Renegades (Rage Against the Machine album)

{{Album ratings

| MC = 78/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/renegades |title=Renegades Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More |publisher=Metacritic |date=December 5, 2000 |access-date=June 13, 2012}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|last=Bush |first=John |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/renegades-r508437/review |title=Renegades – Rage Against the Machine : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards |publisher=AllMusic |date=December 5, 2000 |access-date=June 13, 2012}}

| rev2 = Alternative Press

| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}A tour through three decades of sonic recalcitrance, Renegades is the genome map of seditious sound. [#151, p.90]

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3score = A−{{cite web|author=Rob Brunner |url=https://ew.com/ew/article/0,,91345,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202084120/https://ew.com/ew/article/0,,91345,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2008-12-02 |title=Renegades Review |publisher=EW.com |date=December 11, 2000 |access-date=June 13, 2012}}

| rev4 = Melodic

| rev4score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{Cite web|first=Jason|last=Hooper|date=April 22, 2011|title=Melodic Net Review: Rage Against the Machine — Renegades|url=http://www.melodic.net/album/rage-against-the-machine-renegades|access-date=March 30, 2024|website=Melodic}}

| rev5 = Melody Maker

| rev5score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}

| rev6 = Mojo

| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}This crisp, Rick Rubin-produced outing packs away a machine that was well-oiled to the last. [Jan. 2001, p.107]

| rev7 = NME

| rev7score = 8/10{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/reviews//3548 |title=NME Album Reviews – Renegades |publisher=NME |date=November 24, 2000 |access-date=June 13, 2012}}

| rev8 = Q

| rev8score = {{Rating|3|5}}

| rev9 =Rolling Stone

| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}

| rev10 = Select

| rev10score = {{Rating|4|5}}Renegades is Rage's most satisfying record since their debut. [Jan 2001, p.104]

| rev11 = Spin

| rev11score = 7/10{{cite web|url=http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/3255465/a/Renegades.htm |title=Rage Against The Machine – Renegades CD Album |publisher=Cduniverse.com |date=December 5, 2000 |access-date=June 13, 2012}}

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At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Renegades has an average score of 78 based on 26 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". AllMusic critic John Bush wrote that the record "works well with just a bare few exceptions, in part because Rage Against the Machine is both smart enough to change very little and talented enough to make the songs its own." Alternative Press described the record as "a tour through three decades of sonic recalcitrance" and "the genome map of seditious sound". Entertainment Weekly{{'}}s Rob Brunner described the record as "a remarkably diverse, if not exactly surprising, mix of heavy rock, hip hop and protest music". He said it "would still be a raging success even if this disc does nothing but introduce a new generation to the joys of Bob Dylan and Minor Threat".

Mojo wrote: "This crisp, Rick Rubin-produced outing packs away a machine that was well-oiled to the last." Kitty Empire of NME labeled the record "a brilliant archaeology" and "a sonic history lesson". The Rolling Stone critic Tom Moon said the band executed "diverse tracks" such as Bruce Springsteen's "The Ghost of Tom Joad", the Rolling Stones' "Street Fighting Man", Afrika Bambaataa's "Renegades of Funk" and Bob Dylan's "Maggie's Farm" with "the roaring, fearless spirit that’s been missing in action since these songs were new", while Select regarded it as their "most satisfying record since their debut".

{{tracklist

| extra_column = Original artist (date)

| title1 = Microphone Fiend

| writer1 = Eric Barrier, Rakim Allah

| extra1 = Eric B. & Rakim {{small|(1988)}}

| length1 = 5:01

| title2 = Pistol Grip Pump

| writer2 = Roger Troutman, Dino Hawkins, Adrian Miller, Eric Vidal, Nick Vidal

| extra2 = Volume 10 {{small|(1994)}}

| length2 = 3:18

| title3 = Kick Out the Jams

| writer3 = Wayne Kramer, Fred "Sonic" Smith, Rob Tyner, Michael Davis, Dennis Thompson

| extra3 = MC5 {{small|(1969)}}

| length3 = 3:11

| title4 = Renegades of Funk

| writer4 = Lance Taylor, Arthur Baker, John Miller, John Robie

| extra4 = Afrika Bambaataa {{small|(1983)}}

| length4 = 4:35

| title5 = Beautiful World

| writer5 = Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald Casale

| extra5 = Devo {{small|(1981)}}

| length5 = 2:35

| title6 = I'm Housin

| writer6 = Erick Sermon, Parish Smith

| extra6 = EPMD {{small|(1988)}}

| length6 = 4:56

| title7 = In My Eyes

| writer7 = Ian MacKaye, Jeff Nelson, Brian Baker, Lyle Preslar

| extra7 = Minor Threat {{small|(1981)}}

| length7 = 2:54

| title8 = How I Could Just Kill a Man

| writer8 = Louis Freese, Senen Reyes, Lawrence Muggerud

| extra8 = Cypress Hill {{small|(1991)}}

| length8 = 4:04

| title9 = The Ghost of Tom Joad

| writer9 = Bruce Springsteen

| extra9 = Bruce Springsteen {{small|(1995)}}

| length9 = 5:38

| title10 = Down on the Street

| writer10 = Iggy Pop, Ron Asheton, Scott Asheton, Dave Alexander

| extra10 = The Stooges {{small|(1970)}}

| length10 = 3:38

| title11 = Street Fighting Man

| writer11 = Mick Jagger, Keith Richards

| extra11 = The Rolling Stones {{small|(1968)}}

| length11 = 4:42

| title12 = Maggie's Farm

| writer12 = Robert Zimmerman

| extra12 = Bob Dylan {{small|(1965)}}

| length12 = 6:34

| total_length = 51:14

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• Rage Against the Machine – co-production, art direction
• Zack de la Rocha – lead vocals
• Tom Morello – guitars
• Tim Commerford (credited as "tim.com") – bass, backing vocals
• Brad Wilk – drums
• Sen Dog – vocals on the live version of "How I Could Just Kill a Man"
• B-Real – vocals on the live version of "How I Could Just Kill a Man"
• Rick Rubin – production
• Brendan O'Brien – production on "The Ghost of Tom Joad"
• Jim Scott – engineering
• David Schiffman – engineering
• Rich Costey – mixing
• D. Sardy – mixing on "The Ghost of Tom Joad" and "Street Fighting Man"
• Katie Teasdale – assistant engineering
• Darren Mora – assistant engineering
• Matt Marin – assistant engineering
• Mike Scotella – assistant engineering
• Geoof Walcha – assistant engineering
• Rich Veltrop – assistant engineering
• Greg Fidelman – digital editing
• Mark Moreau – digital editing
• Aimee Macauley – art direction
• Lindsay Chase – production coordination
• Jake Sexton – political coordination
• Jake Koppell – inside booklet

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