos and putting them on the Internet without the band's permission.



The album was released on November 19, 2002 and entered the Billboard 200 chart at position number seven after selling 162,000 copies in its first week. It was certified gold by the RIAA less than a month after its release, and by 2006 it had achieved triple platinum selling status. It is the most successful Audioslave album to date, having sold more than 3 million copies in the United States alone.



Despite its commercial success, Audioslave received mixed reviews. Some critics lambasted the group's effort as uninspired, and predictable. Pitchfork Media's reviewers Chris Dahlen and Ryan Schreiber praised Cornell's voice, but criticized virtually every other part of the album, calling it "the worst kind of studio rock album, rigorously controlled-- even undercut-- by studio gimmickry." They described Cornell's lyrics as "complete gibberish" and called producer Rick Rubin's work "a synthesized rock-like product that emits no heat." Jon Monks from Stylus Magazine had the same opinion. He considered Rubin's production over-polished and wrote that "lacking individuality, distinction and imagination this album is over-produced, overlong and over-indulgent." On the other hand, other critics praised the supergroup's style reminiscent of 1970s heavy metal and compared it to Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, saying they add much-needed sound and style to contemporary mainstream rock music, and have the potential to become one of the best rock bands of the 21st century.









Line-up:



   * Storm Thorgerson – art direction, cover art

   * Darrell Lance Abbott – assistant

   * Audioslave – arranger, producer

   * John Burton – engineer

   * Lindsay Chase – voices, production coordination

   * Danny Clinch – photography

   * Rich Costey – mixing

   * Finlay Cowan – assistant

   * Peter Curzon – logo, cover art

   * Chris Holmes – assistant engineer

   * Steven Kadison – mixing assistant

   * Dan Leffler – second engineer

   * Vladimir Meller – mastering

   * Darren Mora – assistant engineer

   * Floyd Reitsman – engineer

   * Rick Rubin – producer

   * Thom Russo – engineer, digital engineer

   * Andrew Scheps – engineer, digital editing

   * David Schiffman – engineer

   * Rupert Truman – photography





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Audioslave - Out Of Exile (2005)



All lyrics by Chris Cornell, with music written and arranged by Audioslave:

  1. "Your Time Has Come" – 4:15

  2. "Out of Exile" – 4:51 AUDIOSLAVE-outofexile.ogg Listen (help·info)

  3. "Be Yourself" – 4:39 Audioslave - Be Yourself.ogg Listen (help·info)

  4. "Doesn't Remind Me" – 4:15

  5. "Drown Me Slowly" – 3:53

  6. "Heaven's Dead" – 4:36

  7. "The Worm" – 3:57

  8. "Man or Animal" – 3:53

  9. "Yesterday to Tomorrow" – 4:33

 10. "Dandelion" – 4:38

 11. "#1 Zero" – 4:59

 12. "The Curse" – 5:09









Discription:



Out of Exile is the second album by American rock band Audioslave, first released on May 23, 2005 internationally and a day later in the United States. It is the band's first and only #1 album on the Billboard 200. Four singles were released: "Be Yourself", "Your Time Has Come", "Doesn't Remind Me," and "Out of Exile".



Critical response was mostly warm, highlighting the fact that the band was working towards defining its own sound, as opposed to just Rage Against the Machine fronted by Chris Cornell. As drummer Brad Wilk explained: "Audioslave the band has arrived. The first record was people from two other bands with history attached. I don't feel that with this record." The album was chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005. "Doesn't Remind Me" was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 2006 Grammy Awards.



Many songs from Out of Exile were performed at the concert the band held in Cuba on May 6, 2005, 3 weeks prior to the release date, making it the first live performances of the tracks from this album, documented on the Live in Cuba DVD released in October of the same year.









Line-up:



   * Mixed by Brendan O'Brien.

   * Mixed at Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, CA and Southern Tracks, Atlanta, GA.

   * Additional Engineering by Billy Bowers.

   * Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Marcussen Mastering.

   * Produced by Rick Rubin.

   * Album Cover by Antony Nagelmann.

   * Art Direction by Robert Fisher.

   * Photography by Ethan Russell.



Additional personnel:



   * Lindsay Chase – coordination

   * Jason Gossman – assistant

   * Dan Leffler – assistant

   * Billy Mims – assistant

   * Jonny Polonsky – Assistant

   * Thom Russo – engineer

   * Jim Scott – engineer

   * Brian Virtue – engineer





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Audioslave - Revelations (2006)



All lyrics by Chris Cornell, with music written and arranged by Audioslave:

  1. "Revelations" – 4:12

  2. "One and the Same" – 3:38

  3. "Sound of a Gun" – 4:20

  4. "Until We Fall" – 3:50

  5. "Original Fire" – 3:38

  6. "Broken City" – 3:48

  7. "Somedays" — 3:33

  8. "Shape of Things to Come" – 4:34

  9. "Jewel of the Summertime" – 3:53

 10. "Wide Awake" – 4:26

 11. "Nothing Left to Say But Goodbye" – 3:32

 12. "Moth" – 4:57









Discription:



Revelations is the third and, with the departure of lead vocalist Chris Cornell in February 2007, final studio album by American rock band Audioslave. The album was released on September 5, 2006 in the U.S., and a day earlier in the UK (see 2006 in music). Brendan O'Brien, who has produced or mixed the albums of numerous major rock acts of the past twenty years, including Soundgarden, Rage Against the Machine, Stone Temple Pilots, The Offspring, Pearl Jam, Incubus, and Bruce Springsteen, was at the helm for this record. Audioslave had 20 songs written (a few of which were sampled during their 2005 tour), and returned to the studio in early January to finish recording them.

Guitarist Tom Morello described the sound as "Earth, Wind and Fire meets Led Zeppelin".

On July 3, a private listening party was held for fan club members and non fan club contest winners. The album gained a strong fan review, noting a darker tone, and anthemic choruses. Love, life and loss are all themes on the new album. Political activism is also starting to rear its head in Audioslave's music with songs such as "Wide Awake", which uses the Hurricane Katrina disaster and George W. Bush as subject matter.

Prior to the album's release, the title track appeared in the video game Madden NFL 2007. The songs "Wide Awake" and "Shape of Things to Come" were featured in the 2006 film Miami Vice.

Musically, the album is similar to Audioslave's previous album, but with a twist. The band incorporates soul and funk influences in many (if not all) of the songs on the album.

Revelations entered the Billboard 200 at the #2 spot with 150,631 copies.

Many of the tracks have not been performed live, as Cornell left the band in 2007. "One and the Same", "Wide Awake", and "Sound of a Gun" were played by the band during the Out of Exile tour, and Cornell performed alone recently acoustic versions from "Until We Fall", "Original Fire", and "Wide Awake". Lacking a lead vocalist and with the band's future in question, the remaining members have not toured in support of the album.

"The Shape Of Things To Come" and "Wide Awake" were both featured in the film "Miami Vice" (2006).

The album has been certified Gold in the following countries:

   * USA for shipments of 500,000

   * Canada for shipments of 50,000

   * Australia for shipments of 35,000 (first week)

   * New Zealand for shipments of 7,500 (first week).

The album has sold nearly 1 million copies worldwide.

When marketing for the album, the band had the fictional nation dubbed Audioslave Nation shown on the album art featured on Google Earth.









Line-up:



   * Chris Cornell - vocals

   * Tom Morello - guitar

   * Tim Commerford - bass

   * Brad Wilk - drums

   * Billy Bowers - Engineer

   * P.R. Brown - Cover Art

   * Danny Clinch - Photography

   * Nick DiDia - Engineer

   * Brandy Flower - Art Direction

   * Pete Lewis - Band Technician

   * Bob Ludwig - Mastering

   * Brendan O'Brien - Producer

   * Bobby Schneck - Band Technician

   * Matt Serrechio - Assistant

   * Tom Syrowski - Assistant





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