...And Out Come the Wolves

...And Out Come the Wolves
Studio album by
Rancid
ReleasedAugust 22, 1995 (1995-08-22)
RecordedFebruary–May 1995
Studio
Genre
Length49:39
LabelEpitaph
ProducerJerry Finn, Rancid
Rancid chronology
Let's Go
(1994) 		...And Out Come the Wolves
(1995) 		Life Won't Wait
(1998)
Singles from ...And Out Come the Wolves
  1. "Roots Radicals"
    Released: August 7, 1995
  2. "Time Bomb"
    Released: November 1, 1995
  3. "Ruby Soho"
    Released: November 3, 1995

...And Out Come the Wolves is the third studio album by American punk rock band Rancid. It was released on August 22, 1995, through Epitaph Records. Rancid's popularity and catchy songs made them the subject of a major label bidding war (hence the title, ...And Out Come the Wolves[1] taken from a poem in Jim Carroll's The Basketball Diaries) that ended with the band staying on Epitaph. With a sound heavily influenced by ska, which called to mind Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman's past in Operation Ivy, Rancid became one of the few bands of the mid-to-late 1990s punk rock boom to retain much of its original fan base. In terms of record sales and certifications, ...And Out Come the Wolves is a popular album in the United States. It produced three hit singles: "Roots Radicals", "Time Bomb" and "Ruby Soho", that earned Rancid its heaviest airplay on MTV and radio stations to date. All the singles charted on Modern Rock Tracks. ...And Out Come the Wolves was certified gold by the RIAA on January 22, 1996. It was certified platinum on September 23, 2004.[2]

Along with Bad Religion's Stranger than Fiction, Green Day's Dookie and The Offspring's Smash, ...And Out Come the Wolves helped revive mainstream interest in punk rock in the mid-1990s, signaled the initial rise of mainstream punk rock, and proved to be successful for the band. To coincide with its 20th anniversary, Rancid performed the album live in its entirety on their 2015–2016 Honor Is All We Know world tour.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "...And Out Come the Wolves". Allmusic.com. Retrieved January 9, 2008.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference RIAA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Rancid to play all of '...And Out Come the Wolves' at Punk Rock Bowling. Punknews.org. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  4. ^ Full lineup for this year's Amnesia Rockfest announced. Punknews.org. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
  5. ^ Rancid to play '...And Out Come The Wolves' in full at Groezrock. Punktastic.com. Retrieved October 5, 2015.