Editing Life Won't Wait (section)

==Reception==
{{Music ratings 
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic review">{{cite web |first=Stephen Thomas |last=Erlewine |title=Review: ''Life Won't Wait - Rancid'' |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r355051|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |access-date=23 July 2009}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Consumer Guide]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating-Christgau|A-}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |chapter=Rancid: Life Won't Wait |chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=2873 |date=2000-10-15 |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishing]] |isbn=9780312245603 |language=en |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/christgausconsum00chri_0 }}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'' 
| rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=Larkin|first1=Colin|author-link1=Colin Larkin (writer)|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|date=2011|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|isbn=9780857125958|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC|language=en}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev4score = 7.0/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Ruggeri |first=Kevin |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/r/rancid/life-wont-wait.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816184918/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/r/rancid/life-wont-wait.shtml |title=Rancid: Life Won't Wait: Pitchfork Review |archive-date=16 August 2000 |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |publisher=[[Condé Nast]] }}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Rolling Stone Review">{{Cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/rancid/albums/album/306290/review/5943740/life_wont_wait |title=Review: ''Rancid - Life Won't Wait'' |last=Chonin |first=Neva |publisher=[[Jann Wenner]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030501232723/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=28284&cf=379 |archive-date=1 May 2003 |url-status=dead |access-date=23 July 2009}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]''
| rev6score = {{rating|3|5|full=U+25A0.svg|empty=U+25A1.svg|rating=medal}}<ref name="Select Review">{{cite journal |first=Sam |last=Upton |title=Review: ''RANCID - Life Won't Wait, Epitaph'' |journal=[[Select (magazine)|Select]] |publisher=[[EMAP|EMAP Metro]] |issue=August, 1998 |page=93}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev7score = 7/10<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OStTbPbsrNgC&pg=PA121 | title=Life Won't Wait Review | author=Vowell, Sarah |author-link=Sarah Vowell| journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] | volume=14 | issue=7 | pages=121–2 | date=July 1998}}</ref>
}}

''Life Won't Wait'' was released on June 30, 1998, and was the last Rancid album for 16 years to be released through [[Epitaph Records]] until ''[[Honor Is All We Know]]'' (2014). After its release, the band moved to frontman [[Tim Armstrong]]'s label (a sub-label of ''Epitaph''), [[Hellcat Records]], who released their next album, 2000's ''[[Rancid (2000 album)|Rancid]]''. Although not as successful as ''...And Out Come the Wolves'', the album peaked at number 35 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart, making it one of Rancid's highest ranking albums.<ref name="Billboard">{{cite web|title=Life Won't Wait's entry at Billboard.com| publisher=Billboard.com|url= {{BillboardURLbyName|artist=rancid|chart=all}}|access-date=2008-01-17 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080425072933/{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=rancid|chart=all}} <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2008-04-25}}</ref>

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of [[Allmusic]] described the album as having a ska influence. He praised the music as a "powerful slice of old-school punk — as powerful as any of their records" and claims "it actually sounds a lot like ''...And Out Come the Wolves''". The album received a rating of three and a half out of five stars.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|title=Life Won't Wait | publisher=[[Allmusic|Allmusic.com]]|url= {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r355051|pure_url=yes}}|access-date=2008-01-17}}</ref>