Americana (The Offspring album)

Americana
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 17, 1998
RecordedJuly–September 1998
StudioEldorado Recording, Burbank, California
Genre
Length43:37
LabelColumbia
ProducerDave Jerden
The Offspring chronology
Ixnay on the Hombre
(1997)
Americana
(1998)
Conspiracy of One
(2000)
Singles from Americana
  1. "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)"
    Released: November 9, 1998
  2. "Why Don't You Get a Job?"
    Released: March 30, 1999
  3. "The Kids Aren't Alright"
    Released: September 21, 1999
  4. "She's Got Issues"
    Released: October 19, 1999

Americana is the fifth studio album by American rock band the Offspring, released on November 17, 1998, by Columbia Records. Following a worldwide tour in support of Ixnay on the Hombre (1997), the band commenced work on a new album in July 1998.

Americana was a major success, debuting at number six on the US Billboard 200 and selling over 198,000 copies in its first week.[9] It is the band's second best-selling album after their 1994 breakout, Smash, and has sold over ten million copies worldwide.[10][11] Americana spawned the hit singles "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)", "Why Don't You Get a Job?" and "The Kids Aren't Alright", and was promoted with a worldwide tour and an appearance at the Woodstock '99 festival.

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  3. ^ Diehl 2007, pp. 71–72.
  4. ^ Gemma Tarlach (November 16, 1998). "Offspring finds punk success in mainstream". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. 1E.
  5. ^ "THE OFFSPRING Americana, Columbia". Star-News. November 20, 1998. p. 4D.
  6. ^ Thompson, Stephen (14 November 2000). "The Offspring: Conspiracy Of One". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  7. ^ Chuck Armstrong. "The Offspring to Reissue 'Americana' On Red Vinyl". Diffuser.fm. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  8. ^ Peacock, Tim (September 12, 2017). "Heaven Is A Half-Pipe: The Joys Of Skate Punk". uDiscover. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
  9. ^ Between the Bullets, Billboard
  10. ^ THE OFFSPRING HISTORY Archived 2015-03-09 at the Wayback Machine offspring.com/thehistory. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  11. ^ "The Offspring - Americana". Rockfreaks.net. Retrieved 2012-01-09.

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