Let the Dominoes Fall

Here's another one that has been a nice surprise for me this year. Rancid's new album Let the Dominoes Fall. I am a big fan of their 15 year old album ...And Out Come the Wolves but never really looked into them much after that. I mean, after all, I was a Green Day guy and I felt that like with Beatles and the Rolling Stones, you can like them both, but no one likes them equally. You have to draw the line somewhere. I felt the same went for Green Day and Rancid.

Well, after spending most of my Monday in class listening to ...And Out Come the Wolves, I was in a Rancid-mood. I found myself at Target and saw there were two editions of Let the Dominoes Fall. Single disc version....and then the 2 CD/1 DVD version which contains:

- Disc 1: Let the Dominoes Fall
- Disc 2: Acoustic versions of 12 songs from the album
- DVD documentary of the making of the album
- 3 double sided, three-foot posters
- 4 guitar picks (pictured above)

Let the Dominoes Fall continues the same punk sound that Rancid is so good at. It has become one of those new albums that has me looking forward to the next time I get to listen to it.

The acoustic version hold up extremely well too. Unfortunately, Rancid won't sell nearly as many copies of Let the Dominoes Fall as Green Day will of their 21st Century Breakdown. Which really is too bad. Musically, I'm giving the edge to Rancid.

Rancid is in town June 26th with Rise Against at Myth in Maplewood. I'm going to do my best to attend. I feel myself becoming a bigger Rancid fan now...and I'm willing to bet their live show will assist with that.