OUT OF EXILE

'''Out of Exile''' is the second album by American rock band Audioslave, first released on May 23, 2005 internationally and a day later in the United States. Four singles were released: "Be Yourself", "Your Time Has Come", "Doesn't Remind Me," and "Out of Exile".
Critical response was mostly warm, highlighting the fact that the band was working towards defining its own sound, as opposed to just Rage Against the Machine fronted by Chris Cornell. As drummer Brad Wilk explained: "Audioslave the band has arrived. The first record was people from two other bands with history attached. I don't feel that with this record."^[1] Some fans prefer it to the hard rock previous release, while others were disappointed in its softer approach. The album was chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005. "Doesn't Remind Me" was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance at the 2006 Grammy Awards.
Many songs from ''Out of Exile'' were performed at the concert the band held in Cuba on May 6, 2005, 3 weeks prior to the release date, making it the first live performances of the tracks from this album, documented on the Live in Cuba DVD released in October of the same year.

Contents

Track listing

Personnel and recording process

Line-up

Additional personnel

Chart positions

Album

Singles

References

Track listing

All lyrics by Chris Cornell, with music written and arranged by Audioslave.
# "Your Time Has Come" – 4:15
# "Out of Exile" – 4:51
# "Be Yourself" – 4:39
# "Doesn't Remind Me" – 4:15
# "Drown Me Slowly" – 3:53
# "Heaven's Dead" – 4:36
# "The Worm" – 3:57
# "Man or Animal" – 3:53
# "Yesterday to Tomorrow" – 4:33
# "Dandelion" – 4:38
# "#1 Zero" – 4:59
# "The Curse" – 5:09
# "Like a Stone" (Live) (UK and Japanese bonus track) – 4:24
# "Super Stupid" (Japanese bonus track) – 3:27

Personnel and recording process

★ Mixed by Brendan O'Brien.

★ Mixed at Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles, CA and Southern Tracks, Atlanta, GA.

★ Additional Engineering by Billy Bowers.

★ Mastered by Stephen Marcussen at Marcussen Mastering.

★ Produced by Rick Rubin.

★ Album Cover by Antony Nagelmann.

★ Art Direction by Robert Fisher.

★ Photography by Ethan Russell.

Line-up

★ Chris Cornell – vocals

★ Tim Commerford – bass

★ Brad Wilk – drums

★ Tom Morello – guitar

Additional personnel

★ Lindsay Chase – coordination

★ Jason Gossman – assistant

★ Dan Leffler – assistant

★ Billy Mims – assistant

★ Jonny Polonsky – Assistant

★ Thom Russo – engineer

★ Jim Scott – engineer

★ Brian Virtue – engineer

Chart positions

Album

Year	Album name	Chart	Position
2005	''Out of Exile''	The Billboard 200	1
2005	''Out of Exile''	Top Canadian Albums	1
2005	''Out of Exile''	Top Internet Albums	1

Singles

Year	Track name	Chart	Position
2005	"Be Yourself"	The Billboard Hot 100	32
2005	"Be Yourself"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	1
2005	"Be Yourself"	Hot Digital Songs	13
2005	"Be Yourself"	Modern Rock Tracks	1
2005	"Be Yourself"	Pop 100	33
2005	"Your Time Has Come"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	12
2005	"Your Time Has Come"	Modern Rock Tracks	12
2005	"Your Time Has Come"	Pop 100	93
2005	"Doesn't Remind Me"	The Billboard Hot 100	68
2005	"Doesn't Remind Me"	Hot Digital Songs	66
2005	"Doesn't Remind Me"	Pop 100	75
2005	"Doesn't Remind Me"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	2
2005	"Doesn't Remind Me"	Modern Rock Tracks	3
2006	"Out of Exile"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	9
2006	"Out of Exile"	Modern Rock Tracks	14

References

1. Blabbermouth.net - AUDIOSLAVE Has Finally Arrived