Offspring. Smash (1994)

Smash is The Offspring's third album, released on April 8, 1994. It has been certified 6x Platinum, and broke The Offspring into the mainstream. It is often credited as the highest selling independent album of all time with more than 16 million copies sold world wide, and continues to sell well thirteen years after its release. Smash, along with Green Day's Dookie and Rancid's ...And Out Come the Wolves helped bring the 1990s punk scene into the mainstream.

The album peaked at #4 on Billboard's pop albums charts and #1 on the Heatseeker's Chart, performing better than thought possible for an independently released album. It later appeared in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. "Come Out and Play", "Self Esteem", and Gotta Get Away became huge hit singles in the USA.

Smash was the The Offspring's last album released on Epitaph Records in North America. Its follow up Ixnay on the Hombre was released on Epitaph in Europe.

Track Listing

All songs written by The Offspring except "Killboy Powerhead" (The Didjits).

1. "Time to Relax" – 0:25
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" – 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" – 2:54
14. "Smash" – 10:42

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