Americana

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Tracklist

1▼Enhanced CD
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	Welcome miscellaneous support: Janie Rangel (task: studios assistants) and Elan Trujillo (task: studios assistants) assistant engineer: Annette Cisneros engineer: Bryan Carlstrom (engineer, producer) producer and mixer: Dave Jerden spoken vocals: John Mayer (The Offspring) recorded at and mixed at: Eldorado Recording Studios in Burbank, California, United States recording of: Welcome lyricist: Dexter Holland publisher: Round Hill Works, Underachiever Music and Wixen Music Publishing, Inc.	2.25	0:10
2	Have You Ever miscellaneous support: Janie Rangel (task: studios assistants) and Elan Trujillo (task: studios assistants) assistant engineer: Annette Cisneros engineer: Bryan Carlstrom (engineer, producer) producer and mixer: Dave Jerden recorded at and mixed at: Eldorado Recording Studios in Burbank, California, United States recording of: Have You Ever lyricist and composer: Dexter Holland publisher: Round Hill Works, Underachiever Music and Wixen Music Publishing, Inc.	3.35	3:57
3	Staring at the Sun miscellaneous support: Janie Rangel (task: studios assistants) and Elan Trujillo (task: studios assistants) assistant engineer: Annette Cisneros engineer: Bryan Carlstrom (engineer, producer) producer and mixer: Dave Jerden recorded at and mixed at: Eldorado Recording Studios in Burbank, California, United States recording of: Staring at the Sun lyricist and composer: Dexter Holland publisher: Round Hill Works, Underachiever Music and Wixen Music Publishing, Inc.	3.7	2:14
4	Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) miscellaneous support: Janie Rangel (task: studios assistants) and Elan Trujillo (task: studios assistants) assistant engineer: Annette Cisneros engineer: Bryan Carlstrom (engineer, producer) producer and mixer: Dave Jerden bass guitar: Greg K drums (drum set): Ron Welty guitar: Noodles (Kevin Wasserman) additional vocals: Nika Futterman Frost, Chris Higgins (X-13, The Offspring) and Heidi Villagran background vocals: Jack Grisham, Davey Havok and Jim Lindberg lead vocals: Dexter Holland phonographic copyright (℗) by: Epitaph (in 1994) recorded at and mixed at: Eldorado Recording Studios in Burbank, California, United States samples: Rock of Ages by Def Leppard (spoken vocals) music videos: Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) by The Offspring (American punk) part of: triple j’s Hottest 100 (Australian annual music listener poll) (number: 1998) recording of: Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) lyricist and composer: Dexter Holland publisher: Round Hill Works, Underachiever Music and Wixen Music Publishing, Inc.	3.9	3:09
5	The Kids Aren’t Alright miscellaneous support: Janie Rangel (task: studios assistants) and Elan Trujillo (task: studios assistants) assistant engineer: Annette Cisneros engineer: Bryan Carlstrom (engineer, producer) producer and mixer: Dave Jerden bass guitar: Greg K drums (drum set): Ron Welty guitar: Noodles (Kevin Wasserman) lead vocals: Dexter Holland phonographic copyright (℗) by: Epitaph (in 1994) recorded at and mixed at: Eldorado Recording Studios in Burbank, California, United States recording of: The Kids Aren’t Alright lyricist and composer: Dexter Holland publisher: Round Hill Works, Underachiever Music and Wixen Music Publishing, Inc.	4.3	3:00
6	Feelings miscellaneous support: Janie Rangel (task: studios assistants) and Elan Trujillo (task: studios assistants) assistant engineer: Annette Cisneros engineer: Bryan Carlstrom (engineer, producer) producer and mixer: Dave Jerden recorded at and mixed at: Eldorado Recording Studios in Burbank, California, United States recording of: Feelings (parody version) additional lyricist: Dexter Holland writer: Louis Felix‐Marie Gasté and Maurício Alberto Kaiserman publisher: Underachiever Music and Wixen Music Publishing, Inc. parody version of: Feelings	3.4	2:52
7	She’s Got Issues miscellaneous support: Janie Rangel (task: studios assistants) and Elan Trujillo (task: studios assistants) assistant engineer: Annette Cisneros engineer: Bryan Carlstrom (engineer, producer) producer and mixer: Dave Jerden recorded at and mixed at: Eldorado Recording Studios in Burbank, California, United States recording of: She’s Got Issues lyricist and composer: Dexter Holland publisher: Round Hill Works, Underachiever Music and Wixen Music Publishing, Inc.	3.9	3:49
8	Walla Walla miscellaneous support: Janie Rangel (task: studios assistants) and Elan Trujillo (task: studios assistants) assistant engineer: Annette Cisneros engineer: Bryan Carlstrom (engineer, producer) producer and mixer: Dave Jerden recorded at and mixed at: Eldorado Recording Studios in Burbank, California, United States recording of: Walla Walla lyricist and composer: Dexter Holland publisher: Round Hill Works, Underachiever Music and Wixen Music Publishing, Inc.	3.3	2:57
9	The End of the Line miscellaneous support: Janie Rangel (task: studios assistants) and Elan Trujillo (task: studios assistants) assistant engineer: Annette Cisneros engineer: Bryan Carlstrom (engineer, producer) producer and mixer: Dave Jerden recorded at and mixed at: Eldorado Recording Studios in Burbank, California, United States recording of: The End of the Line lyricist and composer: Dexter Holland publisher: Round Hill Works, Underachiever Music and Wixen Music Publishing, Inc.	3.45	3:02
10	No Brakes miscellaneous support: Janie Rangel (task: studios assistants) and Elan Trujillo (task: studios assistants) assistant engineer: Annette Cisneros engineer: Bryan Carlstrom (engineer, producer) producer and mixer: Dave Jerden recorded at and mixed at: Eldorado Recording Studios in Burbank, California, United States recording of: No Brakes lyricist and composer: Dexter Holland publisher: Round Hill Works, Underachiever Music and Wixen Music Publishing, Inc.	3.75	2:04
11	Why Don’t You Get a Job? miscellaneous support: Janie Rangel (task: studios assistants) and Elan Trujillo (task: studios assistants) assistant engineer: Annette Cisneros engineer: Bryan Carlstrom (engineer, producer) producer and mixer: Dave Jerden flute: Derrick Davis horn: Phil Jordan (trumpet player) and Gabrial McNair recorded at and mixed at: Eldorado Recording Studios in Burbank, California, United States recording of: Why Don’t You Get a Job? lyricist and composer: Dexter Holland publisher: Round Hill Works, Underachiever Music and Wixen Music Publishing, Inc.	4.25	2:52
12	Americana miscellaneous support: Janie Rangel (task: studios assistants) and Elan Trujillo (task: studios assistants) assistant engineer: Annette Cisneros engineer: Bryan Carlstrom (engineer, producer) producer and mixer: Dave Jerden recorded at and mixed at: Eldorado Recording Studios in Burbank, California, United States recording of: Americana lyricist and composer: Dexter Holland writer: The Offspring (American punk) publisher: Round Hill Works, Underachiever Music and Wixen Music Publishing, Inc.	3.65	3:15
13	Pay the Man / Pretty Fly (reprise) compilation of: Pay the Man by The Offspring (American punk) and Pretty Fly (reprise) by The Offspring (American punk) recording of: Pay the Man lyricist and composer: Dexter Holland publisher: Round Hill Works, Underachiever Music and Wixen Music Publishing, Inc. recording of: Pretty Fly (reprise) lyricist and composer: Dexter Holland publisher: Underachiever Music	3	10:21

Credits

Release

mixer and producer:	Dave Jerden
assistant engineer:	Annette Cisneros
engineer:	Bryan Carlstrom (engineer, producer)
mastering:	Eddy Schreyer (US mastering engineer)
bass:	Greg Kriesel
guitar family:	Dexter Holland Kevin Wasserman
membranophone:	Ron Welty
background vocals:	Jack Grisham Davey Havok Chris Higgins (X-13, The Offspring) Kevin Wasserman
background vocals and lead vocals:	Dexter Holland
guest background vocals:	Jim Lindberg
guest other vocals:	Calvert DeForest

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/1229996 [info]
ASIN:	US: B00000I2R5 [info]

Release group

associated singles/EPs:	Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) She’s Got Issues The Kids Aren’t Alright Why Don’t You Get a Job?
covers:	americana, but lofi by lonelyboy

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/77234 [info]
reviews:	http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=3242211 [info] http://web.archive.org/web/20071016204313/http://rollingstone.com/artists/theoffspring/albums/album/96021/review/5943314/americana [info] http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,285782,00.html [info] http://www.nme.com/reviews/352 [info] https://web.archive.org/web/20160412230322/http://ssmt-reviews.com/artist/offsprin.html [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the-offspring/americana/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000043074 [info]
Wikidata:	Q179137 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 9399700058871
Format:: Enhanced CD
Length:: 43:42

Additional details

Type:: Album
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Columbia
491656 2

Release events

Australia
1998-11-16

Release group rating

3.95 (see all ratings)

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