RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, 1996 ORIGINAL RELEASE NOT A REMASTER.
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RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE : Evil Empire :
Cover is in great condition, looks at the pic's, on the back there is something there but no attempt was made to remove it, you can do that if you win the album. Vinyl has been played a few times but is very nice, should have many more plays left to kick your ass as many times as you can handle it. I really like this album and got a copy before listing, Great Stuff...
Jump to navigationJump to searcFor the phrase used by U.S. president Ronald Reagan to describe the U.S.S.R., see Evil Empire speech. For other uses, see Evil empire (disambiguation). Evil Empire Studio album by Rage Against the Machine Released April 16, 1996 Recorded March 1995–February 1996 Studio Cole Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, California Genre Rap metal[1] Length 46:37 Label Epic Producer Brendan O'Brien Rage Against the Machine chronology Rage Against the Machine
(1992) Evil Empire
(1996) The Battle of Los Angeles
(1999) Singles from Evil Empire
- "Year of tha Boomerang"
Released: December 17, 1994 - "Bulls on Parade"
Released: February 9, 1996 - "People of the Sun"
Released: August 22, 1996 - "Down Rodeo"
Released: November 16, 1996 - "Vietnow"
Released: October 10, 1997
Evil Empire is the second studio album by American rock band Rage Against the Machine, released on April 16, 1996 by Epic Records. Its title refers to a term used in the early 1980s by President Ronald Reagan and many American conservativesto describe the former Soviet Union.[12]
Evil Empire debuted at number 1 on the US Billboard 200, and their song "Tire Me" won a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance; "Bulls on Parade" and "People of the Sun" were also nominated for Grammys for Best Hard Rock Performance. The album was certified 3x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on May 24, 2000.[13]
Contents
- 1Background
- 2Promotion
- 3Track listing
- 4Personnel
- 4.1Recording locations
- 5Reception
- 6Charts
- 6.1Album
- 6.2Year-end charts
- 6.3Singles
- 7Certifications
- 8Awards
- 9See also
- 10References
- 11External links
Background[edit]
“ The title "Evil Empire" is taken from what Rage Against The Machine see as Ronald Reagan's slander of the Soviet Union in the eighties, which the band feels could just as easily apply to the United States. Rage is currently finishing up a European tour but they'll be back on our evil U.S. soil for a tour in late July. ” —?Zack de la Rocha, excerpt from interview[14]De la Rocha expands further on the UK CD single release of "Bulls on Parade" explaining how America (the U.S.), is building a wall between itself and Mexico.
“ …the wall that Germany fell and the US Government was busy building another one between the border of the U.S. and Mexico. Since 1986, as a result of a lot of the hate talk and hysteria, that the Government of the United States has been speaking, 1,500 bodies have been found on the border; we wrote this song in response to it. ”The cover is an altered version of "Crime Buster" by Mel Ramos.[15] The caption "EVIL EMPIRE" and letter "e" on the boy's costume were originally "c" and "CRIME BUSTER".[16] Additional themes for the album were created by Barbara Kruger, and some of her artwork appears in the video clip for "Bulls on Parade", which became the second single for the album. As with their debut, five singles were released in total.
The inside of the CD booklet shows a picture of a pile of various political and philosophical books including A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn, Capital, Volume I by Karl Marx, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce, and The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell.[17]
Promotion[edit]
In 1995, the band sent a free 7? record to everyone who signed up for the fan club promoted in the liner notes of their debut. Doubling as an apology to those who had received nothing and a promotion for the upcoming album, it came in a plain cardboard colored fold-out with a black-and-white American flag on the cover and the title "Evil Empire" and the band's name all in capitals. On the back was a UPC with marker scribble on the barcode. The A-side was a reissue of the "Evening Session" version of "Bombtrack", listed as "Bombtrack (Live on the BBC)". The B-side was a then unreleased cover of N.W.A's "Fuck tha Police", recorded live on August 13, 1995 at a benefit concert for Mumia Abu-Jamal at the Capitol Ballroom in Washington, D.C.
Track listing[edit]
All lyrics written by Zack de la Rocha; all music composed by Rage Against the Machine.
No. Title Length 1. "People of the Sun" 2:30 2. "Bulls on Parade" 3:49 3. "Vietnow" 4:39 4. "Revolver" 5:30 5. "Snakecharmer" 3:56 6. "Tire Me" 3:00 7. "Down Rodeo" 5:20 8. "Without a Face" 3:36 9. "Wind Below" 5:50 10. "Roll Right" 4:22 11. "Year of tha Boomerang" 4:02 Total length: 46:34Personnel[edit]
Rage Against the Machine
- Zack de la Rocha – vocals
- Tom Morello – guitars
- Tim Commerford (credited as "Tim Bob") – bass
- Brad Wilk – drums
Technical
- Brendan O'Brien – production
- Rage Against the Machine – co-production
- Andy Wallace – mixing
- Nick DiDia – engineering, recording
- Caram Costanzo – engineering
- Clay Harper – assistant engineering
- Dave Rat – recording ("Down Rodeo" vocals)
- Paul Kosky – recording ("Down Rodeo" vocals)
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
Artwork and design
- Rage Against the Machine – art direction
- Aimée Macauley – art direction
- Lisa Johnson – photography
Recording locations[edit]
- Cole Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA – recording
- Kiss Music Recording Studios, Melbourne, Australia – recording ("Down Rodeo" vocals)
- The Enterprise – mixing
- Gateway Mastering Studios – mastering
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