Renegades (Rage Against the Machine album)
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Renegades is a cover album by American band Rage Against the Machine released on 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 in 2000, after Rage singer Zack de la Rocha had already left the band, but 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.
Artwork
The cover art is a parody of the pop art work, LOVE by Robert Indiana. 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.
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.
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 78/100 [1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A− [3] |
| Melody Maker |  [4] |
| NME | 8/10 [5] |
| Q | [4] |
| Rolling Stone | [6] |
| Spin | 7/10 [4] |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original artist (date) | Length |
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| 13. | "Kick Out the Jams" (Live) | Kramer, Smith, Tyner, Davis, Thompson | MC5 (1969) | 4:31 |
| 14. | "How I Could Just Kill a Man" (Live, featuring B-Real and Sen Dog) | Freese, Reyes, Muggerud | Cypress Hill (1991) | 4:30 |
- Best Buy limited edition
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.
Personnel
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Chart positions
- Album
| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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| Billboard 200[7] | 14 |
| Canadian Albums Chart[7] | 13 |
| Polish Albums Chart[8] | 33 |
| UK Albums Chart | 71 |
| Top Internet Albums | 14 |
- Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 2000 | "Renegades of Funk" | Modern Rock Tracks | 9 |
| 2000 | "Renegades of Funk" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 19 |
| 2001 | "How I Could Just Kill a Man" | Modern Rock Tracks | 37 |
| 2001 | "How I Could Just Kill a Man" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 39 |
References
- ^ "Renegades Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More". Metacritic. 2000-12-05. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
- ^ Bush, John (2000-12-05). "Renegades - Rage Against the Machine : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
- ^ Rob Brunner (2000-12-11). "Renegades Review | Music Reviews and News". EW.com. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
- ^ a b c "Rage Against The Machine - Renegades CD Album". Cduniverse.com. 2000-12-05. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
- ^ "NME Album Reviews - Renegades". Nme.Com. 2000-11-24. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
- ^ Tom Moon (2000-11-21). "Renegades | Album Reviews". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2012-06-13.
- ^ a b "Renegades - Rage Against the Machine". Billboard.com
- ^ "OLiS: sales for the period 08.01.2001 - 14.01.2001". OLiS.
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