AMERICANA (ALBUM)

'''Americana''' is the fifth album by The Offspring, released on November 17, 1998 (see 1998 in music), and has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide. This was their most successful album since their 1994 breakthrough ''Smash''.
''Americana'' is also an Enhanced CD and contains the karaoke videos of "Staring at the Sun", "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" and "Why Don't You Get a Job?", and the previous MTV music videos from ''Ixnay on the Hombre''. The album's main themes are of unpleasant realities of American life.

Contents

Track listing

Trivia

Chart positions

Personnel

Track listing

All songs written and produced by Dexter Holland and Noodles
# "Welcome" – 0:09
# "Have You Ever" – 3:56
# "Staring at the Sun" – 2:13
# "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" – 3:08
# "The Kids Aren't Alright" – 3:00
# "Feelings" (Parody/cover of Morris Albert's 1975 single) – 2:51
# "She's Got Issues" – 3:48
# "Walla Walla" – 2:57
# "The End of the Line" – 3:00
# "No Brakes" – 2:06
# "Why Don't You Get a Job?" – 2:52
# "Americana" – 3:15
# "Pay the Man" – 10:19
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★ "Pay the Man" ends at 8:08, followed by the hidden track "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) (Reprise)" at 9:16
The "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) (Reprise)" hidden track is accessed by rewinding from the beginning index of the "Pay the Man" track. On some versions, the "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy) (Reprise)" hidden track is 1 minute after "Pay the Man". The track is a mariachi reprise of the band's single "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)" that lasts for only a minute.

Trivia

★ On the booklet of the album, where the lyrics to "Pay the Man" are, there is an image that is extremely similar to a design of a poster for the ''No Control'' tour, featuring Bad Religion. Considering both pieces of art are by the artist Frank Kozik, it is likely that The Offspring requested this piece of art to be used in the booklet. The handwriting of its band logo from the cover of ''Americana'' is also similar to Bad Religion's original logo.

★ "Pay the Man" was actually recorded during the making of ''Ixnay on the Hombre'', but was left out because it sounded too different from anything else the band had currently made, in a dark, psychedelic rock/heavy metal sound. However, it was used on Americana.

★ The Vandals song "Too Much Drama", from Hitler Bad, Vandals Good, was written with Dexter Holland and appears with new lyrics on this album as "Walla Walla".

★ Although the song "Americana" contains 4 uses of the word "fuck", the album was released without a Parental Advisory sticker. The lines containing the f-bombs are also not printed in the lyric booklet.

★ A clip from the song "Americana," specifically the introduction, was used in the Michael Moore film ''Bowling for Columbine''.

Chart positions

Albums - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1999	The Billboard 200	2
1999	Top Canadian Albums	3

Albums - ARIA (Australia)

Year	Chart	Position
1999	Australian ARIA Albums Chart	1

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1998	"Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)"	Modern Rock Tracks	3
1999	"Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)"	The Billboard Hot 100	53
1999	"Why Don't You Get A Job?"	The Billboard Hot 100	74
1999	"Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	5
1999	"Why Don't You Get A Job?"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	10
1999	"She's Got Issues"	Modern Rock Tracks	11
1999	"The Kids Aren't Alright"	Modern Rock Tracks	6
1999	"The Kids Aren't Alright"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	11
1999	"Why Don't You Get A Job?"	Modern Rock Tracks	4
1999	"Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)"	Rhythmic Top 40	31
1999	"Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)"	Top 40 Mainstream	13
1999	"Why Don't You Get A Job?"	Top 40 Mainstream	21
1999	"Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)"	Top 40 Tracks	36
1999	"Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)"	Canadian Singles Chart	18
1999	"She's Got Issues"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	19
2000	"She's Got Issues"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	19

Singles - ARIA (Australia)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1998	"Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)"	Australian ARIA Singles Chart	1
1999	"Why Don't You Get a Job?"	Australian ARIA Singles Chart	2

Personnel

★ The Offspring

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★ Dexter Holland - Vocals and Guitars

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★ Noodles - Guitars

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★ Greg K. - Basses

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★ Ron Welty - Drums

★ Carlos Gomez - Guitar

★ Bryan Carlstrom - Engineer

★ Annette Cisneros - Assistant Engineer

★ Derrick Davis - Flute

★ Higgins - Vocals (background)

★ Dave Jerden - Producer, Mixing

★ Noodles - Guitar, Vocals

★ Eddy Schreyer - Mastering

★ Ron Welty - Drums

★ Sean Evans - Art Direction

★ Frank Kozik - Artwork

★ Gabriel McNair - Horn

★ John Mayer - Vocals

★ Justin Beope - Artwork

★ Alvaro Macias - Biguela

★ Phil Jordan - Horn

★ Greg Kreisel - Bass, Vocals

★ Davey Havok- Vocals (background)

★ Jack Grimsham- Vocals (background)