As much as I loved it as a kid (and still do under certain aspects) I see this album as the beginning of the Offspring’s decline: they were looking for a new sound and stumbled upon commercial success with Pretty Fly and Why Don’t You Get A Job and tried to go in that direction. The following albums were attempts, some more successful than others, to get that MTV airing time again, which made them lose their original hardcore punk fanbase and left them with no clear direction.
Good album, maybe even the first I ever bought for myself. The Kid’s Aren’t Alright is dark.
I got a portable CD player in high school, this CD and enema of the state never left my side. this CD would be in my top 10 all time, beginning to end.
Staring At The Sun was part of my inspiration to learn guitar. 26 years later I still play and still know that song.
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Good album. The first 3 songs take me way back on a trip down nostalgia lane.
I liked it then, still do.
i played this album before every football practice. love this record. also shocked a guy when he asked me what my favorite offspring song was and i said pay the man
Pay The Man is one of their best
definitely, the dude just never heard anyone say that as their favorite
I’ll just leave this here.
Man I hate you, didn’t need this rabbit hole the first day of the frickin year.
Pretty fly for a white guy is so goofy but so am I so I can’t not love it
Plus if it wasn’t for this song we wouldn’t have gotten this one
I love Weird Al and I didn’t know this song existed.
It’s their best album and I usually skip Pretty Fly
My man today is your lucky day since you get to listen to Smash for the first time.
I think that Ixnay was their last “Raw” album, Americana was great but it was their first mainsteam album. They are both 10/10 but for different reasons.
Sounds exactly like every other generic southern California pop punk band.
The only CD I owned which needed a few tries before it played on a shitty Discman connected to an old Stereo.
I had Ignition and Smash but for some reason stopped listening to them, so I’ve never heard this (or Ixnay which people seem to also like). Thanks for reminding me about Offspring, will give it a listen soon!
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