Smash

Yeah this album is honestly kind of unserious lol. The lyrics are kind of just not really as political as they want to be and kind of pretty I don't know very abstract and doesn't take a strong stance. Like the song "Genocide", like why would you suggest giving someone your genocide. Doesn't really blame anyone in particular who commits genocide. If its not giving very non-political political statements, like addressing gun control in "come and play" suggesting not being prosecuted under 18 and young people just love to play guns instead of being a systemic issue, then it's pretty self-involved otherwise and falls into the trap of people brainwashed or whatever. I don't think I would have minded the lackluster lyrics if the music itself was interesting. But it's pretty stock standard punk music. Some good guitar work but yeah that's pretty much it. Also songs are pretty catchy at least and not in too annoying of a way. 2 stars. 26/9/25

I don't know why exactly but found it pretty cheesy. It had a couple songs that were pretty good but by and large it was forgettable using recycled punk ideas with 90s production. Not a fan of the lyrics either so nothing else to latch on to. Rating: 2.5

Good Songs: Nitro (Youth Energy), Bad Habit, Come Out and Play (Keep Em' Seperated), Self Esteem, Killboy Powerhead, What Happened To You? Mid Songs: Time to Relax, Gotta Get Away, Genecide, Something to Believe In, It'll Be A Long Time, So Alone, Not The One, Bad Songs: Smash

ça s'écoute mais franchement... BORIIIIING

Passively listened to this a decent amount as a kid, mostly when friends were playing it or seeing the videos on TV. I seem to remember my sister owning this on CD and I'd kind of sneak into her room to borrow it. I was into more underground punk at the time, and the Offspring were definitely more like a top-40s punk band when this came out, they were huge. Despite the damage to my teenage 'scene cred', there were some undeniably good tracks on here. I actually enjoy more of their 'serious' tracks (Gotta Get Away, Self Esteem) over the goofier tracks (I skipped Come out and Play, just because I've heard it a million times and it feels out of place here). It's also annoying as hell. Listening again as an adult, some of the lyrics are definitely cringy and gave me some second hand embarrassment (i.e., you STUPID DUMBSHIT GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKER) in Bad Habit, oof. But then you get to the next track (Gotta Get Away) leaves out the angsty teen outburst lyrics and it works much better in my opinion. Self Esteem is another great track that I related to. Really cool music video that I watched countless times on MTV. Update-I also skipped What Happened to You. Ska punk needs to stay dead. Overall I think I'm officially too old to get down with this anymore, but I can certainly appreciate the bygone days when Smash played in the background.

An extra star for nostalgia.

The older I get, the less I like The Offspring. Young me and middle age me do not agree on the value of this album. Guess I gotta keep em separated.

I have never liked Offspring, Dexter Holland's voice is just not for me and with the very Offspringy instrumentals makes all of their songs sound very much the same to me, this album didn't change my opinion on that.

Dear God. Make it stop. Please. In the end, I made it thru' to the end, but BeeJeezus it sucks. It may loosely resemble "punk", but it is a loose connection. Back in the seventies, I saw quite a few punk bands, some musically less adept than The Offspring, but none of them had the cynical moneygrabbing disdain as this heap of crap.. I shall not be relistening.

Aside from the two well known songs, as an album, I don't think its very interesting. It sounds very of its time, and kinf of the same in all songs. It has nostalgia attached to it, its not the worst either, but not great great

Lol https://youtu.be/fxvek6kVcok?si=ydk3Xxvua4bSjI3o

Not a fan of shouting

OK punk album. Quite liked some bits. I would have given 2.5 but that option is not available so I'm afraid isa a 2

The known hit singles are the best tracks. The rest sound more or less the same.

self esteem only bright spot

This is just not for me, but they are good players.

not bad, yk kinda good actually

Definitely wrong time and place in my case. Though I'm not sure how much this stands up even among other punk rock albums of its type, i guess I will learn as time goes on. For now, it succeeds at what it tries to be, just not sure what it tries to be is all that great.

I remember this album being MASSIVE in 1994, which was a historic year for music. Listening to it now, it feels very dated. It's ok - I like some of the faster stuff on here. It feels like a very sanitized version of punk, which was good as an entry point for better punk albums. But, for me, this feels very conventional and overly slick. 4/10

very repetitive, a good song maybe? Not a whole album

Not a huge Offspring fan. The vocals have always been grating to me. Music is fine, but I don’t generally seek it out. Album is fine, just not top of the pops to me

Taking its cues more from hardcore and metal than first-generation punk, *Smash* cranks up the tempos at the expense of tunefulness. Only "Gotta Get Away" has anything resembling a melody - most everything else seems like a technical exercise in playing at high speed, with the vocals never really meshing with the high-velocity chord changes underneath.

I probably shouldn’t have listened to this when I had a headache.

Ok. Some monster banger hits, but also quite a few uninteresting tracks.

Self esteem is nice but isn’t it a Smells like teen spirit ripoff (same guitar riff) Generally I don’t click with punk rock. It seems like the drummer plays as fast as possible and the rest of the band chimes in. Same here. All songs sound the same and are quite annoying. Especially in my tired morning mood.

Naaaah why is this tripe on this liiiiiist I love pop punk and I like the off springs but I would never have them fill one day in your last 1001, because I care about you. I would, however, add a Turnstile album to your final 1001 days. Check out Glow On (more pop), or Turnstile Love Connection (more punk). @ Robert Dimery, There Is Good (Dare I Say Great) Pop Punk Made After The 90s

I like Punk and I like pop, therefore I should like this album to one degree or another but Offspring aren't really to my taste. Too often the songs on "Smash" are 100 mph with little variation, dynamics or colour to them. The dynamics, when there are some, are used like a light switch, 'off and full on'. After a while I found this wearing and I became somewhat indifferent to what I was listening to. This album isn't really for me. I can see it's appeal, and there are a few good tracks on it. 'Smash', gets 2⭐. Would I play this album again? No. Would I buy this album? No. 1 "Time to Relax" - Funny. - 3 2 "Nitro [Youth Energy]" - Frantic. - 3 3 "Bad Habit" - Loud and frantic. Why aren't I enjoying this more? - 3 4 "Gotta Get Away" - 3 5 "Genocide" (Followed by spoken word) - 2 6 "Something to Believe In" - 2 7 "Come Out and Play" - The best track so far. It was the obvious single at the time. - 4 8 "Self Esteem" - 2 9 "It'll Be a Long Time" - 2 10 "Killboy Powerhead" - 2 11 "What Happened to You?" - 3 12 "So Alone" - 2 13 "Not the One" - 2 14 "Smash" - 2 Total - 35 Average - 2.50

Super poppy, rolled up in an edgy package. I'd probably not listen again, but good to have a window into 90s schlock I happily dodged at the time.

Never really enjoyed punk rock and adjacents, but this one isn't all that bad.

Come out and play Self-esteem

There's probably a time and place for this but it didn't work well for me on a Friday afternoon while working.

trash

really mid, only a couple okay songs

enjoyable but that was it felt like I was listening to the same song over and over again

Offspring sucks. I'm putting that out there so it's clear where I stand as the album starts. Pop punk is one of the worst parts of the 90s. Greenday sucks and Offspring rode their "punk" coattails to fame. Nothing like a stupid sketch to open an album. Nitro (Youth Energy) is better than I wanted to believe these guys were capable of. Bad Habit and Gotta Get Away were both big hits and they are terrible. The album tracks are superior to the hits. Could do without the updates from the opening sketch voiceover guy. Come Out and Play is terrible. I have no idea how this got popular. Pop punk and Nu Metal, if it weren't for hip hop and grunge the 90s would have been worse than the 80s. Self Esteem was the best of the singles, but that is a really low hurdle. Killboy Powerhead is as bad as the title. And the ska influenced What Happened to You? reminded me that ska had a comeback in the 90s too. What a terrible decade. A ten minute closing track? No thanks. And we get the bookend with the voice over guy again. The hidden hidden track. Three minutes of silence so you can't figure it out from hitting skip track...is there nothing the 90s didn't ruin? Five minutes of silence...unacceptable. Finished with a Middle Eastern instrumental of Come Out and Play. Was it worth the wait? It was not, Other Barry.

First 5 songs are great. Lost my interest after that. Really don't like their hit singles i guess

Boring

Man, this record is dumb, shrill and in a hurry. F!

Every song sounded the same. But I liked the guitar.

I knew little about The Offspring prior to this, my knowledge largely extending to the song “Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)”. Armed with that, and a general sense of how songs of this genre and era sounded, I didn’t anticipate I would much like this. And I was right.

It was not as great as expected. Some hits, but most of the songs are leftovers and did not age well.

I tried. But alas, the vocals ruined it. Was overplayed in the 90s.

It was okay, nothing special. Generic punk, all bark no bite.

No relevance at all, certain entertainment factor and two points for the potential reminders of whatever credibility. Mainstream Pop punk not punk pop.

Nostalgia record Gotta Get Away decent Nirvana ripoff Wasnt 13 when this came out Nothing new here

I was in college, living in the dorms, when this album was released. The number of times I heard "Unzer, glidben, glauten, globen..." is incalculable. Even back then, I assumed that this band and album was a basic, pedantic attempt to pilfer punk rhythms and sculpt them into a palpable piece of music for frat parties that wanted to feel edgy. Not wrong.

This is just so cynical, the exact major label venn diagram meeting of Nirvana and Green Day. Even the obligatory ska track (awful).

This album is a thousand times better than the half dozen songs I've heard from them before. That said, I still hate it. More fun than Radiohead, that's a for sure right there.

Has any band ever gotten so much traction out of yelling “Oh yeah yeah? Self Esteem is a nostalgic song but this is a fundamentally boring album that is like what a marketing executive thinks punk rock is.

Did not like the lead vocals at all, really turned me off of the entire album

Standard rett fram punk. Ikke superfan

not for me

'90s radio-rock with lots of whoa-oh-ohs. The soundtrack to so-cal bros becoming "punk". Musically, it could be a lot worse I suppose, but it's just so corny.

I don’t think I was or have ever been the target audience for this album … I don’t hate this, it’s grand, and there are some more palatable bops on it like “Gotta Get Away”. But it’s not something I’ll ever reach for again.

Not my fave, every song sounded the same with little change in lyricism and tempo

To my ears they were and still are Nirvana Lite.

Not really my thing but wasn't horrible.

I owned a lot of 90s albums on cassette and this futuristic format known as compact disc. I own zero of those albums today. Recently, I have begun an obsession with collecting vinyl, and I ask myself a lot, in fact just yesterday when I had The Refreshments in my hand, does 90s music age well, and do I need to buy any of my favorites from this decade again? I did own this Offspring album on cassette, it was not one of my favorites, but I did listen to quite a bit. Does this album age well, I don't think so. When you hear a 90s album, it sounds like a 90s album. Of course decades of old have all had their signature sound. But after the very formatted 50s, the 60s 70s and 80s were all a very experimental time in music. The 90s I feel were just kind of picking up the scraps the previous decades have left behind, and piecing together what they could. I feel by 2000 everyone ran out of ideas, and the majority of bands in the last 25 years are just carbon copies of everything that came before. Ok now I will get off my soap box and talk about this Offspring album. I can honestly say I haven't listened to it in almost 30 years, and I can definitely say I will never listen to it again. I feel anything I once enjoyed about this album, has been lost to my changing tastes, and when I go back, I wonder, did I enjoy this? It's funny how that works, some things stick with you forever, and some things you leave behind.

Couple good bangers. I like the vocals.

2/5. It's alright, it feels like how I expected a 90s Grunge band to sound. It can be a fun sound at times but even Nirvana is not an every day listen and I would rather listen to them if I wanted this sound. I recognize the hits but even still, they were just kind of there, not something I would actively seek out. I can see why it was popular, or even is popular, but it's not the best. I enjoyed it for what it was, and I might listen to it again, who knows. Best Song: Self Esteem, Bad Habit, Come Out To Play

Not my thing

I just don’t like the constant nasally screaming into the mic.

Bit heavy for me

Ok 2/5

I liked the energy of this album. Wiki notes this band along with Green Day + others were responsible for making punk rock popular again in the 90s....ah yes Green Day now THATS a good band. This just doesn't cut it for me but I have to thank it for making want to listen to Bowling for Soup again!

acho que é o que envelheceu menos mal deles mas ainda assim reparei que hj eles são talvez a banda menos memorável de qnd eu era guri

I was not expecting to see an offspring album on a list of albums I needed to hear. I'm not sure why that would be the case. I don't hate them, I just never considered them that important. Maybe I'm underestimating their pop punk influence. Anyway, I wasn't really into this. I didn't mind some of their Americana album, I feel they try to be the rockier side of pop punk (as opposed to Greenway or blink) but none of this got me too excited and I'm afraid that Dexter's vocals do grate after a while, I read once that he has a lot of processing on them, so maybe that is what bugs me about them, but I dunno. Either way the songs need to be really good for me to want to listen, and I'm not sure these were.

I can only do Americana…

Couple of ok tunes but gets a bit much after a listen.

the lyric "you stupid dumb shit motherfucker" brought a tear to my eye

Not as good as I remember. Good trip down memory lane, won't be returning.

That stupid drum beat (snare on 1,2,3,4) gives me PTSD. I'm typically a sucker for a lead singer in the higher register range but Holland's voice drives me nuts. It's probably the stupid drum beat, but maybe it's his face.

In the spring of 1994 the choice was between Dookie and Smash and well, Billie Joe reminded me too much of shitheads I knew and actually picked a fight with them outside a venue in Frankfurt, but more importantly, they didn’t play fast. The Offspring played faster, not NOFX or SNFU fast, but fast enough for me. That said, I don’t really think I ever clicked with this? I distinctly remember walking around Frankfurt with this on my discman thinking “do I even really like this?” Not in a Fugazi sense, where I’m being challenged by unorthodox sounds, more...does this suck? But, I still liked it enough to go see them do a free show at the university, bumping into Dexter housing a Big Mac a few blocks over. It was kinda good clean fun I guess and I never listened to it again until now. I completely forgot about that ska track lol, which I definitely defended back in 1994. It’s kind of a marvel Gurewitz could even supply distributors...11 million worldwide!!! If my dad ever gave me shit about pouring energy into music, I could always bring up these fools.

High octane, full throttle music. The drummer is working overtime lmao I swear. Not my sorta music I’m into but it would deserve a better score if I was into it haha.

I don't understand this, it is just some loud music that feels soulless. Like sure, the band knows how to play, and it still felt so empty with the same consistent sound throughout. The ending of the last track after five minutes of nothing was pretty neat, but that doesn't redeem the album in the slightest.

This band is in the running for worst ever. Other than “Self-Esteem,” this album does nothing for me. I’ll stop there before I attack your music taste if you’re one who likes this band with a severe lack of talent who must resort to gimmicks to get people to listen.

mid rock slop

Ive always found Come out and play to be an annoying song. The rest of it was fine, some was mildly enjoyable. I would rather not listen to it again.

This one has an emotional attachment for me, as I bought it when it first came out and felt rather the rebel with my punk album in hand. Turns out this is West Coast wannabe punk that sounds a lot like my past self had a significant Dunning-Kruger gap in my punk knowledge (and probably still do, bit less so with my ongoing 1001 self-knowledge thru music course.

More yelling, but more importantly, Offspring feels like a band created by a marketing department trying to capitalize on the popularity of grunge rather than being a band born out of it. Interesting hooks at times, but ultimately unconvincing.

Gotta Get Away Come Out and Play Self-Esteem

Feels like I visited an old high school friend and they still work at Ikea

it’s not my type of music, ig

Nope. I think I liked this when I was maybe 17 or 18. I've seen them live a few times since then, but the last time I saw them, at a festival, it was one of the worst sets I have seen in my life. Like they phoned it in. Just running off muscle memory. I decided that day to never listen to them again, I was so disappointed. I went home and deleted all of their music. Two stars, because they're not Morrissey bad. Just old and lame.

Not my cup of tea at all. Gave it 2 listens. Second time around the 1st track seemed better but unfortunately not the rest. All a bit samey and no fan of lead singers voice. Last track had an interesting pause for around 4 mins and then a middle eastern type guitar solo and raised this to 2 stars.

As the 1990s came thundering in with the rise of grunge and punk alternative rock, I never connected with The Offspring. Aside from their more well-known radio-friendly songs like "Come Out and Play," "Self Esteem," and "Gotta Get Away," the remainder of the album not very memorable or engaging. On re-listen, I pretty much feel the same. "Smash" is a reasonably well-produced album, featuring tracks that blend pop sensibilities with loud guitars and a punk-inspired attitude. However, it does not offer anything particularly innovative. For a more better representation of that period, consider "Dookie" by Green Day.

The Offspring are one of those groups I’ve tried to leave in my teens. But damned if some of these songs don’t get my toes tappin’.

Having looked at the various chart entries of this album on Wiki I saw that it had just limped in at No 75 in the UK charts. So no wonder I’ve never heard of them and wondered if it was yet another one of those US ‘filler’ bands who seem to populate this list in order to make the numbers up to 1001. This was actually unfair as it wasn’t such a bad album. A bit Green Days wannabes maybe but still an admirable attempt. One question though - was this ever released on vinyl and if so were the words on track one changed? 2.5/3 29/3/25

Keep em Separated and Self Esteem skyrocketed these guys to the 1994 alt charts, but it was on the coattails of Green Day’s Dookie.

Couple of songs I enjoyed Quite repetitive Not one I’d go back too

Loud without being very good or interesting at all

Not really my thing

Unpleasant noise. Simply don’t like.

Annoying.

Nothing special, wouldn't turn it off, wouldn't really come back to it

4/10

No Mom, I WON’T clean up my room. The band that launched a million angst ridden drywall punchers into the Age of Enlightenment (the late 90’s). They’re here with their debut that I haven’t really heard all the way through. There’s the hits, sure, but will those hit me the same as they once did, or will this generate the cringe that I kind of expect it to? Grab your walker, aging millennial guy named Kyle and/or Josh, and gather round the ol’ text box. Time to review Smash. Ok. Thanks. It is time to relax. Well let’s just pretend that didn’t happen. It was fine. Kind of funny, but you better start with a bang. Meh. The riff is alright here. Sort of thrash extra lite. The whole Rise Against melody that this has is really off putting to me. I’m aware that my use of anachronistic comparisons may also be off putting, but this is my party, and I’ll cry if I want to, pal. This was mid. Man these vocals are killing me. Why do an A Cappella segment with them? At least it jumps up from there. This song has far more energy than the previous. Ironic because the last song featured the word “energy” in the title. I mean this lyrical theme though. My skin is crawling with cringe. I may run you off the road if you’re playing this song. Oh my sweet lord. Immediately transported back to being stuck in traffic on the 102 flipping track and forth between Q104 and the other one whose name escapes me. Catchy song to be fair. A little less cringe. Better. Still not great. This lyrical theme feels slightly higher brow, but we are still deeply in cro-magnon territory. The unnecessary competition between humans in an age of permanent excess is baffling and exhausting, but just saying “dog eat dog” a thousand times doesn’t quite get the point across. I just want some straightforward punk. The riffs are again ok. Fairly boilerplate, mainstream rock. I want less melody and more edge. I am being delivered this overly-melodic track on repeat right now. Stadium “punk.” Hand me my cheaper version of a popular energy drink, there is some drywall to punch. Hey man, when I see red, look out. You know what though? At least this song has some attitude. And if I imagine it as a takedown of macho culture, it gets even better. This is a fun song. Heavier and more subversive. A victory. Uh oh. The king hit on this thing. Look. I talked about cringe, and I fully anticipated “Self Esteem” to remind me what a loser I was as a teenager, but you know what? This song is still pretty fun. The long winded melodic chanting is tiresome, but the lyrics and general slacker punk energy really work for me. Look at me liking all the chart toppers. Hey. This one is pretty cool. The little poppy break halfway is actually really good. A catchy track. This is my favourite cartoon. I will only expose my children to Killlboy Powerhead. It’s NOT too violent or racist like they say. The hood is just part of his costume. I don’t even know where that bit was going. This song sounds like a vaguely western themed and highly overblown arena punk song. Oh good! Ska influence. I will try to imagine good bands during these difficult times. Oh no. My brain is not powerful enough. All I can think about is Sublime and wearing pyjamas to Wal-Mart. So much of this stuff has aged horribly and I am incredibly bored. I could sleep if it didn’t feel like I was in the waiting room to watch a Billy Joe Armstrong NFT commercial. The aging of rockstars really is sad. Maybe Kurt Cobain was onto something This is Dropkick Murphy’s for the other coast. The riff has its moments, but the vocal melody is killing me. I’m tired. Is this song really going to be 10 minutes? That may lower this whole thing by a star. Oh wait it’s going to be silence!!! Score. Well I can use this time to ponder my existence and question my enjoyment of rock music overall. A lounge version of “come out and play” brings this 1995 Pontiac Grand Prix loaded with Wendy’s cups and an anti-abortion bumper sticker to its final stop. This went a lot worse than I could’ve even imagined. I hate this particular sound and I think that only grows with time. Who knows. This may come back like multi-coloured ski jackets or baggy jeans, but for now, this hits the ears like a warm trash heap hits a nose. It reminds me of the smelliest and hottest moments of 2005. Which is telling for two reasons. One. This album is like the inverse feeling of nostalgia, and two, I wasn’t there when this WAS fresh. I was learning these songs from aging anger management drop outs who are now right wing. So while that may be partially unfair, I can’t come at it from a different place. This sounds to me like a collection of songs to be belted out by drunk white guys in a half full Staples Centre. There were some songs I enjoyed, but I’m ducking out early, so I can beat the lifted F350s out of the parking lot. 2 HIGHLIGHTS: Come Out and Play, Self Esteem, It’ll Be a Long Time

well played and very well recorded straightahead 90s punk rock, let down by whiny vocals

Kind of sounds like if Weird Al made a song making fun of punk music. It's okay, I guess. I've always thought they were a novelty joke band.

I’ve always felt Offspring were a “paint by numbers” punk band - packaged as being edgy while their videos played endlessly on MTV. Between that and the vocals, I found them mostly annoying then and still do (although to a somewhat lesser degree now).

I am not and have never been a teenage boy, it is the sort of thing my now 12-year-old will inflict on me shortly, joy! having said that is ok to do the very boring bookkeeping to

I fell asleep

Solid punk record, music was good, vocals were not. Songwriting was solid, enjoyed "Gotta Get Away" and "Self Esteem" Overall, not an album I will return to but this was a fine listening experience, even if I won't seek out this band in the future.

I see the appeal, but this just isn't my thing. The best way I can describe this record is that it's "fun." However, it's more "fun" in that it revives memories of a certain aesthetic that it does more to reinforce than define.

Only heard some singles before. Genuinely just not my thing but Dexter Holland is my birthday buddy so I cannot say a bad thing about him 2/5

I have never enjoyed The Offspring. This album didn’t change my opinion.

5/10 I got this soon after Dookie by Green Day, so the comparisons are inevitable. I preferred this one. GD seemed like tourists into punk, Offspring seemed like insiders who were exploring into genres outside of punk. Quite fun. But the massive problem - and one I knocked a star off for - is that this album needs an edit. Too many songs, at least 10 minutes too long. It became tiring. Best: Come out and Play

tiene energía pero

The voice.....

Not my kind of music 😜

not terrible

Pre-listening thoughts: I KNEW we were gonna get this album today. Don’t ask me how. I’m not psyched about it though. I feel like we’ve been getting a lot of loud music recently - a lot of 90s grunge, metal, alt, etc. so I was hoping for something of a different pace. Manifesting an album by a woman for tomorrow. Also special shoutout to the kid from Jedi Junior High whose dad was in the Offspring. That was crazy figuring that out upon rewatch. Sadly his fav song (Stuff Gets Messed Up) isn’t on this album, but Greg K (his dad) isn’t in the band anymore either. Post/during listening thoughts: I completely zoned out during this sorry. You may be thinking “how the hell did you zone out during an album that’s so loud?” To that I say, I’m just incredibly talented. The speaking interludes made me wildly uncomfortable though. This isn’t the worst of 90s punk I’ve heard but I’m not loving it. This marks the fourth two star rating in a row I’ve given, and the 6th two star album in 8 days. Please let me get a good one for album 200 tomorrow 🙏 4/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: nope Fav tracks: Self Esteem Least fav tracks: Smash. Why is there like 8 mins of silence.

Annoying voice

Not for me an insisting upon itself

Juvenileish punk rock not terrible

not my cup of tea

I actually quite liked the music and the messiness/punk-sound of it, and if I do my best to hear through the sound of Dexter Holland's voice I can kind of enjoy the album. Unfortunately, my personal antipathy for way of singing is enough for me to never want to sit through an Offspring album again.

Meeehhh

Not sure I think this album is a 2 straight up, but in the context of 1001 albums you must hear before you die, it feels appropriate to identify it as the lower end. I respect the significance of what this album + Dookie (which is the better project by a country mile, IMO) did for punk pop in the mid 90's but nothing is all that impressive on this LP. Middle school me enjoyed this type of album heavily- and to its credit, the raw, youthful, spit in your face energy is probably far and away its best quality. BUT, rather than being nostalgic, I think I just find myself glad to have outgrown the Green Day/Offspring phase.

Ugh.

I have a hard time getting through an entire song sung by the singer of this band. If you played in a rock band in the '90s, it was hard to get away from them in 1994/5 thanks to "Self Esteem", "Keep Em Separated" and "Gotta Get Away". This version of punk became mainstream and similarly-minded bands were everywhere. Listening to this now, I could enjoy "Genocide", which is a weird thing to say considering what it's about, but just the fact that it has more of a gang vocal approach saves it for me. Something about the tone of the dude's voice just makes me want to claw my ears off. The band is tight as hell and some of the songs are good high octane hard rock. I prefer Bad Religion when I want to be sonically bludgeoned by a band like this, but I can't deny the popularity these guys had.

How To Be Irritated for 47 Minutes Straight.

avg album

idk

Never been a fan. Too much goofiness and not enough substance

Mmm no.

I'm already not a huge fan of pop punk-adjacent stuff, it's simply not my thing and generally it can be pretty uninteresting. If I can give Smash something is the fact that it's not trying to be like most pop punk I heard by being real simple and having the worst vocals ever, it was more along the lines of regular punk rock stuff and it's pretty alright at that, if you like some kind of punk rock with some 90s production I don't see how this wouldn't tickle your fancy by being the exact kind of upbeat punk that many think of, but is it for me? Absolutely not, but I had a better time with it than I expected so I'm pleased about that

Smells like Green Day, gotta keep 'em separated otherwise they are indistinguishable.

Pretty good not entirely for me, very repetative and simplistic. Didn't sound dated, sounds like an often intimidated and influential album. Per that point, music that came after this album or may have been inspired by this album sounds much better to me than this.

Lika tråkigt som när jag såg dem på Liseberg nån gång tidigt 90-tal. Svag tvåa.

I was much too young for Smash to change my life. Even as a punk/emo girl in the 2000s, there was no real reason for me to revisit this album. To me, the tomes of ‘90s mainstream pop-punk were always Enema of the State and Dookie. Maybe that was because Blink’s self-titled album was a big gateway for emo kids, and American Idiot was a cultural juggernaut; all I knew about The Offspring was “Pretty Fly for a White Guy,” not even as a hit single, but as a joke among the first older punk kids I befriended. For all the critic talk of Smash’s cultural importance, I’ll admit, I never once felt that I needed to seek it out, even as someone who grew up loving this music and scene, and who did her homework on the bands who came before. Listening to Smash now for the very first time, all these years later, the jokes about The Offspring as sell-out trash now feel even funnier. Because, like, wtfffffff is this shit?!?! 80% of this sounds like either a bad rockabilly band doing a bad parody of Descendents/All, or a bad hardcore band doing a bad parody of Social Distortion. The other 20% sounds like just a slightly better Screeching Weasels if that band had listened to other bands besides the Ramones. When “Come Out and Play” came on, I realized, oh, I *have* heard this before, on the old alt-rock station back in Rhode Island growing up, but if I had known then that that song was the hit single off Smash, then I would’ve been even less inclined to listen to this, because my god do I hate that song!!!!! And there’s soooooo many other similar sounding songs like it on this album. It’s just…cookie cutter, soul-less, and repetitive. There’s a couple brief moments of honest punk songs here, with varied songwriting and okay lyrics, but the bloat outweighs those few moments 4-to-1. The immaturity of it all only makes it more appalling, but it’s not dumb fun like Blink singing about sex hotlines and alien abduction. Instead, it’s a bunch of guys mad at their parents, despite the fact that they’re in their 30s and can move out of the basement at any time. Smash feels like bringing a 20 year old man to Prom. Sure, he may have brought you beautiful flowers, but he didn’t pay for a limo and insisted on driving there in his ’94 Dodge Ram with no muffler that his ex-wife keyed, and besides, he’ll argue with you at dinner about how he isn’t having any fun and storm off to go chain-smoke and when you go out to apologize, you’ll find him making out with the head cheerleader who bullies you and calls you fat. The flowers are going to die in a week anyway, and you’ll forget why you even cared in the first place.

it’s alright

While this music is ok to me, I have never taken The Offspring that seriously. While many consider them “punk” - the only songs I had ever heard from them were on the radio and those singles were rather poppy to me. There certainly are some edgier songs on this album but the lead singers voice is still so pop to me. That being said - it’s an ok album.

no

They're undoubtedly good at what they do. Unfortunately, what they do isn't something that resonates with me. The sound quality on the "2008 remaster" I am listening to is very good. 2/5 is my "OK, if you like that sort of thing (I don't)" rating.

Haven’t heard this one before and surprisingly only know Self Esteem and Come Out and Play. Very generic and annoying. Not a super long album but it feels like an eternity.

really funny intro. ultimately nothing was you're gonna go far kid. sad!

I’ve heard some songs by the offspring before and they’re pretty good. I would’ve loved this album when I was 15. It felt very very mid, nothing particularly special

not my jam

Passed me by really. The spoken word stuff is shit and if you’re going to put a hidden track on make it worth listening to. Some half decent moments, and in places there were echos of both The Undertones and Iron Maiden. Which suggests I should have liked this a lot more than I did. Not something I plan on listening to again

There's a couple solid songs here, but the vibes, to me, are kinda fucked.

I think Offspring deserves its place, but it's not my jive and a little repetitive in its sound.

Couple of ok songs the rest not for me.

Cheesy lyrics and I don't like the prolonged whining scream they do.

Jätetään hidden träkki liattamatta jos se on pskaa enskertaan...

This is respectable old school punk fused with modern alternative rock trends and production to make something radio friendly yet full of edge. However, I will rate it low from hearing it a lot as a kid. C

2.5 for me.

-it’s not horrendous but it’s not.. really that good. My therapist was telling me how much she hated this band one time and now I can understand why -That being said it does have some highlights! The energy is badass in some songs and I LOVE the little Egyptian scale hidden track thing at the end of the album -Favorites are Come Out And Play and What Happened To You?

I see why they were popular but it still wasn't my bag. Not sure why, to be honest.

Feels way more like butt rock than I remember. I want to rate it higher for nostalgia but I just can't. I wonder if my kids will listen to dumb shit like this haha.

Virkeligt i top 1001

Puhh.. Mine forventninger til den her plade blev virkelig gjort til skamme.. Den er godtnok ikke ældet med ynde. Det virker mest som et forsøg på hvor meget idioti folk kan tolerere. Det er dumt hele vejen igennem. De pisser min tid væk med ligegyldigheder som snak om at hygge sig, og et 10 minutters lang tomhed track til sidst med en uendelig ligegyldig krølle på albummet. Jeg forsøgte endda at elske det i starten, og tænkte det var en stor 4er... Shit jeg er skuffet.. Hits er hits.. Men som album, nej tak! Klart den mindste 2er.. På en dårlig dag en klar 1er..

2.4 I thought this would be better

why so angry man? one song brought it up from 0, not bothered to remember which

I remember their singles from the 90s and it was definitely a popular sound for that time, but it’s all very similar and shouty, so not super fun to listen to except for the nostalgia.

Not a big fan; sounds like a lot of other bands of the era.

Honestly not for me, but I like the narrator/commentary throughout it. lol it’s fine. Too much yelling, 1 star. Never really liked the offspring like that… they’re def…. An acquired taste 🧐 anyways yeah, glad I finished it.

Vapid energy - lacks any artful contrast or dramatic tension

Not my thing at all. Don’t like any of it

Gibt mir nix

This is marginally more listenable than later Offspring because they haven’t quite worked out how to compose the worst sounding novelty songs ever made, and then somehow turn them into minor hits. But Come Out And Play is a hint of things to come and it sucks as bad as it did the first time I heard it. They-Might-Be-Giants-ass Orange County punk. Bad stuff. Big time round up, lest there be another, worse Offspring record to come on here.

Groupe connu de nom uniquement, sauf le riff guitare de "Come Out and Play" que je n'avais pas associé à ce groupe. Je suis passé à côté à l'époque. 2 des singles sur les 3 me rappellent Nirvana en moins bien (chant de "Gotta Get Away", "Self Esteem" qui a des faux airs de 'Smells'). Autant écouter Nirvana ... J'apprécie quand même l'énergie dégagée, les morceaux courts et dynamiques, la basse bien en avant. Morceau(x) notable(s) : Bad Habit ++ intro basse et accélération. Donc sympa à écouter, mais pas exceptionnel. =>2/5

I always found Offspring kinda corny but I gotta respect them just a lil bit

Not great but not awful Very repetitive Lazy writing

not my thing.

To a teenage pop-punk fan in 1994, this probably sounded like the most important album in the history of the world, ever! In retrospect, it’s full of sound and fury, signifying nothing, sung by people whose greatest fear was that someone might call them a trendy asshole. It’s at its most fun on the middle eastern themed ‘Come Out and Play’ and the bouncy ska of ‘What Happened to You?’

Facile and boring. I didn't hate it or anything, but I can barely bring myself to credit it with a review. In fact there you go. That'll do. Have a fart noise, the band would probably like that, and it basically sums this album up.

But too rocky for me

Punk, 1994 -> 2

I've heard worse. Plus, nostalgia points...

Bra album, förvånad att jag faktiskt gillade det mesta Bästa låtar: It’ll be a long time, What happened to you?

I really wanted to like this :(

the best songs are the hits. the others aren’t memorable

meehhh

Nope

Really takes me back to playing Crazy Taxi and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater on the Dreamcast. Should have waited for the PS2 to come out!! I had an Offspring hoodie despite only having heard their music on those games and not knowing it was them! Quite boring music really, 2 stars coming straight from nostalgia!

Honking

bad

Pesaos

I don't care for The Offspring's sound, but his was listenable, mostly, and I respect it. I understand why this was one of the hardcore punk groups that had radio play. 2

-certified head banger -best song: ‘self esteem’ -repetitive -would not revisit

- come out and play - self esteem

Sounded a lot like Green Day

Ok but like most punk I've listened to on this list it does suffer from a lack of variety in the sound. High 2.

The Offspring feels nostalgic and has some decent to good songs, but they don't really feel like an "album" group. Instead, they tend to have some really good singles. I will say, I like their ska influence though. Outside of the top tracks, the singers voice is grating and the guitar licks feel repetitive. Finally, what is up with the final song being 10 minutes but silent for half of it. Were they trolling? Best Songs: Self Esteem, What Happened to You? Worst Songs: Genocide, So Alone, Smash

A ono volio bi da mi se više sviđa self esteežmmi je i dalje super

Not my thing but I didn't hate it.

grunge

Just not a fan at all.

Time to Relax: wow, a skit. Nitro (Youth Energy): a decent skate punk song Bad Habit: Orange County punk band writes a song about driving Gotta Get Away: a bad grunge rip-off (About A Girl, anyone?) Genocide: another skate punk song. It's OK but at this point in the album the overly compressed guitar overdubs give me ear fatigue. Something to Believe In: Here's where I admit that I don't really like The Offspring and the vocal effect employed on every recording they ever did is a major part of why I never listen to their records. It overpowers everything like alfalfa sprouts on an otherwise delicious sandwich. Come Out and Play: novelty song Self Esteem: the other grunge song It'll Be a Long Time: the other skate punk Pennywise song Killboy Powerhead: the cover What Happened to You?: the ska punk number? ROFL So Alone: filler song Not the One: the angsty song trying to be Bad Religion Smash: I LOL'd at the half-time breakdown at the end Nice little skit and hidden track at the end because it was the nineties.

Time To Relax - ★☆☆☆☆ Nitro (Youth Energy) - ★★☆☆☆ Bad Habit - ★★★☆☆ Gotta Get Away - ★★★★☆ Genocide - ★★☆☆☆ Something to Believe In - ★★★☆☆ Come Out and Play - ★★★★★ Self Esteem - ★★★★★ It'll Be A Long Time - ★☆☆☆☆ Killboy Powerhead - ★☆☆☆☆ What Happened to You? - ★★★★★ So Alone - ★☆☆☆☆ Not the One - ★★☆☆☆ Smash - ★☆☆☆☆

I’ve never been a big fan of The Offspring, this changed nothing. The singles are the only unique songs

All the cool kids at school liked the offspring so I never listened to them out of principle I knew self esteem of course Little did I know how much every other song sounded like self esteem as well There’s only so much whiny punk I can stand

Very simplistic Drums are very boring Lyrics have not aged well (e.g. saying “tranny” a bunch while trying to be supportive)

Interesting narration every once in a while to move the album along, but this was not enough to save what was mostly a collection of irritating songs. It wasn’t the worst music I’ve ever heard, but I don’t plan on revisiting this one.

I like the vocals with Offspring. This is a high energy romp but it has that fast but superficial sound of American nu-metal. It's too lame call itself 'Genocide'. Not an unpleasant listen and probably quite fun - but... but... a bit too basic, and none of the authentic aggression of something like punk rock. 'Something to Believe In' is catchy. 'Come Out and Play' is more what I'd expected from Offspring... more like 'Pretty Fly' with its humour and playfulness.

I listened to this a lot as a teenager, I probably would have given it a 3 if I still was a teenager. However it's lost it's once mildly rebellious effect on me. A few very catchy songs bit runs out of steam 2/3rds of the way through.

Every song sounded the same to be idk can appreciate someone’s dad would like this

Each song sounded like every other offspring song I’ve ever heard. Good energy for a Monday morning though

I was pretty unimpressed! Came in with high expectations. It’s a lot of songs that sound like a more aggro, guitar-heavy version of styles that everyone was into at the time. The surf rock through-line piqued my interest! Gotta say I enjoyed the 1 minute bonus track, where they play actual surf rock and give the game away, more than a lot of the album though. Doesn’t feel like I’m gonna return to this, it just wasn’t a special enough listen if I’m honest! 2/5

I don't appreciate "god damn mf " as lyrics.

I just have no interest in this band unfortunately

Only gets a second star because there are like one or two ok songs on this but this is like buttrock for middle schoolers lol

Come out and play is the best song on this album. I really liked this band in high school, but on listening again, the songs are similar across this album. Wouldn't listen to this entire album again.

Punk is punk. It's fine.

This style isn't to my tastes, but objectively it is a fun and original album of decent quality

I hated Come Out and Play when it came out and hate it just as much today. Could it be the dude's annoying voice or that is was way overplayed when it came out? Probably a combination of both with an emphasis on the voice. Self Esteem is OK tune, but it's just difficult for me to get over that voice. Especially for an entire album. After Self Esteem, my favorite part was that 5 minute silence at the end. Too much repetitive sound and a voice only a mother could love = 2 for me. 2

Okay so confession time. I've never listened to The Offspring outside of the monster hits. I've always meant to but Dexter's voice reminds me too much of Weird Al, so every time I tried I couldn't shake it and quit. Naturally of course I love Self-Esteem. It's an important part of who I am and is basically a core part of my DNA. So I tried to channel that when listening to this. As I worked my way through it I realized that I just didn't care for it. Everything was there. All of the pieces just how I like them. On paper I should love this but I just didn't. Every song was too similar I can't stand Dexter's voice Weird Al or no. Sucks because I want to like this fucking band. 2.

Not in my personal 1,001. Jay walked in the door as I was cranking this last night and as our resident historian told me that Offspring was the first "incelcore" band. 🤣🤣🤣 Didn't know that genre existed but I believe him!

I thought that I had never heard a song by The Offspring. I had consciously tried never to, because I was under the impression that they were the bastard sons of Slipknot. Given the choice, I choose for my ears to NOT bleed. In Venn diagrams of music, fans, slipknot, and the offspring seemed to cross each other’s circles. It turns out, however, that I had heard a couple of these songs before, but had not been aware of it. They are more like distant cousins of Green Day or blink-182. They’re fine and maybe even slightly fun, but I’m not going to seek them out any time soon.

i don't know why this is on this list. it's all right, but it's nothing special. two good songs does not a must-listen-before-you-die album make.

Kept wondering if I were a 17 year old boy in the 90s would I like this? But I’m not and I didn’t.

The first half of this was fun MTV pop punk and a 3/5... the second half was absolutely terrible zany ska-punk and a solid 1/5 so imma give it a 2

meh, a little too hard/angry for my tastes.

I like the punk style and energy, listening to it over breakfast gave me plenty of pep for vigorously brushing my teeth. All the songs sound the same. About 140bpm, thrashy guitars, that croaky/whiny voice, occasional bass solo etc. etc. Couldnt they try one slower or acoustic number? Not something I personally would consider as one of the greatest albums of all time, but certainly fun to listen to.

so yell-y no thank you

So is this 90s PUNK ROCK, or is this EMO? I dunno what to classify it as but it sounds like they are trying to be PUNKS. I have never intentionally listened to this band before. Do I like it? In my criticism of anything past 1979 REALLY being punk rock, I don't think this qualifies as meeting all the required hallmarks. I don't know what these guys dress like either. Bleh, I'll give 2 stars for effort.

really not my thing

wnl offspring hani kei erwartige. oke erste song isch afoch chli punk sehr teenage musig. Bad habit. sie mached bitz uf zeppelin i guess. aber de sänger isch definitiv nöd de robert plant. nocher wieder schnelle punk dings. gotta get away. fudi-rock riff ääh jo i guess da chamer mache. segeds bi genocide DONKEY KONG EVERY DAY?? ok nei dog eat dog aber ich will donkey kong. ich lieb donkey kong song. kein guete song aber donkey kong. something to believe in findi so chli meh. come out and play het funny gitarre melodie. self esteem het e melodie?? ah jo song okay. er singt chli nervig mit de ziit. itll be a long time het au no e intrssanti melodie und sie mached langsamer. no cool. und denn wieder schneller oookaaay nice. killboy powerhead isch en rieese titel. song macht etz nöd so viel aber mues au nöd. ok jetz ska-time. zum glück nur churz. so alone macht diuuuuu funny. not the one isch au afoch nomel en song. find sie zwor teilwiis funny aber d songs sind z wenig guet zums uf es 3 lupfe. obwohl donkey kong power... gsehmer morn morge ou de letst song isch jo huere lang. hä?? wiso isch afoch nüt?? ah 5 minute nix und denn "hidden track" bullshit okay ich loses uf nöd uf CD ich gseh wie langs no goht nöd glich funny.

Bit of thrash.

Something about the vocal production in Offspring tracks has always bugged me. It's a distinct style of mixing that never goes away, and I can't move past it. It almost sounds like all vocals are doubled all the time, but they're...not? That said, this album does have a few bangers that are always a good time when you hear them at a bar. Another reviewer on here said something along the lines of, "the Offspring are like the Taco Bell of punk." And holy nasty shits, that is spot on. You know it's not authentic, you know it's not very satisfying, but sometimes it's kind of tasty. But man, it was a stretch for me to get all the way through this one. The last track spanning over 10 minutes was a breaking point. Not in a rush to listen to this again anytime soon.

I’m not completely immune to The Offspring’s charms, but this mostly just sounds like a 13-year-old Mountain Dew addict’s ideal skate soundtrack.

Loved the energy, but not many standouts.

*Guy who’s only ever listened to the ‘Skate 3 Soundtrack’ listening to any other album*: “getting some serious ‘Skate 3 Soundtrack’ vibes from this album” It’s ok. Didn’t enjoy listening to it, but I didn’t hate it. American pop punk is probably the worst genre in the world, so this is high praise. 2/5

Okay, before listening to this I knew some of their hits and hated every single one of them. However, the first few songs of the album weren't that bad - the instrumentation is good, and the consistency of it makes you kind of desensitised to the obnoxious screaming. But then a couple of their famous songs played back to back and made me realise that nevermind, I do still hate them. Stand-out: Genocide

Thought this was just OK, and outside of the two songs I was familiar with, the rest sounded a lot alike. The vocals got real old quickly.

The intro to this album is hilarious considering that this music is not at all soothing. Offspring is not my favorite band, nor is this my favorite genre of music. It has its place, but overall not my preference.

Next....

2 stars

This is respectable old school punk fused with modern alternative rock trends and production to make something radio friendly yet full of edge. However, I will rate it low from hearing it a lot as a kid. C

Generic high school muziek over puberale problemen, knip mij heb je niet daar bij de zijlijn En die drummer maar rammen

Geheel niet mijn smaak. Heb t idee dat alle liedjes van dit album op elkaar lijken. Stemgeluid van amang niet heel prettig. Erg veel lawaai

don't like this group

Like the poppy hits. Not nuts about the rest of it.

Wer damals das Radio eingeschaltet hat, kam am Self Esteem nicht vorbei. Klingt, als könne man den Song gut für eine Jeans-Werbung einsetzen. Aber auch wenn das mal der Knaller war. Bei mir knallt nichts.

I thought I had no idea who The Offspring were. The lead singer’s voice seemed familiar right away, and then I recognized the song “Gotta Get Away.” I am also familiar with “Come Out and Play” and “Self Esteem,” which were played to death on the radio in the ‘90’s and beyond. I guess I was more into popular music at the time than I realized. While I still kind of like these songs a bit, I can’t say this is my style of music. The rest of the album is too hard punk and dystopian for me.

Mundane.

Not really my kind of music. A bit too heavy. But that being said, I love Come Out and Play. The music is fun and makes me want to get up and dance. Although when you listen to the words, it's not fun at all.

I probably would have loved this at 15 years old, but at 30 pop punk isn't really my thing anymore.

13 in een dozijn schreeuwerige gitaar rockmuziek. Self Esteem is nog net de moeite waard.

Nicht gehört, kenne es aber.. Erinnert mich zu sehr an Paddy Pohl und nicht meine Musik.

Low marks for the grossly inappropriate song

nah, knew them as a novelty with pretty fly for a white guy, guess this is a more serious album but strikes me as middle class suburban punk, didn't like. 1.7

monologues 🤮 Too polished

Not as good as i remembered it. Highlight is the brilliant ‘Self Esteem’. ‘Gotta Get Away’ is ok too. But the overall album just not strong enough.

Un album punk-rock, pas trop subtile, pour les ados un peu fâchés, mais pas trop. Quelques pièces un peu accrocheuses. Come out and play contaminera le son de ce band pour les albums futurs. Donne le goût de jouer à Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2

с большим уважением к моей юности но от слушания панка у меня болят связки

Punk-influenced definitely, but way too over-produced for my taste.

Don't care much for The Offspring.

Just an all-time grating voice. This would actually be pretty decent if it weren't for that. Self Esteem is about the only song where his voice is tolerable, but I couldn't get through this album.

I’m being generous, esp. since one of the guitarists screws up the second lick on “Gotta Get Away”

Found this more irritating to have playing than enjoyable, but probs actually quite good musicians so not a 1

Not bad but not for me

First half of the album sounds too sameish. Just hard rock. Not rating this one too highly, the songs all sound too similar. Maybe two good songs on the album.

Something yelly, something rude, I can tell I did like it when it sounded new. But it doesn’t anymore…

Like "Come out and Play" and "Self Esteem" back in the day, and those still hold up as singles, but listening to the whole album the Offspring sound got old.

While I respect the punk scene and the music that came from it, this is personally not for me.

Boring

aggressive

Listenable for Come Out and Play, and Self Esteem. The rest is pretty generic nineties pop punk. Come Out and Play gets most of its charm from surf rock - Pulp Fiction? Two stars for the energy and production and humor and those tracks. Otherwise forgettable and obnoxiously intentionally juvenile and repetitive and lyrically offputting.

Not really my thing. I made it like 4 songs through. The first little intro was kinda funny

Skate punk album for teenagers, which hasn't aged well in the past 30 years. It's not completely unlistenable but it deserves nothing more than a 2.

it was ok, wouldn't seek it out again

ekki elst vel. fannst þetta fínt ungum enda með vanþróaðan framheila

This was pretty boring, which makes complete sense given my track record with punk music. Offspring is fine, but I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to them. My favourite song was Self Esteem.

Like kje sånn punk

- Never listened to the Offspring before but thought it'd be something I'd like - Disappointed, nothing interesting really stuck out and doesn't seem like it fits on the list

I may finf something about this album which I like, but it’s unlikely that I will ever come back.

Never had a skateboarder phase = meh

Never been a fan of these guys, but Come Out and Play is a nice nostalgic ditty.

Struggling to find much merit in this, it's pretty inane. It's like they couldn't be bothered to find something worth shouting about so they just shouted anyway.

I liked the spoken intermissions! Plus that short hidden track at the end. Other than that, I didn't like it that much... + Time To Relax + Come Out And Play + Self Esteem

It's fun and I can see why my teen self got around them, but ultimately I came away from this listen thinking this was pretty lame. Fav track: Self Esteem 2.5

All for some Tony Hawks Pro Skater core but this was pretty samey and a bit lame and just never fully committed to the scratchy ratbaggery or more catchy melodic punk rock. Fave track: It'll Be a Long Time

Come out and Play and Self Esteem were their big radio hits. That's about all I can take of this style of music.

It's a 2 from me but a 5 from sixteen-year-old me. Self Esteem & Come Out And Play are fun

Initial impression after the first few tracks... boring. Just not that much going on. Production has too much emphasis on midrange, they seem to be thinking they are playing super fast super thrash which is true but conversely this just isn't all that interesting. Vocals are lame, just a monotone sing shout. There are two songs I recognize and they are a bit more tuneful and better, but honestly, without them this album would be pretty terrible. I was listening to Dead Kennedys right before this and boy, what a contrast, so much better songwriting, so much more emotion, so much more energy! I was sorely tempted to give it one star, but there are two decent songs, if I could I'd do 3/10 so I'll give them two stars and save the one star for something truly awful, not just boring.

The songs I like from the offspring, I like because they came to me when I was 13. Most of these songs didn't not and I'm not 13 anymore.

2 stars, just a bit to metal for me!

Pressed skip a number of times on this. That cookie cutter punk drums and constipated Kurt Cobain vocals just aren't right.

Too rowdy for me

-okay that intro song is HILARIOUS -this just seems like very average punk rock -like teen garage band punk rock -and some bands like that are really really good! -but i don’t super think this band is -the songs weren’t bad to listen to -definitely enjoy a lot of the rock on this list WAYYYYY more

Not for me

Not that interesting, quite thrashy and grungy without any memorable songs. Not one I will bother with again

One now knows what to listen to next time he gets a tattoo or goes to the skate park. This is just as obnoxious and sophomoric as one remembers. It could scarcely be samier, cut to cut, save maybe for the ska pastiche (kids, maybe try listening to something more like the real thing) but even that has the same banks of fuzzy-crunching guitars (all of which sound synthetic). Plus it’s a convincing exhibit in the increasingly one-sided case that accuses the ‘90s of being the worst musical decade ever. Only needs knowing by adolescent boys and it would be better if they too skipped it. It really requires a warning label for that cohort, a warning that should specify how silly it will all sound in a few years, when presumably one will cultivate some taste, develop some perspective, broaden one’s horizons, etc.

1.) Time To Relax: 5/10 Decent intro. Prefer the intro to Shellac’s Prayer to God 2.) Nitro (Youth Energy): 6.1/10 Alright sounding punk song. Not much to say really 3.) Bad Habit: 7.5/10 Really loved the intro ngl. Pretty cool lyrics and nice melody 4.) Gotta Get Away: 5.9/10 Decent punkish song I guess 5.) Genocide: 7.6/10 Immediately enjoyed the faster pace. Cool lyrics and nice hook. Dog eat dog. 6.) Something To Believe In: 6.6/10 Nice fast pace again. Didn’t enjoy as much as Genocide though 7.) Come Out and Play: 6.5/10 Everyone knows this song for literally the first part. Nice lil surf riff (that’s my favorite part ngl) 8.) Self Esteem: 5/10 The other song everyone knows. My band was gonna play this but it got cut. Don’t like it as much as Come Out and Play. Sounds tired. 9.) It’ll Be A Long Time: 6.9/10 This is a jumpstart from Self Esteem and a much needed one at that. The faster pace actually makes me enjoy it way more than Self Esteem. More punky. Kind of a tired trite version of punk that’s been done to death but punky nonetheless. 10.) Killboy Powerhead: 6.3/10 Like the title. Sounds like a Big Black title. The punkish sound they’re going for is kinda wearing off on me. Album seems fairly one note to me ngl. 11.) What Happened to You?: 6.8/10 Nice change of sound. Very ska influenced since Sublime’s Ten Oz. To Freedom had been out for two years by this point. Vocals sound too polished across this whole album ngl. Double tracked too well I guess. Seems unnatural. 12.) So Alone: 6.2/10 Punk song to its very core (just over a minute long) 13.) Not The One: 5.6/10 Nice lyrics. Whole album’s kinda wearing at me by this point 14.) Smash: 5.8/10 Oooh hidden track. Not as good as Endless, Nameless though (although nothing can be). Cool lil surfy jam though (I recognize the song yet cannot for the life of me figure out the name) Final rating: Strong 4/Light 5 Just kinda felt like the mainstream perception of punk in the worst way possible. Did have some bangers though.

Dexter’s voice is so unique. Sounds pretty unskilled but kind of works sometimes. Other times horribly annoying. Teeters between the two for me.

I like their other stuff, this was a little bit of a headache though, maybe would've given it a 3/5 on a good day and a 4/5 on a hot summer day playing horseshoes with my second cousins.

I fucking hate this band.

I never understood what the 1990s US punk revival was about since the bands of that era didn't add anything to what came over a decade earlier. Offspring was able to get the formulae right for the large audience FM stations with songs like Self Esteem and Come Out and Play but this isn't really a compliment.

I think that if was born in 1980 I would have liked this. It’s not as bad as a lot of the late 20th century quasi punk/metal out there. The song-writer has a good knack for catchy sing-along choruses that don’t sound (too) trite.

This is a cut above Green Day, but this shouty adolescent pop/punk sound is not my jam.

To be fair this is not at all my favorite genre so it kind of started behind the 8 ball. Most of the songs are pretty one dimensional and sound quite similar to me, which I'm sure would change with more listens but not sure if it's worth that. The vocal delivery gets a little grating by the end as well. 4/10

Nirvana green day sound. Not for me

Not arsed by this

Nice heavy riffs, two of the singles are enjoyably melodic too. But Dexter Holland sounds like an overgrown brat, and his lyrics don’t show a worldview any wider than the average adolescent brat.

It’s the offspring 🤷‍♂️

Like the soundtrack to middle school. Such an iconic sound, but unfortunately just not into it that much. So many songs sound like the same song. Meh.

Would be a whole better experience if they didn't try to sing.... seriously.... please... stop doing that thing you think is singing.... oh geezus lord please make them stop. The music is fine... all very samey but you could listen to it.... and then oh jezus mary and the wee donkey... they open their mouths again... oh please stop... just play. Please, please, stop singing.... although.... once you remove the singing the tracks are basically all the same thrashing drum and axe.

Got bored quickly with this. To the point where it annoyed me a bit. It’s lost its shine which it had when I was younger. Always preferred Conspiracy of One anyway, and I think I’m one of the few people who enjoyed Splinter…