Customer Reviews
A great second album--maybe better than the debut 
2008-05-21
Audioslave's second record 'Out Of Exile' is an instant classic. Released in 2005 on the Interscope label, 'Out Of Exile' is musically better than their debut. Chris Cornell's vocals are outstanding, and Tom Morello's guitars are worth the price of the album alone.
Although many people prefer their self-titled debut over 'Exile,' I am not one of those people. Songs like 'Doesn't Remind Me,' 'Be Yourself' and 'Out Of Exile' are among the band's finest.
I never understood why songs like 'Dandelion' never got played on the radio that much. It's a great alternative song, and traces of Soundgarden and Rage Against The Machine show throughout the song.
Overall, this is highly recommended to anybody who wants to hear some classic alternative. An extraordinary record that is well worth owning.
Highly recommended. ENJOY!!!
A Great Contribution to the Music World 2008-05-04
I've been a fan of Singer Chris Cornell since I first heard his music with Soundgarden in the early '90's. He has a very distinctive voice you can't mistake for anyone but him. Audioslave is a different style of band than Soundgarden, creating a more commercial, straightforward style of rock. The other members of Audioslave are Tom Morello (guitar), Tim Commerford (bass) and Brad Wilk (drums) all from the well know Rage Against The Machine.
The album is well produced, featuring some excellent songs,like "Doesn't Remind Me", "Be Yourself" and "Your Time Has Come", which is the strong opening track. "Doesn't Remind Me" starts out with a lightly strummed guitar sound to be joined with Cornell's lovely vocals and a pounding bass. The title track "Out of Exile" is a very dramatic mid-tempo rock song with great drum work. Sure the album like most has it's down time with songs that are slight boring but overall Audioslave are a great contribution to the music world.
Audioslave CD 2007-12-23
Excellent CD. Some of Audioslave's best music is on this album. Highly recommend! Received in perfect condition, and quick and easy transaction.
Out of Energy! 
2007-10-05
Audioslave gave soundgarden and rage against the machines fans something to cheer about with their debut. Now they release their sophomore album OUT OF EXILE. The first single Be Yourself is a slow moving but great song. Meanwhile the rest of the album falls flat for the most part.
It opens with the rocker Your time is come which reminds one of the first single from Audioslave's first album. The 2nd track, out of exile, which the album is named after is a pretty good song, but after the 3 aforementioned songs the album is just not that good. There isn't enough originality only the continuation of the same sound throughout. It just lacks any really great songs and if Audioslave continues to release albums (which means they need to release something better than this), this one could be the one overlooked and least listened to by most fans. I was highly anticipating this album but my anticipation turned out to be poorly placed.
like any of you know better!!!! 2007-08-23
for me, the album is great, it entertains me, that is what I want. You know what you like, don't listen to every Rolling Stone wanna-be that decides he/she knows the soul of a band, and the sound YOU are looking for. Listen for yourself and decide for yourself. These spoon feeder reviews (probably plagiarized) are ridiculous at best. Its the best ever, its the worst ever, its great, it sucks, get a life.
As for me, I am again entertained by the audioslave albums, all of them, 5 stars.
3.5 stars 
2007-03-21
In what was widely predicted to be a short-lived supergroup/side-project, Audioslave has instead gratifyingly yielded a bonafide band. The follow-up to their promising, if not quite artistically congealed '02
debut finds singer/songwriter Chris Cornell contributing a slate of songs that would have done his former Soundgarden proud, while guitarist Tom Morello and his former Rage Against the Machine bandmates cast them in a focused rhythmic groove that suggests that the old school can still yield a timely lesson or two. Cornell's best songs may still lurk in the shadows (the funeral hypno-blues of "Heaven's Dead," the martial metal of antiwar opener "Your Time Has Come," "The Worm" as anthem for self-loathing), yet they're now brightened with such surprisingly sunny fare as "Dandelion," "Doesn't Remind Me"'s charged, existentialist daydream and even a hook-rich, dangerously optimistic back-to-the-future power ballad in "Be Yourself." Morello's work on the title track and elsewhere is a study in taste and less-is-more efficiency, a telling hint of how forcefully these iconic '90s stars have sublimated their egos as their new music has blossomed; who said there are no second acts in American (rock) lives?
--Jerry McCulley
liked it... 
2007-01-24
Not as good as their first album, but better than the 2006 album.
Audioslave shouldn't be boring 2007-01-09
First off I must state I was never a huge fan of Rage or Soundgarden. However....I loved the first Audioslave CD. It was one of the best albums I had heard in years. But there is something wrong with this CD. I can't claim it to "growing", diving into the mainstream, or experimenting. It's just boring. I like some of the slower songs like "Doesn't Remind Me" and "Dandelion" but it's the heavy tracks that bore me. The songs start off hard, but then they trickle down into what amounts to Cornell wooing on and on until all the songs end up blending together. All of the tracks on here sound like B-sides from the debut album. Who knows...maybe they are.
It is astounding to me that they would release "Be Yourself" as the first single. I could understand if they were some band in fuzzy shirts created by the Disney Channel and the song was featured on an episode of Lizzy McGuire....but from the singer of "Black Hole Sun" and the band that rocked out in "Bulls on Parade"??? Why go that cliche'?
It's still Audioslave, but a boring version. If you're not already a fan skip this album and buy the third album, then go back to their debut...and if you still can't get enough....borrow this one, and then hope for the best when their fourth comes out.
Great Album 2006-12-07
Wow, what a killer rock album. I was never all that into Soundgarden or Rage Against The Machine, I have always liked what I have heard from Audioslave, but this is the first album that I have picked up. This is top notch stuff all the way through. The songwriting is strong throughout. The vocals are pristine. The guitar playing is constantly creative and at times very innovative. The rhythm section is solid as a rock and there are some killer bass and drums parts to be found throughout. The album spawned two hit singles "Be Yourself" and "Doesn't Remind Me" both of which are great tunes. The opener "Your Time Has Come" is a great high energy to start the album with. More great rock is to be found with "Man Or Animal" and the title track. The band does a great job with ballads to with "Heaven's Dead" being a highlight. The band even does a blues number with "#1 Zero". Cornell sings in a blues style that fans of his work are probably not used to, but the guy just wails on this tune. If he ever wanted to move into a more bluesy direction I think he could be very successful at it. This album to me has more in common with old Soundgarden than it does Rage. There is no hop hop or rap to be found here, but just straight ahead rock played with intensity and power. This is a great album!
Worthy sophomore effort 2006-11-16
Out of Exile, like the debut, rocks out of the blocks riding a rolling riff that once again confirms that these guys are actually steeped in classic hard rock folklore. Again we see Rick Rubin twiddling the knobs for a fine selection of mature hard rock. Chris Cornell is again in full possession of a voice capable of putting all sorts of feeling into his lyrics. Indeed the fact that Cornell writes all the lyrics is interesting - the fact that this band has had to work out how to operate after their still talked about former bands was another hurdle these dudes had to get over. Lucky for us that they did.
This second instalment of the Audioslave story sounds much like the first which is no bad thing. The riffs are so smooth - who let the 70's back in? - and the band show full well the way to alternate rockers with mellower stuff. This album does fell a little mellower overall. Not sure if that's why the album flopped to a certain extent in certain territories but the band have corrected the slight problem of too many tracks that affected the debut.
This ablum probably shut some of the naysayers up. Sure it's sales weren't up there with the debut but it's as consistent as the first album and it's showed that this band were a serious proposition and not just a one off project and that's a good thing as hard rock needs such gimmick free bands in the mix as a foil to some of the more hysterical bands out there. In the final analysis this is a four star release for those who like their hard rock from talented players and full off rollicking riffs for the melodies to ride along.
Token non musical gripe - why the dull/crap cover?
Wow - checking my reviews a couple of months later and this has been hammered. So I re-read the thing and hang about - I've said almost totally positive things. Guess this review just got run over by a locust like swarm of Audioslave devotees who couldn't bear their heroes not getting five stars! But hey I was like that once too.....when I was 15...
