On November 2, 1999, “Epic” label released “The Battle of Los Angeles”, the third Rage Against the Machine studio album. It was recorded September – October 1998, and was produced by Brendan O’Brien. The album cover art was artwork by the LA Street Phantom aka Joey Krebs aka Joel Jaramillo.Both “Time” and “Rolling Stone” magazines named it the Best Album of 1999.
Personnel:
- Zack de la Rocha– vocals, co-productin
- Tom Morello– guitars, co-production
- Tim Commerford (credited as “YTimK”) – bass, co-production
- Brad Wilk– drums, co-production
- Nick DiDia – engineer, recording
- Ryan Williams – engineer
- Russ Fowler – additional engineering
- Sugar D – additional engineering
- German Villacorta – engineer assistant
- Roger Sommers – engineer assistant
- Kevin Lively – engineer assistant
- Karl Egsieker – engineer assistant
- Monique Mitzrahl – engineer assistant
- Kevin Dean – engineer assistant
- Michael Parnin – engineer assistant
- “Atom” – engineer assistant
- Brendan O’Brien– mixing
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering
- Andrew Garver – digital editing
- Rage Against the Machine – art direction
- Aimee Macauley – art direction
- Joey Krebs – artwork
- Danny Clinch – photography
- Matt DeMello (eye cue) – photography
- Steven Tirona – additional photography
- Cheryl Mondello – production coordination
- Erin Haley – production coordination
Track listing:
All lyrics by Zack de la Rocha, all music by Zack de la Rocha, Tom Morello, Tim Commerford and Brad Wilk.
- Testify
- Guerilla Radio
- Calm Like a Bomb
- Mic Check
- Sleep Now in the Fire
- Born of a Broken Man
- Born as Ghosts
- Maria
- Voice of the Voiceless
- New Millennium Homes
- Ashes in the Fall
- War Within a Breath
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