Greatest Hits (The Offspring album)

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Greatest Hits
Greatest Hits cover
Greatest hits by The Offspring
Released EUR, UK - June 20, 2005
NA - June 21, 2005
Recorded 1993–2005
Genre Punk rock
Length 49:42
Label Columbia
Producer Jerry Finn
Thom Wilson
Dave Jerden
Brendan O'Brien
Professional reviews
The Offspring chronology
Splinter
(2003)		 Greatest Hits
(2005)		 Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace
(2008)
Singles from Greatest Hits
  1. "Can't Repeat"
    Released: June 20, 2005
  2. "Next to You"
    Released: 2005

Greatest Hits is a compilation album by The Offspring released on June 20, 2005 internationally and June 21, 2005 in North America. It includes hit singles from five of the band's studio albums as well as the previously unreleased songs "Can't Repeat" and "Next to You", the latter being a cover of The Police song and appearing as a hidden track at the end of the album. Greatest Hits peaked at #8 on The Billboard 200[1] and has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.[2]

"Can't Repeat" was released as a single to promote the album, and peaked at #9 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart and #10 on its Mainstream Rock Tracks.[3] "Next to You" was also released as a single to radio stations, peaking at #29 on Mainstream Rock Tracks.[3] A DVD/UMD video entitled Complete Music Video Collection was released a month later to complement Greatest Hits. It included the music videos for all fourteen songs on Greatest Hits (excluding "Next to You", for which no video was filmed), as well as three additional songs which had been released as singles but were not included on Greatest Hits: "The Meaning of Life" and "I Choose" from Ixnay on the Hombre, and "She's Got Issues" from Americana. These songs, along with several others the band had released as singles during the course of their career, had not charted as highly as those selected for Greatest Hits.[3]

Contents

[edit] Multiple drummers

The album's two new tracks, "Can't Repeat" and "Next to You", were recorded during the period in which Atom Willard was the band's official drummer. However, he did not perform on either song. Original drummer Ron Welty had left the group in early 2003,[4] and professional drummer Josh Freese had recorded the drum tracks for the band's 2003 album Splinter after his departure.[5] Willard joined shortly after the album's release and appeared with them in the music video for the single "(Can't Get My) Head Around You". However, in 2005 he became a founding member of Angels & Airwaves, and his commitments to the new group began to draw him away from The Offspring. Greatest Hits credits Freese with having recorded the drum tracks for the two new songs,[6] though Willard appeared with the band in the "Can't Repeat" music video. In July 2007 Willard officially announced that he was leaving The Offspring to focus on Angels & Airwaves.[7] Freese again recorded drum tracks for The Offspring for their upcoming album Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (2008) before it was officially announced that Willard's permanent replacement would be former Face to Face drummer Pete Parada.[8][9]

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by The Offspring except "Next to You" written by Sting, and portions/samples as noted below.

  1. "Can't Repeat" – 3:24 (previously unreleased)
  2. "Come Out and Play (Keep 'Em Separated)" – 3:17 (from Smash)
  3. "Self Esteem" – 4:17 (from Smash)
  4. "Gotta Get Away" – 3:51 (from Smash)
  5. "All I Want" – 1:54 (from Ixnay on the Hombre)
  6. "Gone Away" – 4:27 (from Ixnay on the Hombre)
  7. "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" – 3:08 (from Americana)
  8. "Why Don't You Get a Job?" – 2:49 (from Americana)
  9. "The Kids Aren't Alright" – 3:00 (from Americana)
  10. "Original Prankster" (featuring Redman) – 3:41 (from Conspiracy of One)
  11. "Want You Bad" – 3:22 (from Conspiracy of One)
  12. "Defy You" – 3:48 (from the Orange County soundtrack)
  13. "Hit That" – 2:48 (from Splinter)
  14. "(Can't Get My) Head Around You" – 2:16 (from Splinter)
    • "Next to You" (originally performed by The Police) appears as a hidden song on track 14 beginning at 3:16. (previously unreleased)

[edit] International editions

The international releases of the album each added a different fifteenth track. The Australian release added "Spare Me the Details" from the album Splinter, the Japanese version added "Da Hui" (also from Splinter), and the European and South American versions added "The Kids Aren't Alright (Wiseguys remix)" (from the "She's Got Issues" single). On each edition "Next to You" appears as a hidden song on track 15.

[edit] DualDisc edition

The DualDisc edition of the album has the standard 14 track album on the CD side. The DVD side has the same 14 tracks in 5.1 surround sound, commentary by singer Dexter Holland and guitarist Noodles, and the two performing an acoustic rendition of the song "Dirty Magic" from the band's second album Ignition.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Peformers

[edit] Studio personnel

  • Jerry Finn - producer and mixer of "Can't Repeat"
  • Joe McGrath - engineer of "Can't Repeat", assisted by Seth Waldman
  • Thom Wilson - producer and engineer of tracks 2–4, with additional engineering by Ken Paulakovich
  • Dave Jerden - producer and mixer of tracks 5–9
  • Bryan Carlstrom - engineer of tracks 5–9
  • Brendan O'Brien - producer and mixer of tracks 10–14
  • Nick DiDia - engineer of tracks 10 and 11, recording of tracks 12 and 13
  • Billy Bowers - additional engineering on tracks 10–14
  • Chris Higgins - additional recording on tracks 10 and 12
  • Karl Egsieker - recording (with DiDia) of "Hit That", recording of "(Can't Get My) Head Around You"
  • Eddy Schreyer - mastering of all tracks except 1 and 13
  • Brian Gardner - mastering of tracks 1 and 13

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] General references

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ The Offspring: Artist Chart History - Albums. Billboard.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
  2. ^ RIAA Gold and Platinum awards searchable database. RIAA.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
  3. ^ a b c The Offspring: Artist Chart History - Singles. Billboard.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
  4. ^ Atom Willard Drumming for The Offspring. Punknews.org (October 1, 2003). Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
  5. ^ (2003) Album notes for Splinter by The Offspring [CD liner]. Columbia Records. Splinter at MusicBrainz.
  6. ^ (2005) Album notes for Greatest Hits by The Offspring [CD liner]. Columbia Records. Greatest Hits at MusicBrainz.
  7. ^ Atom Willard leaves The Offspring. Punknews.org (January 15, 2007). Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
  8. ^ Atom Willard leaves the Offspring, replaced by Pete Parada. Punknews.org (July 28, 2007). Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
  9. ^ The Offspring talk about Atom Willard's departure. Punknews.org (August 4, 2007). Retrieved on 2008-05-07.

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