Album
Life Won’t Wait
Life Won't Wait is the fourth studio album by the American punk rock band Rancid, released in June 1998 on Epitaph. It followed ...And Out Come the Wolves from 1995, and it arrived as the band's fourth record in a run that had begun with their self-titled debut in 1993 and continued with Let's Go in 1994.
The album sits in punk rock territory but leans into ska and ska punk too, which gives it a wider palette than you might expect from a straight-ahead punk record. If you know Rancid mainly through their mid-90s breakthrough, this is the next chapter in the story, and a good place to hear how the band stretched out before their self-titled album of 2000.
Life Won’t Wait: tracklist and credits
22 tracks · 1:03:42Tracklist
- Disc 1
- 1IntroTim Armstrong0:48
- 2BloodclotTim Armstrong and Lars Frederiksen2:44
- 3Hoover StreetTim Armstrong4:08
- 4Black LungTim Armstrong1:52
- 5Life Won't WaitArmstrong, Banton, Frederiksen, Ruggiero3:46
- 6New DressTim Armstrong and Lars Frederiksen2:50
- 7WarsawTim Armstrong1:30
- 8HooligansArmstrong, Frederiksen, Ruggiero2:32
- 9Crane FistTim Armstrong and Lars Frederiksen3:46
- 10Leicester SquareTim Armstrong and Lars Frederiksen2:34
- 11BackslideTim Armstrong2:52
- Disc 2
- 1Who Would've ThoughtTim Armstrong2:56
- 2Cash, Culture and ViolenceTim Armstrong3:09
- 3CocktailsTim Armstrong3:19
- 4The WolfTim Armstrong2:37
- 51998Tim Armstrong and Howie Pyro2:44
- 6Lady LibertyTim Armstrong2:19
- 7Wrongful SuspicionTim Armstrong and Vic Ruggiero3:30
- 8TurntableTim Armstrong2:16
- 9Something in the World TodayTim Armstrong and Lars Frederiksen2:32
- 10Corazon de OroTim Armstrong3:57
- 11CoppersArmstrong, Israel, Frederiksen5:01
- Produced by
- Tim Armstrong, Lars Frederiksen
- Recorded at
- Sunset, Bloodclot, Brooklyn, NRG, Ocean Way, Record Plant, The Complex, American Sector, Penthouse, Coyote, The Site
- Recorded
- 1997–1998
- Mixed by
- Jerry Finn, Tim Armstrong, Thomas Johnson
- Label
- Epitaph
- Length
- 1:03:42
Line-up
- Tim Armstrong · guitar, vocals
- Lester Butler · harmonica · guest
- Lars Frederiksen · guitar, vocals
- Matt Freeman · bass guitar
- Brett Reed · drums (drum set)
- Howie Pyro · background vocals · guest
- Marky Ramone · background vocals · guest
- Tim Shaw · background vocals · guest
- Eric Stefani · piano · guest
- Alex Désert · vocals · guest
- Gregory Lee · vocals · guest
- Vic Ruggiero · Hammond organ, piano, percussion, guitar · guest
- Buju Banton · vocals · guest
- Q-Maxx 420 · vocals · guest
- Roderick James Byers · guitar · guest
- Lynval Golding · vocals · guest
- Neville Staple · vocals · guest
- Dave Hillyard · horn · guest
- Mark Mullins · horn · guest
- Jamil Sharif · horn · guest
- Will Wheaton · vocals · guest
- Thomas Johnson · percussion · guest
- Dicky Barrett · vocals · guest
- Simon Chardiet · guitar · guest
- Roger Miret · vocals · guest
- Stephen Perkins · steelpan · guest
- Dr. Israel · vocals · guest
Singles
- “Bloodclot” · 1 June 1998
- “Hooligans” · 1998
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia 1998-06-30 vs 1998-06-29 (musicbrainz)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 29 June 1998 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 30 June 1998 | |
| Wikidata | 1998 | |
| US release | 14 July 1998 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 29 June 1998 | earliest UK or European date |
7 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | XW | Epitaph | 0045778649761 | other |
| 1998 | US | Epitaph | other | |
| 1998 | JP | Epitaph | other | |
| 29 June 1998 | XE | Epitaph | 8714092649727 | original |
| 29 June 1998 | AU | Epitaph | 045778649723 | original |
| 30 June 1998 | XE | Epitaph | 8714092649727 | other |
| 14 July 1998 | US | Epitaph | 045778649723 | other |
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| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 1425×1425 | upscaled: minor: best source 1425x1425, upscaled to 1500 (x1.05) |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |