Offspring - Smash
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Artist: OffspringEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1994-04-15
Music Label: Epitaph / Ada
Soundtracks:
- Time To Relax
- Nitro (Youth Energy)
- Bad Habit
- Gotta Get Away
- Genocide
- Something To Believe In
- Come Out And Play
- Self Esteem
- It'll Be A Long Time
- Killboy Powerhead
- What Happened To You?
- So Alone
- Not The One
- Smash
Free Music Notes for Smash
Free Music Review: Ready for take off
Hit: 4 Stars
Offspring caught everyone by surprise with just how good this album was. It took off, quite literally blowing many other bands out of the way to get at the charts in numerous territories and it's easy to see why.
Firstly the band were one of the earliest to use the pop-punk schtick. And given there was some real abrasiveness in their wattage and Dexter Holland actually had a bit of the ol' nasal twang happening you sort of believed it. As opposed to Blink 182 (the Danger Danger of their generation).
Secondly the thing was propelled by the buoyant yet full bodied blasts of singles such as Come Out And Play which speaks at a simple yet highly effective level to the fire in the belly without totally submerging it's intelligence to suck up to the punter, the stupidity of much of the behaviour being sung about isn't glossed over. As for Self Esteem, this is an interesting piece of introspection wrapped up in a PG rated sense of fun.
Thirdly the body of the album apart from the couple of huge singles also feels good and sounds good. Nitro (youth energy) is an excellent way to start off an album and further songs like Bad Habit, Gotta Get Away and Genocide continue to batter the listener with tracks that feel full of intent.
Towards the end of the album things start to unravel a bit - the band should of cut two or three tracks off the album as What Happened To You, So Alone and Not The One are all fairly anonymous and by then your not really all that interested in the title track tacked unceremoniously onto the end of proceedings.
And that's pretty much why I can only give this four stars. The album has Offspring at their very best with energetic delivery of fresh sounding hard rockin' numbers that have more vitality in them than so many of the more offensive pretenders in the genre. One of the better hard rock albums of the 90's with easily enough middle finger to have you taking them seriously. For now.
Smash Poster
Call them the Nine Inch Nails of punk. Like NIN, the Offspring preserve the essential ingredients of their chosen genre--guitars grinding out three chords, shouted vocals, and plenty of vitriol--and layer them over a melodic base that packs considerable popular appeal. The singles from Smash, the Offspring's breakthrough album, still receive considerable radio airplay: "Gotta Get Away," "Come Out and Play," and "Self Esteem." With these and Smash's 11 other tracks, the band chronicles the adolescent experience with clarity and surprisingly incisive wit. That pretty much describes all of their albums, but this is the one to get. It's got more shape than their earlier material and isn't as disturbingly poppy as their more recent recordings; it's the perfect blend of riffs and rage. --Genevieve WilliamsYes, they (along with Green Day) finally brought skate-rock into the world of John Q. Mallrat, but the Offspring were hardly spring chickens at the time of this breakthrough album's release. They'd been slogging away since 1987, a span that allowed them to amass all the clever tricks showcased here, most notably the Latino-rap/moshpit-riff mega-hit "Come Out and Play." Just about every track on the disc (the band's third, if you were counting) keeps that careful balance between aggression and accessibility, from the surf-punk self- help rant of "Self-Esteem" to the airy ska-pop of "What Happened to You?" If Green Day are the '90s punk equivalent of the Beatles, and Rancid its Rolling Stones, the Offspring might be its Monkees--remembered for nothing more important than simple, indelible pop. --David Sprague
Smash is a generous helping of guitar power-pop. The delightful Middle-Eastern surf guitar on "Come Out And Play" hides harsh sentiments in poppy guitar riffs. Singer Dexter Holland mocks the school systems that think the solution to school violence is to "keep them separated," to segregate rather than educate the kids about the dangers of carrying guns. As Holland advises his fans, "Hey pay no mind/If you're under eighteen you won't be doing any time." Offspring's power is in writing anthemic guitar rock that effortlessly slips from genre to genre. From the humorous ska-flavored "What Happened To You?" to the sing-along guitar riff in "No Self Esteem,".
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