The Offspring – Smash (New Vinyl)

NEW LP

New sealed copy. 2021 remastered reissue.

Smash is the third studio album by American rock band the Offspring, released on April 5, 1994, by Epitaph Records. After touring in support of their previous album Ignition (1992), the band recorded their next album over two months at Track Record in North Hollywood, California. Smash was the band's final studio album to be produced by Thom Wilson, who had worked with them since their 1989 eponymous debut. This also marks the first album where Dexter Holland is credited with playing the guitar as opposed to vocals only.

Smash was the Offspring's introduction into worldwide popularity, and produced a number of hit singles, including "Come Out and Play", "Self Esteem", and "Gotta Get Away". Along with Green Day's Dookie, Smash was responsible for bringing punk rock into the mainstream, and helped pave the way for the emerging pop punk scene of the 1990s. As a fan favorite, the album received generally positive reviews from critics and garnered attention from major labels, including Columbia Records, with whom the band would sign in 1996.

Peaking at number four on the US Billboard 200, Smash has sold over eleven million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling album released by an independent record label; it was also the first Epitaph release to obtain gold and platinum status. In the United States, Smash has sold over six million copies and has been certified six times platinum by the RIAA.

TRACKLIST:

A1 Time To Relax
A2 Nitro [Youth Energy]
A3 Bad Habit
A4 Gotta Get Away
A5 Genocide
A6 Something To Believe In
A7 Come Out And Play (Keep 'Em Separated)
B8 Self Esteem
B9 It'll Be A Long Time
B10 Killboy Powerhead
B11 What Happened To You?
B12 So Alone
B13 Not The One
B14 Smash