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The Offspring – The Offspring
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This was The Offspring's first full-length studio album.
Originally released on June 15, 1989 on Nemesis (#NEM-006), only 5,000 copies of the vinyl were made at the time and it took the band two and a half years to sell them all. One of the copies was destroyed by Wally George at his show the Wally George Show in 1989, thus leaving only 4,999 copies available. Some copies also have the Cargo logo next to the Nemesis logo on the back cover. Compact cassettes were also released, but they are rare. The vinyl is now the most expensive piece of The Offspring's work as it is also the one of the rarest as it is no longer kept in stock by most media retailers.
The band also re-recorded the tracks "Blackball" and "I'll Be Waiting", which were originally released on a 7" double A-side vinyl record which was distributed by the band itself under the fictitious Black Label Records. The tracks were added to the album, so that it would not just be a 20+ minute mini-album.
Nitro/Epitaph reissued the album on CD (and again on vinyl and cassette) in 1995 after The Offspring gained fame with their third album "Smash", which was released the year before. This reissue features a different artwork instead of the original somewhat controversial "Guitar Alien" front cover artwork, designed by the late Marc Rude. It also had a different catalog number (#86460). This reissue has been out of print for years.
Nitro reissued the album on CD once again in 2001. It has the same cover as the 1995 reissue and was released as catalog number #15803 instead of #86460. The the last track, "Kill The President", is absent from this reissue (it features just the first ten tracks). According to frontman Dexter Holland, "Kill The President" was removed to prevent legal pressure falling upon the band and Nitro.
Originally released on June 15, 1989 on Nemesis (#NEM-006), only 5,000 copies of the vinyl were made at the time and it took the band two and a half years to sell them all. One of the copies was destroyed by Wally George at his show the Wally George Show in 1989, thus leaving only 4,999 copies available. Some copies also have the Cargo logo next to the Nemesis logo on the back cover. Compact cassettes were also released, but they are rare. The vinyl is now the most expensive piece of The Offspring's work as it is also the one of the rarest as it is no longer kept in stock by most media retailers.
The band also re-recorded the tracks "Blackball" and "I'll Be Waiting", which were originally released on a 7" double A-side vinyl record which was distributed by the band itself under the fictitious Black Label Records. The tracks were added to the album, so that it would not just be a 20+ minute mini-album.
Nitro/Epitaph reissued the album on CD (and again on vinyl and cassette) in 1995 after The Offspring gained fame with their third album "Smash", which was released the year before. This reissue features a different artwork instead of the original somewhat controversial "Guitar Alien" front cover artwork, designed by the late Marc Rude. It also had a different catalog number (#86460). This reissue has been out of print for years.
Nitro reissued the album on CD once again in 2001. It has the same cover as the 1995 reissue and was released as catalog number #15803 instead of #86460. The the last track, "Kill The President", is absent from this reissue (it features just the first ten tracks). According to frontman Dexter Holland, "Kill The President" was removed to prevent legal pressure falling upon the band and Nitro.
Tracklist
| Jennifer Lost The War | 2:35 |
| Elders | 2:11 |
| Out On Patrol | 2:32 |
| Crossroads | 2:48 |
| Demons | 3:10 |
| Beheaded | 2:52 |
| Tehran | 3:06 |
| A Thousand Days | 2:11 |
| Blackball | 3:24 |
| I'll Be Waiting | 3:12 |
| Kill The President | 3:22 |
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mc36
April 19, 2018
referencing The Offspring, LP, Album, RE, 86460-1
Why is nobody from the US selling this copy made for the US?
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PeterHanes
February 22, 2018
referencing The Offspring, LP, Album, RE, CR00070
Confirmed that theres no Kill the President, just got one today
RiffDope
February 18, 2018
referencing The Offspring, LP, Album, RE, CR00070
I just bought this and no, Kill The President is not featured on this release unfortunatly.
mc36
February 8, 2018
referencing The Offspring, LP, Album, RE, CR00070
This is official AND has Kill The President? Thats crazy
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Mad.max
December 23, 2017
referencing The Offspring, LP, Album, RE, Unofficial, Red, NEMESIS #6
Why this release in Red has been deleted from Discogs?
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tomholt5150
April 28, 2017
referencing The Offspring, LP, Album, Ltd, RE, Blu, NTO00001
i own a copy of this and bought it on RSD. i think it sounds good ok. do not think it's been remastered - but this record is cool as f*** regardless!
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greekoldfan
April 28, 2017
referencing The Offspring, LP, Album, Ltd, RE, Blu, NTO00001
4/5 stars since 11th track Kill The President is missing from this version. They should have included it, even unlisted.
Patti12
April 25, 2017
referencing The Offspring, LP, Album, Ltd, RE, Blu, NTO00001
I'd love to hear about the sound quality as well.
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MonkeyRobot
April 24, 2017
referencing The Offspring, LP, Album, Ltd, RE, Blu, NTO00001
How does this sound? I bought it but haven't received it in the mail yet.
martindavey87
July 29, 2018With edgy and brash guitar playing, unpolished vocals and rather juvenile lyrics, this is an incredibly raw pop punk album, which doesn’t quite offer much in terms of potential. Sure, its energy is infectious, but the music lacks the melody and hooks that would give the band such monumental success on later releases. As a result, a lot of the music sounds pretty bland, and the vocals, seemingly directionless at times, just kind of sit on top, most times sounding like vocalist Dexter Holland is trying to squeeze too many words into a short space of time.
As a result, nothing really clicks with me here. The band will go on to write some absolute bangers, but most of the music here is very repetitive and consists of the same few guitar chords being strummed at a fast paced. ‘Beheaded’, ‘Jennifer Lost the War’ and ‘Kill the President’ are the only tracks I can even consider remotely memorable, but even then, I’ve already forgotten how they go.
If you’re expecting ‘Pretty Fly’ or ‘Original Prankster’ and other mainstream radio hits, then you have most definitely come to the wrong album, as this is an almost totally different band, and not for the better. ‘The Offspring’ pales in comparison to the bands later, more polished, melodic and catchier work, and as a result, is best kept for collectors and die-hard punk fans.