Americana (studio album) by The Offspring

Americana by The Offspring
Year: 1998
Overall rank: 1,776th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 292 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1998 (37th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (329th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,776th)
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The Offspring bestography

Americana is ranked 2nd best out of 12 albums by The Offspring on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Offspring is Smash which is ranked number 847 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,096.

The Offspring album bestography « Higher ranked (847th) This album (1,776th) Lower ranked (4,975th) »
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Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 292 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.9/100, a mean average of 70.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.3.

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95/100
From 02/17/2023 10:55
Please, for the love of God Almighty, revisit 'Pay The Man'. It is arguably The Offspings's greatest song. Great Album. God-Tier Song.
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75/100
From 02/16/2023 00:17
Mixed bag. Couple of absolute crackers. But most tracks seem to run with the stock standard Offspring sound. Not their best but not at all their worst. Decent.
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70/100
From 04/25/2022 23:27
A couple of great songs on here which combine pop and punk very effectively to create a fun fusion. This is mainly due to the energy and the catchy choruses which easily get lodged in your head and I end up singing them for days. Most of the better songs are near the beginning of the release such as Staring At The Sun, Have You Ever and the best song on the record which is The Kids Aren't Alright. All of these stick to the style of music they are going for perfectly and are so infectious. You do get a few good tracks near the conclusion but most of them are filler. However, the biggest downfall of this album is that it can be very cringey at times making it hard to take the music seriously. Also, it is very repetitive in its song structure and style. Overall, there is a lot of fun to be had on this album but the quality is questionable.
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70/100
From 11/01/2018 13:23
Much like everyone else, such a big influence on my childhood, some songs are good, with one exceptional song, Kids Aren't Alright.
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60/100
From 07/20/2016 02:25
Catchy pop-punk with zero substance. They became pretentious self-parodies by this time after a solid, gritty album before it in Ixnay on the Hombre. The Smash era kids grew up and this stuff lost its appeal.
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75/100
From 05/15/2016 23:44
The Kids Aren't Alright is one of my favorite Offspring songs... other than that this album has a couple hits that are fun and all but nothing great and then a bunch of mediocre stuff... the best of which were Pay the Man and Americana.
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70/100
From 10/25/2015 02:13
Funny album that I liked A LOT when I was a kid.
Falling I'm Falling, Faaaaalliiiing I'm faaaalllling
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From 06/16/2015 08:56
Not the most influential, (for me it actually was, this was one of the reasons I picked up a guitar) but IMO the best punk album! And one of the best albums ever made cause of its goofyness!
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90/100
From 02/12/2015 21:08
Very good punk rock/skate punk/pop punk/ska punk album. Best 10 songs average is 88,3/100 and the album can get very good 90/100. Best song is "The kids aren't alright" 95/100, followed by "Pretty fly", "She's got issues" and "Why don't you get a job" all 90/100 and next "Pay the man" 85/100. All other songs in the average region of 75-80/100.
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90/100
From 08/15/2013 21:25
Surprised to see such low rankings. Not the best album ever, but I certainly think this is their best album, frankly.
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