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Thoughts on Audioslave before actual review:
THey have the former lead singer form Soundgarden, Chris Cornell, and the band that was in Rage Against the Machine. I loved RATM and thought Soundgarden was ok... depending soley on the song -- I have all the RATM cds and I had Superunkown and HAVE Greatest Hits from Soundgarden. When these guys fuse their talents together you get something less moody than your typical Soundgarden and less aggressive both musically and politically than you average RATM song. Their sound I'd say is early 90s alternative w/ a 70s classic rock/funk type sound.

I have all three Audioslave cds, ", Out of Exile, and Revelations, and they have put forth three solid efforts in a row.

Now onto Revelations specifically

THe band billed this as Led Zepplin meets Earth, Wind, and Fire http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1527383...tory.jhtml --I wouldn't go that far but it qyuite a bit more "funky" than their previous two... and more "70s rock" than those as well.

IMO the standout tracks are: One in the Same, Original Fire, Shape of Things to Come, Nothing Left to Say But Goodbye, and Moth.

It is buyable worthy and I think if you are new to Audioslave you could get into them on this cd

3.5/5*s

Speaking of wich.... do you guys like track by track reviews or overall cd reviews? My Luda review I did track by track... the review of this cd is more of on a overall scale.

Original Fire is one of my favorite songs to come out in a while. I love the track and the video. However, I've only heard short samples of the rest of the album. I'd be interested to get your opinion (and anyone elses for that matter) about the rest of the tracks. Eventually, I think I'm going to own this record.

By the way, a couple reviews I ran across for this record says that this is the most they've sounded like an original band rather than off-shoots of RATM and Soundgarten. Agree/disagree?

Audioslave has a podcast available. About 5 episodes, each a couple minutes long about the making of the record and the band, etc. Pretty cool.

I heart Audioslave.

If I buy a cd any time in the near future its definitely going to be this new audioslave.

I finally picked this up the other day. It did not dissapoint.

Rock on.