Smash (The Offspring Album)

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smash
The Offspring's studio album
Publication (s)	April 8, 1994
Label (s)	Epitaph Records
Format (s)	LP , CD
Genre (s)	Punk rock
Title (number)	14th
running time	46:38
occupation	Dexter Holland : vocals , guitar Greg K: Bass Noodles: guitar Ron Welty: drums
production	Thom Wilson
Studio (s)	Track record, North Hollywood
chronology Ignition ( 1992 ) smash Ixnay on the Hombre ( 1997 )
Single releases March 10, 1994 Come out and play December 22, 1994 Self Esteem February 2, 1995 Gotta get away March 15, 1995 Bad habit

Smash (. English for " Crash ", " blow ") is the third studio album of American punk rock - band The Offspring and was on April 8, 1994 on the label Epitaph Records released. It has sold over eleven million copies worldwide to date, making it the best-selling album released on an independent label .

background

Smash was produced by music producer Thom Wilson and recorded at Track Record Studios in North Hollywood . According to Dexter Holland , the album was completed within three weeks and cost $ 20,000. The vocals were recorded last. The band was particularly quick to record because they had the opportunity to support the punk band Pennywise and they wanted to go on tour as soon as possible.

Music genre

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic describes the album as "heavy, no matter how much the band claims to be punk." They are slower than hardcore punk and their attacks are as hard as Metallica's .

Cover design

The album cover is kept in yellow tones. It shows the upper body and skull of a skeleton, reminiscent of an X-ray . At the top of the picture is the white lettering Offspring and at the bottom the title Smash in red.

Track list

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

smash   DE 4th December 19, 1994 (50 weeks)   AT 2 02/05/1995 (40 weeks)   CH 3 01/29/1995 (38 weeks)   UK 21st 02/25/1995 (39 weeks)   US 4th October 29, 1994 (101 weeks)

Singles

Come out and play   UK 98 10/01/1994 (1 week) Self Esteem   DE 4th 04/03/1995 (28 weeks)   AT 4th 06/11/1995 (19 weeks)   UK 37 02/25/1995 (3 weeks) Gotta get away   AT 36 09/17/1995 (6 weeks)   UK 43 08/19/1995 (2 weeks)

1. Time to Relax - 0:25 (not included on the cassette version)
2. Nitro (Youth Energy) - 2:27
3. Bad Habit - 3:43
4. Gotta Get Away - 3:52
5. Genocide - 3:33
6. Something to Believe In - 3:17
7. Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated) - 3:17
8. Self Esteem - 4:17
9. It'll Be a Long Time - 2:43
10. Killboy Powerhead - 2:02
11. What Happened to You? - 2:12
12. So Alone - 1:17
13. Not the One - 2:55
14. Smash / Come Out and Play (Acoustic Reprise) - 10:39

All songs were written by The Offspring , except for Killboy Powerhead , which is a cover version of the punk band The Didjits .

Chart successes and singles

Smash entered the German album charts at the end of 1994 and reached the highest position in the 18th calendar week of 1995 with number 4. Overall, the album stayed in the top 100 for 50 weeks, including 22 weeks in the top 10. In the USA, Smash was also ranked 4th and was able to stay in the charts for 101 weeks. In the 1995 German annual charts, the sound carrier was ranked 9th.

The songs Come Out and Play , Self Esteem , Gotta Get Away and Bad Habit were released as singles.

Sales figures and awards

Smash has sold over eleven million copies worldwide to date, making it the best-selling album released on an independent label . After Americana , it is The Offspring's most commercially successful sound carrier. More than six million units were sold in the United States alone, for which it was certified six times platinum in 2000 . In the UK, the album sold over 300,000 copies by 2013 and went platinum. It has also been double-platinum-rated for more than two million sales in Europe.

Professional reviews
Reviews
source	rating
Rolling Stone
allmusic

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	4 × platinum	280,000
Europe (IFPI)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
Japan (RIAJ)	platinum	200,000
Canada (MC)	6 × platinum	600,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Norway (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Austria (IFPI)	gold	(25,000)
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	(100,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	(50,000)
United States (RIAA)	6 × platinum	6,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	platinum	(300,000)
All in all	2 × gold 23 × platinum	9,095,000

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} History of The Offspring on offspring.com ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Kronen Zeitung : Interview with Dexter Holland
3. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
4. ↑ album cover
5. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
6. ↑ Smash on billboard.com
7. ↑ DE: Annual charts # 9
8. ↑ USA: 6 times platinum
9. ↑ UK: platinum
10. ↑ EU: double platinum
11. ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone ( Memento of October 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
12. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com