07.30.2005
Audioslave - Out of Exile, Producer Rick Rubin
With the talent this band has (1/4 Soundgarden, 3/4 Rage Against the Machine) and the producer they have on board (Rick Rubin), I am amazed at how uninteresting this album really is. A couple of decent but by no means spectacular tracks with the rest of the album phoned in.
Perhaps most disappointing to me is the fact that this album doesn't seem to have a great deal of energy. It's "Soundgarden/RATM-lite". It's very clean and safe, not at all what I would expect from the people involved.
Rick Rubin usually has the ear for turning good bands great, and can even make a not so good band sound interesting. I don't know what the reasons are for the failure here but it's disappointing seeing this considering what both SG and RATM were doing before their demise.
I hope the next one is better
