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Rancid Rancid [2000] Release Date: 2000 08 01 Label: Epitaph Rating:

After several fine, if rather derivative, albums of ska-inflected punk rock, and after years of being criticized for relying unduly on gestures lifted from the Clash, Rancid has come roaring out with the harshest and most consistent album of their career. It wouldn't be entirely accurate to say that they've left their influences behind; rather, they've integrated them more completely and created a sound that is completely satisfying without having to prove anything about its own originality. That sound ends up being something like a cross between the Clash circa 1978 and the hardcore punk of the early-'80s Los Angeles scene. "Rwanda" is a stutter-step anthem of sympathy for a devastated country; "Corruption" has an atonal power-chord progression and headlong tempo that Minor Threat would have killed for; and "Blackhawk Down" is built on a ridiculously catchy descending bassline and a distinctly Oi!-flavored singalong chorus. No ska, no reggae, no dub, just 22 tracks in 38 minutes with barely a pause between songs and high tempos all the way. If you're looking for artistic subtlety, go back to the catalog; if all you need is a half-hour of undiluted adrenaline, you've come to the right place. Rick Anderson, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Don Giovanni		:35
2	Disgruntled		1:00
3	It's Quite Alright	Armstrong	1:29
4	Let Me Go		3:13
5	I Am Forever		1:03
6	Poison	Armstrong	1:17
7	Loki		:47
8	Blackhawk Down		1:41
9	Rwanda		1:20
10	Corruption		1:27
11	Antennas	Rancid	1:10
12	Rattlessake		1:42
13	Not to Regret		2:16
14	Radio Havana		3:42
15	Axiom		1:40
16	Black Derby Jacket		2:35
17	Meteor of War		1:21
18	Dead Bodies		1:48
19	Rigged on a Fix		1:16
20	Young Al Capone		1:52
21	Reconciliation		1:20
22	GGF	Armstrong	3:39

Releases:

Year	Type	Label
2000	CD	Epitaph
2000	CD	Epitaph
2000	CS	Epitaph
2000	LP	Epitaph

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