Greatest Hits [Dual Disc]

The Offspring | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 21, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Dual Disc
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00097A5J0
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,536 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Can't Repeat

2. Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Seperated)

3. Self Esteem

4. Gotta Get Away

5. All I Want

6. Gone Away

7. Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)

8. Why Don't You Get a Job?

9. The Kids Aren't Alright

10. Original Prankster

11. Want You Bad

12. Defy You

13. Hit That

14. (Can't Get My) Head Around You

Editorial Reviews

The Offspring Greatest Hits album is truly that an amazing collection of hit songs, from their Epitaph Records tracks 'Come Out And Play (Keep 'Em Separated)' and 'Self Esteem' through 'Hit That' and '(Can't Get My) Head Around You'. This album even includes a brand new track recorded this year, 'Can't Repeat', which will be blasting out of radios all over the country by the time you read this. Coinciding with the band's upcoming headlining of this summer's Warped Tour, this album is a must-have for anyone who sees, has seen, or will ever see this awesome band. Dual Disc version features CD on one side and DVD on the other. Columbia. 2005.

Customer Reviews

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A definitive Offspring sampler..., August 3, 2005

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M J Heilbron Jr. "Dr. Mo" (Long Beach, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

This disc works as a definitive Offspring sampler. You get the majority of this band's career highlights on one remastered disc, and if you like what you see here, you will undoubtedly seek out the remainder of their catalog.

The Offspring are punks in the way Def Leppard are rockers. They're a bit glossier, a bit poppier, a bit more intelligent, and do not take themselves too seriously.

Diehard punk enthusiasts may bemoan their crossover appeal, but by injecting a healthy dose of pop melody into some primal punk beats and chords, they've simply made themselves easy to like.

Offspring songs fall into two categories: those whose tempos are of such a speed that you make yourself dizzy bopping your head along to the tune ("Gone Away", "Self Esteem") and those where you cause an intracranial hemorrhage doing so ("All I Want", "Want You Bad").

Lyrically, there's not a lot of variation here...but there really isn't any need to, if you know what I mean. Why does great punk/pop have to be deep? Instead of insight, you'll get plain-spoken but often humorous or witty lines that'll have you singing along in no time.

"Why Don't You Get A Job?" is a blatant swipe of "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da", with the megaphoned-in back-up vocals from "Yellow Submarine" added for good measure. (If you sing the end of "Submarine" to yourself, you'll remember the guy in the background singing..."sky of blue...sea of green" etc. THAT'S what I'm talking about...)
It's so blatant, it's a gas.

I love their slightly-Middle Eastern, serpentine guitar licks, like those found in their first big hit, "Come Out and Play", as well as "Original Prankster" and others.

The drummer sounds like he's having the time of his life on each and every track. It's like somebody gave the guy this big drum kit, two sticks, and said, "OK...go. Fast."

The new song, "Can't Repeat" is actually one of the weaker tunes on the disc. And as other reviewers have pointed out, there are at least a half-dozen other songs off their albums that could have made this record...

...which if you don't already have, listening to this will make you seriously consider expanding the "Offspring" section in your library.

As for the Dualdisc portion, the casual interview with Dexter and Noodles is a sweet addition, and well worth your attention. However, the disc's DVD side still does not play in my Acura TL DVD Audio system.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pop-punk Mainstays Bundle The Hits, June 24, 2005

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Andrew Lueken (Louisville, KY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

The temptation to title this review "Come out and play, the Offspring still do" was tempting if a bit obvious. For a pop-punk quartet that hails from the late 80's and found fame in the mid 90's, this band has done quite well for themselves. Most of their brethren have quit, died, or jumped ship to new bands. The Offspring however, remain largely intact (their founding drummer left prior to "Splinter"). Several acclaimed independent records including the dark and wily "Ignition" and the propulsive "Smash" which broke every independent album sales record known, are considerable achievements. The fact that the band managed to hit pop-pay dirt with "Americana" should come as no surprise, "Pretty Fly" was blasting out of every stereo in every car for monthes.

So at this juncture the band (or record label) has seen fit to release a hits package. Though most Offspring fans will tell you their hits pale to their darker, faster, and just as catchy non-radio tracks, this is the album to buy if you are new to the Offspring.

While the buyer misses out on their clever, high-speed and dare I say thought provoking songs from their self title debut and
"Ignition" they do get nearly every radio hit to date. The striking but off kilter hit "I Choose" is strangely absent as well as the turbo charged "The Meaning of Life" both from "Ixnay on the Hombre", their most diverse and compelling album to date. Also missing is the AFI cover of "Total Immortal" which was a short term radio mini-hit.

But nearly all the songs that made a splash on Mtv and rock radio are bundled here for the casual fan. The brooding and hook filled "The Kids Aren't Alright" and "Come Out and Play". The slow paced pop sing alongs "Hit That" and "Why Don't You Get a Job" and the giddy high-velocity "All I Want".

The Offspring are most represented by their medium paced straightforward rock songs on this collection. "Gone Away", "Can't Repeat" "Defy You" and "Gotta Get Away" is the aspect of the Offspring many radio-listeners are most familiar with. This album is the sure way to go if you like even one Offspring song. If you find you like this entire hits collection I would strongly suggest picking up "Americana", "Smash" and then "Ixnay on the Hombre". If those prove worthy get them all, The Offspring have yet to let me down.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No Generation Gap, August 17, 2005

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Laura J. (West Palm Beach, FL United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Greatest Hits (Audio CD)

I bought this CD for my 14 year old son, but I'm enjoying it as much as he is. He has been listening to it non-stop. It's nice, upbeat, but still kinda cool, songs that teens can play without annoying the parents.