album as "lean, hard, strong, and memorable." The lyrics, however, were still a common complaint, with musicOMH.com writing that Cornell's lyrics "continue to border on the ridiculous." The album was chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005. Commercial Out of Exile was released in the United States on May 24, 2005. It sold 263,000 album-equivalent units in its first week of release, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200 chart. The album has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, indicating sales of a million units. Track listing All lyrics written by Chris Cornell; all music composed by Audioslave. Note The lyrics in the background during the bridge of "Drown Me Slowly" were reused as the lyrics of the bridge of "Sound of a Gun" on Audioslave's next album. Personnel Audioslave Chris Cornell – lead vocals Tom Morello – guitars Tim Commerford – bass Brad Wilk – drums Production and design Produced by Rick Rubin and Audioslave Recorded by Brian Virtue, Thom Russo, and Jim Scott; Assisted by Jonny Polonsky, Jason Gossman, Dan Leffler, and Billy Mimes Album Production Coordinator/Wrangler: Lindsay Chase Mixed by Brendan O'Brien Additional Engineering by Billy Bowers Mastered by Stephen Marcussen Album Cover by Antony Nagelmann Art Direction by Robert Fisher Photography by Ethan Russell Pre-Production Engineering by Keith Simon Chart positions Weekly charts Year-end charts Singles Certifications See also List of number-one albums of 2005 (Canada) List of number-one albums in 2005 (New Zealand) List of number-one albums of 2005 (U.S.) References External links 2005 albums Audioslave albums Epic Records albums Interscope Records albums Albums produced by Chris Cornell Albums produced by Rick Rubin Albums recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders Albums recorded at The Mansion (recording studio)