Life Won't Wait
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| Studio album by Rancid | ||
| Released | June 30, 1998 | |
| Recorded | Late 1997 – Mid-1998 | |
| Genre | Punk rock | |
| Length | 64:00 | |
| Label | Epitaph | |
| Producer(s) | Rancid | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Rancid chronology | ||
| ...And Out Come the Wolves (1995) |
Life Won't Wait (1998) |
Rancid (2000) |
Life Won't Wait is the fourth album by the punk rock band Rancid. It was released on June 30, 1998 on Epitaph Records after a three year hiatus. In relation to Rancid's consistent comparison with The Clash, this is seen as Rancid's own Sandinista!. The album branches out from Rancid's punk and ska roots to explore roots reggae and rockabilly, and dabbles in elements of dub, hip-hop, funk and other forms of music as The Clash did with Sandinista!. The album's personnel includes some of Rancid's influences and contemporaries such as members of The Specials and The Slackers respectively.
Lyrically, the album discusses riots, revolution, politics, and historical events as well as making references to the Illuminati and Bakunin.
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "Intro" (Tim Armstrong) – 0:48
- "Bloodclot" (Tim Armstrong/Lars Frederiksen) – 2:45
- "Hoover Street" (Tim Armstrong) – 4:10
- "Black Lung" (Tim Armstrong) – 1:53
- "Life Won't Wait" (Tim Armstrong/Lars Frederiksen/Vic Ruggiero/Buju Banton) – 3:48
- "New Dress" (Tim Armstrong/Lars Frederiksen) – 2:51
- "Warsaw" (Tim Armstrong) – 1:31
- "Hooligans" (Tim Armstrong/Lars Frederiksen/Vic Ruggiero) – 2:33
- "Crane Fist" (Tim Armstrong/Lars Frederiksen) – 3:48
- "Leicester Square" (Tim Armstrong/Lars Frederiksen) – 2:35
- "Backslide" (Tim Armstrong) – 2:54
- "Who Would've Thought" (Tim Armstrong) – 2:57
- "Cash, Culture and Violence" (Tim Armstrong) – 3:10
- "Cocktails" (Tim Armstrong) – 3:21
- "The Wolf" (Tim Armstrong) – 2:39
- "1998" (Tim Armstrong/Howie Pyro) – 2:46
- "Lady Liberty" (Tim Armstrong) – 2:20
- "Wrongful Suspicion" (Tim Armstrong/Vic Ruggiero) – 3:32
- "Turntable" (Tim Armstrong) – 2:17
- "Something in the World Today" (Tim Armstrong/Lars Frederiksen) – 2:34
- "Corazon de Oro" (Tim Armstrong) – 3:59
- "Coppers" (Tim Armstrong/Lars Frederiksen/Dr. Israel) – 5:02
Life Won't Wait meant a year long work for Rancid, and the recording took place not just in the U.S. (from San Francisco to Los Angeles, New York, New Orleans), but also in Jamaica, the island of reggae. Two of the songs were recorded in Kingston: Hoover Street and the title track, Life Won't Wait. The cooperation of numerous Jamaican reggae artists (such as Buju Banton) is very distictive on this album, not just in the (backing) vocals, but also in instrumental parts, which all makes Life Won't Wait very different from most of the other Rancid albums.
[edit] Chart positions
Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album
1998 The Billboard 200 No. 35
[edit] Personnel
- Tim Armstrong - vocals, guitar, engineer, mixing
- Lars Frederiksen - vocals, guitar, engineer
- Matt Freeman - bass guitar
- Brett Reed - drums
- Buju Banton - vocals
- Dicky Barrett - vocals
- Alex Desert - vocals
- DJ Q-Maxx 420 (Marq Lyn) - vocals
- Dr. Israel - vocals
- Lynval Golding - vocals
- Greg Lee - vocals
- Ollie Lattgenau - vocals
- Roger Miret - vocals
- Neville Staples - vocals
- Wil Wheaton - vocals
- Vic Ruggiero - guitar, piano, percussion, Hammond organ
- Roddy Byers - guitar
- Simon Chardiet - guitar
- Stephen Perkins - steel guitar
- Eric Stefani - piano
- David Hillyard - horn
- Mark Mullins - horn
- Jamil Sharif - horn
- Lester Butler - harmonica
- Santa Fazio - harmonica
- Thomas "T.J." Johnson - percussion, engineer, mixing
- Bob Ludwig - mastering
- Jerry Finn - mixing
- Jim Albert - engineering
- Robi Banerji - engineering
- Albert Cayati - engineering
- Michael "Cooley" Cooper - engineering
- Kevin Dena - engineering
- John Ewing, Jr. - engineering
- Grace Falconer - engineering
- Lior Goldenberg - engineering
- Cappy Japngie - engineering
- Walter Mauceri - engineering
- Steve Mixdorf - engineering
- Jonathan Mooney - engineering
- Ronnie Rivera - engineering
- Michael Rosen - engineering
- Kevin Smith - engineering
- Rohan "Jimjay" Stephens - engineering
- Claus Trelby - engineering
- John Tyree - engineering
- Howard Willing - engineering
- Joe Zook - engineering
- Jesse Fischer - artwork, photography
[edit] Trivia
- The second track, Bloodclot, is featured on the Playstation 1 game ESPN X-Games Pro Boarder.
- Reggae artist Buju Banton provides guest vocals.
| Rancid |
| Tim Armstrong | Lars Frederiksen | Matt Freeman | Branden Steineckert |
| Former members: Brett Reed |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: Rancid (Gun Cover) (1993) | Let's Go (1994) | ...And Out Come the Wolves (1995) | Life Won't Wait (1998) | Rancid (Skull Cover) (2000) | Indestructible (2003) | (Seventh Studio Album) (2007) EPs and compilation albums: Rancid (EP) (1992) | Radio Radio Radio (1993) | Let Me Go (2000) | BYO Split Series, Vol. 3 (2002) |
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