Greatest Hits - The Offspring product reviews

The Offspring has been on the radio for nearly my entire life. You can't listen to Rock radio stations for a day without hearing at least one of their songs. I never really understood the point of having a Greatest Hits album, when you already have all of their albums, but I guess it's good for them to have an album for their casual fans, to relive the singles. For myself, I purchased this album, purely to complete my discography, and because they put a new song on the album.

The new song 'Can't Repeat' is a pretty alright song; catchy and mainstream, but nothing that really excited me. Apparently many countries do have differing singles released, because a couple of the tracks were a surprise to me. I do not remember 'Gone Away' and 'Defy You', being singles, but the were my favourite songs on 'Ixnay on the Hombre' and 'Splinter' albums respectively. So I was pleased to see them re-released.

An enjoyable album, of anthems and ballads to sing along with, without the nonsense tracks that are jammed between the hits on their studio albums. An essential album for any Offspring fan that has yet to complete their discography.

A while back I was watching the music channel on TV and heard a great 'teen rebellion' song that just really rocked. "Come Out and Play" had reached in through my ears and captured my rebellious heart. Since then I have enjoyed many an Offspring song, so it was great to finally see all their best stuff on one album.

This album is a veritable smorgasbord of Offspring audio gold, featuring such mainstream hits as "Pretty Fly (for a white guy)" and "Why Don't You Get A Job", as well as some of the non-singles such as "The Kids Aren't Alright" which features one of the best guitar intros to ever come out of these guys, and "Gone Away" which is almost haunting in it's tone and feel. If you wind the volume down a bit, it becomes quite ethereal.

Overall, this album is a great additions to any serious rock lover's collection, and a must-have for any fans of The Offspring. My favourite song is still "Come Out and Play" but the rest of the album has reminded me just why these guys are still hammering out the hits... they can speak to the repressed 'angry youth' that hides inside even the most straight-laced suit-&-tie corporate clone. Every now and then, we all need to just lock the door, wind the volume up and ROCK!