…And Out Come the Wolves

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…And Out Come the Wolves
…And Out Come the Wolves cover
Studio album by Rancid
Released August 22, 1995
Recorded February - May 1995 at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California and Electric Lady Studios in New York City
Genre Punk rock, ska punk, street punk
Length 49:39
Label Epitaph
Producer Jerry Finn
Professional reviews
Rancid chronology
Let's Go
(1994)		 …And Out Come the Wolves
(1995)		 Life Won't Wait
(1998)
Singles from …And Out Come the Wolves
  1. "Roots Radicals"
    Released: 1995
  2. "Time Bomb"
    Released: 1995
  3. "Ruby Soho"
    Released: 1996

…And Out Come the Wolves is an album by the punk rock band Rancid, released in August of 1995 (see 1995 in music).

Released soon after the breakthrough success of Green Day and The Offspring, Rancid's cult 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 Basketball Diaries) that ended with the band sticking with their indie label, Epitaph Records. Reportedly Madonna had even sent the band nude pictures of herself back then to convince the band to sign to her label Maverick while Epic Records offered a 1,5 Million Dollar Deal. 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 boom in punk to retain much of its original fanbase.

In terms of record sales, …And Out Come the Wolves is a popular album. It produced three hit singles – "Time Bomb", "Ruby Soho" and "Roots Radicals" – that earned Rancid its heaviest airplay on MTV and radio stations to date. …And Out Come the Wolves has continued to sell consistently well in the thirteen years since its release, and on January 22, 1996 was certified gold by the RIAA. It was also certified platinum on September 23, 2004.[1]

The cover art is a tribute to Minor Threat, a landmark hardcore punk band, that originally used the image of a man with his head on his knees on steps on the self-titled EP.

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[edit] Writing and production

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During their holiday break in 1994, Rancid began writing songs for their third album. The band returned to the studio in February 1995[2] with producer Jerry Finn to begin work on their follow-up to Let's Go, booking three months of studio time in which to record the album.

[edit] Reception

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...And Out Come the Wolves was released on August 22, 1995 and peaked at number 45 on the Billboard 200 album chart.[3] Five months after its release, the album was certified gold.[1]

The album received positive reviews, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of All Music Guide described the album as a "classic moments of revivalist punk". Erlewine praised the music as a "veiled reference to the attention the band gained" and claims the album "doesn't mark an isolationist retreat into didactic, defiantly underground punk rock". The album received a rating of four out of five stars, while "Time Bomb", "Ruby Soho" and "Roots Radicals" earned Rancid its heaviest airplay on MTV and radio stations to date.[4]

[edit] Track listing

All tracks are by Armstrong, Frederiksen & Freeman, with Shaken 69 frontman Erik Dinn joining in on the writing for "The 11th Hour."

  1. "Maxwell Murder" – 1:25
  2. "The 11th Hour" – 2:28
  3. "Roots Radicals" – 2:47
  4. "Time Bomb" – 2:24
  5. "Olympia, WA." – 3:30
  6. "Lock, Step & Gone" – 2:25
  7. "Junkie Man" – 3:04
  8. "Listed M.I.A." – 2:22
  9. "Ruby Soho" – 2:37
  10. "Daly City Train" – 3:21
  11. "Journey to the End of the East Bay" – 3:11
  12. "She's Automatic" – 1:35
  13. "Old Friend" – 2:53
  14. "Disorder and Disarray" – 2:49
  15. "The Wars End" – 1:53
  16. "You Don't Care Nothin'" – 2:28
  17. "As Wicked" – 2:40
  18. "Avenues & Alleyways" – 3:11
  19. "The Way I Feel" – 2:34

[edit] Song information

The third track, "Roots Radicals", is a tribute to Roots reggae, a subgenre of reggae music known for political radicalism. Specifically, the band is acknowledging that "the roots, the reggae on my stereo" to which the band listened during their teenage years influenced their later work. The title lyric and the line "you know I'm a radical," refer to the Jimmy Cliff song "Roots Radical", which features the chorus, "I'm a radical, I'm a roots radical." One of the repeated verses references Desmond Dekker, one of the most successful roots musicians.

The seventh track, "Junkie Man" is where the titular phrase ...And Out Come the Wolves can be found. ("My hand went blind / you were in the veins clairvoyant / my hand went blind / I make love to my trance sister / my trance sister / and my trance parents see from the balcony / I looked out on the big field it opens like the cover of an old bible / And out come the wolves / their paws trampling in the snow the alphabet / I stand on my head and watch it all go away ").

[edit] Personnel

  • Tim Armstrong - Guitar, Vocals
  • Lars Frederiksen - Guitar, Vocals
  • Matt Freeman - Bass, Background Vocals
  • Brett Reed - Drums
  • Bashiri Johnson - Percussion
  • DJ Disk - Scratching
  • Paul Jackson - Organ, Organ (Hammond)
  • Vic Ruggiero - Organ on "Time Bomb"
  • Brett Gurewitz - Engineer
  • Joe Pirrera - Assistant Engineer
  • Michael Rosen - Engineer
  • Steve Sisco - Assistant Engineer
  • Andy Wallace - Mixing
  • Howie Weinberg - Mastering
  • Jerry Finn - Producer, Mixing
  • Jesse Fischer - Artwork, Photography
  • Frank Rinella - Assistant Engineer
  • Mike Fasano - Technician

[edit] Chart positions

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1995 The Billboard 200 45

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1995 "Roots Radicals" Modern Rock Tracks 27
1995 "Time Bomb" Modern Rock Tracks 8
1995 "Ruby Soho" Modern Rock Tracks 13

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b RIAA Certification (type in "Rancid" in the artist box) (HTML). RIAA. Retrieved on June 23, 2007.
  2. ^ The exact date that the recording of ...And Out Come the Wolves began is uncertain.
  3. ^ ...And Out Come the Wolves' entry at Billboard.com. Billboard.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-09.
  4. ^ ...And Out Come the Wolves. Allmusic.com. Retrieved on 2008-01-09.
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Rancid
Tim Armstrong • Lars Frederiksen • Matt Freeman • Branden Steineckert
Brett Reed
Studio albums
EPs
Rancid (EP) (1992) • Radio Radio Radio (1993)
Other albums
Singles
"I'm Not the Only One" • "Hyena" • "Nihilism" • "Salvation" • "Roots Radicals" • "Time Bomb" • "Ruby Soho" • "Bloodclot" • "Hooligans" • "Brad Logan " • "Let Me Go" • "GGF" • "Fall Back Down" • "Red Hot Moon" • "Tropical London"
Concert tours
Club Shows (1991-94) • Let's Go Tour (1994-95) • ...And Out Come the Wolves Tour (1995-97) • Life Won't Wait Tour (1998-99) • The Skull Album Tour (2000-01) • Indestructible Tour (2003-04)
Side projects
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