Epitaph
86432-2
(1994)
Rock/Pop
CD, 14
Tracks, 46:37
Length
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01 |
Time To Relax |
Offspring |
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00:25 |
02 |
Nitro (Youth Energy) |
Offspring |
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02:26 |
03 |
Bad Habit |
Offspring |
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03:43 |
04 |
Gotta Get Away |
Offspring |
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03:52 |
05 |
Genocide |
Offspring |
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03:32 |
06 |
Something To Believe In |
Offspring |
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03:17 |
07 |
Come Out And Play |
Offspring |
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03:17 |
08 |
Self Esteem |
Offspring |
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04:17 |
09 |
It'll Be A Long Time |
Offspring |
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02:43 |
10 |
Killboy Powerhead |
The Didjits |
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02:02 |
11 |
What Happened To You? |
Offspring |
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02:12 |
12 |
So Alone |
Offspring |
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01:17 |
13 |
Not The One |
Offspring |
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02:54 |
14 |
Smash |
Offspring |
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10:40 |
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Packaging |
Jewel Case |
Spars |
DDD |
Sound |
Stereo |
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Bass |
Greg Kriesel |
Drums |
Ron Welty |
Guitar |
Dexter Holland |
Musician |
Offspring |
Producer |
Thom Wilson |
Engineer |
Thom Wilson |
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Index |
#
2364 |
Owner |
Dave |
Tags |
Punk, Alternative Rock |
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Track 14 (10 mins, 40 secs) consists of 4 parts; first is the listed track "Smash", followed by an afterword by the album's narrator and an 'Acoustic Jam'-version of "Come Out And Play". This is followed by five full minutes of silence before reaching the hidden bonus track, which is a simple guitar/drum riff taken from "Baghdad" (original title of the track "Tehran", which featured on their self-titled debut album).
The Offspring's second album for Epitaph did the impossible: it landed in the Top Five, unheard of for independent records. The Offspring crossed over due to the raucous, Eastern-tinged single "Come Out and Play," which stopped and started just like Nirvana, only without the Seattle trio's recklessness. The record stayed in the charts because the Offspring sounded relentlessly heavy, no matter how much the band claimed to be punk. Their tempos are slower than traditional hardcore, and their attack is as heavy as Metallica. But they acted like they were punk, with odes to no "Self Esteem" and singing about fighting in school. Nothing on the album matches the incessant catchiness of the singles, but Smash is a solid record, filled with enough heavy riffs to keep most teenagers happy. -- Stephen Thomas Erlewine (allmusic.com)