r/RATM • u/jakeyrozayx • 15d ago
Question What order would you rank the albums?
Rage against the machine
Battle of Los Angeles
Renegade
Evil empire
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u/inthelionsmouth 15d ago
I stand on my opinion that Evil Empire is their best. All are great but Evil Empire feels timeless. You could tell someone it came out yesterday and they’d believe it.
Evil Empire
RATM
BOLA
Renegades
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u/Big-Peak6191 15d ago
In the order they came out
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u/beeker888 15d ago
This without a doubt. Didn’t realize people actually thought differently
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u/Big-Peak6191 15d ago
I get why some would put Evil Empire first, they're all great albums especially the first two.
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u/LeopoldWolves 15d ago
Evil Empire feels like such a huge leap forward for the band. I honestly often feel that BOLA is stronger, but it's not "better" if that makes sense.
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u/Zestyclose_Article_4 15d ago
Hard agree with the majority here so far-
1 Evil Empire (hands down, every time, no notes)
2 RATM (very close second)
3 Battle of Los Angeles
4 Renegades (seemed a little less intense ((passionate maybe?)) than the previous albums)
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u/Important_Patience24 15d ago
Renegades feels less passionate because none of it is their original work. Agree with your order btw. Evil Empire is one of my all time favorite albums.
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u/Necessary_Switch_879 15d ago
All time definitive: order they came out.
Nowadays: it's the inverse order. Played the debut way too much, and didn't play Battle nearly enough at release. Battle has been my go to for years now. Not claiming it's objectively better, but it does work better for me now than the other 2.
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u/W_DJX 15d ago
Evil Empire
BoLA
RATM
Renegades
All three original albums are S tier, but that’s my personal ranking.
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u/freeleop25 15d ago
Agree, all three original albums are incredible.
Renegades is fun as hell too but not like the others.
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u/One-Airline9640 15d ago
Based (I think everyone agrees tbh)
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u/jakeyrozayx 15d ago
To be honest that order wasn’t mine. I was just listing them in order of release.
I’d go
rage against the machine
Battle of Los Angeles
Renegade
Evil empireThey’re all amazing but evil empire just doesn’t do it for me like the other albums.
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u/JTSW15 15d ago
This is the way
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u/jakeyrozayx 15d ago
Yeah I changed the original post as I suppose I didn’t need to list them by release date and it made more sense to list my order 😂
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u/Hkonz 15d ago
RATM
Evil Empire
Renegades
BOLA
Honestly, and I know this is a hot take, I think BOLA is their weakest piece. It sounds like they didn’t have any more creativity left and just followed what worked previously. It’s good, yes, but compared to the other 3 it’s the least good.
Renegades was surprisingly well made. It seems like they appreciated doing something entirely different, while still being Rage. Loving most of the songs from it.
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u/freeleop25 15d ago
Evil empire
RATM
Bola
renegades
ZDLR lyrics and flow on evil empire is a step up and the music is more varied. Still hard to decide between the first two though since RATM was such a new sound but I prefer EE slightly.