The Atlas Underground Explained

The Atlas Underground
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Tom Morello
Cover:	Tom Morello The Atlas Underground.jpg
Released:	October 12, 2018
Recorded:	2018
Length:	44:35
Label:	Mom + Pop Music
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The Atlas Underground is the fourth studio album by American rock musician Tom Morello and the first one released uniquely under his own name. The album was released on October 12, 2018, by Mom + Pop Music.^{[1] [2]} The album features guest appearances from Knife Party, Bassnectar, Big Boi, Killer Mike, Portugal. The Man, Whethan, Vic Mensa, Marcus Mumford, Steve Aoki, Tim McIlrath, K.Flay, Pretty Lights, Carl Restivo, Gary Clark Jr., Nico Stadi, Leikeli47, GZA, RZA and Herobust.

Critical reception

The Atlas Underground received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 63, based on 9 reviews.

Personnel

• Tom Morello – guitar, bass guitar, vocals, executive producer

Musicians

• Big Boi – vocals
• Gary Clark Jr. – vocals and guitar
• Eric Gardner – drums
• Dave Gibbs – bass guitar
• John Gourley – vocals
• GZA – vocals
• K.Flay – vocals
• Leikeli47 – vocals
• Killer Mike – vocals
• Tim McIlrath – vocals
• Vic Mensa – vocals
• Miguel – backing vocals
• Marcus Mumford – vocals
• Carl Restivo – vocals, drums, synthesizers, additional guitar, MPC, backing vocals
• RZA – vocals

Technical personnel

• Will Anspach – vocal engineer
• Steve Aoki – mixing
• Neal Avron – mixing
• Bassnectar – mixing
• Andrew Berlin – additional engineering
• Lisa Boldyreva – additional engineering
• Billy Joe Bowers – mastering
• Mark Brown – vocal engineer
• Dave Cerminara – additional engineering
• Greg Collins – guitar engineer
• Scott Desmarais – assistant mix engineer
• Kristine Flaherty – vocal engineer
• Robin Florent – assistant mix engineer
• Chris Galland – mix engineer
• Blake Hansen – mixing
• Kevin Harp – guitar engineer
• Herobust – mixing

• Tony Maserati – mixing
• Manny Marroquin – mixing
• Kevin Mills – engineer, guitar engineer, bass guitar engineer, drum engineer
• Gerardo "Jerry" Ordonez – additional engineering
• Pretty Lights – mixing
• Renegade El Rey – vocal engineer
• Aaron Renner – vocal engineer
• Carl Restivo – production supervisor, engineer, vocal engineer, editing, additional guitar engineer
• Tyler Scott – assistant mix engineer
• Scott Skrzynski – assistant mix engineer
• Derek Smith – engineer
• Nico Stadi – mixing
• Bill Stevenson – vocal engineer
• Rob Swire – mixing

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Atlas Underground by Tom Morello on Apple Music . iTunes Store . 2018-10-13.
2. Web site: Ryan Reed . Tom Morello Recruits Big Boi, Killer Mike, RZA, Gary Clark Jr. for All-Star Solo Album . Rolling Stone . 2018-07-26 . 2018-10-13.
3. Web site: ARIA Chart Watch #495. auspOp. October 20, 2018. October 20, 2018.