The Battle of Los Angeles (album)

The Battle of Los Angeles
An outline of a graffiti spray of a man in a coat raising his fist. The album name is written in graffiti, in the spray outlines. The band name is displayed on the top, in all caps.
Studio album by
Rage Against the Machine
ReleasedNovember 2, 1999 (1999-11-02)
RecordedSeptember 1 – October 1, 1998[1]
Studio
  • Sunset Sound, Hollywood
  • Westlake, Los Angeles
  • Royaltone, Hollywood
  • Silent Sound, Atlanta
  • Southern Tracks, Atlanta
Genre
Length45:16
LabelEpic
ProducerBrendan O'Brien
Rage Against the Machine chronology
Live & Rare
(1998) 		The Battle of Los Angeles
(1999) 		Renegades
(2000)
Singles from The Battle of Los Angeles
  1. "Guerrilla Radio"
    Released: October 12, 1999
  2. "Sleep Now in the Fire"
    Released: November 4, 1999
  3. "Testify"
    Released: June 7, 2000

The Battle of Los Angeles is the third studio album by American rock band Rage Against the Machine, released by Epic Records on November 2, 1999. At the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards, it was nominated for Best Rock Album, and the song "Guerrilla Radio" won the award for Best Hard Rock Performance. In their year-end lists, Time and Rolling Stone magazines both named the album the best of 1999.

The album has been certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, indicating sales of at least two million units. It would be the last full-length studio album of original material released by the band before their first breakup in 2000 (their next album consisted entirely of covers and was released after the breakup).

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  4. ^ Coffman, Tim (April 29, 2022). "10 Classic Music Albums That Will Make You Love Nu Metal". WhatCulture. Retrieved April 29, 2022.