The Offspring - Americana
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Album Review
Americana
Time flies when you're writing an album. You settle on a radical idea, flog it to death on said record and by the time it's released, everyone from [I]Newsnight[/I] to the local pub have already debat
TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE WRITING AN ALBUM. You settle on a radical idea, flog it to death on said record and by the time it's released, everyone from Newsnight to the local pub have already debated the issue and moved on. Desperate for a new slant on their thrashing bread-and-butter rock, one-time punk superstars The Offspring have fallen headfirst into this trap. So, at...
- Oct 5, 1998
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The Offspring - Americana: Wikipedia Album Entry
Americana is the fifth studio album by the American punk rock band The Offspring, released on November 17, 1998. It debuted at 2 on the US Billboard 200 with around 174,000 copies sold in its first week, and has sold more than 15 million copies worldwide. This was their most successful album since their 1994 breakthrough Smash.
Some pressings of Americana are also enhanced CDs and contain the karaoke videos of "Staring at the Sun", "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" and "Why Don't You Get a Job?", and the previous MTV music videos from its predecessor, Ixnay on the Hombre. Many of the lyrics are of unpleasant realities of American life.
Americana was recorded in 1998 at Eldorado Recording Studio in Burbank, California, with Dave Jerden, who also produced Ixnay on the Hombre. This would be the last time the Offspring worked with Jerden.
The album received positive reviews, Michael Gallucci of Allmusic described the album as a "raucous ride through America as seen through the eyes of a weary, but still optimistic, young kid". Gallucci praised the music as "a hearty combination of poppy punk" and a "blend of salsa and alterna-rock sounds", stating the band's music was taking a different direction.
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The Offspring - Americana Lyrics
The Offspring - The Kids Arent Alright Lyrics
When we were young the future was so bright
(Whao)
The old neighborhood was so alive
(Whao)
The Offspring - Pretty Fly (for A White Guy) Lyrics
Give it to me baby
Uh-huh, uh-huh
Give it to me baby
Uh-huh, uh-huh
The Offspring - Feelings Lyrics
Feelings
Nothing more than feelings
Trying to forget my
Feelings of hate
The Offspring - Have You Ever Lyrics
Falling, I'm falling
Falling, I'm falling
Have you ever walked through a room
The Offspring - No Brakes Lyrics
Lay awake, I don't give a shit
If I even ever wake up in the morning
Down below, there's a pile of sin
Always waiting for a, waiting for a warning
The Offspring - Staring at The Sun Lyrics
Maybe life is like a ride on a freeway
Dodging bullets while you're trying to find your way
Everyone's around, but no one does a damn thing
It brings me down, but I won't let them
The Offspring - The End of The Line Lyrics
When the siren's flash is gone
And we're left to carry on
All the memories are too few
The Offspring - Walla Walla Lyrics
One, an' two, an' three, an' four
An' one, an' two, an' three, an' four
An' one, an' two, an' three, an' four
An' one, an' two, an' three, an' four
