Smash (The Offspring album)

This article is about an album called Smash. See also the definition of the word Smash and the brand of mashed potato mix known as Smash .

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Smash is The Offspring's third album, released on April 19, 1994. Smash sold more than 11 million copies world wide and broke The Offspring into the mainstream, along with other punk bands like Rancid and Green Day. To this day it remains the highest selling independent album of all time.

The album peaked at #4 on Billboard's pop albums charts and #1 on the Heatseeker's chart. Signed to Epitaph Records, The Offspring's surprise success made the indie label one of the most promising ones in the United States, performing better than thought possible for an indie-released album. "Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated)", with its mixture of Middle-Eastern sounds, punk energy and anthemic chorus, became a huge hit single and one of the band's signature songs.

The first track, "Time to Relax", contains 25 seconds of spoken word and was not featured on the cassette version of the album.

Track listing

1. "Time to Relax" - 0:25
2. "Nitro (Youth Energy)" - 2:26
3. "Bad Habit" - 3:44
4. "Gotta Get Away" - 3:53
5. "Genocide" - 3:31
6. "Something to Believe In" - 3:17
7. "Come Out and Play" - 3:17
8. "Self-Esteem" - 4:17
9. "It'll Be a Long Time" - 2:43
10. "Killboy Powerhead" - 2:02
11. "What Happened to You?" - 2:12
12. "So Alone" - 1:17
13. "Not the One" - 2:55
14. "Smash" - 10:39
    • Contains the hidden tracks "Genocide Solo" and "Come Out and Play solo".
    • All tracks are written by The Offspring except for "Killboy Powerhead", which was written by The Didjits.

Personnel

• The Offspring
  • Dexter Holland - Guitar, vocals
  • Noodles - Guitar, background vocals
  • Greg K. - Bass guitar, background vocals
  • Ron Welty - Drums, background vocals
• Lisa Johnson - Photography
• Ken Paulakovich - Engineer
• Eddy Schreyer - Mastering
• Thom Wilson - Producer, engineer
• Fred Hidalgo - Art direction
• Mike Ainsworth - Assistant engineer
• Ulysses Noriega - Assistant engineer

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1994	Heatseekers	1
1994	The Billboard 200	4

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1994	"Come Out And Play"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	10
1994	"Come Out And Play"	Modern Rock Tracks	1
1994	"Come Out And Play"	Top 40 Mainstream	39
1994	"Gotta Get Away"	Modern Rock Tracks	6
1994	"Self Esteem"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	7
1994	"Self Esteem"	Modern Rock Tracks	4
1995	"Gotta Get Away"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	15