u/BackToThePresent97

This album is okay at best. We were so relieved to get a actual record without experimental crap that we piled on the praise for Supercharged, but most tracks are mid, sort of in the lower half of the discography for me.

The mix is one of the worst parts. As technology improves, Offspring mixes somehow get worse. In terms of mixes, they peaked with americana (though CO1 and Splinter still sound great). Every mix since has felt incrementally less authentic.

Track-by-Track Breakdown

• Looking Out for No. 1: A mediocre rewrite of "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid." 4.5/10
• Light It Up: Takes the Track One chorus and speeds it up. It feels plasticky, despite the heavier vibe which results in some decent solos and a solid instrumental 5.5/10
• The Fall Guy: A banger. It is a better, catchier version of "Army of One" (which alongside "Breaking These bones ," is their most forgettable song ever). 7.5/10
• make It All Right: The first true highlight. I hated it at first, but it is incredibly fun and catchy. 8/10
• but This Is the Last Time: Plodding, generic pop punk that quickly gets annoying. 4.5/10
• Truth in Fiction: A solid, decent punk track. Not the most creative, but it works. 6.5/10
• Get Some: Average. The cheesy riff-rock doesn't do it for me 5/10
• Come to Brazil: pure cringe. The instrumentals are good, but Dexter’s vocals are really bad. 5/10
• Hanging by a thread: Phenomenal, heavy, and emotional. For contrast, the production here is actually great. 9/10
• You Can't Get There from Here: A really strong closer with a slow, epic, anthemic vibe. 8/10

Probably sits somewhere around a 5-6/10. For context the average album by any artist is for me a 5/10 and The Offsprings trinity of best albums (Smash, Ixnay, Americana) are all 9.5-10/10s, so 5-6 seems completely fair

One word in the song title rhymes with a part of a food that many people refuse to eat.

The song following it on the tracklist has exactly 6 syllables in the title, including 1 word with 2 syllables.

The track's official run time includes 2 numbers that are both common multiples of a number > 2.

If you're up for a The Offspring game, I put together this lil puzzle.

• The song's title includes a word which when spelled backwards describes a certain type of talking.
• The album cover is associated with # .---- -.. -.... ....- -... ..---
• The first verse of the song mentions a specific word for an illness.
• The title includes 9 letters, 8 of which are unique.
• When the drum beat for this song comes in, it starts on the ride.

Let me know if it's too easy or hard!

[Self Promo]

Hi y'all,

I am the lead singer of this band, and I'd love to hear your thoughts on this song from our debut album. The goal was to create something like I don't love you by My Chemical Romance mixed with Free Fallin by Tom Petty. Let me know if we succeded. :)

Spotify if anyone prefers:
https://open.spotify.com/track/6G1vxCm5x9d79wkcCKVKJo?si=0163132517924db5

It's by far the best song on Supercharged by general consensus, yet they refuse to play it and instead play Light It Up, which no offense is a pretty mid song and the lyrics feel almost AI. It kinda feels like AI trying to recreate the offspring.

Am I missing something? Have they played it? It's suprising that despite having a long supercharged tour, they've only played like half the album live and limit it to 1-2 tracks max per show (not including just the punk stuff). It kinda defeats the purpose of a supercharged tour.

For me it's splinter. I often get frustrated when I see people throwing shade at splinter. It absolutely deserves it for all the dumb attempts at jokes, but if we subtract novelty experiments, the album's core is arguably nearly as good as anything on conspiracy. The Noose is a killer track, top 10 offspring track they've ever done imo. The Offspring do really well when they add metal to their sound. Think hanging by a thread - that sort of heavy aggressive edge just works with the offspring. Hopefully they figure out how good they are at it and subtley include it in the next album, without turning into full blown cringe with

Then you have Long Way Home, which is another great track, if a little more basic. Hit that is a fun track but it's ultimately mediocre-to-bad and cringe. It's Clearest example of the Offspring trying to shamlessly recapture pretty fly with novelty singles. When you think things are gonna go downhill, they bring you right back into it with Race Against Myself, which imo is incredible. Again, I dig the heavier, metal vibes.

Can't get my head around you is another great track, love the more alt rock vibe. So far aside from one track they are all at least 7-9/10s.

Then we have the worst hangover ever, which I used to despise, but it's lowkey too fun to hate, even if it's not a 'good' offspring song. Definitely still one of the weaker points with the silly humour though. I actually like the instrumentals but the lyrics are just so immature.

Never Gonna Find Me is another great example of the heavier edge this album has compared to conspiracy, which again plays in The Offsprings favour.

Lightning Rod is probably the best track here, it's completely phenomenal. The offspring at their absolute best. I'd give this track an 11/10 if I could.

Then you have spare me the details, which is a great singalong but not the reason why I love the offspring.

Da hui is a high energy closer to the 'actual album', but I find it's a bit one note, and it's a bit jarring to lean so hard into hardcore when the production feels too polished for that. Hassan Chop is guilty of this to an even greater extent. Still, I want old school tracks so I can't complain

And finally when we are in prison, which seems to be intentionally placed to make you forget what a great album 'Splinter' really as. Instead of going off with a huge, climactic melodic hardcore bang, they throw in some weird barbershop quartet nonsense.

But overall, when Splinter goes hard, it goes hard. 7/10

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Don't get me wrong, I love both, but when Fall Out Boy reached Infinity on High their sound really matured. They started to incorporate orchestral music, took more risks with the arrangement and to be honest that is really Fall Out Boy's greatest strength.

I'm not a huge fan of This ain't a scene it's an arms race but the rest of album is top tier.
Any thoughts?

My review of DGB

Firstly, there isn't a single song on this album that punches above a 7.5/10. Maybe you could make a case for dividing by zero, but even that seems a little sanitized and uninspired compared to their original stuff. The opener 'The Future Is Now' may have been a great song if it wasn't a note for note copy of Savior by Rise Against.

Most of the album is either foofighter inspired radio rock, lazy filler, or dumb experimentation that never comes off. Title track Days Go By is abysmal, Secrets from the underground is pretty much the same song except slightly punkier.

Dirty Magic remake is lazy filler, Cruisin California is terrible as always.

I wanna secret family for you is disney-style hooks over vaguely pop punk instrumentation, possibly the most cornball song on the album. OC Guns is interesting but it's not an offspring song in any regard.

I don't hate it because it's a pop album, but because it's terribley written pop. Very low lyrical substance, cartoonish hooks. The only real strong moment is the last two tracks which have flashes of the old offspring sound, even if it's watered down.

But that's my take. What are your thoughts?

Praying they don't pull out the usual long mid-section, but i wouldn't mind to hear their great hey joe cover or killboypowerhead