Renegades (Rage Against the Machine album)
Renegades is the fourth studio album by the American rap metal band Rage Against the Machine, released on December 5, 2000 by 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 after Rage singer Zack de la Rocha left the band, but still 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 album's cover art is a parody of the pop art work LOVE by Robert Indiana, with the words "LOVE" replaced with "RAGE". 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. The album's 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.
Track listing
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| 1. | "Microphone Fiend" | Eric Barrier, Rakim Allah | Eric B. & Rakim (1988) | 5:01 |
| 2. | "Pistol Grip Pump" | Roger Troutman, Dino Hawkins, Adrian Miller, Eric Vidal, Nick Vidal | Volume 10 (1994) | 3:18 |
| 3. | "Kick Out the Jams" | Wayne Kramer, Fred "Sonic" Smith, Rob Tyner, Michael Davis, Dennis Thompson | MC5 (1969) | 3:11 |
| 4. | "Renegades of Funk" | Afrika Bambaataa, Arthur Baker, John Miller, John Robie | Afrika Bambaataa (1983) | 4:35 |
| 5. | "Beautiful World" | Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald Casale | Devo (1981) | 2:35 |
| 6. | "I'm Housin'" | Erick Sermon, Parish Smith | EPMD (1988) | 4:56 |
| 7. | "In My Eyes" | Ian MacKaye, Jeff Nelson, Brian Baker, Lyle Preslar | Minor Threat (1981) | 2:54 |
| 8. | "How I Could Just Kill a Man" | Louis Freese, Senen Reyes, Lawrence Muggerud | Cypress Hill (1991) | 4:04 |
| 9. | "The Ghost of Tom Joad" | Bruce Springsteen | Bruce Springsteen (1995) | 5:38 |
| 10. | "Down on the Street" | Iggy Pop, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, Dave Alexander | The Stooges (1970) | 3:38 |
| 11. | "Street Fighting Man" | Mick Jagger, Keith Richards | The Rolling Stones (1968) | 4:42 |
| 12. | "Maggie's Farm" | Bob Dylan | Bob Dylan (1965) | 6:54 |
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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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- Katie Teasdale – Assistant Engineer
- Darren Mora – Assistant Engineer
- Matt Marin – Assistant Engineer
- Mike Scotella – Assistant Engineer
- Geoof Walcha – Assistant Engineer
- Rich Veltrop – Assistant Engineer
- Greg Fidelman – Digital Editing
- Mark Moreau – Digital Editing
- Aimee Macauley – Art Director
- Lindsay Chase – Production Coordination
- Jake Sexton – Political Coordinator
- Jake Koppell – Inside Booklet
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Chart positions
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- Singles
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