Rancid - Let the Dominoes Fall
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Artist: RancidBrand: RANCID
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Box set, Enhanced
CD Release Date: 2009-06-02
Music Label: Epitaph
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- East Bay Night
- This Place
- Up To No Good
- Last One To Die
- Disconnected
- I Ain't Worried
- Damnation
- New Orleans
- Civilian Ways
- The Bravest Kids
- Outgunned
- Skull City
- L.A. River
- Lulu
- Dominoes Fall
- Liberty and Freedom
- You Want It, You Got It
- Locomotive
- That's Just The Way It Is Now
- The Highway
- East Bay Night
- LA River
- I Ain't Worried
- This Place
- Disconnected
- Liberty and Freedom
- Dominoes Fall
- New Orleans
- You Want It, You Got It
- Outgunned
- The Bravest Kids
- Last One To Die
Music reviews of Let the Dominoes Fall
Music Review: Contentment doesn't suite Rancid as well as conflict
Rating: 3 Stars
One of the things that has made Rancid a consistently interesting band is that despite a very recognizable style, each of their albums has a unique feel to it. While each track individually could have come from any rancid album, put them all together into an album (each with around 20+ tracks!) and you've got a unique little snapshot into what the band is feeling at the time. With "Out Come the Wolves" you get the band hungry and fierce as it makes the jump into the mainstream, with "Life Won't Wait" you get the Jamaican and Global-minded vibe of the album's recording, with "Rancid 2000" you get a blast of aggression as the band revels in their hardcore roots, and with "Indestructible" you get an older punk band reflecting on its now lengthy past, failures, and stories.
"Let the Dominoes Fall" continues the story begun in "Indestructible" but without some of the rawness brought in by Tim's divorce and the band's struggle to stay legit and relevant. Here, the band sounds like they're having a laid-back good time playing the kind of music which by now they can play in their sleep. The single "Last One To Die" is a perfect example of the kind of warm, mid-tempo punkish vibe that permeates the whole album. That track is a tribute to the band's longevity, and the whole album feels like it too; a kind of celebration at being able to do what you love so successfully after so many years. There's some sadness in the lyircs, and some muted discontent with the state of the world, but Rancid itself seems to be feeling pretty happy with its existence. Rancid, it seems, just doesn't have that much to be angry about these days. The album has the feel of a bunch of middle age guys getting together with some friends and a few bottles of wine and playing the music they love. Bad Religion's Brett Gurewitz, as the album's producer (he also did their fantastic and vibrant "Indestructible") emphasizes the easy-going vibe of the songs with warmer, low-tone guitars and seamless, laid-back multi-part harmonies.
Nice as this sounds, its probably more fun for Rancid to play than it is to listen to. This kind of punk comes so easily to them that they barely have to try to get one of these songs up and running, and as a result the album kind of coasts a lot of the time, just energetic and catchy enough to keep moving but not enough to really engage. Without their usual mix of aggression and melody, the whole thing leaks energy and kind of slowly deflates, sounding more and more flat. The band is actually at its best when playing things a little out of that comfort zone, like the bubblegum ska of "Up to no good" the Matt-Freeman-lead scatting jumble of "LA River" and the earnest, folky "Civilian Ways." Cuts like these prove that Rancid doesn't have to be hard rock to do great work, especially with the sensitive and subtle production on "Civilian Ways". When they're trying, they can work expertly in a number of genres, but too often here they fall back on their punk basics, only without the intensity that made their earlier work feel so vital and immediate.
The album has some great tunes on it, including those mentioned above and a few other fun romps (its hard not to smile at the cliched but good-natured punk of "New Orleans" or "Skull City"). But the band works best when they've got something to prove, and on "Let the Dominoes Fall" they sound perhaps a bit to complacent.
Description of Let the Dominoes Fall
A ready-made punk classic that'll take its place beside "And Out Come The Wolves" as a touchstone of the genre. The new songs show a lyrical depth perhaps best shown in two tracks that center the album "Civilian Ways" and "The Bravest Kids". Punk has often seen the world as "us vs. them", but with these songs - a sensitive portrait of a returning serviceman and a loving tribute to those who serve - Rancid show an empathy for working Americans that recalls Springsteen or Petty. Formats include regular CD, double LP, and expanded version. Expanded version includes: Disc 1 The Regular CD, Disc 2 Let The Dominoes Fall Acoustic CD, Disc 3 The Making Of the Seventh Record DVD, 3 foldout posters, Pick card (plastic card containing four guitar picks). Produced once again by Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion, Pennywise, NOFX).Alternative Rock CDs
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