Rancid (1993 album)

Rancid
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 10, 1993 (1993-05-10)
RecordedSeptember 1992 – January 1993
Studio
Genre
Length34:15
LabelEpitaph
ProducerDonnell Cameron
Rancid chronology
Rancid
(1992)
Rancid
(1993)
Radio Radio Radio
(1993)
Singles from Rancid
  1. "Hyena"
    Released: 1993

Rancid is the debut studio album by the American punk rock band Rancid. It was released on May 10, 1993, through Epitaph Records.

It is the only album to feature the band as a trio (guitarist/vocalist Lars Frederiksen would later join the band for the album's supporting tour), as well as one of three albums not to be produced by Brett Gurewitz (the others being ...And Out Come the Wolves and Life Won't Wait). However, Gurewitz provided backing vocals on the album.

It was also the second of three self-titled releases, the others being the group's debut extended play (1992) and its fifth studio album (2000). This album has been dubbed "Rancid Rancid." Until 2017's Trouble Maker, this was the only Rancid album not to feature their iconic logo on the cover. In 2019, the Brooklyn Vegan ranked the album as their 6th best album.[4]

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