Conspiracy of One by The Offspring

Pros: Fast, fun, catchy
Cons: Not their best work

I don’t know how true this is, but I just heard that Janet Reno is turning an SNL skit into reality and having her own dance party as part of her campaign. In honor of the burly woman with whom I share a last name (no relation, I swear), I am ...

Pros: Plenty of energetic tracks; surprisingly dynamic and competent
Cons: Two atrocious singles

The Offspring's prolific punk rock career has addled them with a wide swath of both praise and criticism, and some of each has been a bit umerited. On one hand, out come the fanboys, who refuse to acknowledge the band's dreadful failures in recent years ...

Pros: some good tracks...booklet
Cons: some crappy songs and too poppy

This album is the so-called “incredible” follow up to their hit album, “Americana”, but is it really new and fresh? Don’t count on it. The repetitiveness is at the highest factor in this CD and really makes you wonder what happened to...

Pros: Great, catchy, upbeat songs
Cons: Some songs may be redundant, some may not like the Offspring's sound.

Call me a minority, but I'm all for the Offspring's new sound. Their older albums were hailed as big indie hits, like Smash, but they lost alot of their popularity as they went mainstream. Their "mainstream" first, Ixnay on the Hombre, wasn't a big...

Pros: um, there's 4 good songs, but even those "good" songs aren't very memorable
Cons: boring, repetitive, no sense of urgency here at all

Ever since breaking out into the mainstream in 1994 on the strength of the huge hit Come Out and Play (Keep Em Separated), the Offspring have made a pretty good career out of imitating some of the biggest punk bands ever, be it the snotty...

Pros: Great songs, awesome book drawings!
Cons: Not as great as I thought it would be, some weak songs

I’m not an Offspring fan, I just enjoy their music. I find it enjoyable, and I completely wore out their previous album Americana. But I’m not a fan. In fact, Americana and their new album Conspiracy of One are the only albums of...

Pros: Vultures, some interesting moments
Cons: Still very over produced and predictable

I wasn't all that excited about this album. I had previously been disappointed with Ixnay On The Hombre and not because it was a so called "sell-out" record. No, the songs on that album were just devoid of any character, any feeling and,...

Pros: Mediocre in the way you've always loved them.
Cons: Are they getting too old to be bold?

This is a really great album to me. This is what the Offspring are all about.

Mediocrity.

You aren't assaulted by over-ambitious guitar solos, or challenging lyrics. You get 12 fairly pop-culture songs. Most are fast, with...

Pros: Better than Ever
Cons: Makes Green Day, et al, look bad

Once upon a time there was punk rock, seedy music for a seedy life, scourge of suburban parents and the hope of a forgotten generation. Always all ages but three chords and under, please check your talent at the door. As punk faded back underground...

Pros: Good riffs, good lyrics, good songs
Cons: Good, but not great. Original Prankster.

Conspiracy of One is the sixth album from Orange County punk-rock band The Offspring. And, sad to say, it is one more step down the road away from the band's glory days.

Long-time fans of the group will notice some trends here. The...

Pros: Good tracks and a nice CD Extra
Cons: Not enough tracks

Reviewers Note: Well just to tell you I'm a big Offspring fan so you might think, "What the hell is/was he thinking," just to inform you of this.

Anyway I've been with Offspring since Americana. After I heard Americana I loved the...

Pros: The songs are a lot better than before
Cons: It's too short

The energy is back in The Offspring’s sixth release, Conspiracy of One. How can you resist this compilation of music with masterpieces such as Living in Chaos and Million Miles Away just to name a few. Maturity in their music is evolving, such as in...

Pros: good, fun stuff
Cons: sounds a lot like americana

To all the old Offspring fans afraid that the new album would be another Americana, there is only one word: rejoice! Not that Conspiracy of One is that dissimilar; actually, both albums have a pretty similar mix of hardcore punk and the anarchic pop...

Pros: Some good songs. The kids will enjoy this one.
Cons: Poppy, Americana's brother album. Sounds too radio friendly and is poor compared to early material.

The Offspring are the band that brought punk to the mainstream with their smash "Smash" managing to shift around 10 million copies. Conspiracy Of One follows on after 2 albums "Ixnay..." and "Americana". It's been noticable that each album has been ...

Pros: Great lyrics, fun songs, heart felt songs.
Cons: Denial, Revisited

I have been a huge offspring fan for years. I have just about everyone of their albums. I was tentative to get this one when it came out, for fear that their sound has changed. When I bought it I was delighted to find out that a change had been made ...