Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0045778642427 Label: Epitaph / Ada Manufacturer: Epitaph / Ada Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Epitaph / Ada Release Date: March 08, 1993 Sales Rank: 5975 Studio: Epitaph / Ada
Amazon.com essential recording: It seems like the terms catchy and punk shouldn't go together, but for the Offspring, they do. Listening to Ignition, one gets the sense of rage tightly controlled, powering the band's uptempo, driving material. While their sensibility is firmly punk, the Offspring have clearly borrowed from heavy metal for their chord progressions and guitar sound--check out the solos on 'Nothing from Something' and 'Forever and a Day.' While this album didn't have the major-label success of its follow-up, Smash, all the ingredients that made that record a hit are here, if not quite as refined: angry, incisive lyrics; fast-driving rhythms; and--dare one say it--melodic chord progressions. It's easy to hear why Ignition was an underground hit and why the Offspring's later records, while somewhat diluted, have been so successful. --Genevieve Williams
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Rating: - Among their best
I finally got around to buying a copy of Ignition, 15 years after release, picking up a used CD at a virtual steal here. This ranks as good as or better than the later more popular Offspring efforts and I think Ignition includes more outstanding tracks than the others with the possible exception of Smash.
Rating: - A relatively new Offspring fan discovers-and likes- Ignition
I guess I'm the type of Offspring fan that several old-school Offspring fans love to hate; I didn't discover this band until Pretty Fly For a White Guy but I purchased Americana and loved it and The Offspring's easily one of the best bands I've ever been a fan of. I went back and have listened to all their CD's many times, (the exception being their self-titled debut and, until now, Ignition) and CD after CD they always amaze. Some have held up better than others but they've never released a CD without at least some excellent tracks on there and Ignition, it turns out, was no exception.
Despite the common consensus, I didn't like Smash that much. I didn't find the subjects of the songs all that interesting, I didn't think musically it was all that great, I only liked a couple tracks off of it, and it's just not one that I played all that much. After hearing some song samples of Ignition online (now that ... Read More
Rating: - Possibly THE best Offspring
I remember being young and seeing this CD after sneaking off with my parent's SMASH CD. They just wouldn't let me listen to this CD, which kept upping the appeal, because it was so taboo for my ears allegedly. I'll never forget when I did listen to this CD for the first time though, and it has been in constant rotation in my music library ever since, and that's a VERY LONG 13 years or so. As other posters have stated, there is absolutely NO COMMERCIAL potential for this album, but I think that was the very last thing The Offspring had on their mind at this time. I've always been an avid fan of the Offspring's commentary of the degradation of America, and this is proabably the best example, perfectly following up their debut. There are NO FILLER TRACKS to be found on this CD. I am glad that the Offspring made Ignition and Self Titled, and evolved with their sound. People constantly whine because the Offspring sound ... Read More
Rating: - One of the most underrated punk CD's of all time
Before the Offspring became a household name they produced two albums which includes Ignition which was released in 1993. This is a fan favorite album as it is similar in style to hit album Smash. If you like that album you will probably like this one although it has a little more of an underground punk sound than that album does. I'd recommend it for the song Dirty Magic alone which is an absolute masterpiece, but there are a bunch of quality tracks on this CD.
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Kick Him When He's Down
Dirty Magic
No Hero
Forever and a Day
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