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Title: Punk goes mainstream? Whatever, just buy it.
Review: This is, without a doubt, one of the top five albums of the 1990's. The immense number of radio songs notwithstanding, the space between them is filled with phenomenal basslines, passionate (if untalented) vocals, and just the noise made by four guys who really, truly, love music. That's the one thing I respect most about Rancid: From the first selftitled up through Indestructible, you know that they're in a band because they love what they do, not for money or fame. Nowhere is this more clear than on this record.I was going to list the highlights, but then I realized that every one of the 19 tracks is great. Seriously. If we go with the five-star system, I think the only song that gets less than four stars in my book is "The Way I Feel", and it still gets 3.5. While I'm a Green Day fanatic for life, Rancid is only a half-step behind.
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