Ixnay on the Hombre

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Every generation of high schoolers needs a band to express the angst and agony specific to 14-to-18-year-olds. At present, that band is the Offspring. Their songs are aimed squarely at a younger crowd, from "The Meaning of Life" to "Leave It Behind" to "I Choose," and especially "All I Want" and "Change the World". Their occasionally insightful lyrics are anything but obscure, which is actually refreshing; there's real pain behind "Gone Away," and "Way Down the Line" taps into the common fear among the younger crowd of turning out just like our parents. Musically, the Offspring are hardly complex, but then complexity isn't a requirement. This is music to play at full volume, bang your head to, and annoy your neighbors. Cool. -- Genevieve Williams --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Ixnay on the Hombre
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • The last great album from the Offspring
  • Great Release, Similar to Smash's style.
  • average...large decline gets started.
  • awesome offspring album!
  • classic album from when they were good
 Ixnay on the Hombre
The Offspring
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  1. Smash
  2. Conspiracy of One
  3. Americana
  4. Ignition
  5. Splinter

ASIN: B000002BPS
Release Date: 1997-02-04

Tracks:

  1. Disclaimer
  2. The Meaning Of Life
  3. Mota
  4. Me & My Old Lady
  5. Cool To Hate
  6. Leave It Behind
  7. Gone Away
  8. I Choose
  9. Intermission
  10. All I Want
  11. Way Down The Line
  12. Don't Pick It Up
  13. Amazed
  14. Change The World

Amazon.com essential recording

Every generation of high schoolers needs a band to express the angst and agony specific to 14-to-18-year-olds. At present, that band is the Offspring. Their songs are aimed squarely at a younger crowd, from "The Meaning of Life" to "Leave It Behind" to "I Choose," and especially "All I Want" and "Change the World". Their occasionally insightful lyrics are anything but obscure, which is actually refreshing; there's real pain behind "Gone Away," and "Way Down the Line" taps into the common fear among the younger crowd of turning out just like our parents. Musically, the Offspring are hardly complex, but then complexity isn't a requirement. This is music to play at full volume, bang your head to, and annoy your neighbors. Cool. -- Genevieve Williams

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The last great album from the Offspring.......2006-12-08

It was pretty steep to top "Smash", but the Offspring still managed to pump out an excellent album with "Ixnay on the Hombre"; the last great album to come from the band. "The Meaning of Life", "Leave It Behind", and "I Choose" are great, while "Mota", "All I Want", and "Way Down the Line" are fist pumping songs that harken back to the Offspring's classic punk days. Smash single "Gone Away" is still a great song, and besides the humerous clips "Disclaimer" and "Intermission", there's really no real filler tracks here. "Ixnay on the Hombre" is a fantastic look back at a time before the Offspring became mainstream darlings with "Americana", a time when Dexter Holland's lyrics still had some meaning to them and the chords and riffs weren't written to be radio friendly. Though there are times when you can sense a nig difference, and a bit of a step down, from the Offspring's earlier, and best, material, "Ixnay on the Hombre" still manages to be a superbly crafted disc, with the only real downside being that it has to come to an end.

5 out of 5 stars Great Release, Similar to Smash's style........2006-09-02

Each Offspring album is a bit different in its own small way. Although, this is the one probably most like their breakthrough masterpiece Smash. If you enjoyed Smash a lot, like I did, then this should be the next in line for you to try out. Not saying that their newer stuff is somehow not as good, they just have a slightly different sound that the earlier two. This follow up just shows how The Offspring are keeping their punk rock style sound strong with each release. It's also a really good follow up album. My favorite tracks are probably "Gone Away", "I Choose", "Amazed", and "Me & My Old Lady". Here's everything else rated...

2. The Meaning Of Life - 9.5/10
3. Mota - 9/10
4. Me & My Old Lady - 10/10
5. Cool To Hate - 10/10
6. Leave It Behind - 8.5/10
7. Gone Away - 10/10
8. I Choose - 10/10
10. All I Want - 9/10
11. Way Down The Line - 7.5/10
12. Don't Pick It Up - 9/10
13. Amazed - 10/10
14. Change The World - 10/10

Overall: 93% A-

It's just another solid release from The Offspring. If you enjoyed Smash you will probably enjoy this as well. It's just another good release by a pretty awesome punk rock band.

3 out of 5 stars average...large decline gets started........2006-08-02

ignition, smash, and self-titled are amazing albums!...but what about this? the follow-up to smash....not nearly as bad as the dreck that came after this album, but nowhere near as good as anything before.

the thing that makes it a decent album is the fact that it get boring really fast...i did, at one time, think this was their best, but listening to it next to smash, i saw it for the ugly alternative radio rock that it was. it has some interesting tidbits in it, but nothing to keep me coming back for more..let alone warranting itself a stay in my cd collection.

hopefully, offspring will take a hint from bad religion and make more music worthy of their former smash era status..but then again, bad religion were even great on a major label themselves.

5 out of 5 stars awesome offspring album!.......2006-07-19

this has got to one of the offspring's best CDs, next to smash, and ignition! some of the songs like: "me & my old lady", "mota", "cool to hate", and "don't pick it up", are kind of wierd, but the other songs are awesome! some of the best include: "the meaning of life", "gone away", "i choose", "amazed", "all i want", "change the world", and just all the other songs that i didn't say was weird. the intro song is awesome, because it's spoken by jello biafra - and dead kennedys are like one of my favorite bands - so that's a huge plus! i think this is like more of an expiremental re-make of smash, and i'm just glad they didn't over do it, they just did it right. so anyways, if you're new to the offspring, you might wanna start with smash, or ignition, so you can get a better taste of their true sound. but if you already know who the offspring is - get this now!

5 out of 5 stars classic album from when they were good.......2006-02-23

Ignition, Smash, and Ixnay are their three best. If you don't want to believe me, take a look at the other reviews on this site. I'm glad to see that most people seem to agree with me on this.

Ixnay is essentially Smash with some experimentation mixed in. Songs like Mota and Me & My Old Lady are a bit "weird", and I think this is why some people don't like them, but both songs have really rockin' choruses. Me & My Old Lady has that annoying ball & chain refrain, sure, but it also has the great Offspring surf guitar sound.

I give this album five stars because of two songs, "Gone Away" and "Amazed". These songs are more than just "slow stuff" to balance the fast songs. "Gone Away" is an emotional wringer. If you can listen to a song about loss and let go, and not feel sappy, you will love this song. It is a simple song musically but it is a classic. "Amazed" is much of the same, but is a little less strong.

The rest of the songs in this album are Smash-style rockers, but less strong overall with uninspired tracks like "Cool to Hate" and "Way Down the Line", which may be entertaining lyrically, but are musically un-interesting.

I would strongly recommended that anyone, not just pop-punk fans, listen to this album. This music isn't just for kids. The Offspring is pretty much the only band that I listened to during my high school days that I still listen to now. You'd think that a CD like Ixnay would get old. but it hasn't, because this isn't your run-of-the-mill pop rock.

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