Life Won't Wait
- 艺人
- Rancid
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Epitaph
- 发行时间
- 1998年06月30日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Rancid never win any points for originality, but originality isn't their goal. Rancid want to be, to quote an old Clash slogan, &the only band that matters.& Where the Clash earned that title by mixing genres, blending the old with the new, Rancid decide to be traditional, spiking the Clash's sound with ska-punk and hardcore. Musically, that might not make the group vital in 1998, since it ignores any musical innovations since 1978, but that doesn't mean the group is impotent -- far from it. Life Won't Wait, the group's fourth album, is a powerful slice of old-school punk -- as powerful as any of their records. Apart from a more pronounced ska influence, it actually sounds a lot like its immediate predecessor, And out Come the Wolves, complete with the fiery intensity and catchy hooks that set the group apart from the retro-punk pack. Life Won't Wait, however, also shares the messy, pseudo-epic pretensions that hampered its predecessor. Taken in small doses, the record is quite powerful, but since the group's attack is fairly predictable, even with the detours into ska/reggae and blues, the album becomes wearing when taken as a whole. Still, Rancid are head and shoulders above their punk contemporaries -- they have better songs, a genuine political stance, and raging energy -- and that makes such indulgences tolerable. Even if it runs too long, there won't be a better old-school punk album than Life Won't Wait in 1998.
最新简评（共6条）
- @黄色潜水艇(微笑，挥手，再见。)：Rancid已默默地出版了4张专辑。他们坚定地延续着the Clash开创的reggae-punk的道路，并进一步融入了美国80年代的hardcore和加勒比地区的Ska音乐。所以，美国的一些媒体干脆把这张专辑当成the Clash的Sandinista!（Sandinista!是the Clash受reggae音乐影响较重的专辑）来看待。 大部分歌曲不会让你感到攻击性的存在，而是热闹、轻松、充满激情与活力──即便不少歌曲是反映政治和社会问题的。美国《娱乐周刊》杂志对这张唱片的评价更准确一些：“也许他们在模仿the Clash，但和许多新式乐队一样，Rancid知道如何用轻松悦耳来改变暴怒。”
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