Smash

The Offspring | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: April 19, 1994
• Label: Epitaph
• Copyright: 1994 Epitaph
• Genres: Alternative Rock/American Alternative, Alternative Rock/Hardcore & Punk
• ASIN: B000YQR116
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (364 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Still wonderful after all this time, March 10, 2003

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A. Estes (Maine) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Smash (Audio CD)

This was one of the very first CD's I bought when I got my first CD player, and as long as I've had it and as many CD's have been in and out of my collection in that time, this still stands as one of the strongest. This CD is perfect in every way and is Offspring in their prime. If they were still writing albums as powerful as this today, they might have been my favorite band. Like I stated before, this album is completely flawless. "Come Out & Play" and "Self Esteem" are already modern-rock classics, but in order to get to the really good stuff, you must dig deeper. "Bad Habit" is essential Offspring, an ode to road-rage with some blatantly raw and hilarious lyrics ("You get on my a--/your foot's on the gas/and your next breath is your last..."). The title track is another great example of this album's power. This is a song for outsiders who are outside the outsiders. For people so far removed and unique that they don't bother trying to fit into all the typical angry-punk cliches. Definetly an anthem for my former school-years. "Gotta Get Away" is one of the least successful singles, but probably the best of all of the singles released off this disc, probably the catchiest song ever written about paranoia. I could talk about all of the songs on here for pages, I have listened to this album hundreds of times and dissected it so many ways, I know the tracklisting like the back of my hand (whatever that means). This CD is highly addictive. Everyone I know who owns it, loves it. It's not just a CD for punk fans, it's one of those rare albums that EVERYONE can appreciate. It really is such a shame that their past two albums have been mindless fluff, because the Offspring have shown us that they can write highly intelligent, personal and free spirited music, as opposed to, well, "Original Prankster."

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great album ... avoid the remaster though, October 13, 2008

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borgy (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Smash (Reis) (Audio CD)

If you know anything about sound and like good sound... avoid the 2008 remaster of this classic album at all costs and buy the 1994 issue instead. Especially if you're new to the Offspring, before the 2008 remaster ends up superseding the original 1994 master and this new master is all you are able to purchase. Why you ask? Because the 2008 remaster is a casualty of the loudness war... and if those words ring a bell to you it's because 2008 is the year the loudness war finally broke through into the mainstream thanks to the horrible mastering on Metallica's million selling disc "Death Magnetic". If you still don't know what the hell i am talking about visit Wikipedia and search "loudness war" and that should fill you in.

The 2008 remaster fixes some issues up with the original 1994 master and generally makes everything sound more crisp and nice like late 90's Offspring albums but the songs are brick walled and all the dynamics are completely gone thanks to over compression. Epitaph may be known as a punk label but they definitely aren't when it comes to conforming to todays accepted standard of mastering. This remaster is an insult. Great for your poor quality iPod headphones... terrible for your high fidelity stereo system.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Offspring album, October 3, 2001

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Rex Marksmanson "HEYO!" (Long Island, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Smash (Audio CD)

Ahh yes "Smash" the Offspring album that produced such classics as "Nitro(Youth Energy)", "Gotta get away", "Genocide", "Come out and play" & "Killboy Powerhead". Anybody who owns "Americana", and wants to see the real Offspring should really pick this one up. From the hilarious introduction "Time to relax" all the way up to the ending track "Smash" this album pushes the envelope.