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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…
I didn't listen to this type of music when young, so it doesn't resonate with me from a nostalgia perspective, nor now from an enjoyment perspective. I see some merits, but not enough for a higher score.
same offspring, boring
That didn't do it for me.
Highlights: "Self Esteem," "Come Out and Play" It's easy to accept this as the inception of 90s pop punk along with Dookie. It's harder to accept this as the best selling indie album ever. It's not because it's a fresh outside voice though. It's easy to understand its success as a use of popular influences. "Self Esteem" is very Nirvana, but it was surprising at how much Metallica is in here -- not so much harmonically, but in the rhythms and timbres, from the guitars to the quasi-Hetfield vocals. They always have little dashes of Latin in their stuff, seemingly as a bad gag, so I was trying gauge their relationship to it here. I'd never read/understood the lyrics to "CoaP" before, so thinking about a bunch of seemingly white guys talk about putting away the colors and doing a exotica snake dancer riff for some reason seemed very Clintonite "superpredators" liberal for a punk album. Same goes for the penultimate song talking about how they weren't responsible for polluting the air when the album's first two songs are about souping up cars and road rage. Much like the jarring MIDI-like mixing of backup vocals on "Bad Habit," it's so bad it's funny. Mainstream punk is a nice metonym for the feckless liberalism of this decade, and this album is a nice metonym for mainstream punk.
Needs more trumpets
Not my style!!
No lo escuché entero, pero es ese rock de sonidos demasiado estridentes que parecen más actitud que música. Igual, tampoco es que la música y la actitud se puedan separar tan fácil. Nirvana no sería lo mismo sin cierta actitud de Kurt. Pero si él no gritaba siempre, vos por qué sí? Si gritas solo por el rock, capaz que después terminas tipo Dave Grohl.
Disco recontra famoso y con canciones divertidas, me gustó especialmente "Come Out and Play" y "What Happened to You?". Dicho esto, no me atrae para nada la voz del cantante, y hasta me parece molesta a veces. Prefiero lejos otros discos y otras bandas punk antes que esta, y no lo escucharía en mi tiempo libre a excepción de algunas canciones selectas. Si diera el rating por cuan bueno es el disco intentando ser lo más objetivo posible le daría más, pero estoy dando por cuánto me gusta a mí. 4/10
Very much of it's time
Feels more rock than punk A bit tedious
un poco pesado y muy uniforme
i love punk and i love california but i don’t love this
So yeah the Nineties and Epitaph Records equals Bad Religion to me. I was into Bad Religion in particular and punk in general enough to buy other releases from Epitaph around this time, but I never got into OFFSPRING. The track Come Out and Play meant you couldn't really escape them at the time. It just wasn't for me then. A little too pop and a little too slick but this was a time (teenage years) when you'd cut a band from your listen list for even a sliver of deviation from your personal aesthetics and ideals. Saying OFFSPRING wasn't for me then just means they were one of many bands who had some serviceable songs and reasonable records that I just rejected outright. Listening again, the vocals are overstrained and mixed a little too high for my taste but at least I can acknowledge it's not a terrible record. (Let's not overstate the case for this being a good album though, there are some clunkers on here.) Honestly, I wouldn't have gone in for a project like 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die back then. I couldn't suffer it. What does it say about me now that I can? Expanded my appreciation of music or gone soft?
Kinda of cool to see the connective tissue between hair metal and more modern metal represented by the offspring here.
Leiðinlegt
nope
I really wasn't enjoying this at all, and was ready to give it my first 1 star rating. Then two pretty good songs which I remember from indie discos but didn't realise we're The Offspring came along to save the record: self esteem and the best song, Come out and Play.
not my style, I do remember their music from years back though
Got through half, really wanted to like it. I can see how a lot of stuff I like is influenced by stuff like this but it's just a smidge too much. Need to find that perfect balance between loud and annoying and singer/songwriter i guess
Gotta get away on biisi, jonka takia alun perin kiinnostuin rockista, ja melkein itkin kuullessani sen taas. Mutta tällä levyllä ei ollut yhtään kuulemisen arvoista biisiä, joka ei olisi ollut jo teini-iässä omistamallani Greatest Hits -kokoelmalla. Sääli sinänsä, koska Offspringilla on kiistämättömän hyvä käsitys melodiasta - sen kanavointi vain tuppaa kaatumaan tyylilajilliseen mauttomuuteen.
I know what to expect here, speed guitars and layered male voices. It’s derivative. This would not be a thing without Nirvana. Very simple but it’s energetic teenage music. Very American. Lots of shouting & woahs & yeahs. ‘Come Out & Play’ & ‘Self Esteem’ work though, great sing a long singles. ‘Pop punk’ is a great description. After a while this relentless samey trebley energy stresses and grates my middle aged bones though, like music for kids who have eaten loads of sugary food and energy drinks, makes me feel a bit sick.
Not a fan.
Little recognizable but not completely my thing
not my thing
Energetic raw and pop enough to be easily to digest. Super fun Intro and Outro.
Never cared for them lol
why is this in 1001 albums you need to hear to before you die??
The melodies were half decent. I'd forgotten about Come Out and Play. It's a fun tune that passed a pleasant three minutes or so. But there wasn't anything life changing about this album. An unplugged album with a little more soul might have been more appealing to me. The sound grated after a while. Pop punk shouldn't exist. The only authority is yourself, etc.
Meh not impressed
'Come Out and Play' and 'Self Esteem' stand out musically and lyrically. The majority of the rest of the album is fairly uninteresting thrashy skate punk. Great energy and commitment, but a bit samey. Rating: 2.5/5 Playlist track: Come Out and Play Date listened: 22/07/22
Not a huge fan of the offspring but my dad's band would play this. Reminds me of my childhood
PSA: This. Is. Not. Punk. It's Frat-Boy metal. It's also very bad. Cargo Shorts spring to mind.
Same sounding. Punk energy with better playing and uninteresting songs. Maybe one sorta catchy one.
There's the two hits, and then there is a lot of songs with the same tempo. I enjoyed it at first but then the repetitive tempo bored me. I had a lot of friends in the 80s into skate/pop punk, and it as a genre never gelled with me.
Die Mitgröhl-Melodien bewegen sich auf dem musikalischen Niveau von Kinderliedern, um auch noch das schlichteste Gemüt anzusprechen. Eine Unart, die ich im Punk und anderswo als ausgesprochen einfallslos und verachtenswert empfinde. Nicht gut, aber auch nicht ganz schlecht.
Best Song: What Happened to You? I like the ska-style rhythm. It feels like it channels the band's rambunctious energy into a more productive direction. Worst Song: Bad Habit. Odd choice to focus so heavily on the voice of a guy who can't sing. Also, the whole lyrical schtick of being a badass Overall: It feels as though I've heard all the big songs on this album hundreds of times on the radio, and still I struggle to see the broad appeal. Is it because it has a certain everyman quality? Listening to this, you can imagine that, with minimal effort, you could probably make some kind of generic music that would be on par with what's available here. So you sing along and, as your caterwauling mixes with the sounds from the radio, you are able to vicariously live your rock star life.
Listened to on 5/4/22 2.5/5 Favorite song: self esteem This album is: chaotic. The intro was hilarious and every song was overly aggressive and I don’t love being yelled at BUT self esteem was phenomenal and took it from a 2 to a 2.5
Not good
Not bad this band but I prefer something more quiet.
Argh.
Self Esteem offers much to identify with, yes, but the rest of the album? A collection of bland noise tracks, all uncannily similar to one another.
Vocals are painful to listen to.
Smash and drab
I didnt like it on the radio back in the day. The other tracks are better but it is just passable.
I almost bought this album so many times, but the singles off this thing were unavoidable in the mid-late 90s. I just wasn't sure I was alternative to this degree. I liked Nirvana and Green Day, but these guys were something else - like fake punk instead of real? Anyway, songs were catchy, but there was something artificial about them to me. Just doesn't grab me even though it was supposed to!
Not my cup of tea, but my favorite track was What Happened To You?
wtf, this should not be on this list
That voice is almost unlistenable for me. Very poppy simple melodies… should this album be in this list? Nope!
Not terribly memorable
Look, this is going to probably be an unfair review as this is not really my kind of music. I do however like the irony of the opening track saying to 'relax' and then the first song begins with drums and guitar. It’s almost Pink Floyd esq…
too angsty 4 me
Didn't age well for me.
Very fast rock - like Motorhead with a different vocalist. They got through a lot of drummers and I'm not surprised.
I never got on with Offspring although I should have been target demo. I remember being aggrieved that they called themselves punk when they sounded nothing like the Sex Pistols. Besides this, I still don't really enjoy the sound. Next.
When you're 8 and this record hits, you think it's such a dangerous album. In hindsight, and 30+ years later, you realize it's mostly hot air. Still, you wonder what could have been, had they not started playing cringey MTV quasi-raprock.
Shouty shouty repetitive bobbins! I sound like an old got writing this, but I felt the same when it was released.
I remember seeing this album - you didn't have to go far to find someone who owned it. Multiple tracks from this album are familiar because of regular radio play, and one or two tracks feel like a vortex straight back to the 90s. The album didn't appeal to me back then, and listening to the full album didn't make me like the music more than I liked it back then. The vocals are easily recognizable, and a weight too heavy to carry for me to like this album.
Har ibland tänkt på The Offspring som ett band som har guilty pleasure-potential. Har endast hört de kändaste låtarna, och dom kan verkligen slå an en rocknerv i mig, men de känns samtidigt otroligt töntiga. Efter att ha lyssnat igenom detta albumet har bandets status hos mig inte stigit nämnvärt. När The Offspring är bra så är de verk-li-gen bra, men oftast blir det lite för platt och 90-talsamerikanskt. Amerikansk punk har sällan tillräcklig råhet och melodisk känsla, i mitt tycke. Ibland har sångaren Dexter Holland lite för gnällig röst, som i inledningen på Bad Habit. Hatar också hans töntiga jävla spaghettihår. Och han har tydligen släppt en egen hot sauce. Usch. Self Esteem räknas såklart med i de riktigt bra Offspring-låtarna. Det riffet skojar man INTE bort. Bästa låt: Self Esteem.
It's a bit much. Probably a little bit too much. It's not like...awful, it's just not for me.
First listen. Some great songs
Ok but not for me ….
Top album for 14 year olds
Good for the nostalgia, not much else
It was ok, but nothing great
If I could give half stars, this would be a 2.5.
The talking in the intro makes me a little uncomfortable. Overall a little too intense and repetitive-sounding for my taste.
Very Offspring. lol Just not really into it.
Tiene 5 rolas chidas, 2 extraordinarias. Lo demás, bastante X, muy Epitaph del montón.
Fairly shit
I liked the 2 hits in the middle and the rest was ok for what it is. 2 Seems harsh but i'll never listen to it again
Disco importante para el desarrollo del pop punk en los 2000
"Come Out and Play" Released: March 10, 1994 "Self Esteem" Released: December 22, 1994 "Gotta Get Away" Released: February 2, 1995 "Bad Habit" Released: March 15, 1995 (radio only)
Esfuerzan demasiado la voz para mi gusto. Mejor harían yendo a gritar al campo.
A couple of songs are okay, but after a while it becomes boring and repetitive
they are so mad but i like what happened to you
1.5. There was a time in my life where I could tolerate Dexter's voice. That time has passed. The only upside is how perfectly it captures pissed off early 90s teenagers.
it wasn't amazing
Not my favorite
Not really my type of music, a bit too raw and aggressive sounding although can see its appeal if one likes the genre. 2/5
Turns out the length of a song is about all I can tolerate. Listened in short bursts throughout the day. A whole album is just too much at once. Love the songs I know, though!
De vocalist is een beetje te lief en normaal naar mijn smaak. Hij meent het gwn net nie wat hij schreeuwt. Dan zegt ie een beetje twijfelachtig van die agressieve lyrics en die hit gwn niet voor mij. Klinkt beetje dom en jolig, niet op een goeie manier. Ik had dit album ook kunnen maken als ik ff een weekje power chords ga bestuderen. Slechte productie, en niet op een goeie manier wat ik meestal juist WEL vet vind!!!! Dus dat zegt al genoeg.
I really tried to be even handed. Some stuff about this band has always annoyed me though and I can't seem to get past it. His voice and delivery style, the busy power chord stuff, the thin drums. Wish I could chill about those things and see what many others do.
Monótono y aburrido, por qué grita tanto sin sentido?
A weird inflection point in punk/ska/alt rock that was kinda the worst of all worlds to me. Wanders into some neat hooks though Highlights: "Something to Believe In", "Come Out and Play", "Self Esteem"
Not a fan at all
Was pleasantly surprised and then I listened to the lyrics
Wow! I’m rating two of their LPs in a row… still not a fan. Maybe even less of a fan than I was yesterday.
I don't have much to say about this; I didn't listen with particular special attention, because this is not a genre I prefer to listen to very much. Suffice to say this was easier to listen to than the previous metal album, and there was some catharsis about it, and some occasional interesting melodies and rhythms. My favorite song might've been the last one because I kind of liked the lyrics.
3/2 = 1 . . . 3 parts annoying to 2 parts boring = 1 star.
this might be my least favorite kind of music whiny white boys favorite track - So Alone first time after 90+ albums that I couldn't be bothered to listen through
Expected absolute bangers, but it turns out of youve heard one Offspring song you've heard them all. Frankly disappointed.
Dreadful and juvenile. I didn’t like it then and like it less now.
This is garbage. Repetitive, basic bitch nu -punk bollocks. Having listened to it I now know that Pretty Fly For a White Guy is an almost note of note rehash of Come Out and Playz This is music for angry 14 year olds with notes from their doctor to get out of doing gym class. Teenage angst peddled by 30 year olds with bad haircuts 1.3
My mate used to put on punk gigs at our local 200-capacity venue. Most of the bands in the scene consisted of decent people. The Offspring certainly weren't. They were a bunch of arseholes, by all accounts. Opportunistic moneygrabbers who latched on to the scene and copied the "popular punk formula" for hits and fame. Very unpopular with anyone unfortunate enough to have dealt with them. Zero stars for being twats.
*No music. Loud banging noises. Most tracks sound alike
No me gustó, me costó escucharlo
I hate rage rock. Self esteem is kinda fun
Also a nope.
I was only familiar with one song which I had never liked. Still sticking by that opinion. Not a fan of the rest either. They all sound the same to me. I felt like I needed to get out a skateboard and be angry.
Not my fave
just hootin and hollerin... but i know the gotta keep em separated song at least?
Too loud and metal for me, gave me a headache. Good music though
i thought i’d like this cus i like some of their most popular songs but its soooo noiseslop i feel like i have to say somethingpositive 😭 so its cool that they have a really distinctive sound. like a lot of these songs i could hear you’re gonna go far kid in them (the style of vocals) even though they sound nothing alike. and if i had to like one song it’d be what happened to you
Best part were those last 6 minutes: pure silence and instrumentals that sounded nothing like The Offspring.
Not for me. Couldn't finish.
This record does one thing, and it does not do it very well.
stupid dumbshit goddamn motherfuckers... this album is DOGSHIT
i did not enjoy that 👍
come out and play is good and some parts of songs here and there i could appreciate. the ending hidden track made with the riff from come out was also fun. if i were a skater boy i would love this album. alas, i am no skater boy.