It was later admitted that the band and their studio never really liked the original cover and the re-release gave them an opportunity to change it. The 1995 re-release shows a different image which features a blurry black-and-white picture of a person's face. There is a report, which remains unconfirmed, that the album was banned from retail stores due to the "grotesque" cover. The original version features an image of a man's body exploding as the xenomorph from the Alien franchise holding a Fender Stratocaster emerges from his chest. Rare collector's item, released without The Offspring's consent features an alternative cover.ĭoes not feature the last song "Kill the President" features the same cover as 1995 reissue.
Cassette release includes bonus track " Hey Joe".įirst CD pressing features an alternative cover.įirst CD and cassette pressing features an alternative cover. Coinciding with Record Store Day, The Offspring was reissued in 2017 on blue translucent vinyl like the 2001 reissue, it does not include "Kill the President".įirst pressing. The album was reissued once again on Nitro in 2001, with "Kill the President" omitted according to frontman Dexter Holland, it was removed to prevent legal pressure falling upon the band and Nitro. It features a different artwork instead of the controversial "Guitar Alien" front cover artwork, designed by Marc Rude. This version is nearly identical to the one released on Nemesis. The album was reissued on CD (and again on vinyl and cassette) in 1995, a year after the Offspring's commercial success with its third studio album Smash. The Offspring was reissued several times, with formats in different countries, and with different labels (see the table below). However, when the album was reissued in 1995, it reached a peak position of number 85 on the Netherlands Albums Chart for three weeks. The Offspring did not initially reach the Billboard 200 chart or become a commercial success. AllMusic writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine, who gave the album two-and-a-half stars out of five, stated that The Offspring "is a rawer, harder-edged collection than their breakthrough set, Smash, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's a better record", and that it "lacks the metal guitar crunch that dominated Smash.".
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Reception Professional ratings Review scores "Crossroads" is the only song from the album that has never been played live. The Offspring has rarely played any songs from the rest of the album. "Beheaded" was rarely ever played live, having been played at least 24 times as of July 2016. Following the small success of The Offspring, the band signed with Epitaph Records in 1991. To support the album, The Offspring embarked on a six-week national tour, but Noodles was stabbed during a performance at the Hollywood anti-nuclear benefit. Some copies also have the Cargo Records logo next to the Nemesis logo on the back cover. This song was removed from the reissues after 2001. The album's closing track "Kill the President" was met with a great deal of controversy and as a result, one of the copies was destroyed by Wally George at his show Hot Seat in 1992, thus leaving only 4,999 copies left. When it was released, the album initially sold 5,000 copies and it took the band two and a half years to sell them all. The album was released on June 15, 1989, in limited numbers by Nemesis Records, only in 12" vinyl and cassette format. During the sessions, the band re-recorded their early songs "I'll Be Waiting" and "Blackball", which both originally appeared on the band's 1986 single " I'll Be Waiting".
They recorded it in March 1989 at South Coast Recording in Santa Ana, California, with Thom Wilson producing. After recording a demo tape in 1988, the Offspring began preparations for their first full-length album.
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