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Rating: 7.5/10
Pop the cd into your cd
player , listen to the first song, and be
totally prepared for more! "Maxwell Murder" is the best
intro song. With the mysterious beginning from the movie Gringo,
to the most amazing bass solo, to Tim Armstrong's throaty vocals.
This is just the beginning to a great album. Compared to Let's
Go, this album is a little bit underlying depressing, but
that doesn't really change the sound much.
The music is unbelievable. Hard power chords, soft ska-style
guitar, great bass and guitar riffs and solos. It's all blended
so well. "Journey To The End Of The East Bay" has a wonderful
bass intro. Rancid's sound is so strong and individual-like.
Rancid takes many sort-of different styles and turns them into
their own style.
The lyrics are very serious and saddening if you read a lot into
them. "Journey To The End Of The East Bay" is my favorite
for this. If you know Rancid then you know that Tim Armstrong
(Lint) and Matt Freeman (Matt McCall) were previously in the band
Operation Ivy, which this song is about."Lock, Step, and Gone"
describes a bad neighborhood that Tim lived in and "Olympia,
WA" shows how un-fun NYC can be. Most of the songs have
little messages and describe life. Most of Tim's lyrics are more
direct. You don't really have to read and analyze the lyrics to
try and figure out what a song is about.
Great sound, lyrics and togetherness. Not too much overproduced
or under produced. Just enough to give it a tight, realistic
sound. Some songs are instant-gratification, others grow on you.
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Track List - Lyrics
- Maxwell Murder
- The 11th Hour
- Roots Radicals
- Time Bomb
- Olympia, WA
- Lock, Step, and Gone
- Junkie Man
- Listed M.I.A.
- Ruby Soho
- Daly City Train
- Journey To The End Of The East Bay
- She's Automatic
- Old Friend
- Disorder and Disarray
- The Wars End
- You Don't Care Nothin'
- As Wicked
- Avenues and Alleyways
- The Way I Feel
Best Aspect: The "Maxwell Murder" bass solo.
Worst Aspect: N/A.
Yay: All
Nay: N/A
The hits: Ruby Soho, Time Bomb
Similar: Green Day, Suicide Machines
Style: Punk
Special Notes:
The lyrics are included in the CD booklet.
There is a Spanish version of "Roots Radicals" by Union 13 on the Give 'Em The Boot Compilation.
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