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Rancid - Let the Dominoes Fall Audio CD

A fair review of the Rancid "Let the Dominoes Fall" 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: Let the Dominoes Fall
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Release Date: 2009-06-02
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: East Bay Night 2: This Place 3: Up To No Good 4: Last One To Die 5: Disconnected 6: I Ain't Worried 7: Damnation 8: New Orleans 9: Civilian Ways 10: The Bravest Kids 11: Outgunned 12: Skull City 13: L.A. River 14: Lulu 15: Dominoes Fall 16: Liberty and Freedom 17: You Want It, You Got It 18: Locomotive 19: That's Just The Way It Is Now 20: The Highway 21: East Bay Night 22: LA River 23: I Ain't Worried 24: This Place 25: Disconnected 26: Liberty and Freedom 27: Dominoes Fall 28: New Orleans 29: You Want It, You Got It 30: Outgunned 31: The Bravest Kids 32: Last One To Die

new fan? DONT GET THIS ALBUM!!!
Don't get me wrong, I grew up on Rancid and have some of their lyrics tattooed on my body, but unlike all their other albums where tim and lars switch off vocals respectively, lars doesn't take up the lead until track 5, where its a split with tim, and then not again til much later. I just got this the other day and it sucked. Unlike creating an awesome, unique, intelligent sound which Indestructible(2003) is known for, this record sounds like they're trying to emulate the later Clash and focused more on Tim Armstrong then the band as a whole, just look at the cover. If you heard a song off this album and loved it, get it. But if your a new fan, this is NOT the legendary punk band you're looking for. Check out the earlier stuff when they still had the energy, Lets Go(1994), . . . And Out Come the Wolves(1995), or their self titled albums(1993 and 2000) and don't ruin it for yourself early.


The Classic Rancid Sound
To me, it has the classic Rancid sound, even with addition of a new drummer. Let The Dominoes Fall is a great CD. It seems they took all the sounds from previous albums and combined it into one. From the ska sounding Life Won't Wait, to the more hardcore Rancid (Skull Cover), Let The Dominoes Fall has it all, and is a must have for any Rancid fan.


Alot for your money
I personally don't care too much for the acoustic versions, mainly because punk and acoustic music shouldn't be used together, an oxymoron. The specially packaged CD comes with a DVD of the making of the record and a second full length CD of the main CD done acoustically.
However, I thought the songs were well written (except for one rather silly song, "LA River", with Lars' moronic chorus part). DVD shows Rancid in the process of recording the record, but would have been more enjoyable if done in normal color (filmed in a black and white washout kind of format shown on the cover - it started off that way and i was waiting for it to turn into a normal camera shot. . . it never did but stayed in the washout format the whole movie, which kind of bothered my eyes after 10 mins).

Nonetheless, excellent CD/DVD package, much better than their "Indestructable" release.
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One of the weaker things Tim Armstrong has done
I've got pretty much everything Tim Armstrong has ever released, aside from the second Transplants album since I never really listened to the first one much. I've been a Rancid fans since the very first album.

I gotta say, this just isn't good. There are no songs that are absolutely great, and that's a first for a Rancid album. They're all just sort of OK. At first I was excited that Lars was singing less, but Tim's vocals are really weak on this album. Now, I know he is never going to be a technically good singer, but his singing usually works.

This might be my least favorite Rancid album. I didn't like Rancid (2000) and it's lame attempt at "hardcore" either, but it at least had a few great songs like Radio Havana.

If you're building a Rancid/Tim Armstrong collection, I'd say this has to be one of the last things I'd start with. Instead, I'd personally build a collection in this order:

1. Operation Ivy - started a whole movement.
2. Rancid - . . . And out come the wolves - It deserved to sell a ton of records.
3. Rancid - Life Won't Wait - A worthy follow-up to their biggest album.
4. Rancid - Let's Go - They really started to show signs of greatness as a band apart from Op Ivy.
5. Rancid - Rancid - Right from the start, they had some great songs.
6. Rancid - Indestrucable - A pretty good comeback after a dissapointing "hardcore" album.
7. Tim Armstrong - A Poet's Life. Respectable solo effort, although I've not listened a lot.
8. Rancid (2000), Let the Dominoes Fall, the Transplants releases. - To me there is too much good music out there to waste my time with most of this stuff, but there is some decent stuff to be found on them, so to each his/her own. .


RANCID does it again.
When I read the review on here stating that this is their best release since ". I got this CD with very high expectations, I loved their last release 'Indestructible' and obviously a fan of their old stuff too. . . and Out come the Wolves' I just couldn't wait to hear it. After listening to it many times since its release I can say it did not disappoint. I'd put it up there next to 'Indestructible' as the best CD since '. . and out com the Wolves'.

I wanted to rate it as a 4. 5 stars but apparently you cant so I rounded up due to the Bonus Acoustic CD. Well worth the extra few bucks. Not as good as I hoped on the acoustic CD but very different and pretty cool, Almost has a country sound to it on some tracks.

Favorite Tracks Include but not limited to: East Bay Night, Disconnected, I Ain't Worried, Up To No Good, Let the Dominoes Fall, Bravest Kids, New Orleans.


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