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The Offspring Album: “Greatest Hits [Australia Bonus Tracks]”
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Greatest Hits [Australia Bonus Tracks] |
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Release Date:2005-08-09
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:New School Punk Rock, Old School Punk Rock, Alternative Rock
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Label:Sony International
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Explicit Lyrics:No
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UPC:9399700147209
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Review - :
Apparently {$the Offspring} could keep 'em separated no longer. {^Greatest Hits} gathers every one of the band's modern {\rock} radio warhorses into one place. It also tacks on a new song called {&"Can't Repeat,"} which despite its name is a repeat of the 1998 single {&"Kids Aren't Alright."} After the new opener the set moves chronologically, so its songs are like bullet points on a time line of radio and {@MTV} in the 1990s. The breakthrough {^Smash} hits start it out: the {\surf} guitar wrangle {&"Come Out and Play,"} the {$Nirvana}-baiting of {&"Self Esteem,"} and {&"Gotta Get Away."} {&"All I Want"} from 1997's {^Ixnay on the Hombre} is next, and then it's the sluggish, echoing arena {\punk} of {&"Gone Away."} ("And it feels! And it feels like! Heaven's so far away!") With that comes the switch, when {$Offspring} tailed away from {\punk} relativism into hyper, referential snark. {&"Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)"} and {&"Why Don't You Get a Job?"} get points for anticipating U.S. pop culture's slide into reality TV madness and unsafe {#I Want a Famous Face}-style obsessions -- they have the shouty sheen of a daytime talk show and revel in empty trends and opportunism. As actual songs they're somewhat gimmicky, but in a greatest-hits context they're noteworthy snapshots. The swaggering guitars, {\Latin} inflections, and references to Prozac and Chino make 2000s {&"Conspiracy of One"} Los Angeles product, and {$Offspring} fans will note the inclusion of 2001's {&"Defy You,"} originally part of the {#Orange County} {\soundtrack}. {^Greatest Hits} ends with two tracks from 2003's {^Splinter}, and {&"Hit That"}'s boppy-baby-daddy drama combines {$the Offspring}'s smart alecky cultural cynicism with a raucous distortion chorus. [The Australian release of the album contains bonus material.] ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide
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