| Product Summary | | Label: SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT INC | | UPC: 00827969345924 | | Release Date: 6/21/2005 | | Buy.com Sku: 63982078 | | Item#: M2DHCP | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 26588 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Next To You ~ The Offspring |  | | 2. Can't Repeat ~ The Offspring | | | 3. Come Out & Play (Keep 'Em Separated) ~ The Offspring | | | 4. Self Esteem ~ The Offspring | | | 5. Gotta Get Away ~ The Offspring | | | 6. All I Want ~ The Offspring | | | 7. Gone Away ~ The Offspring | | | 8. Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) ~ The Offspring | | | 9. Why Don't You Get A Job? ~ The Offspring | | | 10. Kids Aren't Alright, The ~ The Offspring | | | 11. Original Prankster ~ The Offspring | | | 12. Want You Bad ~ The Offspring | | | 13. Defy You ~ The Offspring | | | 14. Hit That ~ The Offspring | |
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The Offspring's Greatest Hits album is a collection of their hit songs including "Come Out And Play (Keep 'Em Separated)," "Self Esteem," "Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)," and the "The Kids Aren'ts Alright." The album also includes a brand new track recorded in 2005, "Can't Repeat." The DVD side of the Dualdisc version includes the full album in 5.1 Surround Sound, an in-studio retrospective piece with Dexter and Noodles giving the background on and stories behind their songs, in-studio acoustic session, including "Dirty Magic" from the early Epitaph album Ignition plus a few other classics and rare live footage.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | The Offspring: Dexter Holland (vocals); Noodles (guitar); Greg K. (bass guitar); Ron Welty (drums). | | Additional personnel: Redman (vocals); Josh Freese (drums); Def Leppard (background vocals). | | Plenty of SoCal punk diehards decried The Offspring to be "sellouts" when they leapt from cherished indie Epitaph to the major-label stables at Columbia Records. But one listen to this GREATEST HITS compilation points to a band that was never destined to stay underground for long. In crafting clever pop-punk that addressed the concerns of teen skate-punks everywhere, this California quartet cranked out radio-friendly cuts every bit as viable as anything peers like Green Day and Blink 182 were producing during the same time period. Social observations not only poked fun at suburban kids affecting inner-city mannerisms ("Pretty Fly [For a White Guy]"), but gold diggers ("Why Don't You Get a Job?") and the lost opportunities of a younger generation ("The Kids Aren't All right"). The sing-along choruses and irresistible bassline of "Self Esteem" succinctly paint an all-too familiar picture of lovelorn guys getting played by manipulative gals. And there's no denying the chunky, Middle Eastern-flavored hooks that made "Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated)" such a ubiquitous presence on mid-'90s airwaves. A hidden bonus cover of The Police's "Next to You" tops off this superb compilation from one of the most successful and likeable acts of the mid-'90s punk-pop scene. |
Producer: Jerry Finn; Thom Wilson; Dave Jerden |
Musical Guests | | Def Leppard | | Josh Freese |
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| Release Date : 06/21/2005 | | Original Release Date : 2005 | | Catalog ID : 93459 | | Label : Columbia (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00827969345924 |
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