Description:
The Offspring - 2005 - Greatest Hits [EAC FLAC]
Artist: The Offspring
Title: Greatest Hits
Format: CD, Album, Compilation
Country: Europe
Producer: Jerry Finn, Thom Wilson, Dave Jerden, Brendan O'Brien
Release Date: June 20, 2005
Recorded: 1994–2005
Label: Columbia
Catalog: COL 518746 3
Barcode: 5 099751 874638
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Punk Rock, Punk Pop
Duration: 54:42
The Offspring:
Wikipedia:
The Offspring is an American rock band from Garden Grove, California, formed in 1984. Originally formed under the name Manic Subsidal, the band has consisted of lead vocalist and guitarist Bryan "Dexter" Holland, bassist Greg K., guitarist Noodles and drummer Pete Parada since 2007. Over the course of their 34-year career, the Offspring has released nine studio albums and experienced several lineup changes, including switching drummers. Their longest-serving drummer was Ron Welty, who replaced original drummer James Lilja in 1987, and stayed with the band for 16 years; he was replaced by Atom Willard in 2003, and then four years later by Parada.
The Offspring is often credited—alongside fellow California punk bands Green Day and Rancid—for reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the 1990s. They have sold over 40 million records worldwide, being considered one of the best-selling punk rock bands of all time. The Offspring achieved its first commercial success with their third studio album Smash (1994), which has sold over eleven million copies worldwide, setting a record for most albums sold on an independent record label, and was the first album released on Epitaph to obtain gold and platinum status. After switching record labels, from Epitaph to Columbia, in 1996, the Offspring continued their commercial success with its next four studio albums—Ixnay on the Hombre (1997), Americana (199 , Conspiracy of One (2000) and Splinter (2003)—reaching platinum, multi-platinum, platinum and gold status respectively. Splinter was followed five years later by Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (200, and then four years later by Days Go By (2012). The Offspring is currently in production of their tenth studio album, due for release in 2018.
Greatest Hits:
Wikipedia:
Greatest Hits is a 2005 compilation album by the American punk rock band The Offspring, compiling hit singles from five of their seven studio albums along with the previously unreleased songs "Can't Repeat" and "Next to You", the latter of which is a cover version of The Police song included as a hidden track at the end of the album. Greatest Hits peaked at no. 8 on the Billboard 200, with 70,000 copies sold in its first week of release, and has been certified Gold & Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
"Can't Repeat" was released as a single to promote the album, and peaked at no. 9 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart and no. 10 on its Mainstream Rock Tracks. "Next to You" was also released as a single to radio stations, peaking at no. 29 on Mainstream Rock Tracks.
AllMusic Review by Johnny Loftus:
Apparently the Offspring could keep 'em separated no longer. Greatest Hits gathers every one of the band's modern rock radio warhorses into one place. It also tacks on a new song called "Can't Repeat," which despite its name is a repeat of the 1998 single "Kids Aren't Alright." After the new opener the set moves chronologically, so its songs are like bullet points on a time line of radio and MTV in the 1990s. The breakthrough Smash hits start it out: the surf guitar wrangle "Come Out and Play," the Nirvana-baiting of "Self Esteem," and "Gotta Get Away." "All I Want" from 1997's Ixnay on the Hombre is next, and then it's the sluggish, echoing arena punk of "Gone Away." ("And it FEELS! And it FEELS LIKE! Heaven's so far away!" With that comes the switch, when Offspring tailed away from punk relativism into hyper, referential snark. "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" and "Why Don't You Get a Job?" get points for anticipating U.S. pop culture's slide into reality TV madness and unsafe I Want a Famous Face-style obsessions -- they have the shouty sheen of a daytime talk show and revel in empty trends and opportunism. As actual songs they're somewhat gimmicky, but in a greatest-hits context they're noteworthy snapshots. The swaggering guitars, Latin inflections, and references to Prozac and Chino make 2000's "Conspiracy of One" Los Angeles product, and Offspring fans will note the inclusion of 2001's "Defy You," originally part of the Orange County soundtrack. Greatest Hits ends with two tracks from 2003's Splinter, and "Hit That"'s boppy baby daddy drama combines the Offspring's smart alecky cultural cynicism with a raucous distortion chorus.
Tracklist:
01. Can't Repeat (3:26)
02. Come Out And Play (Keep 'Em Separated) (3:17)
03. Self Esteem (4:17)
04. Gotta Get Away (3:51)
05. All I Want (1:52)
06. Gone Away (4:27)
07. Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) (3:0
08. Why Don't You Get A Job? (2:49)
09. The Kids Aren't Alright (2:59)
10. Original Prankster (3:40)
11. Want You Bad (3:22)
12. Defy You (3:4
13. Hit That (2:4
14. (Can't Get My) Head Around You (2:15)
European Edition Bonus Track:
15. The Kids Aren't Alright (The Wiseguys Remix) (8:36)
Note:
"Next to You" (The Police cover) appears as a hidden track on track 15.
Personnel:
The Offspring:
Dexter Holland – lead vocals, guitar
Greg K. – bass guitar
Noodles – lead guitar
Ron Welty – drums on tracks 2–12, and on track 15 of the European and South American editions.
Atom Willard – drums on "Next to You"
Additional Musicians:
Josh Freese – drums on tracks 1, 13, and 14, as well as on track 15 of the Australian and Japanese editions.
Ronnie King – keyboards on "Hit That"
Gabe McNair and Phil Jordan – horns on "Why Don't You Get a Job?"
Derrick Davis – flute on "Why Don't You Get a Job?"
Additional Vocalists:
Jason "Blackball" McLean – additional vocals on "Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated)"
Chris Higgins, Heidi Villagran, and Nika Futterman Frost – additional vocals on "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)"
Jack Grisham, Davey Havok, and Jim Lindberg – backing vocals on "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)"
Redman – additional vocals on "Original Prankster"
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