Audioslave
Studio album by Audioslave
Released	November 19, 2002
Recorded	2002 at Cello Studios, Hollywood, CA; Royaltone Studios, Burbank, CA; Studio Litho, Seattle, WA; Studio K, Seattle, WA; Akadamie Mathematique of Philosophical Sound Research, Los Angeles, CA
Genre	Hard rock, alternative rock
Length	65:26
Label	Epic, Interscope
Producer	Rick Rubin, Audioslave
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Kerrang! [citation needed] Rolling Stone link Entertainment.ie link Entertainment Weekly (A-) link The Austin Chronicle link Zona-Zero link
Audioslave chronology
Audioslave (2002) Out of Exile (2005)

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The album is strongly reminiscent of Rage Against the Machine but with a melodic twist to it, and contains several songs resembling classic rock. It features the hit singles "Cochise", "Show Me How to Live", "What You Are", "Like a Stone", and "I Am the Highway". The record was certified triple platinum. Rage Against the Machine (a. ... Classic rock was originally conceived as a radio station programming format which evolved from the album oriented rock (AOR) format in the early-1980s. ... Cochise is the first single by Audioslave for their debut album Audioslave. ... Chris Cornell driving the 1970 Dodge Challenger in the music video. ... What You Are is the fifth and final single by American rock band Audioslave, from their self-titled debut. ... Like a Stone is arguably the most successful single released off of Audioslaves 2002 self-titled debut album: Audioslave. ... I Am The Highway is the fourth single from the American rock band Audioslave, from their self-titled debut. ...

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Track listing

All lyrics by Chris Cornell, with music written and arranged by Audioslave. Chris Cornell (born Christopher John Boyle on July 20, 1964) is an American guitarist/singer-songwriter best known as the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for the rock bands Soundgarden (1984-1997) and later Audioslave (2001-2007). ... Audioslave was an alternative/hard rock supergroup that consisted of the instrumentalists of Rage Against the Machine: Tom Morello (guitar), Tim Commerford (bass and back-up vocals) and Brad Wilk (drums), together with Chris Cornell of Soundgarden (lead vocals and rhythm guitar) as their lead singer. ...

1. "Cochise" – 3:42
2. "Show Me How to Live" – 4:37
3. "Gasoline" – 4:40
4. "What You Are" – 4:09
5. "Like a Stone" – 4:54
6. "Set It Off" – 4:23
7. "Shadow on the Sun" – 5:43
8. "I Am the Highway" – 5:35
9. "Exploder" – 3:26
10. "Hypnotize" – 3:27
11. "Bring Em Back Alive" – 5:29
12. "Light My Way" – 5:03
13. "Getaway Car" – 4:59
14. "The Last Remaining Light" – 5:17

Cochise is the first single by Audioslave for their debut album Audioslave. ... Chris Cornell driving the 1970 Dodge Challenger in the music video. ... What You Are is the fifth and final single by American rock band Audioslave, from their self-titled debut. ... Like a Stone is arguably the most successful single released off of Audioslaves 2002 self-titled debut album: Audioslave. ... I Am The Highway is the fourth single from the American rock band Audioslave, from their self-titled debut. ...

Online Bonus Track

For the first few weeks after purchase the CD could be inserted into a CD-ROM and be scanned. Once scanned, the user would be able to download bonus videos, interviews, photos, and a bonus track. Contrary to popular belief this CD was not released with a bonus disk in Australia due to the fact that the band wanted everyone to have the extras.

1. "Give"

Chart positions

Album

Singles

Credits

• Tim Commerford - Bass
• Chris Cornell - Vocals
• Tom Morello - Guitar
• Brad Wilk - Drums
• Storm Thorgerson - Art Direction, Cover Art
• Darrell Lance Abbott - Assistant
• Audioslave - Arranger, Producer
• John Burton - Engineer
• Lindsay Chase - Voices, Production Coordination
• Danny Clinch - Photography
• Rich Costey - Mixing
• Finlay Cowan - Assistant
• Peter Curzon - Logo, Cover Art
• Chris Holmes - Assistant Engineer
• Steven Kadison - Mixing Assistant
• Dan Leffler - Second Engineer
• Vladimir Meller - Mastering
• Darren Mora - Assistant Engineer
• Floyd Reitsman - Engineer
• Rick Rubin - Producer
• Thom Russo - Engineer, Digital Engineer
• Andrew Scheps - Engineer, Digital Editing
• David Schiffman - Engineer
• Rupert Truman - Photography

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Trivia

• This album was released just over ten years after Rage Against The Machine's (Morello, Commerford, and Wilk's former band) debut was released (November 3, 1992).
• The song "Shadow on the Sun" was featured in the movie Collateral, starring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx.
• The song "Cochise" was featured in the movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and Guitar Hero for the Playstation 2.
• Covers are made by Storm Thorgerson, who, as leader of the group of artists known as Hipgnosis, may have been best known for his cover work for Pink Floyd.