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- Date Released: January 1, 1989
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Punk
- Label: Nitro Records
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We Say...
There was punk in 1989? Five years before they cracked the mainstream with Smash, the Offspring were taco-eating SoCal dudes like all the rest, albeit with one of them (singer Dexter Holland) on a molecular biology PhD track. Judging by this roughshod (in a great way) debut, not even the band, which included a guy named Noodles, ferchrissake, anticipated the bounty that lay before them: fame, glory and the almighty green lapping their feet like the Pacific from whence they came.
"Tehran," with its vaguely Eastern guitar hook that so obviously anticipates breakthrough "Come Out and Play," is among The Offspring's many standouts, demonstrating early on the band's willingness to venture outside punk's barre chords. Most of the band's debut hugs the pop-punk party line, which isn't so much a crime as a prerequisite. But songs such as "Out On Patrol" and "I'll Be Waiting" move fluently within the sound, discovering new-ish approaches in a template that was creatively stale even before it began. Don't call it new, but "really goddamned good" will do just fine. -
They Say...
Lacking the metal guitar crunch that dominated their breakthrough set, Smash, the Offspring's self-titled debut album is a rawer, harder-edged collection, and makes a more convincing argument for the band's punk credibility. Although The Offspring is more notable for its surface style than its substance, a handful of tracks do make a lasting impression.
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| 01. |  |
Jennifer Lost The War |
2:35 |
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| 02. | |
Elders |
2:11 |
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| 03. | |
Out On Patrol |
2:32 |
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| 04. | |
Crossroads |
2:48 |
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| 05. | |
Demons |
3:10 |
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| 06. | |
Beheaded |
2:52 |
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| 07. | |
Tehran |
3:06 |
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| 08. | |
A Thousand Days |
2:11 |
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| 09. | |
Blackball |
3:24 |
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| 10. | |
I'll Be Waiting |
3:11 |
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10 Total Tracks, 28:00 Total Length
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Credits
- The Offspring - Vocals (Background) // The Offspring - Main Performer // Dexter Holland - Vocals // Mackie - Art Direction // Noodles - Guitar // Tyler - Vocals (Background) // Ron Welty - Drums // Thom Wilson - Producer // Rick Welty - Drums // Greg K. - Guitar (Bass)
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