Ignition (The Offspring album)

Ignition
Studio album by
the Offspring
ReleasedOctober 16, 1992
RecordedJune 1992[1]
Studio
GenrePunk rock[2]
Length37:24
LabelEpitaph
ProducerThom Wilson
The Offspring chronology
Baghdad
(1991) 		Ignition
(1992) 		Smash
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(neither)[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]
Spin Alternative Record Guide5/10[6]

Ignition is the second studio album by American punk rock band the Offspring, released on October 16, 1992, by Epitaph Records. Issued during the alternative rock and grunge era, the album brought the band small success in Southern California as they started to gather a following. This success would continue to grow with their next album, Smash (1994).

Ignition was certified gold on January 22, 1996, nearly two years after the release of Smash, and has sold over one million copies worldwide.[7] For the album's 20th anniversary in 2012, The Offspring played Ignition in its entirety for some selected concerts.[8][9] They also performed the album in 2017 at a benefit concert for 924 Gilman Street.[10]

The band re-recorded Ignition's sixth track "Dirty Magic" for their ninth studio album Days Go By, released twenty years later.

  1. ^ Ignition (liner notes). The Offspring. US: Epitaph Records. 1992. E-86424-1.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ "Smash by The Offspring". Classic Rock Review. 17 June 2014. Retrieved March 4, 2023. Unlike the group's first two releases, which were close to hardcore punk in genre, this third independent album leans more towards the emerging grunge rock and pop punk sound...
  3. ^ "Ignition - The Offspring | Album". AllMusic. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "The Offspring". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
  5. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  6. ^ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 9780679755746.
  7. ^ Epitaph Announces Re-issues of Smash and Ignition by Offspring. Alarm. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  8. ^ "The Offspring Adds Special "Ignition" Club Shows To 2012 European Tour". Archived from the original on January 8, 2018. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  9. ^ "The Offspring - Alex's Bar - 5/3/12". 4 May 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  10. ^ "We're Playing 'Ignition' Live in Berkeley to Benefit 924 Gilman". Archived from the original on 2017-08-02. Retrieved 2018-01-07.