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 enlarge | Artist: Offspring
Label: Epitaph / Ada
Category: Music
New (15) Used (155) Collectible (4) from $0.01
Rating:  355 reviews
Sales Rank: 5980
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 86432
UPC: 045778643226
EAN: 0045778643226
ASIN: B000001IPL
Release Date: April 15, 1994
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| Tracks:
| • | Nitro (Youth Energy) | | • | Bad Habit | | • | Gotta Get Away | | • | Genocide | | • | Something to Believe In | | • | Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated) | | • | Self Esteem | | • | It'll Be a Long Time | | • | Killboy Powerhead - The Offspring, Didjits | | • | What Happened to You? | | • | So Alone | | • | Not the One | | • | Smash |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com essential recording
Call them the Nine Inch Nails of punk. Like NIN, the Offspring preserve the essential ingredients of their chosen genre--guitars grinding out three chords, shouted vocals, and plenty of vitriol--and layer them over a melodic base that packs considerable popular appeal. The singles from Smash, the Offspring's breakthrough album, still receive considerable radio airplay: "Gotta Get Away," "Come Out and Play," and "Self Esteem." With these and Smash's 11 other tracks, the band chronicles the adolescent experience with clarity and surprisingly incisive wit. That pretty much describes all of their albums, but this is the one to get. It's got more shape than their earlier material and isn't as disturbingly poppy as their more recent recordings; it's the perfect blend of riffs and rage. --Genevieve Williams
Amazon.com
Yes, they (along with Green Day) finally brought skate-rock into the world of John Q. Mallrat, but the Offspring were hardly spring chickens at the time of this breakthrough album's release. They'd been slogging away since 1987, a span that allowed them to amass all the clever tricks showcased here, most notably the Latino-rap/moshpit-riff mega-hit "Come Out and Play." Just about every track on the disc (the band's third, if you were counting) keeps that careful balance between aggression and accessibility, from the surf-punk self- help rant of "Self-Esteem" to the airy ska-pop of "What Happened to You?" If Green Day are the '90s punk equivalent of the Beatles, and Rancid its Rolling Stones, the Offspring might be its Monkees--remembered for nothing more important than simple, indelible pop. --David Sprague
Album Description
Smash is a generous helping of guitar power-pop. The delightful Middle-Eastern surf guitar on "Come Out And Play" hides harsh sentiments in poppy guitar riffs. Singer Dexter Holland mocks the school systems that think the solution to school violence is to "keep them separated," to segregate rather than educate the kids about the dangers of carrying guns. As Holland advises his fans, "Hey pay no mind/If you're under eighteen you won't be doing any time." Offspring's power is in writing anthemic guitar rock that effortlessly slips from genre to genre. From the humorous ska-flavored "What Happened To You?" to the sing-along guitar riff in "No Self Esteem,".
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 Great album ... avoid the remaster though October 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you know anything about sound and like good sound... avoid the 2008 remaster of this classic album at all costs and buy the 1994 issue instead. Especially if you're new to the Offspring, before the 2008 remaster ends up superseding the original 1994 master and this new master is all you are able to purchase. Why you ask? Because the 2008 remaster is a casualty of the loudness war... and if those words ring a bell to you it's because 2008 is the year the loudness war finally broke through into the mainstream thanks to the horrible mastering on Metallica's million selling disc "Death Magnetic". If you still don't know what the hell i am talking about visit Wikipedia and search "loudness war" and that should fill you in.
The 2008 remaster fixes some issues up with the original 1994 master and generally makes everything sound more crisp and nice like late 90's Offspring albums but the songs are brick walled and all the dynamics are completely gone thanks to over compression. Epitaph may be known as a punk label but they definitely aren't when it comes to conforming to todays accepted standard of mastering. This remaster is an insult. Great for your poor quality iPod headphones... terrible for your high fidelity stereo system.
 Ready for take off February 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Offspring caught everyone by surprise with just how good this album was. It took off, quite literally blowing many other bands out of the way to get at the charts in numerous territories and it's easy to see why.
Firstly the band were one of the earliest to use the pop-punk schtick. And given there was some real abrasiveness in their wattage and Dexter Holland actually had a bit of the ol' nasal twang happening you sort of believed it. As opposed to Blink 182 (the Danger Danger of their generation).
Secondly the thing was propelled by the buoyant yet full bodied blasts of singles such as Come Out And Play which speaks at a simple yet highly effective level to the fire in the belly without totally submerging it's intelligence to suck up to the punter, the stupidity of much of the behaviour being sung about isn't glossed over. As for Self Esteem, this is an interesting piece of introspection wrapped up in a PG rated sense of fun.
Thirdly the body of the album apart from the couple of huge singles also feels good and sounds good. Nitro (youth energy) is an excellent way to start off an album and further songs like Bad Habit, Gotta Get Away and Genocide continue to batter the listener with tracks that feel full of intent.
Towards the end of the album things start to unravel a bit - the band should of cut two or three tracks off the album as What Happened To You, So Alone and Not The One are all fairly anonymous and by then your not really all that interested in the title track tacked unceremoniously onto the end of proceedings.
And that's pretty much why I can only give this four stars. The album has Offspring at their very best with energetic delivery of fresh sounding hard rockin' numbers that have more vitality in them than so many of the more offensive pretenders in the genre. One of the better hard rock albums of the 90's with easily enough middle finger to have you taking them seriously. For now.
This CD Rocks! December 18, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the album that got me into punk rock. While this is a bit on the outskirts, it's definitely a great gateway record. The drums are incredible, the guitar is often playful and hard rockin', and Dexter's scratchy voice is a perfect fit with the rest of the band. "Nitro" and "Self-Esteem" are especially great. I would definitely recommend buying this CD. It's worth it.
 Sold Rock Fun September 30, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you know the offspring at all, you know what to expect from this album. If you don't, here it is: above average rock hymns worth humming to yourself to psyche yourself up with. "Come Out and Play" and "Self Esteem" are probably the two best songs the Offrspring have ever produced. Overall this album will not revolutionize your music library, but it will add some fun solid rock music worth listening to with the music cracked up. I don't think this album could disappoint you too much unless you're really expecting far too much from this band, but it might just entertain you a bit more than you'd expect. Relax, sit back, don't over think this effort and just enjoy the noise.
good, but way too overrated July 23, 2007
This is a good album, yes, but it is very overrated. Alot of Offspring fans like to defend this album and trash their new stuff without giving any reasons as to why or any constructive criticism of their new stuff. They are just telling me that they're just trying to look cool if they can't say anything better than "smash rulez amaricana/conspiracy of one/splinter SUCK". Well there are later Offspring releases that I like more than this, like Conspiracy of One. Don't like my opinion? Comment on my review, and let's see how well you can debate.
Anyways, I like this album, but I skip a few songs, while on albums like Conspiracy of One or Ixnay on the Hombre I can listen to the whole thing through.
Good album, but not a classic when it comes to what I think.
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