Rancid: Lars Frederiksen, Tim Armstrong (vocals, guitar); Matt Freeman (vocals, bass); Brett Reed (drums).

Recorded at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California.

Personnel: Lars Frederiksen , Tim Armstrong (vocals, guitar); Matt Freeman (vocals); Brett Reed (drums).

Liner Note Author: Rancid.

Recording information: Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA.

Photographer: Jesse Fischer .

Whatever Rancid lack in innovation, they make up with sheer energy. The group rushes through Let's Go with an invigorating recklessness, sounding like a less-serious, party-ready version of the Clash. It's almost impossible to understand what vocalist Tim Armstrong sings at any given moment, yet there is no great meaning in what Rancid say -- the message is in the buzzing guitars and speeding rhythms. It doesn't hurt that the band can throw out the occasional memorable hook or melody, like the single "Salvation," as well. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

As if the '80s never happened, Rancid pogo from their retro mosh pit into mainstream success with their newest album LET'S GO. Splattered with growling vocals and lurching chord progressions, Rancid albums sound like the bastard children of early Clash and Stiff Little Fingers albums.

Barking out slurred, sing-along harmonies on top of a hyper toe-tapping rhythm section, LET'S GO plays like a relic from the late '70s rather than the '90s. Rancid's material boasts the anthemic rabble-rousing quality that made punk's energy so appealing when it broke nearly twenty years ago. Thankfully, they keep the energy vital and the material amazingly free of tired cliches. LET'S GO is an invigorating installment of punk calisthenics.

Alternative Press (10/94, p.92) - "...Listen and see where everyone else went wrong..."

NME (Magazine) (9/24/94, p.51) - 8 - Excellent - "...LET'S GO is serious Good Time Music, incorporating nearly two dozen bursts of belligerently poised Ramone-a-lama rompage..."