Album Rating: 5.0

this used to be my favorite album, before i moved on to other stuff but i still love it



Shadow on the Sun, The Last Remaining Light and Bring Em Back Alive own you all..........and Hypnotize fucking sucks

I guess I'm somewhat of an oddity here: I was never really a big Soundgarden fan (save a few songs) but I absolutely loved the sound that RATM brought to the table with albums like The Battle Of Los Angeles. Audioslave's debut was honestly one of the best albums I've listened to in a long while. I bought it as soon as I first heard Cochise and I was amazed by how many songs I actually liked on it. Normally you get three or four decent songs with one or two really good ones but this album delivered many hits in my mind. The lyrics are great, the riffs are amazing, and ,dispite what a majority of the people on here are saying, I actually like Cornell's voice, it's kind of a refresher after listening to Zach and his progressively whiney voice (just in my opinion there, no need to get angry).

I think you just have to be open to many forms of music to like this cd but once you do then songs like Gasoline, Like A Stone, What You Are, Cochise, and I Am The Highway will blow your mind. Yes, it's a big change from RATM but isn't every band always changing their sound? You have to get used to it eventually.

Album Rating: 3.0

I wish Morello would solo more melodically rather than using sounds. Heck, in a recent guitar mag, he said himself he got sick of it.

This album is alright, but some of the songs just seem too repetitive. Cornell sounds awesome, except for a weird clearing sound in "What You Are". Tim sounds as good as he did on Rage's final release. Brad keeps the time going well, and Morello gives some catchy guitar riffs, as always.

It just didn't do for me what the second album did. I like "I am the Highway" most, simply because it has a nice mellow tone to it and it DOES sound different from RATM. It's a song I don't hear any repetiveness on, like "Like a Stone" and "Shadow on the Sun".

I'd give it about a 3 because of my own reasons regarding repetiveness and guitar technique, but it was a good start for the band.

i was just wondering if anyone else thought that the main riff in cochise sounded like the beginning of bombtrack...?

Sometimes, when I'm taking a dump, I could swear I'm hearing Cornell singing for Audioslave. He... is awful.

The guitars in Audioslave are about 8 steps down from RATM for Morello, which is disappointing, and it's all boring, standard trash.

This album will be forgotten in 10 years. And it'll only last that long because of Morello's and Cornell's fame, and the fanboy following that'll hang from their nuts for a little while.

Album Rating: 2.5

I think Audioslave just make generic rock. Nothing really over the top or special or even worth listening to more than once. Sans 'Like a Stone.' I've got a soft spot for that song.

I think this album's great and you people are never satisfied! Stop comparing it to RATM and Soundgarden! Just give it a chance for godsake. The songs they've come up with totally rock in my opinion and maybe, yes, they do sound a bit like RATM without the vocals, but they're really good. It's a certain style you wont find anywhere else. Besides, RATM are finished, it's time to move on. They've all moved on as musicians and created a new album. Stop wallowing in the past, stop complaining! Please!This Message Edited On 08.31.05

I dunno if it is all entirely fair on the band to compare them to RATM I think there still finding their feet and when they do then I think that's when as a cohesive unit playing together Audioslave will be a really good band. That aside I think Like a stone Show me how to live and cochise show the potential are really good . I think Tom's playing hasn't diminished one bit


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Album Rating: 3.0

As I listen to this album again, I like it a lot more. Good review.

Album Rating: 4.0

I love this album, although I thought there were a few fillers. "Set It Off" is an awesome song. The lighter stuff ("I Am The Highway" and "Like A Stone") is really good (and IMO as good as the heavy stuff too). Just a totally awesome album you need to buy if you do not have it.

Album Rating: 2.5

Pretty average, with the great Like A Stone.



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i bought this, expecting rage against the machine part 2, and i was disappointed. very disappointed. however, in the last few weeks i've given it a second chance, and its impressed me. Its great! so great, it encouraged me to buy their second album ('out of exile').

Album Rating: 3.0

not as good as the second album, but its good. gasoline is my fav.

Great album.

Album Rating: 3.0

Shadow on the Sun is still the band's best song to date. It's just so great.

I think it's The Last Remaining Light.

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awesome album, cornell has a fuckin awesome voice, but i liked soundgarden more than RATM and audioslave

People say Out Of Exile is better. If it is, I'm not planning on getting this, because that CD is boring and bland. Not to mention the lazy solos...

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

I think rob hit it on the head, when he said if you bought this album expecting rage against the machine you will be disappointed. I think comparing a band as great as rage with any new band is extremely unfair. Bands like rage against the machine are few and far between.



An example of this would be Ozzy's split with Sabbath. If everyone compared Ozzy's solo work to his sabbath days. Ozzy wouldn't have sold 1000 albums. Luckily they didn't they took Ozzy's work as something new and diferent.



As far as Chris's voice goes you either love it or hate it. There is no debating it.



I think if Audioslave was a band of unproven musicians, many of you haters out there would be calling them the saviors of rock and roll. That's my 2 pesos



Tom Morello is still a guitar god.