Life Won't Wait
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Life Won't Wait is the fourth album by the punk rock band Rancid. It was released on June 30, 1998 on Epitaph Records after a three year hiatus. In relation to Rancid's consistent comparison with The Clash, this is seen as Rancid's own Sandinista!. The album branches out from Rancid's punk and ska roots to explore roots reggae and rockabilly, and dabbles in elements of dub, hip-hop, funk and other forms of music as The Clash did with Sandanista!. The album's personnel includes some of Rancid's influences and contemporaries such as members of The Specials and The Slackers respectively.
Lyrically, the album discusses riots, revolution, politics, and historical events as well as making references to Illuminati and Bakunin.
Track listing
- "Intro" (Tim Armstrong)
- "Bloodclot" (Tim Armstrong/Lars Fredriksen)
- "Hoover Street" (Tim Armstrong)
- "Black Lung" (Tim Armstrong)
- "Life Won't Wait" (Tim Armstrong/Lars Fredriksen/Vic Ruggiero/Buju Banton)
- "New Dress" (Tim Armstrong/Lars Fredriksen)
- "Warsaw" (Tim Armstrong)
- "Hooligans" (Tim Armstrong/Lars Fredriksen/Vic Ruggiero)
- "Crane Fist" (Tim Armstrong/Lars Fredriksen)
- "Leicester Square" (Tim Armstrong/Lars Fredriksen)
- "Backslide" (Tim Armstrong)
- "Who Would've Thought" (Tim Armstrong)
- "Cash, Culture and Violence" (Tim Armstrong)
- "Cocktails" (Tim Armstrong)
- "The Wolf" (Tim Armstrong)
- "1998" (Tim Armstrong/Howie Pyro)
- "Lady Liberty" (Tim Armstrong)
- "Wrongful Supsicion" (Tim Armstrong/Vic Ruggiero)
- "Turntable" (Tim Armstrong)
- "Something in the World Today" (Tim Armstrong/Lars Fredriksen)
- "Corazon de Oro" (Tim Armstrong)
- "Coppers" (Tim Armstrong/Lars Fredriksen/Dr. Israel)
Chart positions
Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album
1998 The Billboard 200 No. 35
Personnel
- Buju Banton - Vocals
- Tim Armstrong - Guitar, Vocals, Engineer, Mixing
- Lester Butler - Harmonica
- Alex Desert - Vocals
- Lars Frederiksen - Guitar, Vocals, Engineer
- Matt Freeman - Bass
- Lynval Golding - Vocals
- David Hillyard - Horn
- Greg Lee - Vocals
- Bob Ludwig - Mastering
- Stephen Perkins - Guitar (Steel)
- Brett Reed - Drums
- Michael Rosen - Engineer
- Jamil Sharif - Horn
- Kevin Smith - Engineer
- Neville Staple - Vocals
- Wil Wheaton - Vocals
- Howard Willing - Engineer
- Jerry Finn - Mixing
- Mark Mullins - Horn
- Dicky Barrett - Vocals
- Simon Chardiet - Guitar
- Dr. Israel - Vocals
- John Ewing, Jr. - Engineer
- Ronnie Rivera - Engineer
- Jesse Fischer - Artwork, Photography
- Grace Falconer - Engineer
- Cappy Japngie - Engineer
- Eric Stefani - Piano
- Roger Miret - Vocals
- Steve Mixdorf - Engineer
- Joe Zook - Engineer
- Jim Albert - Engineer
- Jonathan Mooney - Engineer
- John Tyree - Engineer
- Roddy Byers - Guitar
- Thomas "T.J." Johnson - Percussion, Engineer, Mixing
- Ollie Lattgenau - Vocals
- Walter Mauceri - Engineer
- Vic Ruggerio - Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Organ (Hammond)
- Rohan "Jimjay" Stephens - Engineer
- Robi Banerji - Engineer
- Albert Cayati - Engineer
- Michael "Cooley" Cooper - Engineer
- Kevin Dena - Engineer
- DJ Q-Maxx 420 (Marq Lyn) - Vocals
- Santa Fazio - Harmonica
- Claus Trelby - Engineer
- Lior Goldenberg - Engineer