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09-06-2006, 03:29 PM
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Let us use this thread to pay tribute to this album which in my opinon in the best 'Hard Rock' album of the past decade and I've only given it 4 spins since getting it yesterday afternoon.....
All the guys are on TOP TOP form, Timmy as always has tone to die for (the best distortion tone in the bass world in my opinion), and his tastefully musical chops on this album are his best yet. Brad and Tim lock together effortlessly as in every one of their recordings I have heard, this album echoes lots of Motown and old school funk but with such a great rocking energy....
Morello (love him or hate him) pulls out even more whacky solos but also has time for some of his most musical and creative work to date with lots of delightful chord changes throughout the album this being the main factor for some of the most euphoric chorus' I have heard in a while....
and finally Cornell, now that he's off the smokes and clearly in a great place in his life right now he truly shines on this record. IN MY OPINION the finest Rock studio voice of all time (live is a different story these days, nodules, and years of smoking and screaming do take it's toll!).....
I saw Audioslave live last year in london and it was a great experience, the guys just looked like they were having a ball up there and it is really great to see that in a band that have done so much in their careers already. In recent interviews they have said how they want to emulate bands of old like Led Zep and record and tour as much as possible and for this I praise them because **** me, this is rock'n roll we are talking about not an education in medicine!
Well yeah, that's my bit for now, time for others to share their experience of this album, and if you don't like it then tell us why! |
09-06-2006, 04:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Seattle, WA | | | I'm loving the dexterity with which Tim C pulls off some of his playing. I think it's track 2 with the mad runs under the guitar solo. So quick and clean. And it's nice to hear him move to a different, cleaner tone (though I LOVE his dirty sound).
I'm enjoying this record a lot as well, though some of Tom M's riffs are getting a *teensy* bit repetitive. |
09-06-2006, 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by lildrgn I'm loving the dexterity with which Tim C pulls off some of his playing. I think it's track 2 with the mad runs under the guitar solo. So quick and clean. And it's nice to hear him move to a different, cleaner tone (though I LOVE his dirty sound).
I'm enjoying this record a lot as well, though some of Tom M's riffs are getting a *teensy* bit repetitive. | Yeah his clean tone is very pleasing on the ear, really warm and with plenty of body. Yes Morello's riffs can sound repetitive but I am and always will be a sucker for those minor pentatonics and no nonsense hard rock riffs! This album to me shows just how far musically they have moved since that first rage album which was just so raw. Now we get lots of chords as well as the monster riffs! |
09-06-2006, 05:53 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Palo Alto, CA | | I haven't gotten this album yet, maybe tomorrow... I'm hoping this album will move on faaaar away from the disaster known as "Out of Exile", and at least the single (Original Fire) seems to point that way. I only hope the rest of the album keep up the pace 
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09-06-2006, 05:56 PM
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09-06-2006, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Dash Rantic I haven't gotten this album yet, maybe tomorrow... I'm hoping this album will move on faaaar away from the disaster known as "Out of Exile", and at least the single (Original Fire) seems to point that way. I only hope the rest of the album keep up the pace
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Im with you. I haven't been as enthralled with thier work since I heard the self titled first album. I have high hopes for the new one though.
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09-07-2006, 02:27 AM
|  | (((o))) Moderator | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Antwerp, Belgium | | | Maybe if you give it some more spins you come to the conclusion that "best rock album of the decade" is a bit too much credit?
Anyway, the single is crap imo. |
09-07-2006, 07:10 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Ottawa, Ontario | | If that is your "best hard rock album of the decade" then you really need to get out more....
In my opinion the best rock album I have heard this decade is either Blast Tyrant by Clutch or Live in Flint (also Clutch). All out rock with absolutely no filler. But that's just my opinion...what do I know.
But seriously you should probably check out those albums before you make that claim. You just might change your mind. |
09-07-2006, 09:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Palo Alto, CA | | Bassboy, if your only two selections for best rock album of the entire decade are both by the same band, you prolly need to get out more too...  Clutch really doesn't do anything for me, presonally (but doesn't it all come down to personal taste anyway?)
Anyway, I'm off to get Revelations... We shall see how it goes.
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09-07-2006, 10:02 AM
| | | Wow didnt know there was a new album out, gonna have to get that soon |
09-07-2006, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Dash Rantic Bassboy, if your only two selections for best rock album of the entire decade are both by the same band, you prolly need to get out more too... Clutch really doesn't do anything for me, presonally (but doesn't it all come down to personal taste anyway?)
Anyway, I'm off to get Revelations... We shall see how it goes.
-Dash |
The reason I picked the Live album is because it is from the Blast Tyrant tour so therefore alot ofthe songs on the set are from the album....
I was not trying to say Clutch is better than Audioslave (I actually like a few of their songs, and Timmy C is one of my favorite bass players  ), but that when there are bands like clutch in the world you can't really classify Audioslave as "hard rock"...much less have the best hard rock album of the decade. |
09-07-2006, 10:46 AM
| | | | Audioslave, like soudgarden, imo, is grunge. |
09-07-2006, 10:58 AM
|  | Starring In: Return of Kung-Fu World Champion | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Oxford, Ohio (Near Cincy) | | | I'm very UNDERWHELMED by this album. Way too clean. Way too much compression. I kept waiting for them to cut loose and it didn't happen. This is the first non-jazz(ish) album I have bought in some time, and I just wasn't impressed. |
09-07-2006, 11:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Glenmoore, Pennsylvania | | | how does cornells voice compare to his soundgarden days now? the thing that turned me off to audioslave quickly was the fact that he didn't have the same power he used to have. maybe it had something to do with Kim's incredible guitar work, but the Soundgarden Cornell cannot be beat by any singer but robert plant imo, and they are still very close to equal. Out of Exile, or what I've heard of it, has absolutely 0% of the raw emotion that Badmotorfinger has...and that is one amazingly powerful album.
I'd also consider Audioslave Alt/Hard-rock, not grunge. Grunge to me is Badmotorfinger, Superunknown, In Utero, Ten, Vitalogy, etc. Audioslave's self-titled album has a nice grunge feel to some of it, but still doesn't convey the same feelings as true early 90s Seattle grunge.
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09-07-2006, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Blkholesun how does cornells voice compare to his soundgarden days now? the thing that turned me off to audioslave quickly was the fact that he didn't have the same power he used to have. maybe it had something to do with Kim's incredible guitar work, but the Soundgarden Cornell cannot be beat by any singer but robert plant imo, and they are still very close to equal. Out of Exile, or what I've heard of it, has absolutely 0% of the raw emotion that Badmotorfinger has...and that is one amazingly powerful album.
I'd also consider Audioslave Alt/Hard-rock, not grunge. Grunge to me is Badmotorfinger, Superunknown, In Utero, Ten, Vitalogy, etc. Audioslave's self-titled album has a nice grunge feel to some of it, but still doesn't convey the same feelings as true early 90s Seattle grunge. | try this new album, you'll be surprised by Cornell  |
09-07-2006, 11:16 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Glenmoore, Pennsylvania | | | that's all i needed to here. i love that man's voice. quintessential is the word i would use. |
09-07-2006, 11:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Seattle, WA | | | I watched some of their live concert in Cuba and was really put off by Cornell's live sound as well as his stage presence. Thank goodness for Tom on stage right as Chris brings NOTHING to the visual table.
Chris seems to struggle a lot when singing, but as the show continued, he did get better. |
09-07-2006, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by bassboysam The reason I picked the Live album is because it is from the Blast Tyrant tour so therefore alot ofthe songs on the set are from the album....
I was not trying to say Clutch is better than Audioslave (I actually like a few of their songs, and Timmy C is one of my favorite bass players ), but that when there are bands like clutch in the world you can't really classify Audioslave as "hard rock"...much less have the best hard rock album of the decade. | Hmmmm, maybe I will change my statement to Commercial Hard Rock then but all this is very objective, I'd call Ac/Dc Hard Rock and other's may not.... |
09-07-2006, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Blkholesun how does cornells voice compare to his soundgarden days now? the thing that turned me off to audioslave quickly was the fact that he didn't have the same power he used to have. maybe it had something to do with Kim's incredible guitar work, but the Soundgarden Cornell cannot be beat by any singer but robert plant imo, and they are still very close to equal. Out of Exile, or what I've heard of it, has absolutely 0% of the raw emotion that Badmotorfinger has...and that is one amazingly powerful album.
I'd also consider Audioslave Alt/Hard-rock, not grunge. Grunge to me is Badmotorfinger, Superunknown, In Utero, Ten, Vitalogy, etc. Audioslave's self-titled album has a nice grunge feel to some of it, but still doesn't convey the same feelings as true early 90s Seattle grunge. | Yeah, Cornell's voice really shines on this one and up on you-tube now there are some new acoustic Audioslave tunes under ''Audioslave stripped'' I think, just Chris and his guitar, and yeah, his pipes have improved live on these performances probably due to not smoking for a while now but I'll pass judgement when I hear them live next time round. Granted he will never have the same voice as he did back in the day but I really like his matured voice just as much, maybe even more because it just screams that rock'n roll character that only a man who has lived rock'n roll for a while can have... |
09-07-2006, 02:09 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | Cornell hasn't done anything bad in his career, IMO. Albums have had weak points, but nothing bad and I'm still satisfied with my spending of $11.00 on the album.
Never was a huge fan of Morello, but frankly, he seems to have toned it down on this album. I'm quite happy. Tim has good tone as usual, and his playing is really in the pocket. I think him and Brad have something really special going on, musically.
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