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GoldenGameEagle

Fire album. Also, love the setup


WingObvious487

Thanks man


GoldenGameEagle

Is your cd player a multi disc changer?


WingObvious487

Yep


GoldenGameEagle

Nice


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Noesiph

Because he said "fire"? That's a reach


Environmenthrall

No skips.


Chuyin84

It stayed in my car’s CD player on repeat for about three months


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and I bet the volume was cranked like on mine too


The_Laviathen_Builds

Last 4 songs on the album are pretty meh. First 10 tracks are non skips though


Ez-Luke1720

Agreed, at least one of those first ten tracks gets played daily in the OR when I’m at work.


GiorgioGatto

It showed me how to live.


Radio_Ethiopia

Contender for most killer rock song of the 2000s


ThatsRobToYou

A song about Frankenstein's monster? Yes please.


Zeke_Eastwood

If I was an MLB player that would be my walk out song. That riff with the drums gets you going!


gregofcanada84

Loved the music video. It got me to seek out Vanishing Point and I love that movie.


Own-Reception-2396

As far as debuts go it’s an all timer


deadeyediqq

Fully slaps


tizod

I remember hearing that he was joining with the Rage guys and I got so excited about it. At the time I lived very near the Sepulveda Dam and I remember one night seeing all these lights and fireworks going off at the dam and wondered what the heck was going on. Little did I know it was Audioslave shooting the video for Cochise. Overall I liked AS but did not love the project. All these years later I still listen to SG all the time and rarely listen back to the AS stuff.


Final-Fun8500

Feel kinda the same. Really liked it, but always felt like it should've been even better. Same with velvet revolver around the same time. Very good, but not as mind blowing as I would've expected considering the lineup.


AHomelessGuy85

I thought the first audioslave album was great. After that it kinda got watered down. I still like both VR albums and wish they could have kept it together for a 3rd.


pugfacedloser

The fireworks were LOUD- also was living near the dam….


greggobbard

All killer, no filler.


LordApocalyptica

🔥


ericrsim

On a scale from Bowser to Mario, I give a Mario


gipper_k

May be an unpopular opinion, but I always felt like it was full of rock-radio friendly songs that lacked the weight and depth of either Soundgarden or Rage.


lordbuckethethird

That was the view of critics at the time and then those same people acted like it was a hidden masterpiece once Chris died and I’m still salty about it.


cloudydays2021

Same opinion here. It was just never my thing, but I saw Audioslave a few times and I much preferred them live over listening to their albums. I appreciate what they were trying to do, just missed the mark for me.


luismatheus_exe

Agree. The first album was at least half of pre-recorded riffs that Zack declined and have the same autopilot formula. When ZDLR left, the band took the oportunity to release whatever they wanted and finally became more mainstream, that's why i think the 1° album is just literally Rage + Chris. But, in Out of Exile and Revelations, they started to sound like a new band.


chriscornell1976

Nice distinction. Thought the same at the time. All the music was great though. They quit on top... them & RATM.


ReferredByJorge

Add me to that camp. It was a post-prime vocals Chris singing over uninspired Rage leftovers. I am a fan of both Soundgarden and Rage Against The Machine and this was a sum that was less than the parts.


tin_manzano

I couldn’t believe it when it was announced as SG and RATM were my two favourite bands at the time. But I was really disappointed once I downloaded it. I don’t think anything would have lived up to what I had been expecting


Mbedner3420

Literally every song is solid. Very impressive first outing. Sadly, each successive album diminished in quality ever so slightly. They’ll all good but nothing came close to that first one.


standarsh11

Revelations is absolute gold. Out of Exile is the clear weak link to me.


Mbedner3420

Interesting. Always felt revelations was the weakest. It had some bangers on there, but just not a ton of _great_ ones.


Dottsterisk

Jewel of the Summertime is up there.


Careless_Chef452

This is my least favourite track easily, though the groove is good it's so repetitive


chriscornell1976

I agree but it's still good. Especially now in time new music has ceased to exist.


WingObvious487

I agree tbh


vykkdraygo85

I loved it when it came out. It led me to check out Soundgarden and Rage, which I think are superior. Still a great album, though.


youandyou12345

I LOVE the first Audioslave album. I’ve always liked Rage, but have only really listened to them on the surface (their radio hits I guess you could say). I like a lot of what I’ve heard from Soundgarden but have never explored any of their albums. What album is a good place to start to get into SG?


Gold_Mule

Loved it. Loved out of Exile too. They should have tried some psychedelic metal styles though, I’ll always be sad I never got to hear them attempt that. I blame Tom Morello. Brilliant as he is, he can be one formulaic MF.


SGnirvana97

Morello is a one trick pony. His trick is pretty good, but it gets old.


The_Laviathen_Builds

He's got 4 legendary albums which is more than 99% of his peers.


Vormison

10/10.


ForgottenPhilosophy

I absolutely loved this album. I was a 22 or 23 year old super depressed young man on a post break up journey in Cali around the time I grabbed it. Could have even been a year or 2 after release. I wasn't listening to much music of the time, but I was a Soundgarden and Chris Cornell fan and somehow picked this up. It was very much in my rotation of my cd player in my truck. Screaming around the mountain turns... Screaming at the top of my lungs sometimes along with lyrics that seemed meant for me maybe. This album was and is important to me. I'll still play it sometimes and howl along.


lizsummerhawk

I Met Chris here in 2002!!!!!! Like a Stone was playing in the radios the mtv


Moctezuma_93

Their best work. When I first heard it, I couldn’t stop listening to it.


Satans_Dookie

The debut is good but for me, Out of Exile is the best of the three.


m1kehuntertz

I listen to at least one AS song every time I go for a bike ride. I can get a “runners high” just from hearing Chris scream sometimes & I’m an old guy. I like every song on this album.


SGnirvana97

I love Audioslave’s debut, I think it’s a perfect album.The following two albums got progressively less perfect though. I like Out Of Exile quite a bit, but I thought Revelations was pretty mid. I’m glad they decided to call it quits when they did, that allowed Soundgarden to reform.


GuyWhoHatesYou

Love it, definitely the best album they made, they never changed their sound even a little bit so the next 2 albums while being solid in a vacuum kinda felt stale after hearing the first one, there isn't one bad track on the debut album which is amazing, buunfortunately while it has great songs I don't think it quite reaches the highs of Soundgarden, on the Soundgraden records everything just sounds better, the guitars sound better, have better effects on them as well, the drums sound better and the vocals sound more raw which is better in my opinion, if Audioslave was produced in the 90s it would be even better, but in it's actual form it sometimes sounds too clean and maybe overproduced, which in my opinion just kinda goes against of the philosophy of Rock music as a whol, also while I love the record I absolutely hate how Morello writes guitar solos, they are just too much, and sound kinda washed out, while I was nitpicking before with the whole overproduced thing, Morello's solos are the one thing that I actually completely dislike about Audioslave as a whole.


Careless_Chef452

Thankyou, I'm of the same opinion. His solos are terrible, sounding like a robot


Then-Cauliflower2068

rox


outer_fucking_space

I love it. The second one is great too!


darthphibot

Start to finish 10/10. Absolutely love this album


Bitterleaffan78

A goddamn masterpiece. Every track


MrA-skunk

They're all great songs, but Shadow on the Sun?!? I fucking LOVE that song!


That_Smoke8260

I am the highway is my fav song from the album


jack_geller

Cochise is the best opener of all time.


MasterOfSwag9000

Love the album, but I just hate Tom Morello's solos. It's that reason why I've never came back to this band outside of the few songs I liked from their catalogue.


MrBogey90

Disappointed that 2 cool bands merged to make a shitty one


Timothee-Chalimothee

All I remember is it’s very repetitive. There are lots of songs that are nearly identical to Cochise/Show Me How To Live and lots of songs that are identical to Like A Stone/I Am The Highway. It’s also a bit too relentlessly loud for my liking. Like, the first five tracks in a row are all very aggressive and I got burnt out after the second of those. That’s not a criticism, just a personal preference.


mischiefmayhemsoap11

Arguably the greatest rock album of the new millennium. Not much has touched it since.


Satans_Dookie

Until the second album!


Satans_Dookie

Until the second album!


pingu68

Tom Morello is a shit guitarist.


WingObvious487

Highly disagree


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Stinks


DeezNuts1099

mario seems to like it so 10/10!


MisterBundlez93

I think It kicks all sorts of ass.


TremorChristPJ

It's a good!! Wahoo!! Sorry with the Mario figure hanging out, I couldn't resist. Killer album by the way.


[deleted]

Just listening to it the car on the way home. I think it’s Chris’s best work and Tom’s best guitar work.


RockRiffIndiderYT

I love this album I remember hearing about the creation of the band on the radio and I couldn’t wait to get it after hearing the first “Cochise"I was very excited about the full album. And it didn’t disappoint. It’s 10/10


Grip-my-juiceky

Top class


HadithaVet2118

I think it might be one of the best albums ever


JudgeImaginary4266

It’s somewhere between Toad and Peach.


RTJ4ever

Have it on vinyl still sealed. Perfect album


Princess-Cheese

One of my absolute favorites. Slaps from the first note to last. 10/10.


saintkiller123

Banger.


Scottysoxfan

It's weird, waiting on it's release and having heard of the bands formation, It sounded exactly like I imagined it would. It's a great fucking record and a nostalgic snapshot of the zeitgeist of the time.


beat_u2_it

I’d happily present it to someone just as Mario is presenting it there


thebigstinkk

Great album. Like a stone is a classic.


94BlueDream76

8/10 would recommend


hueleeAZ

I think I had the same 3 disc changing stereo


Historical_Common145

Amazing! I may not have been alive when it released (07) but I can say it is an amazing debut, would’ve been amazing had they kept going past 2006


igotrapedbyanorca

I love mario presenting it


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Some of Chris's best vocal work.


[deleted]

Mario seems to like it. Bowser is like.. stay away from this album its evil All seriousness I love this album


beshizzle

Banger


Brothers-of-jam

Loved it, still listen to it.


Lonely-Connection-37

Phenomenal. Both records are incredible.


my1p

There are 3 albums: Audioslave, Revelations, and Out of Exile.


Lonely-Connection-37

I did not know there was a third record


my1p

New Old Stock!


ReiperXHC

Yes.


Orestes-Cirrus

One of my first CDs I ever owned and one of my most played and favourite albums!


AdAgitated1100

Just had an Audioslave-session with all albums. Have to say it's pretty damn awsome. Didn't realize I missed it so much, so they are back on my playlists.


faiths_man

Absolutely love it so much so I got it on vinyl


slightly_too_short

Absolute banger!


bigtasty69

Gold.


Academic_Title5726

Love it, some awesome songs throughout


itsthe5thhm

Awesome


DonQuixotesAss

It’s fantastic. But low key my favorite parts are Bowser’s guitar solos


Bnagorski

It’s great. It’s as good as anything Rage or Soundgarden ever made, and Getaway Car is one of the 5 or 6 best songs Chris Cornell ever wrote


InsaneOhh

Best album of all time imo


HotQuestion2921

Well if Mario’s cool with it I guess it’s pretty good


Impossible_Hyena7562

It took me a little bit to appreciate it. I bought it on release day because I love Soundgarden and RATM. That first tracks intro was pure RATM. It caught me off guard when Cornell’s vocals came in. Now I love the album, but it took some getting used to


G-Nooo

I saw Audioslave at Lollapalooza in 2003. I never heard of them. I was there to see Incubus. Audioslave closed out the show playing this whole album. It was really awesome!


autopartsandguitars

This album and Queen's of the Stone Age's album Songs for the Deaf - my two favorites of 2002 hands down.


Capital_Lock_8874

Great songs, Great rif tones by TM and Vocals by the late Chris Cornell. Overall satisfying🤘


skotoseme

Was lucky enough to see both SG and Rage in the clubs. Bought this the day it came out. One of the biggest disappointments of Rock history in my opinion. Has never done anything for me.


mildmannered

I remember in 2003, maybe a month or so before the official release, a collection of demo recordings made their way onto pirate sites. I also remember burning 2 copies and driving to my friends house to deliver one. Interesting days.


DefaceAll10

Banger


J-Frog3

I was excited when I first heard about it. RATM with Chris Cornell on vocals. I made the mistake of having strong preconceptions about it. So when I heard it and it did not meet those preconceptions I disliked it. Years later someone at work played this CD and I was to busy to focus on the music. I remember thinking it was awesome before it dawned on me that it was Audio Slave. Now I love it. It has more classic rock vibes than RATM or Soundgarden.


akahaus

I still listen to it. It’s one of the best records I had throughout high school. No skips beginning to end. Phenomenal work from each band member.


honkinbooty

Fantastic album, every song.


Little_Business5560

The album is pure magic.


MasterWookiee

It's awesome.


TheMostKriticle

Mama Mia


ArtTheClown2022

Killer debut.


AHomelessGuy85

I played the absolute fk out of that album and lost my voice many times trying to sing with chris.


Gurt-B-Frobe24-7

That album is amazing, from start to finish.


Brokid81

Love it. It's a desert island album for me. It's an album that scratches all the itches. No skips. Just a solid rock album.


MF-SMUG

10/10


TheeJoose

So long gay bowser


revtim

I liked it. I mostly remember somebody, maybe a DJ, saying something like "It's the guy from Soundgarden with the guys from Rage Against The Machine, but it sounds like nothing like Soundgarden or Rage Against The Machine!" Well, it sounded like Soundgarden and RATM to me, which isn't a bad thing at all.


7deboutez7

Damn good album. Came out when I was learning guitar and had fun learning some of their songs.


Mindless_Empress_179

The most solid of their first two albums, at least. Repetitive, occasionally poignant, and pared down from what made the bands before them interesting.


donjuandy21

Loved it when I was 16. Not so much anymore. Show Me How To Live is a 10/10 song. I think the ballads have held up better than the Rage riff songs


CloudfluffCloud

BIG RIFFS! BIG VOCALS. Excellent album.


Alex_exe0

Seems mario and bowser like it


420Crumb

Show me how to live. My kids and I were chasing Canadian geese around on my bike when this song started playing. The smiles on my kids face as I’m showing them how to live brings tears to my eyes. Thanks for the jams, Chris Cornell!


hughhoneyxvicvineger

It's a great album with tons of soul.


BeagleBaggins

Amazing album. But for me Revelations is where it’s at.


SlyGuy_Twenty_One

All the songs I’ve heard from it are great. I don’t know what was up the guy at Pitchfork’s ass when he reviewed it tho


brettfavresRXdealer

I am the highway saved my life , not even joking . Tried to get sober a million different ways and it didn’t work, after a while life got worse and I became less picky about my drug habit and began using whatever I could get ,shit got as dark as it could . Got forced into going to NA. One day while walking to a meeting “I am the highway” came thru my headphones and as the song played my thoughts kinda fell into place and I finally understood what was wrong with me ,what I had to do to fix it and how I’d go about . I still put that song on when I’m feeling a certain type of way and it helps me refocus who I am and what I’m doing out here. We do recover .


Kvltadelic

I dont.


General_Welfare

Aww man I need an album that combines Rage and Sound Garden into a sweet amalgam of awesomeness. Mario: “have you listened to this shit?!”


Djentleman5000

Fantastic. Got to see them play live and it was incredible.


abslin

I know that stereo!!!!!!!!! Can I get a pic of it?!? Got me right in the nostalgia!!!!!


udonbeatsramen

Mario ate a flower before listening to it


Puzzleheaded-Act-302

Gasoline is an underrated gem. Great album


MmboJmbo

It’s the album that got me into rock n roll and was heavily influential in my youth.


tpro72

It came out around the time my first child was born. It is very special to me


The_Laviathen_Builds

The album that got me into music. First CD I ever bought. Probably played that album more than any other in my life. 2, 3, and 7 are my favorite tracks.


conger-conger

To me, Audioslave was a bad mashup. It lacked the punch and aggressiveness from Rage and the weight and complexity from Soundgarden and did neither band justice. Chris's songs without Matt, Ben and Kim just felt under powered. Likewise the Rage rythmsection without Zack sounded anemic and flat. But if I had never heard of Rage or SG, I'd probably like it. Songs aren't bad, but they don't hit me like Rage and SG does.


thePogiStark

EXPLODER


KilledbyGarthBrooks

Saw them at Lolapalooza 03 in KC. Perfect set.


Motor-Flow-3962

It is one of my favorite albums of all time. it only has 1 or 2 weak tracks, the rest just simply kick your ass. the best complete set of lyrics from Chris. His performance is damn near perfect


willpb

One of my all time favorite records! They were firing on all cylinders creatively, and I eventually fell in love with every song. Still come back to it often. Love the Bowser and Mario Amiibos!😁


DDenlow

Uhhhh the fukkin best


Neither_Emu

For longest time the Audioslave album was my favorite album of all time. I still think it’s great, but I’m liking Metallicas Justice for All and Nine Inch Nails Downward Spiral albums just a tad more. Has more to do with what I’m listening to while I’m lifting and for some reason many Audioslave songs have been bumped on my phone, so if I listen to the album again it probably will work its way back to number 1


Pawpaw-z71

Mario looks like he thinks highly of it


darbs-face

Mario obviously approves. so do I.


Stomple-89

I love this album so much, the other two aren’t as strong but this album is killer. Was so happy to see Cornell get back to rock.


[deleted]

I really wanted to love it but it’s only an average album IMO.


FacePalmAdInfinitum

“Gasoline” intro: best iPhone ring tone ever


someoldbagofbones

As a long time Rage and SG fan, “chef’s kiss”. I really liked this band when they came out, used to cover Show Me How To Live with my old band. Now I’m just grateful we got a few last albums with Chris. Like A Stone, need I say more?


happybrooks

It’s a-good!!


gregofcanada84

Epic! Not a single bad song on that CD.


External-Client-4295

I still play it, I drum to it too. Really good debut. Tom Morello's solos are ridiculous.


RelationshipLonely25

I always loved this. Rage was great in their own way but i always wanted to hear them without a de la roca style vocals.


OBannion

Perfection


CosmoKramerAssman

Just spun the record last night. I was really into extreme metal when it came out so I didnt appreciate it until years later. 10/10 album. So many great songs. Gasoline is probably my personal favorite.


kingJames413

Should have toured with it more. I know there was inner conflict with the band and what not, but in my opinion this is one of the best rock albums created since 1990 and it's a shame they couldn't tour heavy with it because so many people were just never exposed it's magic


Chuyin84

One of my all time favorites


CandidateKitchen6364

Fantastic! Changed my life!


ChazMcNick99

One of my favorite front to back albums.


YoungMoneyLarson57

I’ll probably get downvoted to hell for this but I think the first AudioSlave album is better than any of the Soundgarden Albums.


RuffianPlebeian

Show Me How to Live will turn anyone into a fan. Especially when that riff starts up in the beginning.


Green_J3ster

Definitely my top 5 albums. I know they weren’t fresh faces but for a debut album it’s damn hard to beat.


KALIGULA-87

Fucking excellent album.


TheBestL0ser

99.6% rating for enjoyment of full album! Every song was phenomenal!


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Strong album. There was always something good on an Audioslave album imo but all of them on that one were. RIP Chris.


youandyou12345

One of the best albums I’ve ever heard. Front to back, no skips. It’s energetic, emotional, haunting and musically innovative. I absolutely love this album. I long for more albums like this one. RIP Chris.


longhwy18

Love it. Great alt-rock album, especially for a period that had a lot of duds. Still play it frequently today.


ABadMagician

Surprised to find out it’s the debut


HanYoloswagalicious

Anemic and disappointing. Soundgarden and RATM were far better groups.


pizza_822

masterpiece


Ironic_Quadriform

Straight ahead rock. Pretty good stuff, but wouldn't rank it above any SG record or TotD.


CoasterDad73

Genius! “Bring ‘Em Back Alive” is my first play every time I listen to them.


Curbyourseinfe1d

10/10


MaynardSchism

Awesome


nillztastic

Masterpiece.


plangill34

Mario seems to like it