Smash

Excellent punk album. I feel like in a time when punk was becoming to become more poppy with bands like blink and good charlotte these guys stayed a bit more traditional. Lots of good tracks and some of their best.

This is a freaking awesome album. I listened to it tonight and it is a rocker. I knew big chunks of the album and had just forgotten how cool this album is. This is not a back decker with the wife! It is an in your face, run like a bat out of hell screamer that would be great alone for a predate.

One of the very first CDs I ever got was an Offspring single that I won on a tombola in primary school. I hated it at first, but it grew on me a lot over time. By the time I was 15, I was playing Want You Bad in my band. Anyway, I digress. This album is absolutely banging and I love it. It got quite nostalgic listening to it. The Offspring are just great.

THEY'RE COMING THEY'RE COMING THEY'RE COMING YOU NEED TO LOOK NOW GO LOOK LOOK NOW THEY'RE COMING RUN PLEASE NOW GO YOU NEED TO GO

Oh yeah!

This album is definitely in my top picks and have it on wax.

This is my teenage years in a single album.

I am biased and have always loved this album. This one gets a biased 5 stars from me.

Not my favorite Offspring album, but I'd agree that this is their most influential album. As a huge fan of pop-punk in the aughts, I am by default a fan of The Offspring and the road they paved. Side story: I will always remember a van ride with the family circa 1994-5 while my dad was driving and in control of the radio. His preference was 97.5 and 98.5, while my sisters and I preferred 100.7 and 92.3 and 107.9 (although I'm guessing this was before 107.9 was The End). He said "I'll change the station if you can name the artist of one of these songs." We kept guessing, like, Eric Clapton or The Eagles as it was on 98.5 (Cleveland's classic rock), but to no avail. Then they had a commercial trying to make a dig at damn kids these days and what has befallen rock music, but don't worry, we're 98.5, we'll never play that shit. To make their point about terrible modern rock music, they used the intro to "Self-Esteem" that's just "La la lalala, la la lalala" which my sister correctly identified as The Offspring, so we were granted a station change on a technicality. A great win for punk rock. Anyway, I really enjoyed revisiting this album. Beforehand I was thinking it was a 4 with the iconic singles and some filler...but this holds up well in its entirety.

One of the best albums forever!

Probably one of my favorite albums ever, it's just the best. I still think I have my original Smash CD around here somewhere.

It's like happy hour at the punk rock cafe. Yes, I was familiar with The Offspring but have never sat down and listened (which is the point of this right!) and what a delight. It kicks off with such great energy and just keeps it going. Certainly, Genocide, Something to Believe In, and Come Out and Play are highlights but Self Esteem really does take the take. I never considered myself a fan but 5 stars easy.

Big nostalgia bump for this album - my first serious girlfriend was a fan, and then later on, some of the songs were karaoke staples. Fave tracks - "Self Esteem" for getting the whole room to scream along in karaoke. "Genocide" from the other tracks, on these play throughs....

This is my 420th album to review, and while not as on the nose as Peter Tosh's Legalize it would have been, The Offspring's Smash is still a good fit. I'm pretty familiar with a lot of The Offspring's work from the nineties (and some of their hits from the aughts); I had a burned copy of Americana that I listened to a lot in high school, and The Offspring was played quite a bit on the local alternative rock station. I also had their song "Want You Bad" as my girlfriend's ringtone at some point in college or my mid-twenties. I still love that song, but Christ, that was cringe-worthy. Punk and pop-punk music were some of my favorite alternative rock to listen to in high school. Blink 182, Green Day, and Sum 41 were probably my favorites, but The Offspring would have been right up there too. I didn't have any CD's by any of these bands (other than the burned copy of Americana), because my parents were very strict about any music that I bought, but that just made hearing songs by these bands on the radio that more special. In the late aughts, I got really into indie rock, and at that point, I had the belief that alternative rock was 'beneath me' (hey, we all have a period in our lives where we act kinda douchey), but I'm excited to listen to these guys for the first time in a while. I was not expecting to enjoy this album as much as I did. I thought this was fantastic from start to finish. The drumming and guitar playing were absolutely fantastic; I loved the fast tempo of most of the songs, but the slower songs like "Gotta Get Away" and "Self Esteem" hit just as hard. I love that some of the guitar playing has a Spanish/Mexican sound to it. I don't know how they came up with the idea to use that sound, but it's shocking to me how well it works on a nineties punk album. Dexter Holland's vocals are great, and there's just something about his voice that I love; I think he does a great job of conveying anger and disillusionment without having to yell or resort to gimmicks. Dexter's voice is really unique, and it's one of the things that makes The Offspring's music stand out from their contemporaries. Lyrically, this album is fantastic as well. These songs tackle so many topics: homelessness, militarism, mental health, relationships, etc. The political commentary is absolutely fantastic. I think a lot of people my age look at America in the nineties as having been a pretty docile time, but there was still so much going on: the public acknowledgment of the AIDS crisis, civil wars and uprisings taking place across the globe, gay rights moving to the forefront of the national conversation, and rises in gun violence. The nineties were a time of prosperity in our country, and culture tended to be more monolithic before the rise of the internet, so it's easy to ignore or forget about people who were suffering during that time. The Offspring manages to address all of the issues that they sing about in a way that feels really genuine. I really loved listening to this today, and this album has given me a new appreciation for The Offspring. This album is a work of genius, and despite its heavy tone, it's really fun to listen to, and it holds up really well thirty years (fuck me) later. The punk sound that The Offspring created on this album is really unique and perfectly captures the spirit of the decade. I wish I had owned a copy of this as a teeanger, but I'm certainly tempted to pick one up now.

I know many of the songs and never realized they were from this album. Excellent! It’s a refined punk grunge, much like what Metallica did to speed metal with their black album.

Pop punk :O .... but it's actually good !!! :O.

I gotta say, Smash was an album i really enjoyed from start to finish. The guitar work was easily my favorite part of it but the Nirvana like singing, the quick pace and the neat little melodies in certain songs really added to it. The bonus track didn't really add that much to the album but it was still a harmless little addition. I really like this album and its one that any punk or grunge enjoyer would love. Best Song: Something To Believe In Worst Song: What Happened To You

This one is an incredible pop-punk album that takes me back to high school

Le premier album d'Offspring que j'ai écouté quasiment à sa sortie, je devais être au lycée.

This was, by far, the most nostalgic album recommended by the 1001 app so far. I loved "Smash" when I was a kid. I was hooked on it. I listened to this CD from start to finish as much as any record I've ever owned. It never got old. Listening to it today, it hits just the same. This album is awesome. Every song rocks - the guitars sound great, the drumming is memorable, and the vocals are easy to sing along with, due to Dexter Holland's catchy lyrics & limited singing range. It's a legendary album that ranks amongst the best of the 90s. It's a shame that The Offspring followed this triumph by releasing some of the lamest pop punk bollocks ever written. The unquestionable brilliance of "Smash" was quickly overshadowed by the embarrassment of "Pretty Fly for a White Guy" and that "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" ripoff. They became a parody of a punk band and faded away. Rightfully so. But who cares? The Offspring gave us "Smash". It's a classic. And I fucking love them for it. 👍👍

I'm biased, because I love it since my teenage years. Straight road for The Offspring from here to the mainstream success with Americana couple of years later.

Great album, remember from back then.

Not their epic, though most think this one exactly is, still got too many bangers to count a star off

Just super

Love the hidden track so 90s

A true force in the commercial punk scene, aggressive songwriting and hard-hitting melodies.

Alright. Great album for gym sessions.

Offsprinf kyllä osaa tän 90 luvun skeittipunkki meiningin. Aivan legendaarista soundia. Parhaat: Come Out And Play, Self Esteem, What Happened To You?

loved it

What an amazing album, I loved every second of it.

This is basically my entire 14-17 year old life.

This album unleashes an energy that is hard to find in rock music. It is raw and harsh. I’ve listened to this album a ton and it is amazing every time. Highlights include Bad Habit, Come Out and Play, Self Esteem, and Be a Long Time.

Easy 5. 1994 was an amazing year for great music across all genres.

Die 90er sind ja das Jahrzent mit der objektiv besten Musik

I still enjoy this album and it took me back to ‘94. I added a few songs to the playlist I am making from this list. No, they are the most innovative but they had a great sound and are fun to listen to. This was teenage driving music and honestly still sounds great to me. It’s a 4.5 for me so rounding up.

It's pretty crazy how you start the album and the bangers just keep coming, so you wait for the quality to dip, and it never does. Not a weak song on here, everything is just top tier fun punk. Maybe the silence at the end is a bit annoying, a leftover from the CD era, but I'd be lying if i said i wasn't bobbing my head and singing along to every single chorus on here. Just earworms back to back.

Fundamental para confirmar o melhor da fase do rock nos anos 90, punk essencial.

I don’t think I’ve listened to this album all the way through since I was in high school - and IM A BIG DUM IDIOT. Such a good album! Put it on during a workout and it was perfection.

Excelente disco

An album from my youth!

9,5

Best selling indie album ever for a reason. 5 stars

Huge shot of nostalgia with this one! The start of the pop punk craze of the 90's. Come Out and Play, Self Esteem, Bad Habit, Gotta Get Away.... Fuckin awesome album. Reminds me of playing Tony Hawk on PS2 as a kid. This album fits into that skater punk genre that that game introduced me to. Dexter Holland's voice is so distinct. Favourite songs: Self Esteem, Come Out And Play, Killboy Powerhead, Gotta Get Away, It'll Be a Long Time, Bad Habit, Genocide, Nitro (Youth Energy) Least favourite songs: Not The One 5/5

Dudeeeeeeeeeee I miss some good ol' Offspring. I listened to Americana as well lol. I would give Smash a 4.5 but I'm going to round up because it convinced me to keep listening to more.

Sensational album, soundtrack of my youth!

Really good 90s rock

кайф спасибо за детство альбом детства

I’d never heard of this band or album before, but it was great. Awesome

All time classic

Quintessential American punk.

Strong album. I remember when this came out. It was good then, it's good now.

It’s really exciting for me to see this album on this list because it’s another one my dad had that, along with rise and fall rage and grace, are pretty nostalgic for me. I’ve listened to this front to back plenty of times but back then I only really listened to bad habit, self esteem, and maybe come out and play. Now, I really appreciate the thing as a whole from skits that aren’t annoyingly long, genocide and nitro, and the electric vibes from this album that never get exhausting at really any point. Might be biased but I still think this 5 is well deserved regardless.

Amazing, relistened multiple times already

I love this album so much. It played such a huge part in my teenage/high school years and bonding over music with people. It is legitimately just banger after banger, and along with Green Day's "Dookie" a perfect encapsulation of what punk music in the mid 90s sounded like as it went mainstream. I will listen to this record on repeat all day today and absolutely love it.

Love Offspring and have listened to this album many times before

Lyrics are as juvenile as ever but man does this slap. Forgot what a rush this album is.

Love the energy in the album. Still holds up.

Great hits! Fun album cuts... no unlistenable songs

Fuck. Yes. One of the first CDs I ever owned and one of the first, next to Green Day's Dookie, that I knew every song front to back. While Self Esteem and and Come Out and Play are the long-lasting singles that put them on the map, Gotta Get Away was the anthem for an insecure kid in the 90s and Bad Habit became the song to blare with rage once I got my license and was stuck in traffic. Dexter, Noodles and the gang put out a masterpiece.

Fav!

There’s more hits than I realized on this album. Punk can be hit or miss for me but I like the offspring a lot. Relatable, candid lyrics that paint vivid pictures of the struggles of modern day life. I appreciate the stake down of road rage and driver violence on Bad Habit (maybe just in my own head)

I forgot how awesome this album is I remember my brother having this album when I was really young and getting really into it really early I feel like it’s banger after banger between the guitar riffs and the base lines and riffing drums. This album is special, and I feel like one of the first that got me into the idea of punk rock.

A classic!

Punk-rock de los Offspring.

If you've never driven on the 405 while blasting Bad Habit you haven't lived.

I can already tell this is going to be 10/5 for me. Can't tell how much is nostalgia and how much is because it's genuinely a banger of an album.

Classic

Ah, comfort and nostalgia. My favorite band growing up and still a favorite genre. Unfortunately I hadn’t had much experience with this album in my younger days as I started my Offspring fandom with Americana. Classic Offspring sound. Fast and hard, fun lyrics that can be goofy and playful while still having a message. For me, I find their music energizing, even now. The intros, outros, and random intermissions were always a joy to hear, even if it did sometimes cut jarringly through the music. The extra long last track with the hidden song is a staple, but one that I’ve not missed.

Amazing album. A very important album to listen too.

such a banger

Another big high school record. I've always loved the opening to Come Out and Play.

This album is on of the defining albums of my youth. Without this album, I don't listen to half of what I consider my favorite music now. I will gladly listen to this one anytime, anywhere. Also contains one of the best song for blasting out loud while driving around idiots of all time.

Got me screaming STUPID DUMB SHIT GOD DAMN MOTHERFUCKER in traffic

Love the hectic punky vibe on some of the tracks

This is a bath of beautiful melodic, unrestrained punk. It is rightfully considered one of the greatest albums in the genre.

Saw them play this one live. Loved it ever since!

top notch

Fantastic punk rock album from one of the greats! Love them when I was younger and still do! Best songs: Come Out and Play, Self-Esteem, Genocide

Pretty crazy for its time. Very fun to listen to.

I have listed to this album for decades. I like it

Great, energetic album with easy recognizable Offspring hits. I think that when it comes to american punk rock, you can't get much better.

Epitome of 90's punk!

Blast off with music that will get ur blood pumping and emit 90s teen angst thru pop punk music the only way The Offspring know how to do. This album will have you sweating from the non stop guitar licks and furious fast drumming from track to track. Anticipate pure adrenaline running thru your veins. Accept the transformation.

One of my all-time favorites.

Good stuff

I'm a fan of the Offspring. I haven't listened to them in a few years like I used to but this is a great album. Very nostalgic and different from their comedic songs.

Great, high energy punk rock. I knew three of the songs already. Only negative I can think of is the vocals are done in the same way throughout. I'm sure that will lead some reviewers to say all the songs sound the same.

Childhood memories!

OMG! This album is amazing! Takes me back to when I first moved here. I'd listen to the tape on my walkman on the bus on my to parklane and back.

From the first lines of John Mayer’s (not that one) vocals on “Time To Relax”, I feel incredibly safe and nostalgic in the arms of Dr. Dexter Holland (look it up) and the rest of The Offspring. One of the greatest punk rock records of the 90’s, I have listened to this so many times that I was honestly shock that “Nitro (Youth Energy)”, “Bad Habit” and “Something To Believe In” didn’t even have their own Wikipedia pages - in my mind they were definitely singles. There’s not a bad moment from the intro until after “It’ll Be A Long Time” where it takes a minor dive until “Smash” once again brings it all back. I’m rounding this up due to it having a hidden track - how 90’s is that?

I had never listened to the Offspring aside from their hits, but Smash is about as complete of an album as any to come out of the nineties. Now I’m going to listen all the way through Americana too just to see what other hidden gems the band has to offer. “Bad Habit” may as well be called “The Houston Driver’s Anthem.” Throughout the song I couldn’t help but imagine a cobalt blue Challenger topping 120 southbound on 59 through Greenway. It’s a dog-eat-dog world, I guess. “Gotta Get Away” has a Nirvana-esque feel to it, especially during the chorus. “Come Out and Play” is a classic, and I’d never appreciated the depth of the song and its story until I took a couple of listens this weekend. I do wonder if the band would have written it in a post-Columbine world, though. I hate to admit it, but “Self Esteem” sounds all too familiar with lines like “I may be dumb, but I’m not a dweeb.” “Not the One” appears superficial at first, but the final verse reveals the band’s maturity and ability to incorporate meaningful lyrics into their head-banging style. Though we bear the burdens of past generations’ mistakes, we can only hope we’re not cursing future generations in the exact same way, but more likely than not, we are. I was looking forward to a seven minute solo to finish things off with “Smash,” and while the five minutes of silence followed by an Arabian take on “Come Out and Play” confused me, I’ll assume there’s an artistic value I don’t understand. Smash is the epitome of mid-nineties angst. With both classics and deep cuts orchestrated by a soothing narrator, the album has not a single skip in 14 tracks. Hmm, I especially enjoyed that one. Let’s see what’s next!

I am highly biased on this album because I have loved a bunch of it's songs since I was a kid. My mom shared her love of 90s rock music with me and I have many fond memories of listening to Come Out and Play with her in the car. Bonus fun fact: The Offspring have a song titled You're Gonna Go Far Kid that was adopted by bronies as a theme song of sorts.

Totaler Klassiker. Ich find so richtig gut singen kann er nicht der Kurt. Aber die Songs sind totale smasher! 5 Sterne.

J'ADORE !!!

Really good punk album. The Offspring are one of those bands that get people into punk music, and this album has a few of the great songs that hooked us.

Smash

Damn, what an absolute pure punk rush this album is. Definitely the sort of flat out energy I can really appreciate. I can say I've heard of The Offspring, but I've not heard much of their stuff, and this was all new to me. But this absolutely rocked. It's fast and aggressive, while being super catchy and harmonic. Made for great driving music but the gas pedal seemed much heavier with this playing. Excellent album. Favourite: Nitro (Youth Energy)

This shit right here! so goddamn obnoxious! such a great time! What's the secret sauce?! Whence their charm?!

Sick album, gotta love The Offspring Saved tracks: Nitro(Youth Energy), Gotta Get Away, Come Out and Play, It’ll Be a Long Time, What Happened To You?

90s classic, hearing 'Bad Habit' was tops

How does my brain still know every word of this album, after not hearing it for yearssss, yet I forget how old I am?

Очень сочно, ярко, вкусно. Один из лучших панк альбомов

90s mix van punkrock en grunge. Het mooie verhaal erachter vind ik wel dat dit op een klein independent label is uitgebracht, omdat die muziek helemaal niet zo populair was. Maar we weten allemaal wat er daarna in de jaren 90 is gebeurd. Harde gitaarmuziek stond ineens gewoon in de top40, was gewoon een soort van mainstream. En daarom krijgen we het nu ook in deze 1001 albums voorgeschoteld. De Offspring wordt vaak lacherig over gedaan (zanger kan niet zingen, 4 akkoorden, etc), maar dit is toch een puik album vol energie. Lekker, een echte 90s classic.

Love love love

Nostalgia bias but such a great punk album. Good energy, nice variety, incredibly catchy, and great unique vocals. Yeah there’s probably too many woahs but I love this album.

I can't give this album anything less than 5*! It's the soundtrack to my early teens, I love every song and know the album inside out! Offspring are pioneers of nu-punk. All I need now is my skateboard and a quarter bottle of vodka! Simpler times!!

Would give it more if I could

I used to absolutely love the offspring when I was a teenager. First gig I ever went to....Bought an offspring hoodie which was about 10 sizes too big and wore it religiously! When I saw this come up I was a bit worried it wouldn't hold up to how I remembered it. It does though and it's massively nostalgic. Still think nearly every song is great. My favourites are probably smash, nitro, killboy powerhead, come out and play and gotta get away. Dexter dropped out of his PhD when they got big and only recently went back and finished it, which is fair play. I actually think Ignition and ixnay are slightly better albums than this, but it's close....I hope there are more on the list, but having this album was surprising enough. 6 out 5!

Yea

Such solid music.

Decent album

Goes incredibly hard. The best 90s punk album - Dookie can eat a dick. Too bad it's the only good Offspring album. I have to give this a 5/5 or else "The Skeleton" shall deem me unworthy of my skin.

Great album, solid throughout with practically no filler. Every song is a banger

Quin fenomen místic o planetari va passar en les vides dels components de Green Day i Offspring al 1994 no el sabrem mai, però per la raó que sigui totes dues bandes van donar aquell any llum dos dels discos més importants de la década, van donar fi als anys del grunge i van encetar una nova etapa en la vida social i musical dels '90. Tot el que van fer abans i després està molt lluny del que van aconseguir aquell any. Això és més clar en el cas d'Offspring, els discos dels quals precedents i posteriors a 'Smash' queden tan per sota d'aquest que un es pregunta si realment pertanyen a la mateixa banda. 'Smash', però, és una obra perfecta del punk hardcore, ram de singles contundents i vibrants que van donar vida i èxit a tota una generació de bandes que vivien de la repetició del patró, de vegades amb certa gràcia, la majoria copiant amb insistència una mateixa idea. Aquest, però, és EL disc del génere i una obra per ser disfrutada sempre

Absolute classic. Top to bottom inspired, politically biting, aggressive, scream-along, and funny too.

A classic

I like this album

my mum use to listen to the offspring. i think she still does every now and then. I will always have this memory of when i was maybe 13 and was listening to You're gonna go far kid, and my mum said she liked the song. I looked at her with utter shock going 'you know The Offspring?' and she gave me this incredulous look and said 'Hazel I've been listening to them before you were even born'. I was born in 1998, I like to believe she was talking about this album.

Very nostalgic sound, love it a lot. this, Ixnay On The Hombre and Rise And Fall, Rage And Grace are great albums. the others have some good tracks but also a lot more complete misses (like Pretty Fly (For A White Guy))

One of my favorites growing up.

So fucking good.

ya ya ya ya ya

The soundtrack to my early teenage years..

SMASH! I particularly enjoyed that one, lets see what's next...

Great album 10/10

Classic album. Lots of bangers on this one.

love it! bestselling independently released album of all time for a reason :)

Timanttia tai ainakin puhdasta kultaa. Tätä tuli jo penskana luukutettua 24/7 ja eipä ole mihinkään kulunut. Toimii edelleenkin.

Ehkä eniten kuuntelemani levy kautta aikojen. No brainer

17 year old me is screaming right now. Nitro still kicks ass, Bad Habit is still morbid fun. I find a lot of the albums brightest songs are the non-singles. Something To Believe In, Killboy Powerhead, So Alone are all fun songs. The singles on the album I feel are pretty dusty and tired but there is still a lot of nostalgia driven love for this album.

A long-standing favorite of mine, particularly my favorite pop-punk album. Just a great blast of energy, attitude, and catchiness.

Absolute classic!!!

sonzeira, curto das antiga já

Great album. The melodies don't sound tired; the guitar parts are interesting, and the lyrics fit the vibe of the music.

Turns out I’ve heard a few of these songs but never really heard of Offspring or this album. I missed a lot of the 90s due to drinking a lot and living in a trailer. This album was hot. Quality punk sound fast clean dirty rock really solid album I loved it.

Discazo de punk-rock con temas melódicos, guitarreros y muy bien producido.

I'm not sure what more you can expect from pop-punk-rock. The hooks are catchy, the harmonies are solid, the energy is great and it absolute carries a dose of snarkiness and humor. Really enjoyed

Flashbacks to cruising around in Ralph's Volvo and blasting this with the windows down. It may have been a cassette tape!! Album's still great.

Much nostalgia. Great album

Student times are the best

Lekkere punkrock! Yeah!! Ik houd wel van die lekker snelle muziek, waarbij de overkoepelende melodie niet eens zo heel snel gaat. Ik kan niet zeggen dat dit het beste punk-album is wat ik ooit gehoord heb, maar het klinkt wel cool. Favorieten zijn "Bad Habit", "Genocide", "She" of eigenlijk alles behalve "Self Esteem" :-) *****

HELL YEAH

Story time. This album came out my junior year of high school. My first boyfriend (Jeremy) and I listened to it incessantly. Listening to it now brought back all these fun memories of screaming the lyrics at the top of our lungs as we drove around or hung out with friends. After high school Jeremy got addicted to heroine. It was a long slow decline. He OD a few years ago and he’s dead now. RIP Jeremy. I can’t see or hear anybody but you when I listen to this album. And when I do, it’s nothing but joy.

-”Nitro (Youth Energy)” is nice and fast and catchy with great drums -”Bad Habit” totally rips -The chorus in “Genocide” is very catchy. “Dog eat dog/Every day/On our fellow man we prey/Dog eat dog/To get by/Hope you like my genocide” -I’ve definitely heard “Come Out and Play,” specifically that “You gotta keep ‘em separated” line -Literally just a silent gap from 4:04 until 9:04 on “Smash.” The song is 10:40 and 5 entire minutes are just silent. -This has some seriously catchy and great stuff, I think it has a decent likelihood of getting a good number of listens from me. I’m going to give it 5 stars because I think it has some serious potential to get me much more into punk.

Gun in the glovebox <3

Punk-rock de los Offspring.

I love it …

I loved this album as a teenager. I still love it.

Love this album have it on cd and vinyl.

One of my all-time fav punk albums

An all time great. Probably the best punk album to come out of 1994. Right at the blossoming of my musical tastes as a child. This is nostalgic for me. Probably listened to this album 100 times. Just as good as the first time.

Tämä levy on vuosien saatossa tullut kuunneltua läpi monet kerrat. Tämä oli kova juttu silloin aikanaan ala-asteella ja kulkenut mukana myös opiskeluaikoina ja ihan viime aikoinakin, edelleen timanttista tavaraa. Eihän tämä mitään korkeakulttuuria ole, mutta energiaa ja asennetta on sitäkin enemmän. Self Esteem on tässä se tärkein biisi.

Nostalgisch album om luid op te zetten

Classic!

front to back great. authentic 90s grunge mixed with fast punk rock riffs. classic.

one of the best punk album of the 90's!

My first journey into The Offspring world! a huge load of adrenaline!

Superb

I’ve always loved this album. One of my favourites and reminded me of how great The Offspring are. I still like them and enjoy the odd song but discount them because they aren’t the same band I grew up with.

This could totally use a remaster

My favourite offspring album.

Best album ever!

Excellent one of my favorites

Daniel: “I’m down for that. That was good.” Diane: I fucking love The Offspring. Americana was the first cd I ever bought for myself. Really like the energy of this album. I think some of the instrumental stuff is really well thought through.

Ist halt geil. Würde auch jede andere natürliche Zahl >=5 geben als Rating, aber is halt aufgrund der programming boundaries nicht möglich.

geilgeilegeilgeilgeilgeil. Mit diesem Sound verbinde ich 0,66 Despo, Rofaschlange 21:00 und weinende Emos. Und explizit diese alten gebürsteten Metalltische vor der Tanze vor der Bar zur Dj-Kanzel (die mit der Tribünenmäsigen anstieg), wo ich zum ersten mal mal verschiedene Dinge erfahren durfte: 1. BHs sind viel stabiler als ich dachte. 2. Kaschieren viel mehr dazu als ich dachte. 3. Brüste sind wirklich sehr weich. 4. Isy kann wirklich nicht gut küssen (ich kanns ja wohl nicht gewesen sein) 5. Leuten ist wirklich scheissegal was mal in dem Laden macht. 6. Saufen macht mich zum Aufreisser. 5* Liebs ganz ganz arg

Bei ricordi

The first CD I ever owned. It brings me back to that specific moment in time, even after all these years. It's affirming to me that I have good enough taste for this record to be on this list.

OH Yes.

Fav Song: Come Out and Play

Fantastic album - their best.

I love it. I love this music. I love it.

Fuck yeah

Best selling independent label album for a reason

I've heard this album 100s of times. One of my best friends wore out 3 copies on CD when we were younger. Still great. Favorite tracks: "Bad Habit", "Killboy Powerhead", "Self Esteem"

Awesome album

Exactly what i think of when i hear the word punk

this is pretty much the best album of all time and i've heard it a kazillion times, it never gets old yewww

Great punk album...which it needs to be to get past Dexter's voice. That said it is a bit in the tone of a heavier and less-melody driven Bad Religion album in the same time-frame in terms of song construction. Obviously, if you're a certain age, you were blasted relentlessly with "Come Out And Play". I was sick of that song for years and I still am...but it is a well-made song and so are all the others. I even enjoyed the intro/outro tracks. It's a solid 4 from me.

I genuinely quite like this band! They’re so good live, and have some great hits. This was a fun listen and one of those that makes me glad I’m doing this list. 4/5 ⭐️ 270/1081

Favourite Songs: Self-Esteem

musically this is MY SHIT, but the vocalist again just ruins it for me personally 😓

Finally punk with some musicality. Awesome vocals too

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.

(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.

fun

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

🥳

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.

Love the Offspring

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.

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

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

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!

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

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

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 prefer Ixnay on the Hombre personally, but this still rocks

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

DAMNNN

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

cool opening and cool songs

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

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

Good stuff

4/5 good 90s punk rock

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.

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

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

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

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.

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 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.

This was an enjoyable walk down memory lane. I didn't know who the band was, but knew many of the songs.

Haven’t listened to this in many years but it holds up pretty dang well. This album has so many of their great songs and was some 9th grade nostalgia

They always reminded me of a grunge version of punk/post punk. Some songs just didn’t work for me to give this a 5 star though.

Cracking. Love the band. 4.5/5.

Really starts to jam starting with “ya gotta keep em separated” and continues to do so after that

Rock cool me gustó

wrahhh

Сара 4 Марко 4

My second 90 punk rock album in a week. Didn't realise that I like the genre so much. I wasn't listening to it when it came out but I had an enjoyable blast through this album. Who doesn't like a song about getting cut off in traffic: "When I go driving, I stay in my lane But getting cut off, it makes me insane Open the glove box Reach inside Gonna wreck this fucker's ride" I do not advocate violence as the solution, but I well understand the feeling. Hidden track..... I guess it was a good idea at the time?

Smash is a great overall punk and skate punk album that pretty much does exactly what the title promises. The whole thing hits hard, with that raw 80s and 90s punk energy running through every track. The big songs still stand out, mostly because they switch things up a little more structurally and have that extra punch that makes them so memorable. But the deeper cuts are not just filler either. They still bring plenty of speed, attitude, catchy hooks, and the usual punk themes of frustration, rebellion, and general “everything is kind of broken, so let’s yell about it” energy. Overall, this is a fast, loud, super fun listen and, yes, a definite Smash.

Always a pleasure.

I liked that this was an encapsulation of what being a teenage boy was like. Throughout the album I got whiffs of body odor and a metric ton of Axe body spray. This made me want to put on one of those shell necklaces and be a menace to society.

Overall: 8/10 The Offspring have always been a bit of a hit or miss band for me, but they perfected the mixture of pop punk and skate punk on this album. The songs are incredibly catchy and well written. They're straight up pop songs. Dexter's voice is pretty much the only reason these guys aren't getting a higher rating from me, but at the same time his voice kind of adds a bit of charm to the whole affair. Fav Song: Come Out and Play

Offspring still had their edge and DIY credentials on this album and you can hear it and feel it. Sums up 90s punk well. Aggressive but still accessible with catchy hooks. Maybe a song or two could be cut to shorten it, but overall a great album.

This was a fun album and a nice change of pace for the list. Points lost for the five minutes of silence in the middle of the last track. Don't play with me. 3.5/5.0: Very Good

Fan of punk rock and all. Offspring hasn’t been my favorite but they’re solid; I’m more of an Americana but it’s great and not a whole lot more to say about it.

Roque e guitarra

There's something really fun about listening to my album of the day in the car with my mom. Even if it isn't something that she really cares about (though this one was), it's just fun for me to share this with her. It's something that I do actually care a lot about, and so being able to share it with her is a joy for me, and I think I enjoy albums more when I'm doing it. I have the same criticism of this album that I have with many albums, that a lot of the songs here kinda sound the same. But there was something really fun about listening to this with my mom, and hearing her reminisce about when it came out, so I have to give it bonus points for that. Favorites: Bad Habit, Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated), Self Esteem

I had a good month in high school when I listened to this on repeat. What Happened to You is so good. The songs are even better live.

Really good. Still on point.

This album, alongside Green Day's Dookie, was essentially the first important pop-punk album. It sounds pretty much exactly like you would expect based on their hits and doesn't really do much else besides that sound. The lyrics are not very good, and the vocals are just OK. This band can write good hooks, but their songs don't do much to engage the listener. It is an important album worthy of being on the list, but it's very of its time and not much more. This album is ranked #10 of 29 albums for 1994 by global rating. Other 1994 albums rated by me: Dookie(2/29)-4 Dummy(4/29)-5 Illmatic(7/29)-5 Ready to Die(11/29)-2 Live Through This(13/29)-4 Protection(15/29)-4 Talking Timbuktu(17/29)-3 Music for the Jilted Generation(19/29)-4 Dog Man Star(20/29)-3

t's neither the band's best nor their most sophisticated record, but it helped bring punk to a much wider audience. I'd give it a solid 4 out of 5.

*1994. *I think the Offspring are totally underrated, but you also have to be in a pretty specific mood to listen to a whole album. *Lots of hits here - Gotta Get Away, Something to Believe In, Come Out and Play, and Self Esteem. *Really like these guys, so 4 stars it is. RATING - 7.5/10

I have no idea if this is a "good" album from an artistic standpoint, but it's still a fun listen.

7/10. There are good songs but there is very little variation in the album

Le iba a poner 3 estrellas nomás, pero la verdad es que me gustaron bastante las canciones, me reí con el principio (te dice time to relax y después sale con lo más pesado que puede) y me gustó el falso final también (me comí los 6/7 minutos de silencio puro). 7 puntos el disco.

Heat

Geiles Album. Self esteem so ein banger, war ich gut drin in singstar

Ive always overlooked the Offspring, and this album only has one song I was familiar with (Self Esteem), but it was a fun album especially listening at the gym. Packed full of energy and good hooks. Come Out and Play and Genocide were the two main standouts. 7/10

Een pop-punk album op de lijst, hè hè. Ik heb geen idee waarom Blink-182 op deze lijst volledig genegeerd wordt bijvoorbeeld, maar we krijgen gelukkig dus wel De Nakomeling. Ik weet niet of dit voor mij het absolute hoogtepunt is in het genre, maar ik pak het even met beide handen aan. Ik ben de laatste tijd een beetje murw gebeukt door de saaie ouwelullenmuziek die ik heb gekregen en hoewel Gen Z dit waarschijnlijk (terecht) ook beschouwt als ouwelullenmuziek krijg ik hier tenminste weer een keer wat energie van. Ik hou de 5e ster wel op zak, want qua persoonlijk genot zit dit voor mij nog wel net onder bijvoorbeeld Green Day of Blink.

Overall really good, I was only familiar with the radio tracks previously. The whole thing sounded like high school. Didn't like the interludes, I don't know why those were so prevalent for a while there. 4/5.

It's been a long time since I've heard this album or any song from this band, due to me getting a bit boring of their sound. But hearing it now, it feels incredibly refreshing and I actually had a really great time listening to this. Being a skate punk record, this album is full of energy and frenetic speed with some touches of catchy and simple melodies to make it a singalong experience. While most of the songs focus on being very fast punk, there are also some tracks that slow down and focus way more on being melodic, like "Gotta Get Away", "Come Out and Play (Keep'Em Separated)", "Self Esteem" and the Ska Punk song "What Happened to You?". I do also like a lot the themes focusing on youthful rebellion and social criticism, like in "Nitro (Youth Energy)", "Not the One" or "Smash". However, I do have a little problem with this album. I noticed that there is a minimum, but noticeable, amount of clipping in the sound that makes it feel a bit dusty. It is an incredibly small detail and not a thing that heavily affects my experience, but it is something I wanted to point out. So overall, really fun experience. An album full of energy and fun moments.

I was not a fan of this back when it came out. I was aware of Self Esteem and thought it was pretty silly at the time. I was just into fatherhood and that was most of my focus. I still kept up with music, but wasn't listening as much as I had been. But I also assumed this wasn't my thing, as I didn't think they were "serious" artists like those in the grunge scene. With all of that, I was uncertain about listening today. But very quickly I found myself getting into it. I thought Nitro was a very cool song, and really liked Gotta Get Away (which I'd heard before but didn't know was their song). There was some songs that were just filler, but then I really liked Not the One as well. I enjoy when albums I think I won't like surprise me. Smash won't become a favorite, but it was worth the listen.

It’s kinda like a more accessible punk album.

I was busy yesterday, so I didn't get a chance to listen to this album until today. Out of curiosity, I checked what my album would be after this. Yank Crime by Drive Like Jehu. Which literally came out in the same month as this! I don't want to say too much about Smash because I REALLY want to get to Yank Crime. But I just want y'all to know, this is a great straightforward skate punk album, even for me, someone who isn't really the genre at all outside of video games. But now, time to kick back, relax, and listen to some REAL punk rock...

Energetic album! Really tight musicality on drums/guitar.

Music to smoke meth to

type music that makes me think i can do a kickflip

I kind of dismissed The Offspring as a novelty band first time around, mostly due to Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) but this album absolutely rocks. Consistent and catchy with some pretty scathing lyrics thrown in. Glad to have had the chance to reappraise

4.25. There was no greater joy as a preteen than silently scream-singing along to Bad Habit on my Walkman so my parents couldn’t hear the swearing.

Don’t think I’ve ever heard of album or band. Love the intro. Right into nitro which is really good. Bad habit is also really fun. Good guitar/drums. more good guitar on gotta get away. This one has a catchy chorus and good vocals all around. Really nice solo towards the end too. Pretty sure I’ve heard gotta get away. Banger. Classic 90s rock song. Genocide is more of the same. Greta drums on this one. Catchy chorus, lyrics don’t have the most substance. Something to believe in is fine. Pretty generic song. Come out and play is a classic tho. Still hear it on the radio today. Sick guitar. Catchy lyrics. Wish it was longer honestly. I’ve heard self esteem also. This is another absolute classic. What an album this is up to this point. Self esteem is so well written. It’ll be a long time is fun too but not as good as the last 2. Great guitar again. Really good bass on kill boy. Works really well with vocals and guitar. Well produced song. What happened is another one that’s really well written. Topical. Good song. Really good solo on this one. Back half of this album is fast and furious. Kind of the theme of this album so it works. So alone is just ok. Filler song. Much better production on not the one. This song is really good again. Smash is just ok. The guitar riff is awesome. The lyrics leave me wanting more. Wish this was in the middle not the closing song. Probably would like it more. Overall this album blew away my expectations. Such a fun listen. Not many (if at all) bad songs. Worth the listen, and may even listen again. 4/5 stars.

Pretty good

3.8/5

Solid 90s punk album. Really enjoyed it but I can only handle Dexter’s vocals for so long.

This album absolutely owned me when I was nine years old, even if Dexter's voice is a touch grating at times

Nitro (Youth Energy) - 4/5 Bad Habit - 3.5/5 Gotta Get Away - 3/5 Genocide - 4/5 Something to Believe In - 4/5 Come Out and Play - 5/5 Self Esteem - 4/5 It'll Be a Long Time - 4.5/5 Killboy Powerhead - 3/5 What Happened to You? - 4.5/5 So Alone - 4/5 Not the One - 4/5 Smash - 3/5

This is a solid 90's punk record. It has the sound from that time. The songs are catchy and the production is good. It was a hit record because it's a good record. It's not groundbreaking and it's not trying to be, it's just good rock music.

good hidden track