The Offspring - Smash reviews
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| Rollingstones |
 No amount of digital remastering can hide the fact that Smash was recorded entirely on the red end of the dial. The vocals and guitars still distort and crackle throughout, but the fuzz doesn't detract from the exuberance that drove the 1994 album to go platinum six times and become the best-selling independent-label album ever. That troika of inescapable mid-Nineties singles — "Gotta Get Away," "Self Esteem," and "Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated)" — retains some of its bounce, but the real pleasures are in the songs that weren't pounded into dust on rock radio, like the breakneck "Nitro (Youth Energy)," the jaunt into ska on "What Happened to You?" with its cute little guitar solo, and the anti-conformity ode "Smash." The album remains a fun artifact from the year of Dookie, and even though the Offspring's output would later devolve into novelty songs and Rob Schneider samples, it's nice to be reminded there was a time when the band was capable of writing tight, no frills fist-pumpers that swept up a swarm of pimply eleven-year-olds....full text |
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| Sputnikmusic |
If you were to ask me what I thought the highest selling album released by an independent record label was, I probably wouldn't have made an accurate guess. No scratch that, I definitely wouldn't have gotten it right. Then, if you were to tell me that The Offspring's album, Smash, was the best selling indie album I probably wouldn't have believed you. No scratch that, I definitely wouldn't have believed you. But regardless of what I would have said or believed, The Offspring's third album does hold (or has held) such a distinction. And considering the quality of Smash, it isn't really a surprise that the 1994 album would sell so well. A fun album to listen to; Smash brings to the table everything you'd expect from a young punk band.
Perhaps the element which stands out to me the most after listening to the near 40 minute album is the energy that The Offspring display in virtually every one of the 13 songs. Smash's first track, Nitro (Youth Energy) is, as one would expect from a song titled as it is, both energetic and powerful and lays down the blue print for the tracks to follow. Through The Offspring's fast paced, high octane attack, each of the band members compliments each other rather nicely. Hit single, Come Out and Play, will attest to that. Another powerful, highly enjoyable characteristic of Smash is the catchiness in which many of the tracks display. Many of the songs (especially the title track) have strong, memorable choruses which you will remember long after you finish listening. Interestingly, each of the songs seem as though they strive to outdo their predecessors in catchiness and with the exception of perhaps the Didjts cover Killboy Powerhead, feel as though they accomplish such a goal as you listen to them. Fortunately Smash doesn't begin to sound contrived or forced, as the song writing is strong enough to maintain artistic credibility....full text |
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| Rateyourmusic |
| It's been nearly fifteen years since the hot summer of 1994, when The Offspring truly made punk rock more successful than ever. Their final Epitaph recording Smash is a true punk classic as well as a true true punk masterpiece. And of course, the hits "Come Out and Play" and "Self Esteem" remain my favorite songs....full text |
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