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  Review by: Skitzo See others by this writer Online Ordering at Machete MFG (link) Only registered users can post comments 
 Published on January 15th 2008
Reviewing a Rancid record can be a tricky subject to cover, certain to polarize those who believe this band can do no wrong versus the camp that shut their ears a long time ago. I'll tell you right off the bat: I belong to the former. Controversial though they may be, one thing is certain: Rancid loves their fans. From playing multiple nights at smaller venues for a more personal experience to singer Tim Armstrong's scavenger hunt release of a free solo record, they've now one-upped themselves with a surprise B-sides collection (it should be noted: there was no advertising or release hype before it became available). Many of the songs have been available on their mostly import-only 7"s for some time, but for those who don't have Soulseek or record players, the songs are packaged together with four songs never released anywhere before.
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This album is raw and kicks ass like the 2nd self titled one. I thoroughly enjoy a pretty solid majority of this thing, but as I listen to "I Wanna Riot" for the first time since ninth grade, the forced oi's are making me cringe to a fairly serious degree. Count me in as part of the "Rancid Can Do No Wrong" group. This is a great album especially considering it's a bunch of b-sides. My only complaint is the flim-flam packaging. Should of had the song "the Harder They Come" from the Tibet Freedom Concert I like this cd but I was kinda dissapointed that there was no liner notes. I would have appreciated the time frames and what singles these songs are from or lyrics... anything really. So it's "some of their best material" but you still won't pay for it? So it's "some of their best material" but you still won't pay for it? What if you buy it from iTunes or eMusic? You don't get liner notes that way, do you? Listened to most of this on youtube, thanks to some dude who put it up. This seems to have some of their best material (Things to Come, Ben Zanotto, The Brothels), and I'm sure I would listen to it more than any of their albums minus LWW because of the variety in songwriting and style. However, I agree with (mostly) everyone in that it is ultra-lame to put out a retrospective without liner notes. That alone is what will cause them to loose out on $12.25 from me. "i still stand by my argument that all Rancid records involve at least one token ska song" I haven't heard this yet, but I have about 25 Rancid B-sides. Just like with Alkaline Trio's "Remains", I am upset that Rancid didn't make this collection more definitive. They have so many b-sides (I have no idea what the fuck a C-Side is) that they could have released a killer triple disc, like Tom Waits. Also, I don't see why this WASN'T a Hellcat release. IT clearly would have been a top-seller. It would have sold more than Orange, Time Again and Left Alone COMBINED! Plus, it would have afforded them the opportunity to dish out some insightful liner notes (Like Alkaline Trio did a great job of on "Remains"). Sheesh! If you're going to do something, do it fucking right! the root cause could be, of course, that i speak in a very specific way. due to this, i type in a very specific way. I like this cd but I was kinda dissapointed that there was no liner notes. I would have appreciated the time frames and what singles these songs are from or lyrics... anything really. That's not bullshit semantics, that's learning how to communicate like a normal human being. If I said "All Propagandhi albums post-Less Talk, More Rock and excluding Where Quantity is Job #1 feature much more intelligent and mature lyrical content," it would be dumb. When you're talking about two items in a list of several, coming up with dumb specifications to narrow down the list to just those two is not nearly as effective as just naming the two in question. lol at people grasping at straws to get rancid their "cred" back. bullshit semantics aside, what i said is correct "i specifically said all post-Out Come The Wolves releases (barring the second self titled, which was all fast punk)..." i'm a part of the "rancid can do no wrong" group remove the "one" in the last paragraph, as the use of the plural "songs" negates the use of the word everyone shitting on my comment about how all the records sounding the same, then referencing the first Self Titled and Let's Go are illiterate fuckwits. ""I Wanna Riot" is familiar to anyone who bough the first edition of Let's Go that was packaged with the Roots Radicals single." The only major disappointment with this CD was that "I Wanna Riot" on here was not the version with the Stubborn All-Stars. That would've made my day, but it didn't. I haven't picked it up yet, but I'm pretty excited. I'm not gonna say that they didn't have some bad songs on Indestructible, but overall it was pretty awesome. I hope Lars stops trying so hard to be hardcore on the next new album. His new Bastards album's lyrics were laughably pretentious, and some of his Indestructible songs were pretty lame as well. Oh well, not everything's perfect. Rancid's still sick tho. Who cares if they have a new drummer? Brett Reed was an awful drummer anyway. a few more thoughts: There has been an unofficial B-Sides album 'out there' for a while, I think this release is missing a few songs off that collection but has a few others added in. Should have included Brad Logan! bllllaaaahhhhhh I'm super-stoked, it's nice to have digital versions of the 7" tunes... but what's with the sellout re-spelling of "Just A Felling"? Downloading the album as i type, Hopefully its good. (yes ill buy it later if its good) Rancid really has the art of writing 2-3 good songs and 12-14 boring ones an album down to a science is their Embrace cover included??? Really awesome cover from a unlikely source. I think it's lame that the CD doesn't come with a booklet. For people that have been into Rancid this is just a compilation of songs that you probably have either already purchased, downloaded, or heard from a friend. Tried to get this today but the record store said it doesnt come out until next week. Goddamn. Well, this review is pretty dick-sucktastic. I figure Rancid probably has enough groupies to do that, but whatever. Although I should mention that I Wanna Riot is a damn catchy piece of music. There are a lot of things you can say about Rancid, but "all their releases sound the same" is not, way to be completely wrong. damn, now i'm wishing i had this already. ehh... Shut up Dante. 'sick sick world' probably holds the title for the loudest i have ever played any song. it is so good brad logan is the best rancid song ever. that needs to be released The version of "I Wanna Riot" they did with the Stubborn All-Stars is much better than the one they did alone. " "I Wanna Riot" is familiar to anyone who bough the first edition of Let's Go that was packaged with the Roots Radicals single, heard the first Punk O Rama, or saw the Beavis and Butthead movie" Paulrulzdood just made the most intellectually stimulating point ever made on Punknews...ever! if you don't like Rancid fuck you man, they're the shit. I don't give a fuck if they're on Warner or if you think Epitaph is douchey or if you think Brodey is a dyke or if you think Lars is a fuck or if you think teh USed are mormon fucks or what, if you think they rip off the clash, if you think they're fakers or what. love it, great songs and "things to come" is rancid at their best-oldpunker- |
