The album has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, indicating sales of at least two million units. It would be the last full-length studio album of original material released by the band before their first breakup in 2000 (their next album consisted of entirely of covers and was released after the breakup).
"Voice of the Voiceless", a song referring to American political activist and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, references a letter written by Mao Zedong, called "A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire".[5][6] Another Rage–Mumia–Mao connection can be seen in Mumia's paraphrased words from Mao's "power grows out of the barrel of a gun" when Mumia gave testimony in his trial for the murder of a Philadelphia police officer in an altercation after a traffic stop: "It is America who has seized political power from the Indian [Native American] race, not by God, not by Christianity, not by goodness, but by the barrel of a gun."[7]
The album's cover art was an original piece by Joey Krebs (also known as Joel Jaramillo or "The Street Phantom"), a well-known Los Angeles graffiti artist who has exhibited at numerous galleries in Los Angeles, New York City, and throughout the United States.[8]
In their year-end lists, Time and Rolling Stone magazines both named The Battle of Los Angeles the best album of 1999. Retrospectively, it was ranked number 426 on Rolling Stone's 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2005, the album was listed at number 53 in Spin magazine's list of the 100 greatest albums from 1985–2005, as well as number 369 in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[19] In 2021, Metal Hammer magazine named it one of the 20 best metal albums of 1999.[20]
Awardsedit
1999: #1 Time Magazine Critic Pick (The Best Music of 1999)
1999: #1 Rolling Stone Critic Pick (Best Album of 1999)
In the US, some retail stores gave a free promo CD to those who pre-ordered the album that contained the songs "Clear the Lane" (from the "Killing in the Name" single) and "Hadda Be Playing on the Jukebox" (Live) (from the "Bulls on Parade" single). In Australia, certain chains gave a promo tape titled New... Live... Rare to those who pre-ordered the album that featured "Calm Like a Bomb" and the aforementioned two songs repeated on both sides. The versions of all three songs were the same as those that had been previously released.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
Appearances in other mediaedit
"Guerrilla Radio" is featured in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (2000). The song as it appears in the Nintendo 64 version of the game is heavily edited, as it is in Madden NFL 10 (2009). Both "Testify" and "Guerrilla Radio" are featured in the 2008 video game Rock Band 2, being on-disc and downloadable, respectively.
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The Battle of Los Angeles is the third studio album by American rock band Rage Against the Machine released by Epic Records on November 2 1999 At the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards it was nominated for Best Rock Album and the song Guerrilla Radio won the award for Best Hard Rock Performance In their year end lists Time and Rolling Stone magazines both named the album the best of 1999 The Battle of Los AngelesStudio album by Rage Against the MachineReleasedNovember 2 1999 1999 11 02 RecordedSeptember 1 October 1 1998 1 StudioHenson Recording HollywoodSunset Sound Hollywood Westlake Los Angeles Royaltone Hollywood Silent Sound Atlanta Southern Tracks AtlantaGenreRap metal 2 funk metal 3 nu metal 4 Length45 16LabelEpicProducerBrendan O BrienRage Against the Machine chronologyLive amp Rare 1998 The Battle of Los Angeles 1999 Renegades 2000 Singles from The Battle of Los Angeles Guerrilla Radio Released October 12 1999 Sleep Now in the Fire Released November 4 1999 Testify Released June 7 2000The album has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America indicating sales of at least two million units It would be the last full length studio album of original material released by the band before their first breakup in 2000 their next album consisted of entirely of covers and was released after the breakup Contents 1 Concept 2 Release and promotion 3 Critical reception 3 1 Awards 4 Track listing 5 Personnel 6 Charts 6 1 Weekly charts 6 2 Year end charts 7 Certifications 8 Appearances in other media 9 References 10 External linksConcept edit Voice of the Voiceless a song referring to American political activist and journalist Mumia Abu Jamal references a letter written by Mao Zedong called A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire 5 6 Another Rage Mumia Mao connection can be seen in Mumia s paraphrased words from Mao s power grows out of the barrel of a gun when Mumia gave testimony in his trial for the murder of a Philadelphia police officer in an altercation after a traffic stop It is America who has seized political power from the Indian Native American race not by God not by Christianity not by goodness but by the barrel of a gun 7 The album s cover art was an original piece by Joey Krebs also known as Joel Jaramillo or The Street Phantom a well known Los Angeles graffiti artist who has exhibited at numerous galleries in Los Angeles New York City and throughout the United States 8 Release and promotion editThe Battle of Los Angeles debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 selling 420 000 copies its first week and keeping Mariah Carey s highly anticipated new album Rainbow from reaching the top of the chart It was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards The music videos made for Sleep Now in the Fire and Testify were directed by documentarian Michael Moore who appears in both videos 9 10 Critical reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2 Entertainment WeeklyA 11 Houston Chronicle nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 12 Los Angeles Times nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 13 NME7 10 3 Pitchfork8 7 10 14 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 15 The Rolling Stone Album Guide nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 16 Spin9 10 17 USA Today nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 18 In their year end lists Time and Rolling Stone magazines both named The Battle of Los Angeles the best album of 1999 Retrospectively it was ranked number 426 on Rolling Stone s 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time In 2005 the album was listed at number 53 in Spin magazine s list of the 100 greatest albums from 1985 2005 as well as number 369 in Rock Hard magazine s book The 500 Greatest Rock amp Metal Albums of All Time 19 In 2021 Metal Hammer magazine named it one of the 20 best metal albums of 1999 20 Awards edit 1999 1 Time Magazine Critic Pick The Best Music of 1999 1999 1 Rolling Stone Critic Pick Best Album of 1999 2001 Guerrilla Radio Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock PerformanceTrack listing editAll lyrics are written by Zack de la Rocha all music is composed by Rage Against the MachineNo TitleLength1 Testify 3 302 Guerrilla Radio 3 263 Calm Like a Bomb 4 584 Mic Check 3 335 Sleep Now in the Fire 3 256 Born of a Broken Man 4 407 Born as Ghosts 3 228 Maria 3 489 Voice of the Voiceless 2 3110 New Millennium Homes 3 4411 Ashes in the Fall 4 3712 War Within a Breath 3 36Total length 45 10 Australian and Japanese edition bonus trackNo TitleLength13 No Shelter 4 06 Bonus promo CD tapeIn the US some retail stores gave a free promo CD to those who pre ordered the album that contained the songs Clear the Lane from the Killing in the Name single and Hadda Be Playing on the Jukebox Live from the Bulls on Parade single In Australia certain chains gave a promo tape titled New Live Rare to those who pre ordered the album that featured Calm Like a Bomb and the aforementioned two songs repeated on both sides The versions of all three songs were the same as those that had been previously released Personnel editRage Against the Machine Zack de la Rocha vocals Tom Morello guitars Tim Commerford credited as Y tim K bass Brad Wilk drumsProduction Brendan O Brien producer mixing Rage Against the Machine co production Nick DiDia engineer recording Russ Fowler additional engineering Sugar D David Russo additional engineering German Villacorta assistant engineering at A amp M Studios Roger Sommers assistant engineering at Royaltone Studios Kevin Lively assistant engineering at Silent Sound Studios Ryan Williams engineering at Southern Tracks Karl Egsieker assistant engineering at Southern Tracks Monique Mitzrahl assistant engineering at Sunset Sound Kevin Dean assistant engineering at Sunset Sound Michael Parnin assistant engineering at Westlake Audio Atom assistant engineering at Westlake Audio Stephen Marcussen mastering Andrew Garver digital editing Cheryl Mondello production coordination Erin Haley production coordination Artwork and design Rage Against the Machine art direction Aimee Macauley art direction Joey Krebs artwork Danny Clinch photography Matt DeMello as eye cue photography Steven Tirona additional photographyStudios A amp M Studios Los Angeles CA recording mixing Royaltone Studios Los Angeles CA recording mixing Silent Sound Studios Atlanta GA recording mixing Southern Tracks Atlanta GA recording mixing Sunset Sound Los Angeles CA recording mixing Westlake Audio Los Angeles CA recording mixing A amp M Mastering Studios Los Angeles CA masteringCharts editWeekly charts edit Chart 1999 PeakpositionAustralian Albums ARIA 21 2Austrian Albums O3 Austria 22 17Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 23 20Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 24 25Canadian Albums Billboard 25 1Danish Albums Hitlisten 26 19Dutch Albums Album Top 100 27 28Europe European Top 100 Albums 28 7Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 29 2French Albums SNEP 30 10German Albums Offizielle Top 100 31 7Italian Albums FIMI 32 16New Zealand Albums RMNZ 33 1Norwegian Albums VG lista 34 2Scottish Albums OCC 35 68Spanish Albums PROMUSICAE 36 11Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 37 4Swiss Albums Schweizer Hitparade 38 15UK Albums OCC 39 23UK Rock amp Metal Albums OCC 40 1US Billboard 200 41 1US Top Catalog Albums Billboard 42 43 Year end charts edit Chart 1999 PositionAustralian Albums ARIA 43 35US Billboard 200 44 139Chart 2000 PositionCanadian Albums Nielsen SoundScan 45 169US Billboard 200 46 53Certifications editRegion Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 47 Platinum 70 000 Canada Music Canada 48 3 Platinum 300 000 Japan RIAJ 49 Gold 100 000 New Zealand RMNZ 50 Gold 7 500 United Kingdom BPI 51 Gold 100 000 United States RIAA 52 2 Platinum 2 000 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Appearances in other media edit Guerrilla Radio is featured in Tony Hawk s Pro Skater 2 2000 The song as it appears in the Nintendo 64 version of the game is heavily edited as it is in Madden NFL 10 2009 Both Testify and Guerrilla Radio are featured in the 2008 video game Rock Band 2 being on disc and downloadable respectively Calm Like a Bomb appears in the end credits of The Matrix Reloaded 2003 Saul Williams sampled Born of a Broken Man for the song Om Nia Merican on his 2001 album Amethyst Rock Star Maria was covered by Canadian American singer Grandson in 2019 53 References edit Bio Rage Against The Machine Official Site Retrieved January 29 2023 a b Bush John The Battle of Los Angeles Rage Against the Machine AllMusic Retrieved February 15 2012 a b Wells Steven November 6 1999 Rage Against The Machine The Battle Of Los Angeles NME Archived from the original on June 16 2000 Retrieved February 15 2012 Coffman Tim April 29 2022 10 Classic Music Albums That Will Make You Love Nu Metal WhatCulture Retrieved April 29 2022 A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire 1930 Voice of the Voiceless Genius com From Death Row Mumia Abu Jamal YouTube Archived from the original on December 21 2021 The Street Phantom Artist s Statement at Graffiti Verite com Graffitiverite com Retrieved November 15 2010 https www youtube com watch v Q3dvbM6Pias at 2 30 https www youtube com watch v w211KOQ5BMI at 2m 23 Hermes Will November 1 1999 The Battle of Los Angeles Entertainment Weekly Archived from the original on October 3 2019 Retrieved February 15 2012 Sullivan James October 31 1999 Rage Still at Forefront Of Rock s Revolution Houston Chronicle Retrieved April 24 2017 Listen Up Elves Los Angeles Times December 2 1999 Archived from the original on November 11 2012 Retrieved January 16 2017 Larson Jeremy D August 9 2020 Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles Pitchfork Retrieved August 9 2020 Strauss Neil November 11 1999 The Battle of Los Angeles Rolling Stone Retrieved February 15 2012 Tate Greg 2004 Rage Against the Machine In Brackett Nathan Hoard Christian eds The New Rolling Stone Album Guide 4th ed Simon amp Schuster pp 672 73 ISBN 978 0 7432 0169 8 Smith RJ December 1999 The New Machine Age Spin Vol 15 no 12 pp 213 14 Retrieved January 16 2017 Gundersen Edna November 2 1999 Rap metal quartet rages rhythmically for justice USA Today Best of Rock amp Metal Die 500 starksten Scheiben aller Zeiten in German Rock Hard 2005 p 61 ISBN 978 3 89880 517 9 The Top 20 best metal albums of 1999 Metal Hammer Future plc January 21 2021 Retrieved March 6 2021 Australiancharts com Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles Hung Medien Austriancharts at Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles in German Hung Medien Ultratop be Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles in Dutch Hung Medien Ultratop be Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles in French Hung Medien Rage Against the Machine Chart History Canadian Albums Billboard Listen Danmarks Officielle Hitliste Udarbejdet af AIM Nielsen for IFPI Danmark Uge 44 Ekstra Bladet in Danish Copenhagen November 14 1999 Dutchcharts nl Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles in Dutch Hung Medien Eurochart Top 100 Albums November 20 1999 PDF Music amp Media Vol 16 no 47 November 20 1999 p 18 Retrieved December 8 2021 Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles in Finnish Musiikkituottajat IFPI Finland Lescharts com Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles Hung Medien Offiziellecharts de Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles in German GfK Entertainment Charts Hits of the World Italy Billboard Nielsen Business Media Inc November 20 1999 p 88 ISSN 0006 2510 via Google Books Charts nz Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles Hung Medien Norwegiancharts com Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles Hung Medien Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved November 18 2021 Salaverri Fernando September 2005 Solo exitos ano a ano 1959 2002 1st ed Spain Fundacion Autor SGAE ISBN 84 8048 639 2 Swedishcharts com Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles Hung Medien Swisscharts com Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles Hung Medien Official Albums Chart Top 100 Official Charts Company Retrieved November 18 2021 Official Rock amp Metal Albums Chart Top 40 Official Charts Company Rage Against the Machine Chart History Billboard 200 Billboard Rage Against the Machine Chart History Top Catalog Albums Billboard ARIA End of Year Albums Chart 1999 Australian Recording Industry Association Retrieved September 17 2020 Top Billboard 200 Albums Year End 1999 Billboard Retrieved September 17 2020 Canada s Top 200 Albums of 2000 Jam Archived from the original on September 6 2004 Retrieved March 29 2022 Top Billboard 200 Albums Year End 2000 Billboard Retrieved September 17 2020 ARIA Charts Accreditations 1999 Albums PDF Australian Recording Industry Association Canadian album certifications Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles Music Canada Retrieved January 23 2021 Japanese album certifications Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles in Japanese Recording Industry Association of Japan Select 1999年11月 on the drop down menu New Zealand album certifications Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles Recorded Music NZ British album certifications Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles British Phonographic Industry Selectalbumsin the Format field SelectGoldin the Certification field TypeThe Battle of Los Angeles in the Search BPI Awards field and then press Enter American album certifications Rage Against the Machine The Battle of Los Angeles Recording Industry Association of America Childers Chad May 31 2019 Grandson Unleashes Cover of Rage Against the Machine s Maria Loudwire Retrieved May 6 2023 External links editThe Battle of Los Angeles at AllMusic Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Battle of Los Angeles album amp oldid 1177077373, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
