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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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I recently bought this along with three other Rancid albums. When I got home, I put three of them in my stereo. When I pressed the 'random' button, this was the first one that played.
It was only seconds before I realised it was good, but then...
1 minute and 1 second into the first song (a couple of seconds into the frankly unbelievable bass solo) was when I realised that it was just INCREDIBLE.
I'm generally a sucker for bands that have decent bassists, but Rancid's bass player, Matt Freeman, is just f**king incredible, like words can't do his bass playing justice. Listen to 'Maxwell Murder' and all becomes apparent.
Despite being astounding, Matt doesn't hold the band up on his own...the guitars buzz, wail and thrash about as if their not falling apart depended on it, the gravelly vocals fit the style of music like a glove, and the ska-style drumming (which fits brilliantly with any music as far as I'm concerned - see Blink 182) just blows the whole sound into space.
If anyone wants to hear a quality (ska?) punk album, with various influences, this is a good example of ace music.
If there are any bass players out there reading this, just buy it now. Then you can plan how you're gonna one day be as good as him.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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This album is a work of genius, how could anyone give it three stars, with its postion at six on the best punk albums of all time, this album hits the bullseye everytime.
The music is a mixture of reggae, ska and good old fashioned mosh around punk, with classics such as time bomb, junkie man, you dont care nothin', roots radicals and ruby soho (competitor for best punk song of all time, this band seem to be able to do no wrong.
give it a week and this will be the only album you will want to listen to, this is what punk should sound like!!.
The music is a mixture of reggae, ska and good old fashioned mosh around punk, with classics such as time bomb, junkie man, you dont care nothin', roots radicals and ruby soho (competitor for best punk song of all time, this band seem to be able to do no wrong.
give it a week and this will be the only album you will want to listen to, this is what punk should sound like!!.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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You might have read this before elsewhere on amazon because people are far too generous to music they like, but this album is the best punk album of modern times and the best since the clash etc established ther genre two decades ago. Its not a great surprise as the rancid style here apes much of the clash sound, and is particularly notable in songs like lock, step & gone. ...And out come the wolves also has the odd ska-punk track too to mix it up (again, like the clash, rancid don't mind transcending musical genres), like time bomb and old friend. The area where rancid beat the competition is the phenomenal bass playing of matt freeman. The tunes of the bass form the backbone of the music (much like it does in ska music), unlike a lot of bands where the bass just plays the same as the lead guitar and is pretty irrelevant. Here though the tracks just burst with the rhythms of the bass - just listen to the chorus of roots radicals and when that bass kicks in you forget everything around you. The music is consistently good although standout tracks would be maxwell murder (an awesome bass solo comes in halfway through and knocks you off your seat), roots radicals, ruby soho, time bomb and as wicked. The vocals are raw, its like the singer has swallowed a razor blade, and the guitars bouncy especially on the ska tracks. The lyrics also carry weight - rancid won't just fade away like those pop-punk bands singing about relationships waa waa waa... All in all this should be considered a modern day classic, i'll be amazed (but very happy) if anyone can come up with something as consistently good as this in th next 10-20 years.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
The best Rancid album
I rate Rancid as probably the best of the Ska-Punk bands (leaning more to the punk side) and this is the best of their albums. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Mr Andy
Best of Rancid
Ask anyone what their favourite Rancid song is and chances are they'll name one from this album. Even the ska-heavier songs are good, which cannot be said of other bands' attempts... Read more
Published 17 months ago by T. Jones
Excellent album!
I was 16 when this album first came out, and absolutely loved it! I confess, I am not a huge punk fan - this album and the class Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks are the only... Read more
Published on 5 Nov 2009 by R. Mason
The Best Of The Nineties
This is basically a Rancid best of album as theres only a handful of Rancid classics that arent on here. Maxwell Murder and Ruby Soho are the highlights.. Read more
Published on 27 Oct 2009 by Josh Wong
One of the best American punk bands
Everyone knows that when it comes to punk, the only true punk bands are British, but Rancid are pretty spot on even though they're American. Read more
Published on 7 Jun 2009 by Mlle J. Taylor
1 of the best punk albums ive ever bought
such a good album ever song is good, maxwell murder has the best bass solo ive ever heard in punk music, matt freeman u rule! so is tim, lars and brett obviously :D
Published on 2 May 2009 by Mr. C. J. Davies
DO NOT BUY
Not my cup of tea at all. Every song blunders it's way through, using over the top bass lines and preachy vocal melodies as a crutch. Read more
Published on 5 Jan 2009 by punker 89
All time classic
I first bought this album around 14(?!?!?!?!?) years ago when at Uni. i was, and remain, a big fan of the music that was coming out of the Californian scene at the time - Bad... Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2009 by Oi Oi Oi!!!
Buy this bit of Rancid !
An excellent record, some cracking ska / punk tunes on an all round marvellous album. None of Rancid's albums disappoint & this is (arguably) their best effort. Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2007 by DavyA
Buy this album now!!!
This, in my opinion, is undoubtedly the finest album ever recorded. This is not said lightly as there are some pretty damn fine records out there. Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2007 by Mr. A. Bailey
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