Smash (album)
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Smash is The Offspring's third album, released on April 19, 1994. Smash sold more than 11 million copies world wide and broke The Offspring into the mainstream, along with other punk bands like Rancid and Green Day. To this day it remains the highest selling independent album of all time.
The album peaked at #4 on Billboard's pop albums charts and #1 on the Heatseeker's chart. Signed to Epitaph Records, The Offspring's surprise success made the indie label one of the most promising ones in the United States, performing better than thought possible for an indie-released album. "Come Out and Play", with its mixture of Middle-Eastern sounds, punk energy and anthemic chorus, became a huge hit single and one of the band's signature songs. The album was a large hit among fans of punk, pop-punk, metal, and grunge, marking the band's crossover appeal.
The first track, "Time to Relax", contains 25 seconds of spoken words and was not featured on the cassette version of the album.
Track listing
- Time to Relax - 0:25
- Nitro (Youth Energy) - 2:27
- Bad Habit - 3:43
- Gotta Get Away - 3:52
- Genocide - 3:33
- Something to Believe In - 3:17
- Come Out and Play - 3:17
- Self Esteem - 4:17
- It'll Be a Long Time - 2:43
- Killboy Powerhead * - 2:02
- What Happened to You?" - 2:12
- So Alone" - 1:17
- Not the One" - 2:55
- Smash" - 10:39
- *A part of the song Change The World, later to be on Ixnay On The Hombre, is heard. It has the same solo as the song Change The World.
- *A song called Come Out And Play (Reprise) is heard last on the album. It was also released on the Come Out and Play single
Personnel
- The Offspring
- *Dexter Holland - Guitar, vocals
- *Noodles - Guitar, background vocals
- *Greg K. - Bass guitar, background vocals
- *Ron Welty - Drums, background vocals
- Lisa Johnson - Photography
- Ken Paulakovich - Engineer
- Eddy Schreyer - Mastering
- Thom Wilson - Producer, engineer
- Fred Hidalgo - Art direction
- Mike Ainsworth - Assistant engineer
- Ulysses Noriega - Assistant engineer
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Heatseekers | 1 |
| 1994 | The Billboard 200 | 4 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | "Come Out And Play" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 10 |
| 1994 | "Come Out And Play" | Modern Rock Tracks | 1 |
| 1994 | "Come Out And Play" | Top 40 Mainstream | 39 |
| 1994 | "Gotta Get Away" | Modern Rock Tracks | 6 |
| 1994 | "Self Esteem" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 7 |
| 1994 | "Self Esteem" | Modern Rock Tracks | 4 |
| 1995 | "Gotta Get Away" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 15 |
| The Offspring |
| Dexter Holland – Noodles – Greg K.– Atom Willard |
| Former members: James Lilja – Ron Welty – Josh Freese (was not an official member) |
| Discography |
|---|
| Studio albums: The Offspring – Ignition – Smash – Ixnay on the Hombre – Americana – Conspiracy of One – Splinter |
| Extended plays: Baghdad – Club Me |
| Other albums: Greatest Hits |
| Related articles |
| Epitaph Records, Nitro Records, Columbia Records |
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