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Rancid - Indestructible Audio CD

A fair review of the Rancid "Indestructible" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Rancid reviews here, or go back to the Rancid tabs.

Rancid Band: Rancid
Title: Indestructible
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Release Date: 2003-08-19
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Indestructible 2: Fall Back Down 3: Red Hot Moon 4: David Courtney 5: Start Now 6: Out of Control 7: Django 8: Arrested in Shanghai 9: Travis Bickle 10: Memphis 11: Spirit of '87 12: Ghost Band 13: Tropical London 14: Roadblock 15: Born Frustrated 16: Back Up Against the Wall 17: Ivory Coast 18: Stand Your Ground 19: Otherside

Rancid Indestructible
The album content is Totally Awesome, but I did not like the fact that 2 songs on the Brand new album I bought from Amazon SKIPPED!!!!!!.


Sometimes Different is Great!
After I heard it for myself I realized those people could not be more wrong. To be honest I was disappointed by the bands previous release, Rancid(2000) and I initially heard bad things about this effort. No, this is not "Old School Rancid", but this is a GREAT album.

On 'Indestructible' The band surely shows it's full range of talents and styles unlike the one-note Rancid (2000) CD. Indestructible is full of standout tracks and is to me a great example of a band evolving without dissolving.

Favorite Tracks Include but not limited to: Arrested In Shanghai, Red Hot Moon, Fall Back Down, Travis Bickle (Love Taxi Driver), David Courtney, Born Frustrated, Django, and Indestructible

I must make a note that unfortunately my least favorite Rancid song is included on this CD, that would be the song "Ghost Band".
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one of the best
I have to say i love almost all kinds of music, but punk is my favorite, i did grow up in london when it was invented! i have to say this is probebly one of the best albums ive ever heard, That guy can sing.


Indestructible?
, "Indestructible" is very much a Rancid record. In spite a bigger production than before and distribution to Warner Bros. And pretty much every sound you enjoyed from them is on here. It's not even that bad a starting point from the band. It wasn't intentional, but this was my first full album from the band (found this one at a local library). I enjoyed the variety of the tracks and the band's energy and execution through the record. There is even a few songs that show a more mature side of the group that wasn't even so much present on the predecessors.

How you enjoy the record will depend on what type of fan you are. If you were disappointed that LP5 was not enough in the more ska route of "Life," then I think you may find this as a slight redemption. However you slice it though, to say the whole thing's aggressive and/or the whole thing's soft is very much wrong. They do both of these things and more on the record.

The record starts (title tracks) and ends ("Otherside") with a bang. The first track in particular is one of their greatest songs ever written and performed. Then elsewhere you get some nice ska on the likes of "Red Hot Moon," hardcore on tracks like the awesome "Out of Control," and you'll be singing along with catchy tracks like "Spirit of '87" and "Born Frustrated," even with the politic-themed lyrics in both. The pop-rock tracks in "Start Now" and "Arrested in Shanghai" are something I hadn't heard before in Rancid, even after going through their back catalog. It adds a nice melodic side to them and is not totally edgeless, either.

Admittedly, there are a few tracks that they could've done without on the record, even if none were terrible. But they are sub-par tracks nonetheless. "Memphis" sounds just a bit too much like a re-hash "Journey to the End of East Bay" from their ". . . wolves" album, and I'd rather listen to that album if I were to listen to that song. "Roadblock" does nothing for me and is kind of boring.

Some people will argue that this is the band's weakest recording. I don't know about that, they haven't ever made less than a four-star album by my standards, so I guess I'd feel as though I were splitting hairs on that one. I think I like it a bit more than the eponymous debut though. This album has more mmph that that one didn't always have.


Awesome...
The musical depth and variety of this album is second only to Life Won't Wait. This is quite possibly Rancid's finest work. It takes you on a journey, with twists and turns of musical inspiration. I've been a Rancid junkie since I was 11 years old, almost 5 years later I can still listen to all of their stuff over and over and never be sick of it. Rancid is the kind of band that has music for any mood. If you're up for smashing things and running amuck, their first album is awesome. Feel like hearing about life on the street and friends of Rancid? Let's Go works there. Want an all around punk masterpeice? . . . And Out Come the Wolves. Need some reggae? Life Won't Wait. Wanna go skate? Rancid 2000. . . Indestructable is an album you can really listen to and just soak the music in. Indestructable is some of Rancid's best.


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