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Review title: indestructible? nice try, rancid.
Product review: try irreperable. as in, irreperable damage to your reputation. rancid's traditional lyrical and musical stomp-along style just doesn't cut it on this album. perhaps they're getting older and too comfortable within the limits of a tight spectrum; in other words, these guys are getting sloppy. the structure seems slapdash and the lyrics verge on the ridiculous ("game over/it's no fun/got me on the run/i'm gonna go get my gun/blam blam blam you're done," not to mention the spectacle of ridicule that is "ghost band." or the irony of an aging brett gurewitz's vocals on "born frustrated." or the absurdity of the political events surrounding "ivory coast." or...you get the idea.). the wolves have come out, and they are long gone. i'm going to listen to the clash, whose worst album bears a titular lesson rancid could stand to learn: cut the crap. highlights include "arrested in shanghai," "tropical london," "spirit of '87."
