Rancid. Let's Go (1994)

Let's Go is a 1994 punk rock album by the band Rancid.

Released on the influential indie label Epitaph Records, Let's Go initially achieved little mainstream success, though it appealed to the band's fanbase. However, the surprise success of punk rock bands like The Offspring, Green Day and Bad Religion in the mid-1990s brought forth more mainstream interest in the album, and it ultimately reached #97 on Billboard's Heatseekers and Billboard 200 charts, respectively.

Until Rancid (2000), Let's Go was the only Rancid album to be produced by Brett Gurewitz, although he engineered the band's next album, ...And Out Come the Wolves, which is regarded by fans as Rancid's best release, and a classic from the golden age of the 1990s California punk scene.

Track Listing

All tracks are by Armstrong, Frederiksen & Freeman, with Shaken 69 frontman Erik Dinn joining in on the writing for "The 11th Hour."

1. "Maxwell Murder" – 1:25
2. "The 11th Hour" – 2:28
3. "Roots Radicals" – 2:47
4. "Time Bomb" – 2:24
5. "Olympia, WA." – 3:30
6. "Lock, Step & Gone" – 2:25
7. "Junkie Man" – 3:04
8. "Listed M.I.A." – 2:22
9. "Ruby Soho" – 2:37
10. "Daly City Train" – 3:21
11. "Journey to the End of the East Bay" – 3:11
12. "She's Automatic" – 1:35
13. "Old Friend" – 2:53
14. "Disorder and Disarray" – 2:49
15. "The Wars End" – 1:53
16. "You Don't Care Nothin'" – 2:28
17. "As Wicked" – 2:40
18. "Avenues & Alleyways" – 3:11
19. "The Way I Feel" – 2:34

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Rancid. …And Out Come the Wolves (1995)

…And Out Come the Wolves is an album by the punk rock band Rancid, released in August of 1995.

Released soon after the breakthrough success of Green Day and The Offspring, Rancid's cult popularity and catchy songs made them the subject of a major label bidding war (hence the title, ...And Out Come the Wolves taken from a poem in Jim Carroll's Basketball Diaries) that ended with the band sticking with their indie label, Epitaph Records. Reportedly Madonna had even sent the band nude pictures of herself back then to convince the band to sign to her label Maverick while Epic Records offered a 1,5 Million Dollar Deal. With a sound heavily influenced by ska, which called to mind Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman's past in Operation Ivy, Rancid became one of the few bands of the mid- to late-1990s boom in punk to retain much of its original fanbase.

In terms of record sales, …And Out Come the Wolves is a popular album. It produced three hit singles – "Time Bomb", "Ruby Soho" and "Roots Radicals" – that earned Rancid its heaviest airplay on MTV and radio stations to date. …And Out Come the Wolves has continued to sell consistently well in the thirteen years since its release, and on January 22, 1996 was certified gold by the RIAA. It was also certified platinum on September 23, 2004.

The cover art is a tribute to Minor Threat, a landmark hardcore punk band, that originally used the image of a man with his head on his knees on steps on the self-titled EP.

Track Listing

All tracks are by Armstrong, Frederiksen & Freeman, with Shaken 69 frontman Erik Dinn joining in on the writing for "The 11th Hour."

1. "Maxwell Murder" – 1:25
2. "The 11th Hour" – 2:28
3. "Roots Radicals" – 2:47
4. "Time Bomb" – 2:24
5. "Olympia, WA." – 3:30
6. "Lock, Step & Gone" – 2:25
7. "Junkie Man" – 3:04
8. "Listed M.I.A." – 2:22
9. "Ruby Soho" – 2:37
10. "Daly City Train" – 3:21
11. "Journey to the End of the East Bay" – 3:11
12. "She's Automatic" – 1:35
13. "Old Friend" – 2:53
14. "Disorder and Disarray" – 2:49
15. "The Wars End" – 1:53
16. "You Don't Care Nothin'" – 2:28
17. "As Wicked" – 2:40
18. "Avenues & Alleyways" – 3:11
19. "The Way I Feel" – 2:34

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