Americana (The Offspring album)

Americana
Americana
Studio album by The Offspring
Released	November 17, 1998
Recorded	July–September 1998
Studio	Eldorado Recording, Burbank, California
Genre	Punk rock; skate punk; pop-punk;
Length	43:37
Label	Columbia
Producer	Dave Jerden
The Offspring chronology
Singles from Americana
	"Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)"; Released: November 9, 1998; "Why Don't You Get a Job?"; Released: March 15, 1999; "The Kids Aren't Alright"; Released: August 9, 1999; "She's Got Issues"; Released: November 15, 1999;

Americana is the fifth studio album by American rock band The Offspring, released on November 17, 1998, by Columbia Records. Following a worldwide tour in support of Ixnay on the Hombre (1997), the band commenced work on a new album in July 1998, with the recording sessions lasting for about two months. It was The Offspring's second and last album to be produced by Dave Jerden.

Americana was a major success, debuting at number two on the US Billboard 200 (the highest chart position of any Offspring album), and selling over 198,000 copies in its first week.^[5] It is the band's second best-selling album after their 1994 breakout, Smash, and has sold over ten million copies worldwide.^[6]^[7] Americana spawned the hit singles "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)", "Why Don't You Get a Job?" and "The Kids Aren't Alright", and was promoted with a worldwide tour that included an appearance at the Woodstock '99 festival.

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Multiple sources:
- Spyder Darling. "Americana in Action: the Offspring at Irving Plaza, 12/8/98 (NY Rock Concert Review)". NY Rock. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013.
- Gemma Tarlach (November 16, 1998). "Offspring finds punk success in mainstream". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. 1E.
- "THE OFFSPRING Americana, Columbia". Star-News. November 20, 1998. p. 4D.
^ Peacock, Tim (September 12, 2017). "Heaven Is A Half-Pipe: The Joys Of Skate Punk". uDiscover. Retrieved September 3, 2018.
^ Cite error: The named reference Thompson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Chuck Armstrong (October 17, 2014). "The Offspring to Reissue 'Americana' On Red Vinyl". Diffuser.fm. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
^ Between the Bullets, Billboard
^ THE OFFSPRING HISTORY Archived 2015-03-09 at the Wayback Machine offspring.com/thehistory. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
^ "The Offspring - Americana". Rockfreaks.net. Retrieved January 9, 2012.

[1] Multiple sources:
Spyder Darling. "Americana in Action: the Offspring at Irving Plaza, 12/8/98 (NY Rock Concert Review)". NY Rock. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013.

Gemma Tarlach (November 16, 1998). "Offspring finds punk success in mainstream". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. 1E.

"THE OFFSPRING Americana, Columbia". Star-News. November 20, 1998. p. 4D.

[2] Spyder Darling. "Americana in Action: the Offspring at Irving Plaza, 12/8/98 (NY Rock Concert Review)". NY Rock. Archived from the original on July 31, 2013.

[3] Gemma Tarlach (November 16, 1998). "Offspring finds punk success in mainstream". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. p. 1E.

[4] "THE OFFSPRING Americana, Columbia". Star-News. November 20, 1998. p. 4D.

[2] Peacock, Tim (September 12, 2017). "Heaven Is A Half-Pipe: The Joys Of Skate Punk". uDiscover. Retrieved September 3, 2018.

[Thompson-3] Cite error: The named reference Thompson was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] Chuck Armstrong (October 17, 2014). "The Offspring to Reissue 'Americana' On Red Vinyl". Diffuser.fm. Retrieved May 5, 2020.

[5] Between the Bullets, Billboard

[Offspring_TheHistory-6] THE OFFSPRING HISTORY Archived 2015-03-09 at the Wayback Machine offspring.com/thehistory. Retrieved February 19, 2015.

[7] "The Offspring - Americana". Rockfreaks.net. Retrieved January 9, 2012.

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