The Battle of Los Angeles

The Battle of Los Angeles
Rage Against the Machine studio album
Publication (s)	November 2, 1999
Label (s)	Epic Records ( Sony BMG )
Format (s)	CD , LP , cassette
Genre (s)	Crossover , alternative metal , alternative rock
Title (number)	12 or 13 (EU / AUS)
running time	45 min 16 s
occupation	Singing : Zack de la Rocha Guitar : Tom Morello Electric bass : Tim Commerford Drums : Brad Wilk
production	Brendan O'Brien
chronology Evil Empire (1996) The Battle of Los Angeles Renegades (2000)

The Battle of Los Angeles is the third studio album by the crossover band Rage Against the Machine . It was released on November 2nd, 1999, almost exactly 7 years after their first album Rage Against the Machine was released and over 3 years after their second album Evil Empire was released . Before The Battle of Los Angeles , they released the compilation album Live & Rare .

background

The album went straight to number 1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart . The song Guerilla Radio was on the soundtrack for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 on PC and heavily changed on Nintendo 64 . The Time called it the "Best Album 1999". It was also listed at number 53 in the list of the 100 best albums 1985-2000 by SPIN magazine .

The album cover was originally from artist Joey Krebs (Joel Jaramillo), a well-known Los Angeles artist who has several exhibitions in LA, New York and across the United States .

The texts were u. a. influenced by George Orwell's 1984 novel . In Testify , Sleep Now in the Fire and Voice of the Voiceless direct quotes and key words occur in the book.

The song Calm Like a Bomb is part of the Matrix Reloaded soundtrack . For the European and Australian versions of the album there is a bonus track No Shelter , which is part of the soundtrack for the first US remake of Godzilla . The videos for Sleep Now in the Fire and Testify were produced by Michael Moore .

In 2003 the album was placed at number 426 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 best albums of all time .

Track list

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

The Battle of Los Angeles   DE 7th 11/15/1999 (15 weeks)   AT 17th 11/14/1999 (11 weeks)   CH 15th 11/14/1999 (17 weeks)   UK 23 11/13/1999 (1 week)   US 1 11/20/1999 (51 weeks)

Singles

Guerrilla radio   UK 32 10/31/1999 (1 week)   US 69 10/30/1999 (20 weeks) Sleep Now in the Fire   UK 43 04/15/2000 (2 weeks)

1. Testify - 3:30
2. Guerrilla Radio - 3:26
3. Calm Like a Bomb - 4:58
4. Mic Check - 3:33
5. Sleep Now in the Fire - 3:25
6. Born of a Broken Man - 4:41
7. Born as Ghosts - 3:22
8. Mary - 3:48
9. Voice of the Voiceless - 2:31
10. New Millennium Homes - 3:44
11. Ashes in the Fall - 4:36
12. War Within a Breath - 3:36
13. No Shelter - 4:06 ( European and Australian bonus track )

Singles

• 1998: No Shelter
• 1999: Guerrilla Radio
• 2000: Testify
• 2000: Sleep Now in the Fire
• 2000: Calm Like a Bomb

Web links

• The Battle of Los Angeles in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The Battle of Los Angeles on Allmusic (English)
• Review in Rolling Stone (English)
• Alexander Cordas: Rage Against The Machine doesn’t stop either ox or donkey . at laut.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rage Against The Machine in the Official UK Charts (English)
2. ↑ Rage Against the Machine in the US charts. billboard.com; Retrieved March 25, 2009
3. ↑ Rage Against the Machine in the German album charts. ( Memento of the original from August 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. musicline.de; Retrieved March 25, 2009 
4. ↑ Rage Against the Machine in the Swiss hit parade. hitparade.ch; Retrieved March 25, 2009
5. ↑ Rage Against the Machine in the Austrian charts. austriancharts.at; Retrieved March 25, 2009