Live & Rare

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This article is about the Rage Against the Machine album, for albums of the same name, see Live and Rare.
Live & Rare
Live & Rare cover
Live album by Rage Against the Machine
Released June 30, 1998 (1998-06-30)
Recorded 1990s
Genre Alternative Metal, Rapcore, Funk Metal
Length 57:50
Label Epic
Producer Rage Against the Machine
Professional reviews
Rage Against the Machine chronology
Evil Empire
(1996)
Live & Rare
(1998)
The Battle of Los Angeles
(1999)

Live & Rare is a compilation of live and rare performances written and performed by Rage Against the Machine, released only in Japan. It is an album made up of "official bootlegs" previously available on other singles (such as the cover of N.W.A's "Fuck tha Police", previously found on the "red", limited version of the Guerrilla Radio single).

Contents

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  1. "Bullet in the Head" – 5:44
  2. "Settle for Nothing" – 4:57
  3. "Bombtrack" – 5:55
  4. "Take the Power Back" – 6:13
  5. "Freedom" – 6:00
  6. "Intro (Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos)" – 3:42 (with Chuck D from Public Enemy)
  7. "Zapata's Blood" – 3:49
  8. "Without a Face" – 4:06
  9. "Hadda Be Playing on the Jukebox" – 8:04 (a poem by Allen Ginsberg)
  10. "Fuck tha Police" – 4:09 (N.W.A cover)
  11. "Darkness" – 3:41
  12. "Clear the Lane" – 3:50

Track 11 is the original 1991 demo tape version of this track (also known as "Darkness of Greed"). The version that appears on the motion picture soundtrack for The Crow is a studio version recorded in 1993.

The original version of the album does not include The Ghost of Tom Joad.

[edit] Credits

[edit] Chart positions

Year Single Chart Position
1998 "The Ghost of Tom Joad" Modern Rock Tracks #34
1998 "The Ghost of Tom Joad" Mainstream Rock Tracks #35

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