- Let's Go (album)
Infobox Album
Name = Let's Go
Type =Album
Artist = Rancid
Released =June 14 ,1994
Recorded = October 1993 – March 1994 at Fantasy Studios inBerkeley, California
Length = 44:12
Label = Epitaph
Producer =Brett Gurewitz
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2unyxdkboolg link]
*Review-Christgau|hm3|album=2871
Last album = "Radio Radio Radio " EP
(1993)
This album = "Let's Go"
(1994)
Next album = "...And Out Come the Wolves "
(1995)
Misc = Singles
Name = Let's Go
Type = studio
single 1 = Nihilism
single 2 = Salvation
single 1 date = 1994
single 2 date = 1995"Let's Go" is a 1994 album by the
punk rock band Rancid.Released on the influential indie label
Epitaph Records , "Let's Go" initially achieved little mainstream success, though it appealed to the band's fanbase. However, the surprise success of punk rock bands likeThe Offspring ,Green Day andBad Religion in the mid-1990s brought forth more mainstream interest in the album, and it ultimately reached #97 on the Billboard 200.Until "Rancid (2000)", "Let's Go" was the only Rancid album to be produced by
Brett Gurewitz , although he engineered the band's next album, "...And Out Come the Wolves ", which is regarded as a classic from the golden age of the 1990sCalifornia punk scene .Writing and production
As soon as second guitarist
Lars Frederiksen joined the band, Rancid returned to the studio in October 1993 [The exact date that the recording of "Let's Go" began is uncertain.] with producerBrett Gurewitz to begin work on their second album, booking five months of studio time in which to record the album.Reception
"Let's Go" was released on
June 14 ,1994 and peaked at number 97 on theBillboard 200 album chart.cite web|title=Let's Go's entry at Billboard.com| publisher=Billboard.com|url= http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp?pid=33491&aid=155363|accessdate=2008-01-17] The album was certified gold by the RIAA onJuly 7 ,2000 . [cite web | last = | first = | url = http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH | title = RIAA Certification | format = HTML| work = RIAA | publisher = | accessdate = June 23| accessyear = 2007]Stephen Thomas Erlewine of
Allmusic described the album as "sheer energy". He praised the music as a "less-serious, party-ready version ofThe Clash ". The album received a rating of four out of five stars, while "Salvation" earned Rancid its first moderate success.cite web|title=Let's Go | publisher=Allmusic.com|url= http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:2unyxdkboolg|accessdate=2008-01-17]Track listing
All songs written by Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman unless otherwise noted.
# "Nihilism" – 2:02
# "Radio" (Armstrong/Freeman/] ) – 2:51
# "Side Kick" – 2:01 (Armstrong/Erica White)
# "Salvation" – 2:54
# "Tenderloin" – 1:32
# "Let's Go" – 1:26
# "As One" – 1:34
# "Burn" (Armstrong/Freeman/Eric Raider) – 2:11
# "The Ballad Of Jimmy & Johnny" – 1:39
# "Gunshot" – 1:50
# "I Am The One" – 1:57
# "Gave It Away" – 1:13
# "Ghetto Box" – 1:11
# "Harry Bridges" – 2:21
# "Black & Blue" – 1:59
# "St. Mary" (Armstrong/Freeman/Frederiksen) – 2:09
# "Dope Sick Girl" – 2:15
# "International Cover-Up" – 1:44
# "Solidarity" – 1:31
# "Midnight" – 1:55
# "Motorcycle Ride" – 1:20
# "Name" (Armstrong/Freeman/Eric Dinn) – 2:12
# "7 Years Down" – 2:35Credits
*
Tim Armstrong – vocals,guitar , art direction
*Lars Frederiksen – guitar, vocals
*Matt Freeman – bass, back up vocals, lead vocals on tracks 5, 10 and 15
*Brett Reed –drum s
*Brett Gurewitz – producing, engineering
*Mackie – art directionNotes/trivia
*"Let's Go" was originally intended to be a double-album, but was condensed to 23 tracks on one CD. On vinyl, it is a double album on two 10" mini-LPs. [cite web | last = | first = | url = http://www.discogs.com/release/854957 | title = Rancid - Let's Go | format = HTML| work =
Discogs.com | publisher = | accessdate = March 25| accessyear = 2007]
*The album's release date, June 14, 1994, was also bassistMatt Freeman 's 28th birthday.
*"Salvation" is featured in the videogameGuitar Hero II for theXbox 360 References
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