...And Out Come the Wolves

1	Maxwell Murder 1:25
2	The 11th Hour 2:28
3	Roots Radicals 2:47
4	Time Bomb 2:24
5	Olympia Wa. 3:30
6	Lock, Step & Gone 2:25
7	Junkie Man 3:04
8	Listed M.I.A. 2:22
9	Ruby Soho 2:37
10	Daly City Train 3:21
11	Journey to the End of the East Bay 3:11
12	She's Automatic 1:35
13	Old Friend 2:53
14	Disorder and Disarray 2:49
15	The Wars End 1:53
16	You Don't Care Nothin' 2:28
17	As Wicked 2:40
18	Avenues & Alleyways 3:11
19	The Way I Feel 2:34

Barnes & Noble

Playing the seedier, more street-wizened Stones to Green Day's pop-savvy Beatles, this Bay Area quartet has proven itself to be one of the few third-wave punk bands with verifiable staying power. After emerging from the ashes of underground icon Operation Ivy, Rancid took a while to hit its stride, but this 1995 release stands as a loud 'n' proud statement of purpose. Peppered with instantly anthemic shout-alongs like "Olympia, WA" and "Lock, Step & Gone," the disc exudes an undeniable guttersnipe authenticity (not to mention a knack for off-handed snappy turns of phrase). Likewise, Tim Armstrong & Co. demonstrate more facility for ska -- particularly the percolating "Ruby Soho" -- than just about any of the genre's '90s adherents. Yes, there are -- as naysayers have often crowed -- moments when the Clash worship grows overweening, but taken as a whole, ...And Out Come the Wolves stands as a pretty nifty stateside rejoinder to working-class Brit punk. David Sprague

All Music Guide

In the wake of the Offspring's success, Rancid became a hot band, earning a dedicated cult and sparking a major-label bidding war. After flirting with a handful of major labels, the band decided to stick with Epitaph and returned with And Out Come the Wolves. While the title is a veiled reference to the attention the band gained, the album doesn't mark an isolationist retreat into didactic, defiantly underground punk rock. Instead, Rancid develop their own identity on the record, which ironically makes them more accessible. Although they continue to draw heavily from the Clash and the Specials -- and their roots in the ska-punk band Operation Ivy are quite clear throughout the record -- the band plays with such energy and conviction, it's easy to forgive their derivativeness. On the whole, And Out Come the Wolves is a little too long to make a major impact, but individual tracks are classic moments of revivalist punk, including the skittering 2-Tone tribute "Time Bomb." Stephen Thomas Erlewine