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''Americana'' is the fifth studio album by the American punk rock band The Offspring, released on November 17, 1998 (see 1998 in music). Following a worldwide tour in support of its previous album, ''Ixnay on the Hombre'' (1997), The Offspring commenced work on a new album. The music on the album marked a change, expanding their sound and exploring more pop punk elements. ''Americana'' was a major commercial success, debuting at number six on the ''Billboard'' 200 with around 175,000 copies sold in its first week〔()〕 and peaking at number two for two nonconsecutive weeks, spending 22 nonconsecutive weeks in the top 10, becoming the Offspring's highest ever chart position. It is the band's second best selling album to their 1994 breakout ''Smash''. ''Americana'' has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide,〔(THE OFFSPRING HISTORY ) offspring.com/thehistory. Retrieved February 19, 2015.〕 with over 9 million copies certified, while achieving 5x platinum status alone in the United States for 5 million copies shipped. The album contains the hit singles "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)", "Why Don't You Get a Job?" and "The Kids Aren't Alright" which comprise the band's 3 biggest hits to date. Crossing over from mainstream rock and alternative rock radio to Top 40 pop radio stations, the tracks enjoyed similar success to the singles from ''Smash''. "She's Got Issues," the final single of the album, was moderately well-received, though not as successful as the 3 preceding hits. The singles (excluding "She's Got Issues") were included on the band's ''Greatest Hits'' compilation. The CD version of the album also includes the music video for "The Meaning Of Life", a song from their 1997 album ''Ixnay On the Hombre'', playable on DVD ROM. ''Americana'' was nominated for the 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards for "Best Album", but lost to Boyzone's ''By Request''. The Offspring supported the album with a worldwide tour and appeared at the infamous Woodstock 1999, where their performance was broadcast live on pay-per-view television. The band played ''Americana'' in its entirety for the first time in 2015, at Anmesia Rock Fest.〔(We'll be performing our album Americana in its entirety for the first time ever at the 10th Anniversary of Amnesia Rockfest! ) facebook.com/Offspring. Retrieved February 16, 2015.〕 It is also the last Offspring album to contain a hidden track. ==Background and recording== After the unexpected success of ''Smash'' (1994), The Offspring were signed to Columbia Records in 1996, releasing the fourth studio album ''Ixnay on the Hombre'' (1997) to moderate success. Although ''Ixnay on the Hombre'' was not as well received as ''Smash'', it managed simultaneous gold and platinum certification in the United States in April 1997. After touring in support of ''Ixnay on the Hombre'', The Offspring began writing new material for their next album. Frontman Dexter Holland told ''Rolling Stone'' in August 1998 that, "I wanted to write a record that wasn't a radical departure from what we've done before. I feel like we have managed to change stuff up from ''Ignition'' to ''Smash'' to ''Ixnay''. We're in a place where we more or less set the boundaries where we can do a lot of stuff without having to stretch it out farther ... and do a swing song or something." Recording took place from July to September 1998 at Eldorado Recording Studios with producer Dave Jerden, who also produced ''Ixnay on the Hombre''. On the album's direction, Holland told Guitar World, "The idea wasn't to reinvent the wheel. We expanded our horizons on our last record and that's okay, but I don't feel like you have to be a completely different band on every record." While most songs are the regular punk rock the band popularized, others such as the Latino-influenced "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" and the psychedelic "Pay the Man" add variety "so that there's enough in there so people don't get bored".〔 "Pay the Man" was even left off ''Ixnay on the Hombre'' for sounding too different from anything else the band had currently made at that time. The structure of the song more resembles progressive rock (having no repetitive sections, and no continuous musical theme).〔(Interviews: The Offspring )〕 Holland also contributed the song "Too Much Drama" to The Vandals' album ''Hitler Bad, Vandals Good'', which was released five months before ''Americana''. The chorus melody is reused on this album on the song "Walla Walla." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Americana (The Offspring album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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