« Smash »

Smash is the third studio album by American punk rock band The Offspring. After touring in support of their previous album, Ignition (1992), The Offspring began recording Smash in January 1994 at Track Record in North Hollywood, California. Recording and production were finished a month later, and the album was released on April 8, 1994 on Epitaph Records. In the United States, Smash has sold over six million copies, and has been certified 6× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Peaking at number four on the US Billboard 200, it has sold over 11 million copies worldwide, making it the best–selling independent label album of all time. It was also the first album released on Epitaph Records to obtain gold and platinum status. Smash was The Offspring’s introduction into worldwide popularity and critical acclaim, and produced a number of hit singles including “Come Out and Play, “Self Esteem and “Gotta Get Away. Alongside Bad Religion’s Stranger than Fiction, Green Day’s Dookie, NOFX’s Punk In Drublic and Rancid’s…. And Out Come the Wolves, Smash was responsible for bringing punk rock into the mainstream, and helped pave the way for the emerging pop punk scene in the 1990s. As a fan–favorite, the album received generally positive reviews from critics and garnered attention from major labels, including Columbia Records, with whom The Offspring would sign in 1996. Smash is the only release where the band was referred to as “Offspring. Vinyl releases: 1994 US black 2009 400 red orange black 2014 (20^th Anniversary Edition) boxset boxset limited 2016 yellow yellow translucent (Barnes & Noble exclusive) black 2017 EU black 2018 400 gold 500 yellow / red smoke (Newbury Comics exclusive) yellow / red (Australia exclusive) 2020 500 magenta mix (Zia exclusive) blue ocean waves (JB exclusive) 2021 500 yellow translucent red clear marble black 2022 500 lava (Project M exclusive) 2023 clear (RSD essentials) 2024 (30^th Anniversary Edition) 300 neon green (Punk Rock Museum exclusive) 400 pearl (The Offspring webstore exclusive) tangerine & white swirl (Honda Center exclusive) 500 Copper Nugget (Vinyl Me, Please exclusive)