Hit single, Come Out and Play, will attest to that. Through The Offspring's fast paced, high octane attack, each of the band members compliments each other rather nicely. Smash's first track, Nitro (Youth Energy) is, as one would expect from a song titled as it is, both energetic and powerful and lays down the blue print for the tracks to follow. Perhaps the element which stands out to me the most after listening to the near 40 minute album is the energy that The Offspring display in virtually every one of the 13 songs. A fun album to listen to Smash brings to the table everything you'd expect from a young punk band. And considering the quality of Smash, it isn't really a surprise that the 1994 album would sell so well. But regardless of what I would have said or believed, The Offspring's third album does hold (or has held) such a distinction. No scratch that, I definitely wouldn't have believed you. Then, if you were to tell me that The Offspring's album, Smash, was the best selling indie album I probably wouldn't have believed you. No scratch that, I definitely wouldn't have gotten it right. If you were to ask me what I thought the highest selling album released by an independent record label was, I probably wouldn't have made an accurate guess.
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