Americana (album)

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Americana
Studio album by The Offspring
Released	November 17, 1998
Recorded	1998
Genre	Punk rock, Pop punk
Length	46:05
Label	Columbia Records
Producer(s)	Dave Jerden
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
The Offspring chronology
Ixnay on the Hombre (1997)	Americana (1998)	Conspiracy of One (2000)

Americana is the fifth album released by The Offspring on November 17, 1998 (see 1998 in music). It sold more than 11.000.000 copies. It is an Enhanced CD and contains the karaoke videos of "Staring at the Sun", "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" and "Why Don't You Get a Job?", and the previous MTV music videos from Ixnay on the Hombre. The album's main themes are of unpleasant realities of American life, including ideas such as:

• Broken dreams ("The Kids Aren't Alright")
• Consumerism ("Pay The Man")
• Social conformity ("Americana", "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)")
• Ruining a promising life for sex, drugs and music ("The End of the Line")
• Oversensitivity ("She's Got Issues")
• Excess ("No Brakes")
• Unemployment ("Why Don't You Get a Job?")

[edit] Track listing

All song written and produced by Dexter Holland and Noodles

1. "Welcome" – 0:09
2. "Have You Ever" – 3:56
3. "Staring at the Sun" – 2:13
4. "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" – 3:08
5. "The Kids Aren't Alright" – 3:00
6. "Feelings" (Parody/cover of Morris Albert's 1975 single) – 2:51
7. "She's Got Issues" – 3:48
8. "Walla Walla" – 2:57
9. "The End of the Line" – 3:00
10. "No Brakes" – 2:06
11. "Why Don't You Get a Job?" – 2:52
12. "Americana" – 3:15
13. "Pay the Man" – 10:19
    • "Pay the Man" ends at 8:08, followed by the hidden track "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) (Reprise)" at 9:16

The "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) (Reprise)" hidden track is accessed by rewinding from the beginning index of the "Pay the Man" track. On some versions, the "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) (Reprise)" hidden track is 1 minute after "Pay the Man". The track is a mariachi reprise of the band's single "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" that lasts for only a minute.

"Pay the Man" was actually recorded during the making of Ixnay on the Hombre, but was left out because it sounded too different from anything else the band had currently made, in a dark, psychedelic rock/heavy metal sound. However, it was used on Americana.^{[citation needed]}

Although the song "Americana" contains 4 uses of the word "fuck", the album was released without a Parental Advisory sticker.

The Band:

• Dexter Holland - Vocals and Guitars
• Noodles - Guitars
• Greg K. - Basses
• Ron Welty - Drums

[edit] Chart positions

Albums - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1999	The Billboard 200	2
1999	Top Canadian Albums	3

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1998	"Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)"	Modern Rock Tracks	3
1999	"Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)"	The Billboard Hot 100	53
1999	"Why Don't You Get A Job?"	The Billboard Hot 100	74
1999	"Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	5
1999	"Why Don't You Get A Job?"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	10
1999	"She's Got Issues"	Modern Rock Tracks	11
1999	"The Kids Aren't Alright"	Modern Rock Tracks	6
1999	"Why Don't You Get A Job?"	Modern Rock Tracks	4
1999	"Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)"	Rhythmic Top 40	31
1999	"Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)"	Top 40 Mainstream	13
1999	"Why Don't You Get A Job?"	Top 40 Mainstream	21
1999	"Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)"	Top 40 Tracks	36
1999	"Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)"	Canadian Singles Chart	18
1999	"She's Got Issues"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	19
2000	"She's Got Issues"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	19

[edit] Personnel

• Carlos Gomez - Guitar
• Bryan Carlstrom - Engineer
• Annette Cisneros - Assistant Engineer
• Derrick Davis - Flute
• Higgins - Vocals (background)
• Dexter Holland - Guitar, Vocals
• Dave Jerden - Producer, Mixing
• Noodles - Guitar, Vocals
• Eddy Schreyer - Mastering
• Ron Welty - Drums
• Sean Evans - Art Direction
• Frank Kozik - Artwork
• Gabriel McNair - Horn
• John Mayer - Vocals
• Justin Beope - Artwork
• Alvaro Macias - Biguela
• Phil Jordan - Horn
• Greg Kreisel - Bass, Vocals
• Davey Havok- Vocals (background)
• Jack Grimsham- Vocals (background)

The Offspring
Dexter Holland | Noodles | Greg K. | Atom Willard
James Lilja | Ron Welty | Josh Freese
Discography
Studio albums: The Offspring (1989) | Ignition (1992) | Smash (1994) | Ixnay on the Hombre (1997) | Americana (1998) | Conspiracy of One (2000) | Splinter (2003) | (Eighth Studio Album) (2007)
EPs: Baghdad (1991) | Club Me (1997) | A Piece of Americana (1998)
Other albums: Greatest Hits (2005)
Singles: "Blackball / I'll Be Waiting" | "Come Out And Play" | "Self-Esteem" | "Gotta Get Away" | "Kick Him When He's Down" | "All I Want" | "I Choose" | "The Meaning Of Life" | "Gone Away" | "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" | "Why Don't You Get a Job?" | "She's Got Issues" | "The Kids Aren't Alright" | "Original Prankster" | "Want You Bad" | "Million Miles Away" | "Defy You" | "Hit That" | "(Can't Get My) Head Around You" | "Spare Me The Details" | "Can't Repeat" | "Next to You"
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