Product Description

So the Offspring jumped ship from California proto-indie Epitaph to corporate behemoth Columbia. So what? Anyone who thinks going for the brass ring is less than "punk" should remember that back in the days of No Future, the Sex Pistols, the Clash and their brethren set their sights on nothing lessthan total world domination. Despite their proletarian orientations, the godfathers of punk were determined to become rock stars in order to shove their messages down the world's collective throat. So, don't give the Offspring any grief for taking that leap 20 years later, when it means a hell of alot less.
Contrary to punk expectations, there are no string sections or Tom Scott sax solos on IXNAY ON THE HOMBRE.The band's songs still leap off the disc with the same breakneck beat and aggressive guitar attack as on previous Offspring releases. Sure, the band has expanded its sound a bit; with the help of Jane's Addiction producer Dave Jerden, several songs sound more than a little like, well, Jane's Addiction. But better that than allow the music to stagnate in order to meet unreasonable expectations about "authenticity". Don't worry, dude, the Offspring still rocks.

Track Listing

1. Disclaimer
2. Meaning Of Life
3. Mota
4. Me And My Old Lady
5. Cool To Hate
6. Leave It Behind
7. Gone Away
8. I Choose
9. Intermission
10. All I Want
11. Way Down The Line
12. Don't Pick It Up
13. Amazed
14. Change The World

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5373 in Music
• Released on: 1997-02-03
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
Every generation of teenagers needs a band to express the angst and agony specific to 14-to-18-year-olds. At present, that band is the Offspring. Their songs are aimed squarely at a younger crowd, from "The Meaning of Life" to "Leave It Behind" to "I Choose", and especially "All I Want" and "Change the World". Their occasionally insightful lyrics are anything but obscure, which is actually refreshing; there's real pain behind "Gone Away," and "Way Down the Line" taps into the common fear among the younger crowd of turning out just like our parents. Musically, the Offspring are hardly complex, but then complexity isn't a requirement. This is music to play at full volume, bang your head to, and annoy your neighbours. Cool. -- Genevieve Williams

Customer Reviews

Pretty Damn Good
The offspring's third album after 'ignition' and the (no pun intended) smash-hit 'Smash'. This time produced by the producer of Jane's addiction, tracks often seem to have some jane's addiction influence, but when you listen to the entire album it is still undeniably offspring style. Having bought this album after i bought the 'greatest hits' collection, I found that several tracks were unbelievably catchy and some songs had more mature themes; 'Gone Away' in particular.

This is my rating of the songs

01 Disclaimer 9/10 possibly the best intro to a punk album ever. Very funny.
02 The Meaning of Life 8/10 Good song, good riffs.
03 Mota 9/10 I love this song, the opening riff and 'MOTA' is awesum.
04 Me & My Old Lady 6/10 So much more could have been done with the opening bassline. Boring.
05 Cool To Hate 4/10 HATE HATE HATE HATE...it gets boring very soon.
06 Leave it Behind 8.5/10 Average Offspring song
07 Gone Away 10/10 AMAZING. BEST SONG ON THE ALBUM. Very heartfelt.
08 I choose 8/10 Very weird, cool drumming
09 Intermission or Tea for Two 4.5/10 VERY weird but funny
10 All I Want 7/10 good song, pity it's so overplayed
11 Way Down The Line 8/10 Song about how some kids dont want to be like their parents.
12 Don't Pick It Up 5/10 Party song with party drumming
13 Amazed 8/10 Good lyrics, but very typical offspring chords and riffs
14 Change the World 9/10 Good End to a great album

The offspring are a bunch of extremely good punk/skate punk rockers, though more variety would be nice.

Brillience on a stick
Following up the success of Smash is a tough feat. and yes this album did not sell as much as Smash so perhaps it failed. However that is not the case. Ixnay is a masterclass in how to make an excellent album.

From start to finish you get a feeling that alot of thought has been put into this album. From the proper opening track Meaning of Life to the very end of Change the world, The Offspring take you for an amazing ride of pure listening bliss. The album has so many memorable tracks that basically you will be singing atleast one of them once during the day. The melodies and rythem truely make this an amazing album that is well worth every penny

shpeshial
how do you even attempt to follow up a phenominum like 'smash'? with difficulty i can only imagine but that said it doesnt seem to have bothered the offspring in the slightest as they came back even stronger with a very flashy and shiny production on not only some very good songs put probably some of the best that they have ever written. the only shame about this album is the present knowledge that 'americana' to come afterwards. but dont let that put you off the bands columbia recorded output as its not all as bad as that album. thankfully this album picks up perfectly where 'smash' left off the songs come thick and fast in varying levels of humour and speed and the standard rarely slips below brilliant the only time that i can think off is the slightly dull 'way down the line' but that could be because it comes straight after the furious 'all i want'. in short very very very good.... but get 'smash' first.