Rancid (EP)

Rancid

EP by Rancid

Released

January 1992

Recorded

October 1991 at Art of Ears Studios in San Francisco, California

Genre

Punk rock

Length

11:17

Rancid chronology

Rancid
(EP)
(1992)

Rancid
(1993)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Rancid is the eponymously titled debut extended play by the American punk rock band Rancid. It was released in January 1992 through Lookout! Records, home of Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman's prior band, Operation Ivy. It is a recording of the band in its earliest days as a three-piece. Although the correct title of the extended play is simply Rancid, it is commonly referred to as I'm Not the Only One or The Bottle (because of the cover) among Rancid collectors and fans.

Only released on seven-inch vinyl, the songs from the extended play have never been re-recorded for future albums. As of June 2008, it is out of print and has not been domestically released on CD,^[2] however, its contents appear as bonus tracks on the Japanese release of B Sides and C Sides.^[3]

A common bootleg recording from these sessions exists entitled Demos from the Pit. It contains nearly twenty more songs, half of which are unreleased, the others are different versions of songs from its debut studio album, Rancid. Many feature completely different lyrics, and music.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Tim Armstrong; all music composed by Armstrong, Matt Freeman and Brett Reed.

Side one
No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"I'm Not the Only One"	Armstrong	2:51
2.	"Battering Ram"	Armstrong, Freeman	2:56
Total length:			5:47

Side two
No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"The Sentence"	Armstrong, Freeman	1:35
2.	"Media Controller"	Freeman, Armstrong	1:56
3.	"Idle Hands"	Armstrong, Freeman	1:59
Total length:			5:30

Personnel

Tim Armstrong - lead vocals, guitar
Matt Freeman - bass, vocals
Brett Reed - drums, backing vocals
Andy Ernst - producer
Jimmy Johnson - executive producer
Martin Sprouse - graphics

References

Rancid

Tim Armstrong Lars Frederiksen Matt Freeman Branden Steineckert Brett Reed

Studio albums	Rancid (1993) Let's Go ...And Out Come the Wolves Life Won't Wait Rancid (2000) Indestructible Let the Dominoes Fall Honor Is All We Know

EPs	Rancid Radio Radio Radio

Other albums	BYO Split Series Volume III B Sides and C Sides

Singles	"Salvation" "Roots Radicals" "Time Bomb" "Ruby Soho" "Bloodclot" "Brad Logan" "Fall Back Down" "Last One to Die"

Related articles	Discography Tours Operation Ivy Transplants Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards Tim Timebomb The Used U.K. Subs Devils Brigade Social Distortion Downfall Shaken 69 The Silencers Basic Radio Auntie Christ Lookout! Records Epitaph Records Hellcat Records Give 'Em the Boot

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