Smash

Instrumentaal best tof, maar de stem van Dexter Holland wordt naar verloop van tijd erg vervelend

Geef me die Tony Hawk Downhill Jam-type beat. Harde skate punk, maar uiteraard (zoals hoort in het genre) veel van hetzelfde. Self Esteem is vanzelfsprekend een grote highlight.

Tidskapsel. Indtil videre det mest nostalgiske genlyt. Har godt nok hørt det her album meget, da jeg var 14 for derefter ikke at sætte det på igen.

such a fun album to listen to

It's fine.

It's no Americana but it's easy to see the band were on the climb. The big three; Gotta Get Away, Come Out and Play, and Self Esteem show the band's progression into making huge hits. Smash is a great closer and there's a little bit at the very end, following a long silence, that ties in to Americana.

I bet most people who know me and the music I listen to assume I am a The Offspring fan but I actually cannot get in to them. The singers voice has always been a blocker for me. Can’t say it’s awful or that I hate it, but I just truly can’t listen to them and feel any amount of joy.

I have not listen all songs because it is not really the music Sound I like, but some lyrics are very interesting all above the Ines from the song Nitro. I have saved this song. 2.5*

Favourite Songs: - Nitro (youth Energy) - Bad habit - Not the one

ok so calm nitro : from the start SO UP, this feeling born to die but like a garage rock band, liked bad habit: CUTE START, MORE MOVENT, LOVIN, the lyrics a little boringg, start to love this saturated sound gotta get away: sooo Nirvana, about a girl SAME RYTHM genocide: more of this sound of mad adolecent not my thing ngl boring next

A stellar album that’s been on my lifelong rotation. It’s fun and fast, has some great stand out lines. It’s a great example of early 90s skate punk.

Decent concept but I am not a fan of lead singer’s voice

Fine enough album

(Decent 7/10) I haven't really been into The Offspring in a while, and it's been really hard to take them seriously for an even longer time.. so that being said, my motivation for revisiting their older material has been pretty low. But man... this album is still pretty good. It's energetic as hell and the vocals aren't AS annoying as they would end up becoming. It's just solid pop punk that fits the era perfectly. "Come Out and Play" is a true and blue fucking classic, I love everything about this song. Probably the first Offspring song I've ever heard if I'm remembering correctly. "Self Esteem" is good but I don't like it as much as some others do. "Gotta Get Away" is a great tune, and the ridiculousness of "Bad Habit" makes me smile still lol. After the midway point the album starts to get a bit samey, but it doesn't wear out it's welcome really so by the time the album ends, it feels right. This isn't the most groundbreaking punk album in the world, but for how successful this album was and still is, I think that says enough. Too bad Offspring stopped trying this hard down the line after Americana.

I don’t know if I’d like this album if I was just hearing it for the first time, but year old me liked it, and I do now, too. After a while, Dexter ‘s voice can get a little sharp, though. Also, another example of nineties hidden tracks.

This album is a lot of fun, though after a while the vocals are a bit grating.

ok

Ehkä parasta punk rockia mitä oon tähän mennessä kuullu. Mutta en jaksa kuunnella samanlaisia biisejä kerta toisensa jälkeen.

As an entire album, I don't think much of it; but it has some top-notch highlights. This contains some of the Offspring's best tracks ("Gotta Get Away", "Come Out and Play", "Self Esteem") and was a key source of material for 1990s MTV and Alternative Radio. On the other hand, it's spoiled by Dexter's whining and the somewhat gimmicky three sections of commentary (one at each end and one in the middle). The hidden track is a nice surprise on the first listen and an annoyance the rest of the time.

Nope, nope.

428/1001 Offspring - Smash Heard before? ❎ Revisit? ❎ In my early teens there were a number of bands like Offspring that I was into, but this band never really did it for me on the singles front and so I never really explored their music. On today's listen, I still have my gripes with the band, primarily, I just don't like the vocals. Musically it's fine, but not something I can get properly excited about.

#256/1001 🇺🇸 This was massive at the time and i spent a lot of time on the dancefloor to the 2 singles below but i never had much time for the album. It hasn't aged any better now either. Best Tracks: Self Esteem, Come Out and Play.

fun

the energy

Peak pop punk

While I love The Offspring and perhaps their most iconic song is from this albums I am a much bigger fan of their other albums. The songs on this aren't bad but to me they don't pull me in the same way a lot of their other songs do. It being the album that made them famous enough to reach all the way to my country in the 90s is something I will love it for though.

Great energy. Rough sounding but still really melodic.

Better than I expected. Went hard

favs: gotta get away come out and play what happened to you? smash rating 1.4/5

Damnnn good the intro is totally goosebumps and then variety of songs and all the composition are beautiful..overall very good album experience

Offspring? Someone should have used a prophylactic.

obnoxious

I have a pretty low opinion of US punk. It feels commercial/ soulless next to the UK original. Self Esteem is a great track and I enjoyed Ska infused What Happened to You - but everything else was pretty one note and forgettable and his vocals are grating. I saw some recent video of them playing live and its pretty tragic stuff. Punks a young persons game.

Smash I’d have presumed the album with Pretty Fly for White Guy would have made the list, given its popularity around the time the book was first put together. I still do really like that song, but it never made me want to listen to any of their albums. Which in retrospect was probably a good thing, as this isn’t that great. For poppish punk it’s kind of boring, without a great deal of character or melodic strength, and for hardcore adjacent it's just sort of bland. The obvious comparison is Green Day, and it's clear they are well ahead, musically, melodically and charismatically than The Offspring It’s not uniformly awful though, Self Esteem is obviously the best song on here and they do occasionally hit some other good moments; I didn’t mind Gotta Get Away and Come Out and Play has an interesting guitar figure, but as a whole it is very samey, with very samey vocals, and it just doesn’t do a great deal for me. I remember reading a profile of them and that Dexter Holland has a Ph.D in biology or something, and that he has quite an interesting hinterland outside the band, and they came across as decent folk, but I can’t really find much in this album. 2. 💥💥 Playlist submission: Self Esteem

The first hurdle is the guy's voice. A hyper-whine, like a crying toddler, which becomes more and more annoying as the record goes on. When they depart from the formula it does yield decent results, even if derivative. 'Come Out and Play' is a genuine classic of the pop-punk genre, and head and shoulders above all else on the album. 'Self Esteem' is grunge, with soft/loud dynamics and solo bass riff. 'What Happened to You' a decent go at ska-punk. Even though there's some mimicry of Green Day, Nirvana and Mighty, Mighty Bosstones in all that, these are decent tracks. But as an album, outside of those tracks, there's very little here that stands the test of time - if it even stood at the time.

I have two distinct memories of The Offspring. The first is that, in High School, I used to have all the lyrics to Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated) memorized and I thought the song was super deep, because I was in High School. The second is that, sometime later, I heard the band described as "Taylor Swift for men" and so I began to openly call them that to my friends, something that deeply upset them. All of that to say, this album is fine.

Я ненавижу эту группу столько, сколько себя помню. Слушать альбом, полный их песен, было настоящей пыткой

Good album from my college daze

зажигалочка. рокенрол ауф

Upbeat and fun pop-punk. Gotta Get Away and Self Esteem still hold up nicely. The rest just goes down like a nice glass of wine in a mosh pit.

# Album Name: Smash # Artist: The Offspring # Rating: 4/5 # Comments: I enjoyed the album with it being more on the rockier side of the fence. Some good tracks. Kinda what i expected from the offspring tbh. # Top Tunes: Bad habit / get away / genocide / come out and play / itll be a long time / what happened to you / not the one # Would I listen to it again? Yes

as primeiras músicas me causaram um estranhamento com a voz terrível do vocalista, mas quando me dei conta eu já estava curtindo horrores. divertido e honesto.

I actually really liked that intro Not very memorable tho don’t think I’ll finish it

Not my favorite flavor of music but it's not bad

Punky and heavy sounds like something that would be in a teenager spraypainting scene of a coming of age movie or a basement mosh pit with sticky beer soaked floors

You gotta keep em separated... 3.5 but I'll probably round up because I had fun listen to it.

Man, I have such a soft spot for this album. You've gotta keep'em separated! Honestly I completely understand why someone would hate this, but I feel no guilt in loving it. The songs come thick and fast, they're loud and unashamed - and a few of them are just top tier. Favourites: Come Out and Play Self Esteem Not The One

Album flows nicely, energy never lets down. 3 bangers from this album, not sure where it falls in their discography but it feels like one that probably put them on the map. 4/5

Smash remains one of The Offspring's best albums. It truly stands the test of time.

Not their best work, but not horrible

Hell yeah. Sure, it’s kinda one song. But it’s a really fucking good song.

horrible -1

Dated, samey, but fun enough

High octane rock albums like this are so tiring, nothing really breaks up the lyrical noise except for the spoken word and it's exhausting to listen to. I don't know what music like this is really good accompaniment to, working in a steel mill? I don't know if it was intentional or a yt music thing but there were 2-3 minutes of complete silence in "Smash" which was kinda nice lol. Favorite(s): Maybe the ska-ish one? idk most of them sucked Least: Bad Habit 1/5

Fav: Come out and Play L: Something to believe in 2 Donkey Kong! This is impossible to take seriously but its comedic value is low beyond my imitations of the singing. Cover: 3 Name: 1.5 Minecraft Parody: Come Out and Mine

Not sure I like their sound much. The vocals aren't for me. This band just doesn't have a lot to say. The songs I liked were the gimmickiest ones. W: what happened to you, smash L: something to believe in, so alone 1.5/5

Yah this is a no skip classic punk rock album. I grew up at the perfect time to LOVE The Offspring. One of my first cds ever was Americana, and later on I got this album and I played both of them until they got scratched and broken. So needless to say I’m horribly biased on this band. Like I can concede the singer might be an acquired taste. He has a specific vocal delivery and it’s mostly the exact same for every song, but that doesn’t bother me cause I love his voice and find it incredibly nostalgic. But even when I take a step back from the album and try to judge it objectively it’s undeniable that the vast majority of their biggest hits are on this album. Bad habit, come out and play, self esteem!? Yah those are some of the biggest rock songs of the 90s. My only real criticism is more of the band than it is of the album, because this album is untouchable (just like Americana), they continued to make great songs after these two albums (and a few between and before) but they never created perfect no skip albums again after these two. But that’s ok cause that is more than enough of a contribution to society. Seriously I’d put smash and Americana on a list of all time greatest rock albums, and that’s saying a lot. But if you are making me pick between smash and Americana this is how I would rate them: Smash is their greatest album and achievement, but Americana is my personal favorite album.

Not a fan of their later stuff, but those album holds up..

Ikke så verst.

God energi og minneverdige hits etc, men dette er da helt ordinær usa-punk for kvisete tenåringsgutter? Streng toer, men denne plata hører ikke hjemme på denne lista.

Teenaged me would have loved this. However, like a great deal of the music I loved when I was 19, I have absolutely no desire to ever hear this again. The idea that music this juvenile, this whiny, was made in 1994 not - as it appears to aspire to, the end of the 1970s, is remarkable. Now, I subscribe to David Byrne's theory that most music only makes proper sense in context, but I cannot put myself into any mental state where this music would work for me - at 19, having lived through punk and the best/worst of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, I'd completely understand where this is coming from musically, but lyrically I like to think I'd have just laughed at - for example - a song about (and I'm not making this up) being so annoyed at being cut off while driving sensibly that the only recourse is to take out a gun and shoot someone, well, maybe it's just that I grew up in the wrong country. It's not without musical merit - the playing is generally good, and the songs for the most part are short enough that they don't outstay their welcome; there are even hints that this lot are capable of something other than distorted power chords in 4/4 at whatever tempo fits the lyrics, but that only elevates it from one star to two. In the end, it's the worst kind of music for me - inauthentic. Had this been created by actual disaffected teenagers with genuine complaints I'd have understood, but this is a bunch of guys in or approaching their thirties, so it sounds like a cynical attempt to use as many buzzwords and cliches as they think grumpy 15-year-olds who have been grounded for swearing at the dinner table would lap up. I can see why it might make a list like this, but I was over it about four tracks in, and re-listening hasn't improved things.

I like the Offspring, they're especially a great band live but to me this album just feels very dated and a bit rough around the edges. Sure it has some good songs but it's more misses than hits. Really good have done with few songs of more quality; this albums feels a bit stretched out. 5/10.

remember hearing The Offspring for the first time not long after this came out, when I was in first grade or so. At that age it was probably the snottiest, punkest thing I’d ever heard. Dexter Holland sounded like he was sneering every word directly into the microphone, and that voice is still one of the things that immediately separates The Offspring from every other 90s punk band. Somehow, despite knowing this band forever, I’d never actually listened to Smash all the way through. I already knew the obvious classics, “Self Esteem,” “Come Out and Play,” and “Gotta Get Away,” and all three are still great. But the biggest surprise was finding songs I’d somehow missed. “Bad Habit” is a banger, and the title track is great too. There’s a lot more depth here than just the handful of songs that were everywhere in the 90s. Favorite song: “Come Out and Play”

Oh man, this is your aunty Anna’s angsty teen years…..actually a lot of our angsty teen years. This is pretty solid from start to finish. I relate to one of the songs too closely, we’ll see if you can pick it but I hope it’s not the case by the time you’re old enough to notice. Play this while you’re doing something wild, or winding yourself up for something big and crazy, it’s a banger.

Punky with a hint of vintage grunge; doesn’t really do it for me.

Love the singles, but there’s a massive gulf between them and the rest of the album in terms of the quality. Much respect for the independent nature of their rise, however!

Preferred this to Nirvana, same type of sound but less morose

Has all the ingredients but left me cold in the main. In my opinion, got better after ‘Self Esteem’ but will I ever play it again. I doubt it.

I actually enjoyed it. Probably won't listen to it again, but there were some really good tracks 🤷

3.15 - fun thrash but a bit samey

50 albums in and we’re finally in my pop-punk wheelhouse. I love this era of angsty-grunge sliding into exuberant, goofy punk. This album is lightning in a bottle, and by lightning I mean the wildly fluctuating desires and morals of adolescence.

good

Still a great album. Rocks hard.

Pretty typical-sounding for The Offspring. It's fun enough to listen to but nothing real special in my books.

🥳

Ja nikad nisam bio fan offspringsa isk ali dobar je album, malo dosadan, mozda malo previse masan, ali dobar, ima par dobrih pesama, pustio bih ga opet.

I have listened many times before, will keep doing it Will I listen to again: 100%

i've heard enough of this to say nah

Why does the vocals sound like a dollar store Kurt Cobain?

Väldigt svårt att sätta poäng på detta album. Mycket nostalgi från yngre skateboard dagar. Men nu när jag lyssnar så känner jag inte så mycket mer än "ah den låten kommer jag ihåg". Men sen är det orimligt mycket bangers för att vara ett punk-adjacent album. 3a kanske?

I've never hated The Offspring. I really liked their late 90's songs. They remind me of Green Day song style wise, but Dexter Holland does not sing as well as Billie Joe Armstrong. I knew Come Out and Play and Self-Esteem.

This is growing on me, perhaps because I did not really know much punk rock going into this today. The production seems a little more... crunchy, but that may be intentional, to be noisy. The lyrics are actually deep, and the energy basically doesn't drop off. I think how this hits definitely depends on your mood; this is the kind of music that hits more after a bad day, or bad/depressing stretch of life- though this likely is no realization in terms of punk, lol.

Good music, I get the appeal — I'm into that shredding guitar sound. But this one's a bit too much noise, kind of tiring to get through, even though it's honestly the type of album I'd normally like. Mixed bag.

A sonoridade é semelhante pela maior parte do álbum, mas continua incrível. Queria gostar e realmente gostei bastante, definitivamente será parte do meu dia a dia. Capa muito foda também.

Smash — The Offspring Pre-Listening: I grew up as a child in the 90s and all throughout that time, there was a The Offspring song that was on the charts. Self-Esteem, Pretty Fly, The Kids Aren’t Alright, all the way until high school with You’re Gonna Go Far Kid. With them always being an earshot away, you didn’t really have to buy an album to enjoy them. My goal for this is to find the deep cuts. For that sake, I will keep Self-esteem, and Come Out and Play from my rankings because they would undoubtedly be 1 and 2 otherwise. Best Song: Nitro (Youth Energy). I first learned this song from Varsity Blues after Mox makes his big speech and the team comes out fired up on adrenaline and it was a perfect montage song for fast clips of high octane high school football. Listening to it with an analytic ear now, I get why. The song promotes realizing that tomorrow is taken for granted and that today is all that matters. Harder to appreciate as a dad of 2, but still valuable given the same context. Runner-Up: Genocide. Probably the most satirical commentary on society from this album, but a song that’s made to point out what the 90s felt like. It wasn’t a time of peace, although there were less wars. It was a time of competition, arrogance, and narcissism. The dog-eat-dog lyrics refer to how we are committing our own genocide by forgetting about Democracy in the United States… will someone make that opinion in 2026, please? Third Place: Not the One. An unheard anthem for Gen Xers everywhere. A reminder that youthful generations are only making up for what they were handed. Universal for all young generations as they enter adulthood, but at this time that was Gen X and early Millennials. Post-Listening: best decision I could have made is waiting until I was doing cardio to listen to this album. The songs alone will get your heart rate above 85 BPM. It’s unfortunate that only two songs were commercially recognized but that’s the beauty of the album. The Offspring has that quality of when their song comes on, you know it’s The Offspring, but this album shows that although the songs are similar, they each impact the album in their own way. It’s fast-paced, it’s vulgar, it’s to the point and it kept grunge/punk rock going in the wake of Cobain’s death. The Offspring aren’t supposed to be everyone’s cup of tea. They’re supposed to be that kick in the teeth you need with your cup of coffee in the morning. Rating: 10/10 Stars: 5/5

Love the Offspring

Offsummer offwinter offautumn take off your pants

bam bam bilam

I guess it's fine as an "Intro to Punk 101"-type album. Hopefully, it leads to harder stuff.

I'd never go out of the way to listen to this album, but there's no denying that it has some pretty great songs. Can't see a reason to give it less than a 4.

Kinda nostalgic for me, havent heard in a long time. A good time without being revolutionary

Hey! An album I actually have listened to in its entirety a few times! It's definitely not quite as good to me now as it was to middle school me, but it's still enjoyable! "Come Out and Play" and "Self Esteem" are the obvious standouts, but I do also enjoy "Gotta Get Away" "Killboy Powerhead" "What Happened to You?" "Not The One" and "Smash"

Had I been in high school at the time this album would like loom large in my formation. Gotta Get Away, Self Esteem, and Come out and Play in rotation. Pop Punk, and Pop Rap, fusion across genres breaking in to the mainstream.

Far too much energy. Dangerous

liked it more than i thought i would, some nice melodies

So maybe it says a lot about me, but I love this album. I didn’t really listen to it when it came out, that was my brother, so I couldn’t really avoid it. We were still close enough and I was still close enough to home that his music seeped in. But as the years go on, I go back here for a good workout, for a drive around town doing errands I don’t want to do. This album keeps delivering. 4 Boolean: True

Not for me

This is another record that I was aware of the band and heard the singles, but had never heard the album. Giving it a listen, it’s fairly listenable. You can definitely tell that this was on Epitaph because of the fast paced melodic sound. They often sound like a riffier version of Bad Religion. The singles slow things down a bit for accessibility and the biggest song has a bit of an Agent Orange influence.

Rip-snortin' fun. Punk meets metal. This album barrels along and doesn't let off the gas until we randomly come to a screeching halt and have to wait 5 minutes for a mediocre hidden track. But whatever. The rest of this is just so damn good. Fave tracks: - Bad Habit - Gotta Get Away - Genocide - Come Out and Play - Self Esteem - Not the One

Kind of fun album, but also kind of annoying. Nostalgia is likely increasing my rating here to 3

Bad Habit sounds like a song you'd hear from a teen rock band in a movie that's comically not good.

Very good! Liked the vibe and the lyrics.

I really did enjoy this album!

One of my favorite early 90s pop-punk bands. I used to listen to this album frequently in high school, and I still very much enjoy it today!

This is so boring. Every song sounds like the last. And that one song isn't any good.

You know what you're getting with Offspring after just a few minutes of listening. You will like it. Or you won't. Are they amazing? Not really. Do they provide much depth? Not here. Smash isn't my favorite of Offspring's catalog but there's enough here that I still didn't mind listening.

I mean, it’s ok.

It's so trashy and so good. I think the only thing I dislike is having a hidden track. It's a relic of a bygone age that I very much don't miss.

I've got a lot of nostalgia for this era of alternative rock. It reminds me of listening to songs I downloaded off of Limewire on my iPod shuffle. It reminds me of watching Halo 3 montages. Even though this album came out the year I was born and I never really had it in my regular rotation. Many of these songs snuck their way into my childhood and I love it.

Me gustó la banda, no tanto el disco. Power, para mover la cabeza.

Kinda basic punk rock from today's standards but hey it's still pretty good

I love this record. It actually tips to a 5 for me. I WISH the recording was a bit nicer - there is so much clipping it does sound gross by times. Still this one just has so many brilliant moments where the dual melody-makers of Dexter (vox) and Noodles (guitar) just play together so perfectly.

I tend to like my punk less poppy, polished and, in a non demining way, juvenile but you can't deny how fun most of these tracks are. 7/10

another album where the vocals kind of annoy me but i think it works in this instance. fun music for morning commute lmao. i was especially impressed by all the fast-paced drumming. i even liked "smash" itself despite the minutes of silence within it - apparently having tracks "hidden" at the ends of songs was a thing at the time.

What can I say I love that the guy talks to me menacingly. Also why does everyone in this band look like a different version of Fred Armisen.

Very close to hitting 50 now, that brings me back to my late teens and early 20s. Their last album before going to a major, this hits all the teen angst cylinders, like a lot of the punk rock/melodic hardcore from the 90s. Great revisiting this even though it does not grab me anymore the same way.

Even when listening to this back when it came out, it never really clicked for me, and neither did the band. The hits off the album are fun and worth a listen, but I’m not much of a fan of the album as a whole.

no strong feelings about this

Didn't love it but some good stuff.

Used to listen to this quite a lot back in the day. A little bit surprised this was picked for the list because I think Americana is a much stronger album overall. This seems as good a time as any to question why there are no Bad Religion albums on the list. The Offspring are a decent enough band but nowhere near as good/influential as Bad Religion.

Decent. Good album to annoy my sister with.

I love this album, definitely my favorite one from the Offspring. Favorites: Something to believe in, Genocide, Nitro (Youth Energy)

The Sex Pistols meet Nirvana? Definitely more punky than grunge, though clearly influenced by the latter. If half stars were a thing, this would rate 3 1/2 stars for me, as I think it’s decent. Ultimately will round down for the following reasons: the intermittent “BBC announcer” between songs is irritating, the pacing is odd (all their longer ones bunched up front, all their shorter ones bunched at the end), and I’m not a fan of the CD tomfoolery of hiding tracks in the last long 10+ minute track (consisting of real song, BBC announcer again, interesting instrumental snippet, long silence, then brief instrumental reprise of “Come Out and Play”). Gimmicky and affected.

I prefer Ixnay on the Hombre personally, but this still rocks

Sounds pretty much the same with every track, and not a fan of the hyper fast punk with the pained vocals

I can see how someone who is a fan of pop-punk could really enjoy this. I am not and so this was a painful listen. It's well-done for what it is, though, so it climbs its way to 2 stars.

The first time I heard this band I had a visceral dislike of the shouted lyrics and mashed together noise. Very melody and very little complexity. I still can’t stand this.

a little all over the place. not really punk, not really hardcore, add in a little ska. the hits are the hits, but beyond that, not for me.

not really my thing

Tämä on ollut jo vuodesta -94 omassa levyhyllyssä ja on tullut kuunneltua tasaisin väliajoin siitä lähtien. Klassikko!

I find the Offspring just boring. Sorry.

Never really cared for the Offspring. Even though I was in their target audience of angtsy teenagers. They always seemed to be like older guys trying hard to seem cool and that's probably not true but it was my perception. Anyway, this was ok.

Enjoyment: 8/10 Replayability: 7/10 Cohesion: 8/10 Flow/Pacing: 6/10 Artistic Merit: 7/10 Weighted Average: 7.4/10 Review: Even though this album contains absolute bangers and most of the songs held their own, it eventually grew into a marathon after the initial sprint. The two interludes from the narrator provided a nice reprieve, but it wasn't enough. That being said - it's my only note. Again, absolute bangers. Liked Song(s): Nitro (Youth Energy), Bad Habit, Genocide, Come Out and Play, Self Esteem, Smash Disliked Song(s): (None) Recommend? Yes Heard Before? Partly

Yes I know them

My favourite Offspring album, helped make punk mainstream, made The Offspring famous, and one that transcended genre's. Nostalgia alone is 5 stars but it deserves 5 stars anyway.

I like some Offspring but haven't ever looked up more than a handful of tracks. Interested to hear more of their stuff! I like the spoken intro. Never heard Bad Habit! I dig it. Makes me think of playing GTA3. Like I'd listen to it while driving around San Andreas. Come out and play and Self Esteem still absolutely kill. I like the Ska What Happened to you track! Haven't heard it and really got a kick out of it. I always sorta find the vocals a bit same-y for Offspring, but that's also their iconic sound so it doesn't really bother me. This was a fun listen. I don't know if listening to the album through really enhanced my enjoyment of each track, but I still liked it.

Didn't expect to like it as much as I did

Nice album, great energy a couple of hits

Most unoriginal wannabe punkrock. By the time I reached the third track, I had a big headache already. Better listen to the real deal, this is useless.

Entry Level Punk/nu Metal. When you know bwtter you dont go back. Like Witham. Come Out and Play and Self Esteem decent. Other than that noqt to write home about. His voice grates after a bit Generous 3

Heavi Metal, Schöne Ideen aber sehr einfach.

This one was pretty fundamental to me in my youth but as I’ve gotten older I like Dexter’s voice less and less.

Generic, derivative and tiresome. 'Self Esteem' is great though, which just shows that even a broken clock tells the right time once a day.

6/10 Buen album, capaz miy enérgico para la mañana pero sin molestar

Wasn't excited for this, but it's actually really good for what it is. Their later songs really tarnish the legacy, but at this point they're a more accessible punk band taking in board the success of Nirvana and trying to fuse it into something. They never suggest the ability to broaden their sound but what's here is fun and catchy. If only they'd taken a different path they could be held in much higher esteem. This truly is the worst timeline

Missed this at the time, but I like it. Nothing particularly unique going on, but it’s an agreeable set of tunes! 3

remember discovering these guys on surf videos back in the day along with bands like Lagwagon, Pennywise, Unwritten Law....then Come out and Play dropped and Offspring hit the stratosphere

sounds like I should have gotten into this in middle school

It's enjoyable, energetic, loud and a lot of fun. But it's Punk in the way that MacDonald's is food. I enjoyed it as a rock album. But put it up against the great punk albums and it's flaws start to show. It lacks the rawness of X-Ray Spex, The Anger of The Clash, The Fury of the Pistols, The Purity of The Ramones,The Intelligence of a Patti Smith or Gang of Four. Cos-play Punk

[Already rated. Original review:] Loved this when I was 14, then hated it for years, listened today and I think it's fine. Surprisingly well played, except for the drummer's extremely 90s habit of switching to the ride to "change things up" on every chorus.

Catchy pop punk, a beloved album from my high school days. More angry than Green Day, which is my preference.

90s pop metal. By 2030 this will be grocery store music.

Good album. 1994 was a good year for that next wave of punk.

Favourite track: Gotta Get Away

Better than I thought it would be.

It kind of kills me to admit it, but this is a very solid record. The band just got SO overplayed in the 90s that I was sick to death of them for 30 years.

The Offspring are pure 90s nostalgia for me. Being an Orange County local at the time, you couldn’t escape this album. It’s infectiously fun and holds up pretty well. Dexter Holland’s voice is unique, verging on annoying, but ultimately interesting. The musicianship is solid, even though some of the tracks suffer from a bit of sameness. The album sent me time-traveling back to sunny Southern California in the summer of 1994 and I couldn’t be happier for the ride!

Fuck yeah, this rocks!

me gusta la energía de este disco. los vocals podrían ser mejores. mi tema favorito es un ska nada que ver con el resto. 7/10

Mmmm yummy pop punk

It’s so vibey and feel good and all of the songs are really catchy, my favorite song was is “It’ll Be A Long Time.” The only reason it’s not a five is his voice and I’m picky about my five stars.

Solid 90s punk sound. At time the vocals got a bit too blaring for me, but overall i thought they served the songs well. Self Esteem is the standout track

Listenable and enjoyable which is rare lol

Not as much “grunge” as I assumed but it’s a fantastic album.

Nicee

album #113 listen, this album helping to bring skate punk to the masses brings me so much joy. it's messy, ferocious, and FUN. the lyrics are great and the mix of political messaging and on-the-nose, playful writing is just fantastic. this is their best album, but the offspring always hold a special place in my heart. ꩜ average track rating: 3.5/5 ꩜ favourite track(s): come out and play, smash ꩜ least favourite track(s): what happened to you ꩜ album rating: ★★★★⯪ ꩜ number of albums left to review: 976 ꩜ number of albums from the list that i agree with being on the list: 53 (+1 Smash) ꩜ albums from the list that I would consider on my list: 24 (+1 Smash) ꩜ albums from the list I won't include on my list: 89

As someone who’s always known The Offspring by their singles I was surprised at how well put together this record is. It’s fascinating this came out the same time as Dookie because it’s got a crisper production and more refined slacker aesthetic.

Call me an anti-natalist the way I do not like The Offspring 1.5/5

There are a couple of songs on this album that are classics. Part of the soundtrack of my childhood, but in the end this album sounded very dated.

Fast BPM Sounds like a 90's kid drinking surge while playing Tony Hawk Pro Skater and eating Taco Bell. Clearly influencing future punk IDGAF attitudes and fun guitar riffs/lyrics. I can hear how bands like Blink-182 could emerge from something like this.

Wow! This was so! I really enjoyed when! I haven't enjoyed album this much since! I hope I get more of this!!!!!!

was surprised by the ska turn in the song What Happened To You? lmaooo this is punk for dorks. luckily i am a dork so target audience acquired

Dos de punk seguidos. Se festeja. El anterior que tocó de los Damned tiene importancia para mí como valor histórico y de donde se nota tomaron varios de los demás. Pero este de Offspring es el que me formó a mí, y le guardo un cariño enorme. Además es, por lejos, de los mejores álbumes de punk de los 90s 9/10, casi mete 5 estrellas la verdad.

banal mais bon...

It’s alright. Most songs just don't feel very memorable to me. Nitro - maybe Come Out and Play - like the guitare Self Esteem - feel like I’ve been transported back 12 years to my childhood

I like Self Esteem. A decent album. 3 stars. I like it'll be a long time. Also what hapoened to u

Good high energy alt rock album. Not as big a fan of his voice as Green Day but this was still a good album with a couple of hits that ill come back to

Sounds like Arctic Monkeys and the Hives.

Skate punk and pop punk built from fast power chords, driving rhythms, catchy hooks, and sharp vocals feels like spending an afternoon at a busy skate park where everyone is trying increasingly difficult tricks. It's energetic, fun, and full of momentum, even if many of the ideas follow familiar patterns. The album's mix of humor, frustration, and youthful rebellion keeps it entertaining, while its straightforward songwriting rarely overstays its welcome.

Offspring- why is this on the list? I remember the album from when I was a kid and it has like 4 populars songs but some things are better to forget. This was so terrible I don’t get how this was so popular. I know punk is supposed to be obnoxious but this dudes voice is the most annoying thing. I just don’t get why this is on here and I hope we don’t get their other one from the late 90’s with the kid on the swing with the bug

Thought i was gonna like this more but pretty boring and one dimensional. Hate the drumming - not a fan of the blast beat and it felt like that was half of the album. They have a couple good songs but no business making a whole album

I appreciate the idea of this but eventually the drums and gang vocals made the songs feel too similar

A fun, energetic punk album. A lot of highs and not that many lows. Well made

Squillion selling 90s pop punk album. It's OK isn't it? I mean they're quite catchy little numbers and whatever, not very original though.

This was one of the albums that got me through my college years. "Bad Habit" was my song to scream when I pulled into school every day. A few of the songs in the middle of the album don't hole up as well for me now, but a great opening blast, and a solid end make this a disc that still holds up pretty well.

Fun stuff

Didn’t even know I knew Self Esteem. Feels like the angst of teenage rebellion. I love this shit.

Разбитые и оторванные кулаки, только игрушечные и вообще не так. Несомненно группа легенда своего времени и многих людей и масс. Некоторые композиции вообще можно назвать мировыми. Я понимаю что именно такое расхлябанное, народное звучание в то время было ещё одним глотком свежего воздуха, и стало важной частью музыкальных течений и ответвлений. Но это не спасает этот альбом от неимоверно сильного чксвата наигранности и скучности. Они хотят но не есть. За музыку оценка 6/10 за группу 3/10 следовательно 4-5/10. Окончательно 5/10 спасибо за 5 класс.

Very solid offspring album

It's just a really good album. I'll always love this era of alternative rock. Self Esteem was my fav song and first listen of the album. Genocide and Smash were my other highlights

Really liked this?

A bit of a classic

Enjoyed the intro and outro voiceover but the music is forgettable.

Ugh. I'm on a streak of shit albums. Bubblegum punk from the 90s. This book offers No NOFX No Bad Religion No Operation Ivy No Rancid There are 1,001 (US) punk albums you must listen to before you listen to this one

I love that Dexter Holland has a PhD in molecular biology and a successful hot sauce, but his voice is so bad. It's a one-trick pony voice best enjoyed in single form, not on a full 45-minute album. It flattens every Offspring song into essentially the same thing. I have a nostalgic soft spot for a few of their hits, and liked a handful of tracks on this, but it was otherwise a tough listen. It's bad news when an album is so samey that two minutes of ska-punk are a welcome break.

This high-volume punk rock is not really my thing. I do remember having a CD of their Americana album at some point though (not sure where that came from or went) but enjoyed the singles off it - “Why Don’t You Get A Job” and “Pretty Fly for a White Guy” - which were a bit different to the sound here. This was an energetic sounding offering however despite almost the same drum beat throughout and that terrible voice shouting at me! Quite enjoyed the vocal announcements here and there too as a welcome novelty diversion.

Wooooooaaaaahhhh ooooooo ooooooo hey hey oooooooo woooooaaahhhh honestly I’m not sure I even used to enjoy this record when I used to listen to it on loop in my youth. However, come out and play and self esteem are still okay! Holland is by all accounts a very clever dude so I do wonder a little if this entire band was just a way for him to make some money (many of the songs are clearly rip offs of other songs and The Offspring really did hop on the ‘skate punk’ band wagon). However, as they are using that money to fund AIDS research and support Amnesty International I can live with that.

I can't stand the voice, I can't stand the drums, pretty much every song sounds the same, and it is toooooo long. I just have zero interest in this sort of music. The best thing about this album is that it's actually 8ish minutes shorter than I initially thought because of a big gap after the last track!

Vamos hoy martes con esta banda MTv, de la que nunca escuché un disco completo pero sí montones de singles. El álbum arranca bien arriba y se mantiene así hasta el final. Las canciones me hacen acordar a momentos de la niñez y pubertad y también a fiestas o tocadas más de grande: inevitable siendo un disco lleno de hitazos. Gracias por levantar la mañana y hasta mañana.

Taco Bell for Punk I was pretty excited for this one since I grew up with a few Offspring songs... definitely some nostalgia here. And honestly? It delivered exactly what I expected. Fast, fun, dumb. Someone compared them to Taco Bell for punk and I couldn't agree more. It's not gourmet, not gonna change your life, but sometimes you just want something greasy that hits the spot. The highs are really high, the lows are just kinda there. "Self Esteem" is genuinely great: one of those songs that actually says something real about male vulnerability in a way that wasn't really being talked about in the 90s. "Bad Habit" is pure fun. But there's also filler that blends together. A lot of filler imo. On another note, "Come Out and Play" is a snapshot of alternative rock's approach to social issues: well-intentioned but deeply superficial. A suburban band trying to comment on gang violence without understanding the systemic issues. Catchy as hell though, can't deny that. "Time to Relax" - Funny little intro. Sets the tone. NR. "Nitro (Youth Energy)" - Pretty fun punk opener. Good energy and lyrics are a vibe. A little one note to me though. Chorus is repeated too often. Super fast song, it's like an appetizer. 5-6/10. "Bad Habit" - This song is so funny. I love the satire of punk. Such a fun riff. Can't be mad at this song. So catchy and energetic. Especially the yeah yeahs. "You stupid, dumb shit, goddamn, motherf*cker" is so fucking awesome. 7-8/10. "Gotta Get Away" - Riff is fun. Climbing arpeggio and then flare. The chorus is hella catchy too. I like the lyrics. 6-7/10. "Genocide" - This one is a bit simple. Lyrics are fine. "And if in time we can see the errors of our ways, would anyone change it anyhow?" I really like this lyric. I think no. And it's because it's systemic. Cool. 5-6/10. "Something to Believe In" - Not that big of a fan of this chorus. I like the theme a lot. People ought to throw all that garbage out and make something their own. 4-5/10. "Come Out and Play" - Oh yeah this one is fucking catchy. Hmmm the lyrics didn't age well though. It's such a snapshot of '90s alternative rock: catchy and well-intentioned in anti-violence, but so deeply flawed. The reduction of complex socioeconomic crisis into basic tropes gives me an ick. Written from an extreme outsider standpoint. "You gotta keep 'em separated" is just... yikes. This song reminds me that in the grand picture, this band is the equivalent of Friends the TV show. It is not counterculture. It is not punk. 6/10 for the catchiness, but the lyrics kinda ruin it. "Self Esteem" - I fucking love this song. The one-sided relationship and staying in it is an awesome topic. It really upturns a lot of cultural tropes. Male vulnerability was not talked about at all at this point. The admission of powerlessness is powerful for that reason. Spun with a funny, painful, relatable confessional way. That's what punk is all about babyyy. The riff is iconic and great. Very dynamic song. 9-10/10. "It'll Be a Long Time" - Ugh another relic of the 90s. This deep disillusionment with Cold War geopolitics where "superpowers" pull the strings and ordinary citizens pay the price is such bullshit. Of course the aggressor US is never named. Of course the US citizen equalizes the harm between the largely peasant country and the world's largest arms manufacturer. It's fine. Just fine. 4-5/10. "Killboy Powerhead" - Traditional punk. Too one note for me. It's fast and aggressive but also really short. 4-5/10. "What Happened to You?" - This song is fine. Also kind of anti-punk? Weird musically as well. Bouncy. 3-4/10. "So Alone" - This one is also kind of one note. Theme is cool. Kind of builds towards the end. Sort of. 3-4/10. "Not the One" - I actually like the lyrics of this one. We were born into this but have to deal with all this shit. Pretty good stuff if not too catchy musically. 5-6/10. "Smash" - Pretty fun song. I really like the slowed-down portion. The first 3 mins I'll give a 5-6/10. Cool riff after the narrator says goodbye. A good minute or two of silence... never mind like 4 mins actually. Ah we get the latin/arabic inspired riff of "Come Out and Play" at the end. 5-6/10. So.... Smash is a pretty fun, energetic album that doesn't really ask you to think too hard. The highs are genuinely great: "Self Esteem" is an all-timer, "Bad Habit" is a blast, but there's also a lot of filler that just kind of blends together. It's punk for people who don't want to think about what punk means. It gets an extra point for nostalgia basically. Rating: 7.5/10

This one is rad, self esteem is a classic and the rest of it is pretty nice

Love these guys so I want to give this a 5 but its really closer to a 4

4/5

All energy no depth

taka 2000s vidusskolas filmā

19세 곡은 빼고 들었습니다 Nitro (Youth Energy): I like the drum sound, it’s cool, probably I would more like this if I listened this 2 years ago. Gotta get away: guitar sound is good, it’s rly cool, I like this song Genocide: exciting, I like the style of this song, If I listened this 2 years ago, I would be crazy for this song, best song for this album i guess Something to believe in: more hard rock, I still like it, c’est cool! Come out and play: I like the guitar sounds, and sounds in intro were interesting, exciting, little like Egyptian sound, Self esteem: like the guitar sound sooo much, I like this song It’be a long time: little more hard rock, I lowkey like this, exciting What happened to you : exciting, speedy tempo, I enjoy this song So alone: also speedy, exciting, I like the ‘yeah’ part Not the one: I rly like bass guitar sound For overall album: Honestly, I more like this album than yesterday’s one because also it was good but I prefer rock music more. Anyway, overall, It was rly good to me, I lowkey like this album, but actually I listen to EDM or alternative lately… so if I listened about 2yrs ago, I would rly into this album, but I got older than my rock taste age…. Its also kinda sad for me. 그치만? 앨범자체는 정말 좋았음…… 2년만 더 빨리들을걸 그땐 락에 미쳐살았는데말이야 ㅋㅋ

i think sam thorn steered me wrong here

There are few singing voices uglier and shriekier than Dexter Holland’s. He sounds like a caged animal being periodically pistol whipped with a cattle prod.

DAMNNN

i feel like i spent the entire 46 minutes listening to the same song on repeat 🫩

1) Something to Believe in 2) Genocide 3) Nitro (Youth Energy) Least Favourite: Come Out and Play

Some notiable favourites, some that sound familiar but aren't, but overall an average album

This was such a fun nostalgic album I haven’t listened to in a while. A shame his dickass son didn’t get his dad’s message.

Does it feel weird to give an Offspring album ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ after just giving a seminal Beatles album 4? Yeah. Am I about to do it? Yah. It's not that Smash has aged perfectly or doesn't have some childish moments, though let's be honest, for a lot of kids growing up in the 90s, Bad Habit was one of our first catharses. It sort of makes sense if you consider that the first song is subtitled “youth energy.” It isn't meant to be an adult album. An adult writing Self Esteem? A middle aged man writing Come Out and Play? Just not the vibe. But it is, to some degree, as most punk and punk adjacent albums are. You do get It'll Be a Long Time or Not the One that are wrestling with political and societal situations. But the key is that distinctive guitar tone with Dexter's equally distinctive voice, and the sort of snarky energy that of course 90s punk would have. It helps that there is a lot of smart melody and iconic riffing. I think Kurt probably did a lot in that regard, proving you could knock a pop song out of the park and still have it have edge and pathos. So you'd have vulgar defiance like the title track, but in an Uber addictive sing-along instead of shout-along package. You'd have Genocide's posturing over an eastern tinged riff (we get a lot of those flavors here, actually). You have an almost ska, jokey, dancey verbal takedown of a friend who went total burnout. You get the speedy riffs you expect from punk, the shout along whoa-oh choruses, but with a bit less audio ugliness. And of course, all of that is impossible to be separated from how hearing this album feels like jumping into fresh water to aging 90s trash. The drums of Gotta Get Away (or that drum hit in Come Out and Play getting you from the chorus to the main riff) are trigger responses. It's consistent (the low lights are such only because the highs are so high), and if I listened to this once I have listened to it a hundred times. So five it is. No shame.

You had to have listened to this when you were 14, or else you're going to get nothing out of it.

I love the theming on this album. The hidden instrumental at the end hits, too. Still holds up from my original mid-90s listens. 4/5

This is a memorable one. Instant memories when I saw this album cover. First heard it on cassette in someone’s car and then recorded self esteem in vhs off of mtv to be able to rock out at a buddies house cause none of us could afford the new album yet. I would not go on to embrace the punk sound but I was into this one pretty solid for a while

Ça sonne bien, c’est bien fait mais c’est pas ce que j’aime

The Offspring were a staple of 90s punk/alternative, and this album shows why. Packed full of energy and emotion, this whole album flys by in no time. My only slight demerit is that it all starts to sound like the same song. 4/5.

I hope this list is well represented with great punk records, because this isn't it. Yes, the band is big, yes the songs are big, but the music is ok and the lyrics are nothing to complicated to understand. I loved Keep them separated when i was a teenager, but I also liked Americana (their next album), and I can't stand any of the above anymore.

It’s… fine. I really wasn’t a big fan of post-Nirvana music of this ilk back in the day. At best, this is now mildly nostalgic of my teenage and college years.

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.

Lots of shouting. Very long final song with like 4 mins of silence.Which wS like theatrical but strange.

This was pretty good overall. I swear I’ve heard Self Esteem somewhere before but I looked it up and it hasn’t been in any movies or shows I’ve seen so guess not

Good album all in all but a bit sames same and cliche. Lots of nostalgia tough, still a solid album in my books, other than some problematic lyrics. 6/10 3 stars

I sometimes have to remind myself of the scale on which I'm rating albums. On the scale of "albums in my collection," this is probably a 3, maybe 4. But on the 1,001 albums scale, I think it's a 5. There's a very unsophisticated nature to this album that makes it hard to call it "great." But paradoxically, that's also part of what gives the album its appeal. There's a charm to it that's like . . . your friends' local band - that happens to be really good.

Ahhhh, The Offspring, maybe the only punk band and maybe the only major label band to employ and MD and a PhD. I dunno. Anyway, I like The Offspring. Dexter Holland's voice is distinctive and the band is heavy enough to avoid sounding like so much of the pop-punk of the 1990s/2000s. In fact, sometimes, I find myself thinking these guys are a pretty good hardcore band. Or maybe a metal band. I also dunno about this. What I do know is that they are one of the many Epitaph bands that I first heard on a Punk-o-Rama compilation and have been listening to every since. This isn't 5 material, but it's a solid 4.

They are little sharper and more dangerous than a lot of their pop punk contemporaries. I like the vocals and the guitar sound. I think this was intended for listeners younger than me, and it didn't catch me in real time, but I don't turn these songs off when they end up on the radio.

I like these guys. There's a monotony to the sound after a while, but the four or five hits are excellent.

3/5 - The radio hits were overplayed, but solid. This wasn't my scene at the time, and that's not gonna change now. Doubt I needed to hear the album cuts here.

Might be crazy but I had no clue so many of these songs were by these guys. Really fun listen,

Wat een vet album! Strak gespeelde punk rock en goede lyrics. Leuk om re rest van hun oeuvre te ontdekken.

Notes of ska, hair metal and grunge?

cool opening and cool songs

Honestly enjoyed a lot more than I thought that I would.

Pas mal mais aze, j'ai kiffé l'intro cella dit mais je préfère blink

Crazy taxi. That's what comes to mind with the offspring. They were on the periphery of my teenage years: often in soundtracks to video games I played to death... ---- Post Ah man. I should like this. I was a 00s skater kid and now a grown mosher. Buuut it's so one note and insincere. It's pop punk without the appeal. I can imagine it being important as an angry teen, but I am old and cynical. They certainly nailed their sound early on that's for sure - the vocals are recognisably distinctive. For me it sounds like Ozzy sped up with a throat infection. Why does it sound like the drums were recorded through a door? At least the guitar/bass is competent. I don't think this is essential.

2/3

I was suprised at the sound. Didn't mind listening to it; wouldn't actively seek it out

Raw, energetic American pop punk/grunge/metal. Surprised by how much i enjoyed it.

I can’t believe it but I liked it. It rocks quite a bit

Sounds all the same

Decent 90s pop punk stuff, the classics here are great but it's pretty hard to get past this guy's voice

Listens: 3 Standout Tracks: Bad Habit, Come Out and Play, Self Esteem This was a fun romp through 46 minutes of edgy, try-hard 1990s punk-lite, alternative rock. It doesn't take itself too seriously and even though its got some very dated stuff going on (the reference to listening to the album on Compact Disc and the hidden track at the end of the album), its overall relatively harmless fun. It's also sometimes remarkable how, if you close your eyes, you might even hear a hit of Kurt Cobain in the singer's voice. This is good physical activity music. Put it on and do weight lifting or cycling.

kinda mid

They have such a specific sound and they just do it over and over again: Iron Maiden guitar sound playing power chords, Nirvana drums and double-tracked weird voice guy. When it works it really works though. Self Esteem and Come Out and Play are both so fun. Just got a little samey by the end. Of course this guy has a PhD in Molecular Biology you can hear it in his voice.

The singles and at least one other song are good (if not just engrained in my memory), but holy cats does this get repetitive. They're like the mid-90's alternative AC/DC

1. 3.5 2. 4.5 3. 4.5 4. 4.5 5. 4.5 6. 4 7. 5 8. 4.5 9. 4 10. 3.5 11. 4 12. 3.5 13. 3 14. 4.5

En su estado más interesante es siempre repetitivo y poco innovativo. Algunas canciones me las salté, un álbum que realmente no disfruté. Al menos una canción ska que tienen fue algo agradable, lo punk, nada para mi. Cambiaré de opinión en caso de escuchar otro álbum o re-escucharlo.

3.5

Good stuff

Not my genre, but better than expected - found it a reasonable listen

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.

4/5 good 90s punk rock

This was a very confounding listen for me. It did feel like it was going to be this countercultural ska-punk album that did not quite get there and was going to be quite dated by this point but for however basic it felt at times it does just work I guess. It was a solid listen. 7/10 [SWAP]

An absolute classic 90s punk album. Looking at it now, this has aged really well. 1994 was such a crazy year for music for me personally while I listened to this in the moment it was a bit overlooked. But it’s great.

Yeee, bronsdki folulah binga. Ging junga shompo biggy.

Fun, but their hit formula is a bit annoying once you realize it

Happy to see this come up Good memories of jumping around to Self Esteem and Gotta Get Away Sadly everything else here does not quite reach the same levels of catch must-have songs for mix-tapes Good, but not great - a problem with the grunge/post punk market being so crowed in the mid 90's

tiene hits... y que? la wea me dejó sin opinión, onda hay canciones buenas pero ns si quedan bien juntas en un álbum

bitno da ljudi seru da je popis tobože pun loših britpop albuma (zapravo je jako malo pravih britpop albuma uopće na popisu), a u stvari ima hrpa generičkog američkog "žestokog" roka, u biti dosta pičkastog, onakvog s upečatljivo američkim (čitaj: rednečkim) vokalima, a s instrumentalne strane kvazipankerskog i nazovigrandžastog... ova srednja žalost od offspringa (koju su mi otprije bili poznati isključivo po poluplagijatu »why don't you get a job«, koji je okej pjesma, ali ništa posebno) spada upravo u tu kategoriju: pjesme koje zvuče kao amaterluk koji svira na izborniku fleš igrice »punk-o-matic 2« (koju bih mnogo radije igrao nego slušao ovo...). »self esteem« je okej, ostatak u potpunosti zanemariv uza sve to i omot je dosta ružan

Okay this album was not as bad as I was expecting. Quite frankly "Pretty Fly for a White Guy" is what I think of when I think of Offspring. And I never thought that was much of a song. I also didn't care for *Ixnay on the Hombre* on my '97 dive. This one fared a little bit better though honestly for the most part comes off as a lesser Nirvana. "Gotta Get Away" and "Self Esteem" were my faves. Most of the rest was quite frankly sounded the same... Maybe except "Come Out and Play" which is always been a Stockholm syndrome hit for me. K (7.2) ★★★½

One of the more enjoyable pop punk albums of the era. 3.5 stars

I think this album is pretty good, but the Offspring aren't really my favorite 90s punk revival band. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I don't think they hold a candle to Green Day or Rancid from this era. There are some cool tracks here -- "Self Esteem" and "Gotta Get Away" are the highlights, and "Come Out and Play's" middle-eastern riff is neat. A lot of the deeper cuts are kind of meh. 3.5 stars.

Better than I was expecting. There’s no Pretty Fly For A White but there was one partially catchy song about Donkey Kong (think it was subtitled Genocide) amongst some other alright stuff. It is bizarre though that someone would include Smash by The Offspring for this list when you’d think that the word Smash would be a springboard for the memory into picking even better more essential albums like Smash Mouth and their similar 90s breakthrough work Astro Lounge. ‘Some badger once told me the woodland’s gonna roll me I ain’t the sharpest badger in the shed She was looking like a lout with her left paw and her snout in the shape of an L on her badger head…’

Lots of yelling, a bit too much as it goes on. Main hits are great though

Americana est mieux déso pas déso

Sounds like 4 people who have only listened to one album in their life (and each member has listened to a different album) recorded an album and they were good for some reason

I definitely think a lot of their later albums are better, but this was still incredibly strong and a lot of fun

Aside from the songs that got a lot of radio play and are catchy, mostly this felt like noise. Would not listen to the whole album again.

I didn’t really discover Offspring until my younger brother got into them, so I mainly know Americana and Conspiracy Of One, both of which seemed to lean heavily on “comedy” tracks (Pretty Fly For A White Guy; Original Prankster etc.) As such, I have never really taken them that seriously, pretty much seeing them as a novelty act. They’re a fun listen but they’ve never really compelled me to listen to much of the rest of their stuff. While I have listened to this one before, I was left thinking that if you’ve heard one Offspring album, you’ve heard them all, and there wasn’t enough outstandingly different on this to make it an essential over the two I’ve already got. No doubt for those who knew this first, this might be their best (and they are superb at what they do) but there’s nothing that grabbed me extra hard on here.

8/10 lowk vibe

I liked the little voice intro and outro, cute contrast to the album itself. A lot of grunge, but not too much yelling. Not bad.

This album is great. Punk with enough alt rock influence to be listenable and enjoyable

My secret is that Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and Crazy Taxi informed 99% of my taste in music. I listened to this album a lot at 12. It's an all-timer. 4 certified bangers.

Never listened to a whole album by the Offspring before and I thought it would grate after a while. Although a bit samey I really enjoyed this album and the non stop energy.

4 reviews in a row that are killer, that never happens on the Top 1001, so I love the grooves I got this week... This album is often overlooked but it's a cream of the crop 90's release. It's upbeat, aggressive, damn near punk at times, but still pop friendly and tongue-in-cheek. I'm super impressed with the listen counts for this entire album, pretty much no song under 10M but most well over that. From "Time To Relax" to to the final track it's hammer down rock and roll. "Nitro" (33M) kicks things into 5th gear, then into a personal favorite that makes me wanna break shit 30 years later, "Bad Habit" (70M), then right into "Gotta Get Away" (82M), that's machine gun fire, bam bam bam! You finish up with "Something To Believe In", "It'll Be A Long Time", "What Happened To You" & "Smash" - good, concise bangers! "Come Out And Play" (386M) & "Self Esteem"(814M) are definitive 90's songs", both well written, clever and catchy. There's really not a bad track on this one. I'll go 4.5 stars and round up Hits, influence, impact at time of release, longevity, this one has it all. One of my favorites from the decade. I

Way better than I expected. Part nostalgia for sure, but I don't hate this like I do Green Day or other 90s pop punk drivel.

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so so it was okay :c

better than i thought. a pretty nice, cohesive album here

love some of the hits, but overall not the kind of music I would reach for

Pretty catchy

Not the best band of the era or genre but certainly a fun band and album to listen to.

saw then live in 2025 at Hershey, it was amazing. Noodles said there were over a million people in attendance.

I would give it 2,5 if I could for self esteem

Solid album with kinetic energy. I really like the announcer interlude.

non stop energy on this one with some hits and some not-so-greats. Enjoyed getting into "Killboy Powerhead" a bit more. Remember, you gotta keep 'em separated....

I couldn’t get through this quickly enough. The 90s version of pop-punk was something that I was able to largely avoid. I knew it wasn’t for me but I understood why it existed and if Blink or Green Day or Sum 41 came on the radio, it didn’t bother me too much. This lot though almost always annoyed me. I had never heard a whole album before and although I felt tolerant for a while, it didn’t take long before I was flat out sick of it. Lyrically they seem to have a message I can get on board with, but all too often they sail a little too close to glorifying that which they aim to decry. I have written plenty of reviews in which I show my full support for music that is less than sophisticated. I reiterate now that I am no music snob, but I simply don’t like the way The Offspring do what they do. They strive for base and make it. The singing is just awful with a single gear and it’s an irritating one, and the backing vocals are, with barely an exception the most annoying thing in every song. You may wish to accuse me of “not getting it” or “missing the point” but I thoroughly get it, I lived right through it and I completely got the point from the moment I heard it. The only thing I never found out was if The Offspring “got it”. Were they in on their own joke? (making the worst of their chosen style of music) or was their self awareness so poor that they allowed the band’s success make them believe they were good? On the evidence of this album, they are not good.

Enemies to lovers but it's me and The Offspring. God, I used to hate this band and the music they released, but I listened to the whole thing and let the recommended Offspring tracks that came after roll. Might be part nostalgia, or that I've gotten a taste for punk after my years as a prudish school girl, but this is totally my jam now.

I was about 9 years old when Smash was released so I don't remember the hits from 1994, but summer 1997 was all Offspring. Me and my friends were really excited about "All I Want" single and "Ixnay on the Hombre" album so eventually one of us also bought Smash. After that it was all "Naa naa nan nan naa! Naa naa nan nan naa!" for a couple of months. The excitement lasted for a year or so, but the irritating and quite shitty hit songs of "Americana" cut it short. One of those albums that I remember from start to finish. Both stars are for nostalgic reasons because nowadays Dexter Holland's whining and howling is hard to listen to.

I don't mind the muscular punky sound but honestly, it all started to merge into one long mass, too much of it sounds the same. Decent but not all that memorable. It made me want to go and listen to Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) though.

A good album, I liked Gotta Get Away and It'll Be A Long Time the mist.

Monótono y aburrido, por qué grita tanto sin sentido?

Oh thank you! My brother was a “skate punk.” This sound dominated our shared wall. This album, in particular, brought me round the corner, to hear the “secret track,” gotta get away, and of course, self esteem. I also found the spoken bits hilarious. Actually, the whole is quite cinematic. I do find the vitriol thrown at Offspring interesting. Even my brother, who was certainly a fan back in the day, throws shade these days. But here, the ONLY thing I’m going to address is today’s listen, I’ve decided. I still love it. It feels too long. The issues people have with lack of melody or guitar, well imao much is being carried by the bass. The bass makes this. It is actually bass driven and bass dominant. The lyrics can be… inane, but also quite… surprising. And as a soundtrack for “bad kids” who -Hey, they don't pay no mind If you're under 18 you won't be doing any time- It’s a great soundtrack. And it’s great to run to. Just in general. No police involved. 4 Boolean: True

I didn’t know that all these songs I hated were by the same band!

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"

I still remember all the words. Had this on cassette

I'd probably give this 5 stars if the vocals weren't so obnoxious

Finalmente un album che ho apprezzato quasi nella sua interezza. Come Out And Play la mia preferita. Geniali le tracce fantasma alla fine.