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...And Out Come the Wolves

…And Out Come the Wolves
Rancid - ...And Out Come the Wolves cover.jpg
Studio album by Rancid
Released August 22, 1995 (1995-08-22)
Recorded February–May 1995
Studio
Genre Punk rock, ska punk
Length 49:39
Label Epitaph
Producer Jerry Finn, Rancid
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: August 7, 1995
  2. "Time Bomb"
    Released: November 1, 1995
  3. "Ruby Soho"
    Released: November 3, 1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4.5/5 stars
Entertainment Weekly A+
Los Angeles Times 3/4 stars
NME 7/10
Punknews.org 5/5 stars
Q 3/5 stars
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 4/5 stars
The Village Voice A−

…And Out Come the Wolves is the third studio album by the American punk rock band Rancid. It was released on August 22, 1995, through Epitaph Records. Rancid's 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 The Basketball Diaries) that ended with the band staying on Epitaph. 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 rock to retain much of its original fanbase. In terms of record sales and certifications, …And Out Come the Wolves is a popular album in the United States. It produced three hit singles: "Roots Radicals", "Time Bomb" and "Ruby Soho", that earned Rancid its heaviest airplay on MTV and radio stations to date. All the singles charted on Modern Rock Tracks. …And Out Come the Wolves was certified gold by the RIAA on January 22, 1996. It was certified platinum on September 23, 2004.

Along with Bad Religion's Stranger than Fiction, Green Day's Dookie and The Offspring's Smash, ...And Out Come the Wolves helped revive mainstream popular interest in punk rock in the mid-1990s, signaled the initial rise of mainstream punk rock, and proved to be successful for the band. To coincide with its 20th anniversary, Rancid performed the album live in its entirety on their 2015–2016 Honor Is All We Know world tour.


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