Americana
by The Offspring
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The Offspring bestography
Americana is ranked 2nd best out of 13 albums by The Offspring on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Offspring is Smash which is ranked number 829 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,079.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Americana track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Americana rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | henrygreen0203 | Top 48 Music Albums of 1998 | 37/48 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum albums Pt 4 | 6/100 | - |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 100/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | Kettwig | Top 32 Music Albums of 1998 | 4/32 | 5 |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 40 Music Albums of 1998 | 29/40 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Rhyner | Top 30 Music Albums of 1998 | 22/30 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Artists Pt 2 | 79/100 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1998 | 13/100 | - |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 27 Music Albums of 1998 | 26/27 | 0 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 72 Music Albums of 1998 | 66/72 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 210 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 974 | |||
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Americana ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/10/2026 21:28 | Artem | 872 | 77/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2026 14:59 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,575 | 70/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2026 14:11 | Siromynian | 1,789 | 74/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.2/100, a mean average of 70.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.4.
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Americana forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/03/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5424): By fabm0View latest topic →
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Americana comments
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Strangel TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/20/2016 02:25 | #171558 | TOP COMMENT
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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. (Edited)
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.
lightmyway TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/29/2012 01:25 | #41162 | TOP COMMENT
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This was their second huge success. This is where their comedy aspects started to override everything else, which alienated a lot of their old fans. The songs are great and very catchy, and are honestly very funny. After this album it got old pretty quick though.
RoundTheBend TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/15/2016 23:44 | #166096 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
Bork TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/24/2010 01:19 | #10937 | TOP COMMENT
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The strongest item in the Offspring catalog by a margin. This is silly and adolescent, but it's hard to resist this kind of onslaught. Pretty Fly and Why Don't You Get a Job are instant gems.
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