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Rating:
Writing the review of the second Audioslave album is risky. The past of the members of this band is hard to file away, and even harder not to make comparisons; but I believe this is the only way not to dismiss this album outright even before listening to it.
At first listen, nothing impresses. Unfortunately, everything sounds very predictable... everything standardized to mainstream American radio. The worst part is that the ballads, which are quite present on this album, are the best things. Every time they try to up the ante and act tough or angry (fortunately only a few times), we are faced with banal arrangements (Drown Me Slowly) that seem to come out of any budding guitarist's basement... (Your Time Has Come). Those who didn't like "Be Yourself" will not like the album; in fact, the first single was not a "mistake" as many have thought or hoped, but a symbol of an album full of ballads. They reminded me a lot of the Stone Temple Pilots on many occasions. Analyzing the performances of the individuals, the only one probably going the extra mile in the recording studio was Chris Cornell; he sings very well through most of the album, and seems to have returned to the good old days of the Temple Of The Dog. The rest of the band does not stand out; they seem hidden and intimidated, with Morello only bringing out his wah-wah in three songs for the nostalgic but nothing more, and the guitar riffs on all the tracks can be found on almost any American post-grunge album.
My conclusions are:
those looking for music that "perhaps" makes them reflect, learn something, or even feel chills down the spine... well... this album does none of the above. It's a simple (maybe too much) and classic LP for a road trip car... where you don't need to pay much attention, and it doesn't disturb while chatting about what to do or where to go... of course, there's better music out there, but that's another story... Enjoy listening!!
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Your Time Has Come (04:15)
Now one fell asleep in the street
and he never woke up
Now one died in pieces
in his bed with the mouth full of bones
And one threatened me long ago when i saw him
melt in the bright light of day
And one laid to rest in a field under starlings and crows, hey
I've been wandering sideways
I've stared straight into the sun
Still, I don't know why you're dying
Long before your time has come
Your time has come
Now one took some bullets in the chest in a deal gone wrong
One got a little too depressed and he went and jumped the gun
One got shot right in the face and he somehow survived
But he doesn't know my name or who I am
and I'm not surprised, hey
I've been wandering sideways
I've stared straight into the sun
Still, i don't know why you're dying
Long before your time has come
Yeah I've been wandering sideways
I've stared straight into the sun
Still I don't know why you're dying
Long before your time has come
Your time has come, hey
(Solo)
I've seen 50,000 names all engraved on a stone
Most of them, met an early grave years before i was born
All of them left brothers and sisters and mothers behind
And most of their family and friends alive, doing time
I've been wandering sideways
I've stared straight into the sun
And i don't know why you're dying
Long before your time has come
Yeah I've been wandering sideways
I've stared straight into the sun
And I don't know why you're dying
Long before your time has come (x3)
Your time has come
02 Out of Exile (04:51)
When I first came to this island
that I called by my own name
I was happy in this fortress,
in my exile I remained
But the hours grew so empty
and the ocean sent her waves
In the figure of a woman
and she pulled me out to sea
When you come down to take me home
send my soul away
When you come round you'll make me whole
send my soul away
On the altar of a sunrise
was a wedding in the waves
And inside her shone a young light
from her labor I was saved
Though I've traveled long in darkness
in her harvest I'm embraced
When you come down to take me home
send my soul away
When you come round you'll make me whole
send my soul away
Now the spires and the gables
grow in orchards to the sky
And the blessings on my table
multiply and divide
When you come down to take me home
send my soul away
Yeah when you come round you'll make me whole
send my soul away
Yeah when you come down to take me home
when you come round you'll make me whole
Yeah when you come down to take me home
Send my soul away
send my soul away
Send my soul away
send my soul away
03 Be Yourself (04:39)
Someone falls to pieces
Sleeping all alone
Someone kills the pain
Spinning in the silence
To finally drift away
Someone gets excited
In a chapel yard
And catches a bouquet
Another lays a dozen
White roses on a grave
Yeahhh...
And to be yourself is all that you can do
Heyyyy...
To be yourself is all that you can do
Someone finds salvation in everyone
Another only pain
Someone tries to hide himself
Down inside himself he prays
Someone swears his true love
Until the end of time
Another runs away
Separate or united
Healthy or insane
And to be yourself is all that you can do (all that you can do)
Yeahhh...
To be yourself is all that you can do (all that you can do)
To be yourself is all that you can do (all that you can do)
Heyyyy...
Be yourself is all that you can do
Even when you've paid enough
Been pulled apart or been held up
Every single memory of the good or bad
Faces of luck
Don't lose any sleep tonight
I'm sure everything will end up alright
You may win or lose..
But to be yourself is all that you can do
Yeahhh...
To be yourself is all that you can do
Ohhhh...
To be yourself is all that you can do (all that you can do)
ohhhh...
To be yourself is all that you can do (all that you can do)
To be yourself is all that you can--
Be yourself is all that you can--
Be yourself is all that you can do
04 Doesn't Remind Me (04:15)
I walk the streets of Japan till I get lost
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything
With a graveyard tan carrying a cross
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything
I like studying faces in a parking lot
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything
I like driving backwards in the fog
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything
[Chorus]
The things that I've loved the things that I've lost
The things I've held sacred that I've dropped
I won't lie no more you can bet
I don't want to learn what I'll need to forget
I like gypsy moths and radio talk [radio talk]
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything
I like gospel music and canned applause [canned applause]
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything
I like colorful clothing in the sun [in the sun]
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything
I like hammering nails and speaking in tongues [speaking in tongues]
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything
[Chorus]
The things that I've loved the things that I've lost
The things I've held sacred that I've dropped
I won't lie no more you can bet
I don't want to learn what I'll need
Bend and shape me
I love the way you are
Slow and sweetly
Like never before
Calm and sleeping
We won't stir up the past
So discreetly
We won't look back
[Chorus]
The things that I've loved the things that I've lost
The things I've held sacred that I've dropped
I won't lie no more you can bet
I don't want to learn what I'll need
I like throwing my voice and breaking guitars
Cause it doesn't remind me of anything
I like playing in the sand what's mine is ours
If it doesn't remind me of anything
05 Drown Me Slowly (03:53)
I've got a will this time I don't care what you say
I've got a feeling this will all go away
It's in the wind this time it's in the southern sky
I can't walk on water yet won't even try
Drown me slowly
Enclose me
Drown me slowly alright
Drown me slowly
Enfold me
Drown me slowly
All that I took with me was a bad taste in my mouth
Went all around the world just couldn't spit it out
Just like ground zero was the surface of the sun
That's a sickness I can't fix it not all at once
Drown me slowly
Enclose me
Drown me slowly alright
Drown me slowly
Enfold me
Drown me slowly
Don't let them take you down
Leave to a better world than you found
Don't let them take you down
Leave to a better world than you found
Don't let them take you down
Don't let them take you down
Don't let them take you down
Don't let them take you down
Drown me slowly
Enclose me
Drown me slowly alright
Drown me slowly
Enfold me
Drown me slowly
Drown me slowly
Drown me slowly
Drown me slowly
06 Heaven's Dead (04:36)
Anchor the night, open the sky
Hide in the hours before sunrise
Pray for me not, I won't lose sight
Of where I belong and where you lie
[Chorus]
Heaven's dead when you get sad
I see your wishes fly
Out of time
For the best time you've had
Shipwreck the sun, I'm on your side
An army of one, onward we will ride
Whisper your songs, birds to the air
We'll bury all of our burdens there
[Chorus]
Heaven's dead when you get sad
I see your wishes fly
Out of time
For the best time you've had
Heaven's dead when you get sad
I see your wishes flying
Out of time
For the best time you've had
For the best time you had
best time you had
Heaven's dead when you get sad
[Chorus]
Heaven's dead when you get sad
I see your wishes fly
Out of time
For the best time you've had
Heaven's dead when you get sad
I see your wishes flying
Out of time
I'll take it all, arrows or guns
Hundreds more to save you from one
To save you from one
To save you from one
Heaven's dead when you get sad
07 The Worm (03:57)
Was a time early in life
When I hated everything
Born too young, top of my lungs
Sitting on the bottom rung
Took advice from the wrong shoulder
Took a lot of everything
I've decided to make it alright with my
Halo--I'm complete
Halo--with me underneath
Halo--I'm reborn
I can do no wrong
Black and blue, suffering fools
By the age of seventeen
Low and high, just one more time
Felt like an eternity
Right or wrong, never too strong
Friends became my enemies
God forsaken, but never too late with my
Halo--I'm complete
Halo--with me underneath
Halo--I'm reborn
I can do no wrong
You'll never change
You'll never change
Halo--I'm complete
Halo--with me underneath
Halo--I'm reborn
I can do no
Halo--I'm complete
Halo--with me underneath
Halo--I'm reborn
I can do no wrong
08 Man or Animal (03:53)
You give me a heart attack
You look like the summertime
You call me an artifact
But I'll save that for another time
I could be rich or poor
I don't need anymore
Keep your love inside the kitchen
You can feed me anything
Leave the feathers on the chicken
Peel the leather from your skin
I could be young or old
Sweet or sad, hot or cold
Man or animal, I don't care at all
Find the antidote underneath the dose
Man or animal, obedient-
out of control
I will love you more than money
I will breathe you in the smoke
I will drink you in my honey
Sweet and golden down my throat
When you're right, when you're wrong
Head is near, eyes are gone
You can drown my appetite
I will sip your tears at night
You can tie me to a chair
Skin and bones, I don't care
I could be rich or poor
I don't need anymore
Man or animal, I don't care at all
Find the antidote underneath the dose
Man or animal, obedient-
out of control
Man or animal, I don't care at all
Find the antidote underneath the dose
Man or animal, obedient-
out of control
out of control
You give me a heart attack (x2)
I will give you more than that (x2)
You give me a heart attack (x2)
I will give you more than that (x2)
09 Yesterday to Tomorrow (04:33)
Beauty is what eyes behold
And you burn brighter than most
I chased you thru the midnight streets
To be where I could speak freely
I didn't care what tomorrow held
I felt the world turning only for us
Only bliss now for you and me
Rise up let life's kiss send us reeling
And unlike the times before
From yesterday comes tomorrow
When life comes alive the past moves aside
No regrets and no remorse, come on, come on, come on
We have more than everything
More than man or machine
More than luck
More than fiction
Higher than any religion
And not like the times before
From yesterday comes tomorrow
When life comes alive the past moves aside
No regrets and no remorse
We'll squeeze the blood out of life
And say goodnight to the silver of old
N'even when wrong we're right
Far beyond the world of diamonds and gold
I've come to realize
Where happiness lies
I want you to know I know
Come on, come on, come on
And not like the times before
From yesterday comes tomorrow
When life comes alive the past moves aside
No regrets and no remorse
Come on, Come on, come on
10 Dandelion (04:38)
Settle down now and sit with me
Let me tell you how this all came to be
A yellow flower with your pedals to the air
And flying on paper wings that brought you here
Summer rolls on in the lazy hours
An ether dream way
Of hummingbirds and clouds
Midnight swims in the cool back waves
And you in my arms as it rolls away
Little dandelion
Let your heart keep time
Now the clouds are gone
All of your tomorrows shine
Ooh ooh
All of your tomorrows shine
Ooh ooh
All of your tomorrows shine
Born of restless night the moon as a pearl
Playing games down inside your soft warm world
Hear my voice I know that you can
You're the fire in my eyes
The sun as a man
Seasons come along and seasons go
And what they'll leave behind
I don't pretend to know
I'm afraid that all I have missed
Will loom very large when the darkness lifts
Little dandelion
Let your heart keep time
Now the clouds are gone
All of your tomorrows shine
All of your tomorrows shine
All of your tomorrows shine
I will ride by your side
Wherever you go
I won't run I won't hide
Just letting you know
Little dandelion
Let your heart keep time
Now the clouds are gone
All of your tomorrows shine
All of your tomorrows shine
All of your tomorrows shine
All of your tomorrows shine
All of your tomorrows shine
All of your tomorrows shine
11 #1 Zero (04:59)
Listen now and let me speak
I will be the dog at your feet
Come along when you call
Be the little bird in your straw and sing you a song
I'll be there to take the fall
Though you tread upon me for no reason at all
[Chorus]
But just when you think you've left me blind
Well I'll need to, Yeah I will keep you in the corner of my eye
The corner of my eye
I will never leave your side
Though you call me your number one zero
you nevermind
I'll be your king, I'll be your pawn
I will build a pedestal and put you upon it, baby
[Chorus]
Just when you think you've left me blind
I will be creeping right up behind
Cause maybe if I need to
I will keep you in the corner of my eye
Yeah
Down on the street, over your night
Out of your sleep, out of your sight
if I need to, yeah if I need to
Out of your mouth, in every word
Down in your ego one thing is sure
I will keep you, I will keep you
[Chorus]
Oh just when you think you've left me blind
I will be creeping right up behind
Cause baby if I need to
Lord, I will keep you in the corner of my eye
Corner of my eye
I will be the bird in your straw
But you won't get far
I will keep you in the corner of my eye
12 The Curse (05:19)
Help me I don't know what I'm doin
Help me before I fall to ruin
And if I'm blind, I will lead you on
Come follow me now, before our time is gone
''[Chorus]''
And as you're laughing at this fool tonight
Let me rid myself of any line that I might use to trip you up
And as I'm howling at the moonlight, don't you kid yourself
I will be your luck and never your curse
Help me I don't know what I'm saying
Sometimes this tongue can be betraying
And if I'm wrong, is that such a crime?
And if you want, you can set my words to right
''[Chorus]''
And as you're laughing at this fool tonight
Let me rid myself of any line that I might use to trip you up
And as I'm howling at the moonlight, don't you kid yourself
I will be your luck
And if your eyes forget to well
And if your lies forget to tell
And if our paths forget to cross
It doesn't mean you're lost
''[Chorus]''
So as you're laughing at this fool tonight
Let me rid myself of any line that I might use to trip you up
And as I'm howling at the moonlight, don't you kid yourself
I will be your luck
If you're laughing at this fool tonight
Let me rid myself of any line that I might use to trip you up
And as I'm howling at the moonlight, don't you kid yourself
I will be your luck
Cause even at my worst
I will be your luck
never be your curse
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"Out Of Exile tries not to replicate the first Audioslave album, and perhaps it succeeds, albeit only partially."
"If one didn’t know the origins of the quartet’s members, the songs would probably be enjoyable even for the most skeptical listeners."
By Er Ribelle1
The album is a pure and classic American rock, played and produced really well.
I noticed professionalism that’s a bit too cold for my tastes... I don’t think this can evoke a truly genuine emotion.
By alCOOL
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I must admit that I cried... but not when there was 'Black hole sun'... but when that TURKEY started to sing (no, sing is too big of a word, better to say SQUAWK) 'Killing in the name of'.
By dark schneider
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‘Be Yourself’ is a terrific ballad with a Cornell always immense as he always is in all his performances.
