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It was a Nineties rock fan’s dream: Three-quarters of rap-rock titans Rage Against the Machine backing Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell’s vocals, which could run the gamut from a plaintive, heartbreaking croon to a primal, guttural scream. Audioslave’s debut sold 4 million copies and picked up a Grammy nomination. But their 2005 follow-up found the souped-up supergroup evolving immensely, becoming a fully formed group whose whole was far greater than the sum of its parts.
The mellifluous melodicism of “Be Yourself” bumps up against Tom Morello’s guitar histrionics on “Doesn’t Remind Me.” On the title track, a pummeling musical bed contrasts perfectly with Cornell’s smooth delivery. And deep cuts like “Man or Animal,” to quote Spin, “are as hot as anything this side of Led Zeppelin II.”
The album, one of the decade’s signature rock records, debuted at Number One on the Billboard 200 and went platinum. But just as important, it signaled the creative, eclectic apex of a beloved supergroup that ended far too early.
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Angels & Airwaves – “I-Empire” IVC Edition
2LP on Opaque Black & Blue Mix Vinyl
Lacquers Cut at 45 RPM by Levi Seitz at Blackbelt Mastering
Includes Bonus Track “Everything’s Magic (Acoustic Version)"
Blue Color Shift Alternate Cover Art
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Includes Bonus 4-Pack of Collector’s I-Empire Photo Cards
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As a member of pop-punk kings blink-182, Tom DeLonge had long established himself as rock royalty by the mid-2000s. But the restlessly ambitious musician expanded his musical vision further with Angels & Airwaves, which augmented blink-182’s punchy anthems with deeper lyrics and a vastly expanded sonic palette.
Pulling more from Radiohead and Pink Floyd than blink-182 influences like the Descendants, I-Empire, the group’s 2007 second album, is, as Billboard notes, “a sweeping conceptual piece with a message as big as its sound and just a bit more enigmatic.”
Led by the shimmering guitars of lead single (and fan fave) “Everything’s Magic,” the album imbues its driving rock ambitions with glints of techno and industrial, as DeLonge’s lyrics veer more philosophical and personal.
“A rock & roll band has to earn every piece of its credibility and every fan that it has,” DeLonge once said of Angels & Airwaves. On I-Empire, mission accomplished and then some.
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