Mix Analysis 4

Audioslave - Like a Stone 

Year - 2002 

BPM - 107.27

Intro 

Starts with Shaker, 

Kicks on 1, 4, 5 

Snare 2 and 4

Clean electric guitar with delay and reverb 

Bass comes in at 0:10 funky slow riff

Verse  0:18 - 0:53

Main Vocals 

Chorus 0:54 -1:30

Main Vocals 

Crash 

Full chords on guitar 

Sustained Bass 

Verse 1:31- 2:14

Same elements as intro and first verse

Chorus 2 2:15 - 2:45

Main Vocals little more sustained. 

SOLO 2:46 - 3:30 

Psychedelic solo with heavy distortion, delay, flanger (Tom Morello is famous for his use of unique effects for solos, hard to classify at times.)

Bridge 3:30 - 4:10 

Beat Drops

Acoustic Strummed guitar 

Slowly picks back up with snares hits into last chorus.

Last Chorus 4:10 - 4:50

Chris Cornell really belts the last chorus, all other elements are the same. 

Ends with vocal melody. 

Produced by huge Producer Rick Rubin:  

 

via wikipedia...

"Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin (born March 10, 1963) is an American record producer and the co-president of Columbia Records. Along with Russell Simmons, Rubin is the founder of Def Jam Records and also established American Recordings. With the Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Public Enemy and Run–D.M.C., Rubin helped popularize hip hop music.

Rubin has worked with artists as varied as Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, Run–D.M.C., Tom Petty, Black Sabbath, Trouble,Slipknot, Slayer, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Mars Volta, Jay-Z, Danzig, Dixie Chicks, Metallica, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Weezer, Linkin Park, The Cult, Neil Diamond, Mick Jagger, System of a Down, Rage Against the Machine, Melanie C, Audioslave, Sheryl Crow, The Avett Brothers, ZZ Top, Lana Del Rey, Adele and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. In the 1990s and 2000s, he produced the "American Recordings" albums with Johnny Cash. MTV called him "the most important producer of the last 20 years."^[1] In 2007, Rubin was listed among Time's 100 Most Influential People in the World."