Description
‘…And Out Come the Wolves’ is the third studio album by American punk rock band Rancid, released on 22nd August 1995 through Epitaph Records.
Rancid’s 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 ‘The Basketball Diaries’) that ended with the band staying on Epitaph. 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 punk rock boom to retain much of its original fan base.
In terms of record sales and certifications, ‘…And Out Come the Wolves’ is a popular album in the US. It produced three singles: ‘Roots Radicals’, ‘Time Bomb’ and ‘Ruby Soho’, that earned Rancid its heaviest airplay on MTV and radio stations to date. All the singles charted on Modern Rock Tracks. ‘…And Out Come the Wolves’ was certified gold by the RIAA on 22nd January 1996. It was certified platinum on 23rd September 2004
Along with Bad Religion’s ‘Stranger than Fiction’, Green Day’s ‘Dookie’ and The Offspring’s ‘Smash’, ‘…And Out Come the Wolves’ helped revive mainstream interest in punk rock in the mid-1990s, signalled the initial rise of mainstream punk rock, and proved to be highly successful for the band. To coincide with its 20th anniversary, Rancid performed the album live in its entirety on their 20152016 Honor Is All We Know world tour.
20th Anniversary re-mastered edition featuring 2 bonus tracks.
Tracklisting:
1. Maxwell Murder
2. The 11th Hour
3. Roots Radical
4. Time Bomb
5. Olympia, WA
6. Lock, Step & Gone
7. Junkie Man
8. Listed M.I.A.
9. Ruby Soho
10. Daly City Train
11. Journey to the End of the East Bay
12. She’s Automatic
13. Old Friend
14. Disorder and Disarray
15. The Wars End
16. You Don’t Care Nothin’
17. As Wicked
18. Avenues & Alleyways
19. The Way I Feel
Bonus Tracks
20. Blast ‘Em
21. That’s Entertainment
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.