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The Offspring is the debut studio album by American rock band the Offspring, released on June 15, 1989, by Nemesis Records.[1] After being out of print for years, the album was re-released by Nitro and Epitaph Records in 1995 with a different album cover. Both the re-releases on the two respective labels are nearly identical. The Offspring has rarely played any songs from this album live since the Ignition tour finished in 1994.[2]

The Offspring
Studio album by
the Offspring
ReleasedJune 15, 1989
RecordedMarch 1989
StudioSouth Coast Recording, Santa Ana
GenrePunk rock, hardcore punk, horror punk
Length33:54
Label
  • Nemesis
  • Nitro
ProducerThom Wilson
The Offspring chronology
The Offspring
(1989)		 Baghdad
(1991)
The Offspring studio album chronology
The Offspring
(1989)		 Ignition
(1992)
Singles from The Offspring
  1. "I'll Be Waiting"
    Released: July 1986
Re-issue cover art

Background and history


After recording a demo tape in 1988, the Offspring began preparations for their first full-length album. They recorded it in March 1989 at South Coast Recording in Santa Ana, California, with Thom Wilson producing. During the sessions, the band re-recorded their early songs "I'll Be Waiting" and "Blackball", which both originally appeared on the band's 1986 single "I'll Be Waiting".

The album was released on June 15, 1989, in limited numbers by Nemesis Records, only in 12" vinyl and cassette format. When it was released, the album initially sold 5,000 copies and it took the band two and a half years to sell them all. The album's closing track "Kill the President" was met with a great deal of controversy and as a result, one of the copies was destroyed by Wally George at his show Hot Seat in 1992,[3] thus leaving only 4,999 copies left. This song was removed from the reissues after 2001. Some copies also have the Cargo Records logo next to the Nemesis logo on the back cover. To support the album, The Offspring embarked on a six-week national tour, but Noodles was stabbed during a performance at the Hollywood anti-nuclear benefit.[4] Following the small success of The Offspring, the band signed with Epitaph Records in 1991.

"Beheaded" was rarely ever played live, having been played at least 24 times as of July 2016.[2] The Offspring has rarely played any songs from the rest of the album.


Reception


Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]

The Offspring received mixed reviews. AllMusic writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine, who gave the album two-and-a-half stars out of five, stated that The Offspring "is a rawer, harder-edged collection than their breakthrough set, Smash, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's a better record", and that it "lacks the metal guitar crunch that dominated Smash.".[5]

The Offspring did not initially reach the Billboard 200 chart or become a commercial success. However, when the album was reissued in 1995, it reached a peak position of number 85 on the Netherlands Albums Chart for three weeks.[7]


Reissues


The Offspring was reissued several times, with formats in different countries, and with different labels (see the table below). The album was reissued on CD (and again on vinyl and cassette) in 1995, a year after the Offspring's commercial success with its third studio album Smash. This version is nearly identical to the one released on Nemesis. It features a different artwork instead of the controversial "Guitar Alien" front cover artwork, designed by Marc Rude. The album was reissued once again on Nitro in 2001, with "Kill the President" omitted; according to frontman Dexter Holland, it was removed to prevent legal pressure falling upon the band and Nitro. Coinciding with Record Store Day, The Offspring was reissued in 2017 on blue translucent vinyl; like the 2001 reissue, it does not include "Kill the President".

Region Date Label Format Catalog # Notes
United States June 15, 1989 Nemesis Records 12" vinyl
Cassette		 NEMESIS 6 First pressing. Cassette release includes bonus track "Hey Joe".
Europe November 18, 1995 Epitaph Records CD
12" vinyl
Cassette		 86460 First CD pressing; features an alternative cover.
United States November 21, 1995 Nitro Records CD
12" vinyl
Cassette		 86460 First CD and cassette pressing; features an alternative cover.
Poland 1996 Audio Max Cassette 704 Rare collector's item, released without The Offspring's consent; features an alternative cover.
United States June 26, 2001 Nitro Records CD 15803 Does not feature the last song "Kill the President"; features the same cover as 1995 reissue.
United Kingdom July 16, 2001 Nitro Records CD Does not feature the last song "Kill the President"; features the same cover as 1995 reissue.
United States April 22, 2017 Nitro Records Vinyl NTO00001 Does not feature the last song "Kill the President"; features the same cover as 1995 reissue.

Album covers


Two covers of this album exist. The original version features an image of a man's body exploding as the xenomorph from the Alien franchise holding a Fender Stratocaster emerges from his chest. There is a report, which remains unconfirmed, that the album was banned from retail stores due to the "grotesque" cover.[8]

The 1995 re-release shows a different image which features a blurry black-and-white picture of a person's face. It was later admitted that the band and their studio never really liked the original cover and the re-release gave them an opportunity to change it.

The shadows on the back cover of the 1995 reissue also appear on the cover of the "I'll Be Waiting" single.


Track listing


All tracks written by Dexter Holland, except where noted.


Original pressing


Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Jennifer Lost the War" 2:35
2."Elders" 2:11
3."Out on Patrol" 2:32
4."Crossroads" 2:48
5."Demons (A Mexican Fiesta)" 3:10
6."Beheaded"Holland, James Lilja2:52
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Tehran" 3:06
8."A Thousand Days" 2:11
9."Blackball" 3:24
10."I'll Be Waiting" 3:12
11."Kill the President" (Does not appear on 2001 or 2017 releases) 3:22
12."Hey Joe" (Only appears on the 1989 cassette)William M. Roberts2:31
Total length:33:54

CD


No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Jennifer Lost the War" 2:35
2."Elders" 2:11
3."Out on Patrol" 2:32
4."Crossroads" 2:48
5."Demons (A Mexican Fiesta)" 3:10
6."Beheaded"Holland, James Lilja2:52
7."Tehran" 3:06
8."A Thousand Days" 2:11
9."Blackball" 3:24
10."I'll Be Waiting" 3:12
11."Kill the President" (Does not appear on the 2001 or 2017 releases) 3:22
Total length:31:23

Notes


Personnel


Adapted from The Offspring liner notes.

The Offspring

Additional personnel

Technicial personnel


Charts


Chart performance for The Offspring
Chart (1995) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[9] 84
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10] 85

See also



References


  1. "WebVoyage Titles". cocatalog.loc.gov. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  2. "The Offspring Tour statistics". setlist.fm. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
  3. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "The Offspring @ Wally George Show 1989". YouTube.
  4. The Offspring Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine at NIPP
  5. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Offspring - The Offspring". AllMusic. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
  6. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  7. "Discografie The Offspring" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
  8. "40 outrageous banned album sleeves | NME". NME. December 17, 2013. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  9. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia’s Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 207.
  10. "Dutchcharts.nl – The Offspring – The Offspring" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 4, 2022.

Works cited




На других языках

- [en] The Offspring (album)

[es] The Offspring (álbum)

The Offspring es el álbum debut de la banda estadounidense de punk rock The Offspring, lanzado el 15 de junio de 1989 a través de la compañía discográfica "Nemesis Records". Después de 6 años de suspender la publicación del mismo, el álbum fue re-grabado por Nitro Records y por Epitaph Records en 1995, con una portada diferente. Las reediciones de ambas compañías discográficas son prácticamente idénticas. Gracias al moderado éxito del álbum, la banda firmó un contrato de grabación con Epitaph Records en 1991.

[ru] The Offspring (альбом)

The Offspring — дебютный студийный альбом американской панк-рок-группы The Offspring, релиз которого состоялся 15 июня 1989 года на лейбле Nemesis Records. В альбом, кроме прочих, вошли «Blackball» и «I’ll Be Waiting» — первые песни группы, изданные ранее в качестве сингла. Спустя 6 лет после выхода, альбом был переиздан на Nitro / Epitaph Records в 1995 году с другой обложкой. На основе умеренного успеха альбома, группа подписала контракт с лейблом Epitaph в 1991 году.


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