The Battle of Los Angeles (album)
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Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Rage Against the Machine and all lyrics by Zack de la Rocha.
  1. "Testify" – 3:30
  2. "Guerrilla Radio
    Guerrilla Radio
    "Guerrilla Radio" is the second track from the 1999 album The Battle of Los Angeles by the band Rage Against the Machine. The band won the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance for this song. It has remained one of their signature tracks...

    " – 3:26
  3. "Calm Like a Bomb
    Calm Like a Bomb
    "Calm Like a Bomb" is a song by American band Rage Against the Machine, off their third album The Battle of Los Angeles. Like their song "Tire Me" from the 1996 album Evil Empire, "Calm Like A Bomb" never had a music video or was released on any media formats...

    " – 4:58
  4. "Mic Check" – 3:33
  5. "Sleep Now in the Fire
    Sleep Now in the Fire
    "Sleep Now in the Fire" is the fifth track from the 1999 album The Battle of Los Angeles by the band Rage Against the Machine. It was released as a single in 2000. The song contains lyrics about greed, such as the conquest of Native Americans, Christopher Columbus' voyage by Nina, the Pinta, and...

    " – 3:25
  6. "Born of a Broken Man" – 4:41
  7. "Born as Ghosts" – 3:21
  8. "Maria" – 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


Australian and Japanese editions:
  1. "No Shelter
    No Shelter
    "No Shelter" is a politically charged song released by Rage Against the Machine in 1998 that was featured on the Godzilla soundtrack. It can also be found as a bonus track on the Australian and Japanese release of The Battle of Los Angeles in 1999...

    " – 4:06

Bonus Promo CD/tape

In the US, some retail stores gave a free promo CD to those who pre-ordered the CD. It contained 2 tracks: "Clear the Lane" and "Hadda Be Playing on the Juke Box". In Australia certain chains gave a promo tape to those who pre-ordered titled "New... Live... Rare" which featured "Calm Like a Bomb" and the aforementioned all on one side and repeating on side B. All versions are the same as on their proper CD releases.

Singles

  • Guerrilla Radio
    Guerrilla Radio
    "Guerrilla Radio" is the second track from the 1999 album The Battle of Los Angeles by the band Rage Against the Machine. The band won the Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance for this song. It has remained one of their signature tracks...

     - 1999
  • Sleep Now in the Fire
    Sleep Now in the Fire
    "Sleep Now in the Fire" is the fifth track from the 1999 album The Battle of Los Angeles by the band Rage Against the Machine. It was released as a single in 2000. The song contains lyrics about greed, such as the conquest of Native Americans, Christopher Columbus' voyage by Nina, the Pinta, and...

     - 2000
  • Testify - 2000
  • Calm Like a Bomb
    Calm Like a Bomb
    "Calm Like a Bomb" is a song by American band Rage Against the Machine, off their third album The Battle of Los Angeles. Like their song "Tire Me" from the 1996 album Evil Empire, "Calm Like A Bomb" never had a music video or was released on any media formats...

     - 2000

Personnel - "Guilty Parties"

  • Rage Against the Machine – Producer, Art Direction

  • Zack de la Rocha
    Zack de la Rocha
    Zacarías Manuel "Zack" de la Rocha is an American rapper, musician, poet, and activist best known as the vocalist and lyricist of Rage Against the Machine.-Early life and childhood:...

     – vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

  • Tim Commerford
    Tim Commerford
    Timothy Robert Commerford , also known by his various monikers/stage names is the bassist/backing vocalist for American alternative metal band Rage Against The Machine and the now-defunct supergroup Audioslave.-Biography:Tim Commerford was born on February...

     (credited as "Y.tim.K" and "tim.com") – bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , backing vocals
    Backing vocalist
    A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...

  • Brad Wilk
    Brad Wilk
    Brad Wilk is an American musician, best known as the drummer of the American rock bands Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave.-Family and early life:...

     – drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

  • Tom Morello
    Tom Morello
    Thomas Baptiste "Tom" Morello is a Grammy Award-winning American guitarist best known for his tenure with the bands Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, his acoustic solo act The Nightwatchman, and his newest group, Street Sweeper Social Club...

     – guitar
    Guitar
    The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...


  • Kevin Dean – Assistant Engineer
  • Nick DiDia – Engineer
  • Russ Fowler – Engineer
  • Kevin Lively – Assistant Engineer
  • Stephen Marcussen – Mastering
  • Brendan O'Brien – Producer, Mixing
  • Aimee MacAuley – Art Direction
  • Roger Sommers – Assistant Engineer

  • Danny Clinch – Photography
  • Andrew Garver – Digital Editing
  • Ryan Williams – Engineer
  • Michael Parnin – Assistant Engineer
  • Monique Mitzrahl – Assistant Engineer
  • Tim Harkins – Assistant Engineer
  • Karl Egsieker – Assistant Engineer
  • Erin Haley – Production Coordination
  • Cheryl Mondello – Production Coordination
  • German Villacorta – Assistant Engineer
  • Joey Krebs – Artwork
  • Sugar D – Engineer
  • Steven Tirona – Photography
  • Eye Cue – Photography


Chart positions

Album
Year Chart Peak position
1999 The Billboard 200 #1
1999 Top Canadian Albums #1
1999 Top Internet Albums #1
1999 UK Album Chart #23


Singles
Year Single Chart Peak position
1999 "Guerrilla Radio" Modern Rock Tracks #6
1999 "Guerrilla Radio" Mainstream Rock Tracks #11
1999 "Guerrilla Radio" Canadian Singles Chart #6
1999 "Guerrilla Radio" UK Singles Chart #32
2000 "Sleep Now in the Fire" Modern Rock Tracks #8
2000 "Sleep Now in the Fire" Mainstream Rock Tracks #16
2000 "Sleep Now in the Fire" UK Singles Chart #43
2000 "Testify" Modern Rock Tracks #16
2000 "Testify" Mainstream Rock Tracks #22

Awards

  • 1999: #1 Rolling Stone Critic Pick (Best Album of 1999)
  • 2000: "Guerrilla Radio" – Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance
    Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance
    The Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance was an award presented to recording artists at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, for works containing quality performances in the hard rock music genre...


External links

  • Axis of Justice Tom Morello and Serj Tankian
    Serj Tankian
    Serj Tankian is a Lebanese-born Armenian-American singer–songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, playwright, record producer, poet, and political activist...

    's Activist Website "Axis Of Justice
    Axis of Justice
    Axis of Justice is a non-profit organization co-founded by Serj Tankian and Tom Morello. Its purpose is to bring together musicians, fans of music, and grassroots progressivism to fight for social justice together.-Formation:...

    "
  • Vietnow.org Rage Against The Machine news resource and forum
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