Ignition (The Offspring album)

Ignition (The Offspring album)
Ignition
Studio album by The Offspring
Released October 16, 1992
Recorded June 1992[1] at Westbeach Recorders, Hollywood
Track Record, Hollywood
Genre Punk rock, hardcore punk
Length 37:42
Label Epitaph
Producer Thom Wilson
The Offspring chronology
The Offspring
(1989)
Ignition
(1992)
Smash
(1994)
Singles from Ignition
  1. "Kick Him When He's Down"
    Released: 1995 (airplay only)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars [2]
Kerrang! 4/5 stars[citation needed]
Robert Christgau (neither) [3]

Ignition is the second studio album by the American punk rock band The Offspring. It was the second Offspring album produced by Thom Wilson, and was released on October 16, 1992 on Epitaph Records, marking their first release on that label.

Released during the alternative rock and grunge-era, the album brought the band small success in Southern California as The Offspring started to gather a following. This success would continue to grow with their next album Smash. "Kick Him When He's Down" was released as a promotional single in 1995 after the band had risen in popularity; it is one of the few singles that did not appear on the Greatest Hits album.

Contents

Background and recording

In 1991, The Offspring teamed up with producer Thom Wilson to record the Baghdad 7" EP. This EP was instrumental to the band's signing with Epitaph Records. Wilson had been trying to get The Offspring to switch to Epitaph, a label run by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. Gurewitz felt that The Offspring was just not quite pronounced enough for his label, but Baghdad convinced him to give the band a shot. Thanks to the success of the Baghdad, The Offspring managed to record their second full-length album. The band entered two recording studios, Westbeach Recorders and Track Record, in June 1992 to record Ignition, in a similar fashion to the production schedule for The Offspring and Baghdad, which were both recorded in just one month (March 1989 and February 1991 respectively).

Some of the material ("Take It Like a Man", which was originally recorded in 1991 for a Flipside magazine compilation, The Big One, and "Get It Right", which appeared on Baghdad) are updated versions of songs that were recorded around The Offspring/Baghdad-era. The album also had one outtake, "Mission from God", which was released on the compilation album Punk-O-Rama Vol. 10 in 2005.

Release and reception

Ignition was released through Epitaph Records on October 16, 1992. The Offspring received small success in the Southern region of California, mainly the areas of San Diego, Orange County and Los Angeles (where the album was recorded). Although no videos were released for Ignition, "Kick Him When He's Down" was released as an airplay-only single in 1995. The band was surprised by the album's sales, which surpassed 1 million copies worldwide at the time of its release.[4] Ignition was certified Gold on January 22, 1996, nearly two years after the release of Smash.

The album has received generally favorable reviews in the years since its initial release, with several reviewers having deemed Ignition one of The Offspring's best[5][6] albums. In October 2011, the album was ranked number two (between Alice in Chains' Dirt and Bad Religion's Generator) on Guitar World magazine's top ten list of guitar albums of 1992.[7]

On June 17, 2008, Epitaph re-released Ignition (along with Smash) in remastered form.[8] This reissue was released on the same day as then-current album Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by The Offspring, except "Session" by The Offspring, Kristine Luna and Jill Eckhaus, "Nothing from Something" by The Offspring and Marvin Fergusen. 

No. Title Length
1. "Session"   2:32
2. "We Are One"   3:59
3. "Kick Him When He's Down"   3:16
4. "Take It Like a Man"   2:55
5. "Get It Right"   3:06
6. "Dirty Magic"   3:48
7. "Hypodermic"   3:21
8. "Burn It Up"   2:42
9. "No Hero"   3:22
10. "L.A.P.D."   2:45
11. "Nothing from Something"   3:00
12. "Forever and a Day"   2:37
Total length:
37:23

Personnel

The Offspring

  • Dexter Holland - Lead vocals, lead guitar on "Dirty Magic"
  • Noodles - Guitar, backing vocals (uncredited)
  • Greg K. - Bass
  • Ron Welty - Drums

Other

  • Recorded and mixed by Thom Wilson at Westbeach Recorders, Hollywood, USA
  • Recorded and mixed by Ken Paulakovich at Track Record, North Hollywood, USA
  • Produced by Thom Wilson
  • Assistant engineered by Donnell Cameron and Joe Peccerillo
  • Mastered by Eddie Schreyer

References

General references

  • (1992) Album notes for Ignition by The Offspring [CD liner]. Epitaph Records.

Notes

External links


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • The offspring (album) — The Offspring Album par The Offspring Sortie 1989 Enregistrement 1989 Durée 31:00 Genre(s) punk rock Producteur(s) …   Wikipédia en Français

  • The Offspring (album) — The Offspring Album par The Offspring Sortie 1989 Enregistrement 1989 Durée 32:17 Genre Punk rock Producteur Thom …   Wikipédia en Français

  • The Offspring (álbum) — The Offspring Álbum de estudio de The Offspring Publicación 15 de junio de 1989 21 de noviembre de 1995 (relanzamiento) Grabación marzo de 1988 en South Coast Recording, Santa Ana, California …   Wikipedia Español

  • Smash (The Offspring album) — Smash Studio album by The Offspring Released April 8, 1994 …   Wikipedia

  • Splinter (The Offspring album) — Splinter Studio album by The Offspring Released December 9, 2003 …   Wikipedia

  • The Offspring — pendant un concert le 20 septembre 2008. Surnom Manic Subsidal (1984 1985) …   Wikipédia en Français

  • The Offspring discography — The Offspring discography The Offspring at Download Festival in 2008. Releases ↙Studio albums 8 …   Wikipedia

  • Greatest Hits (The Offspring album) — Infobox Album Name = Greatest Hits Type = Greatest Hits Artist = The Offspring Released = EUR, UK June 20, 2005 NA June 21, 2005 Recorded = 1993 ndash;2005 Genre = Punk rock, pop punk Length = 49:42 Label = Columbia Producer = Jerry Finn Thom… …   Wikipedia

  • Ignition (album de The Offspring) — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Ignition. Ignition Album par The Offspring Sortie 20 octobre 1992 Enregistrement …   Wikipédia en Français

  • The Offspring Collection — est un coffret contenant quatre CD singles du groupe de punk rock californien The Offspring. L ensemble contient les singles CD Come Out and Play, Self Esteem, Gotta Get Away, et Pretty Fly (For A White Guy). En outre, le coffret comprend… …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”