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Sometimes observing that a band keeps making the same record is an insult. Not so with Rancid--and not when the records are this good.
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With this exceptional comeback album, Rancid back up that boast [“We got it right, you got it wrong, we’re still around,” Armstrong proclaims on Dominoes’ key single, Last One to Die.] in spades and prove they are the only punk band of their generation who still matters--regardless of their age.
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Alternative PressBy making a record that solely lives up to the standards they've set themselves, Rancid have maintained their dedication to the punk ethos with a resonance that will shine longer than the dozen rewrites of "Ruby Soho" some fans want from them. [Jul 2009, p.121]
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Seven albums in, not much has changed for Rancid, and that's a good thing.
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MojoRancid's strength is singer Tim Armstrong's touching depictions of the world; from his heritage on 'East Bay Night' to swimming through the devastation of hurricane-stricken New Orleans and on his brother's time in Iraq on the acoustic 'Civilain Ways.'
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Rancid's been doing this a long time and while they'll never recapture the exact same power and glory they exuded in the '90s', on Let the Dominos Fall they show they've got more than enough of each to get by in grand style.
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The sunny brutalism of Rancid's East Bay ska-thrash has lost nary a step and their ethical-emotional rigor is as sweet as it is pure.
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Rancid sat out most of the Bush years, and they make up for lost time here, decrying corporate greed and the Iraq War in rave-ups.
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This is a record meant to sound good and feel good, though it’s unlikely to stir many passionate feelings, for or against it.
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This album, the band’s seventh, feels familiar in structure, packed with the usual two-minute bursts of aggression. But it’s improbably weighty and ponderous and unusually slow moving for a band that specializes in gnashing.
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UncutThier latest dusts off their usual blend of late-'70s Clash-styled punk, ska and dub reggae, but applies topspin via 'Civilian Ways,' a bluesy folk exercise inspired by the return of Armstrong's brother from Iraq. [Sep 2009, p.92]
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They appear to be sincere in their sloganeering so you’ve got to admire them, but, really, the message of a song like ‘New Orleans’ gets seriously undermined by the shiny Busted balloon it’s caught inside.
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Oct 20, 2010
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JohnHJun 6, 2009Another quality Rancid album.
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MaceGJun 4, 2009