Ixnay on the Hombre

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We recorded a few more songs than we needed, and if we had used some of the other ones that were left off, it would have ended up a little more risky. But we're not disappointed in what we kept. I think it's a great record and I love these songs. Maybe we'll save the limb-walking for the next one. [9]

Noodles also noted that with Columbia's financing, they had more time to work on the album, specially with the guaranteed studio space - "We did Smash on no budget at all and were constantly calling our studio to find out when it was empty just so we could sneak in at a discount price." - and Holland added that they had "the time to get better sounds." [10]

"Pay the Man" was one of the songs recorded during the Ixnay on the Hombre sessions but instead ended up being released on Americana. "Change the World" is a further development of the unnamed hidden track that appeared at the end of the previous album Smash (in which the guitar riff follows the same melody as the lead guitar in "Genocide"). "Change the World" itself contains a hidden track, a brief spoken piece by Larry "Bud" Melman of The David Letterman Show .

Release and reception

Ixnay on the Hombre
The Offspring-Ixnay on the Hombre.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 4, 1997 (1997-02-04)
RecordedJune–October 1996
Studio Eldorado Recording, Hollywood
Genre
Length42:17
Label
Producer Dave Jerden
The Offspring chronology
Club Me
(1997)
Ixnay on the Hombre
(1997)
Americana
(1998)
The Offspring studio chronology
Smash
(1994)
Ixnay on the Hombre
(1997)
Americana
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [1]
NME 2/10 [12]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [13]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [14]
Select Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [15]
Spin 7/10 [16]
Sputnikmusic 5/5 [17]
The Sydney Morning Herald Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [18]
USA Today Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [19]

Ixnay on the Hombre was released on February 4, 1997, and is the first Offspring album distributed via Columbia Records. Their former label Epitaph Records released it in Europe because of disagreements between the band and the label's founder Brett Gurewitz. The band was able to release its album on Columbia for the US and other international releases but had to complete the album release in Europe through Epitaph. The Offspring would continue releasing albums on Columbia until it was announced in early 2013 that they had fulfilled their contract with the label. [20]

Ixnay on the Hombre peaked at number 9 on the Billboard 200 album chart. [21]

The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awards the album 2.5 stars and states: "Ixnay on the Hombre sounds like a competent hard rock band trying to hitch themselves to the post-grunge bandwagon." [11]

Touring and promotion

The Offspring toured relentlessly for almost a year to promote Ixnay on the Hombre. Prior to its release, they headlined the Big Day Out tour in Australia in January–February 1997, along with Soundgarden and The Prodigy. [22] The Ixnay on the Hombre tour kickstarted on February 11, 1997, at Foothill in Long Beach, California, with One Hit Wonder, who had just been signed to Holland's label Nitro Records. A week later, they played five shows in the East Coast of the United States with The Joykiller, which was followed by a ten-date tour with AFI and Strung Out and a European tour with The Vandals and Lunachicks. The Offspring continued to tour over seven-month period from May to December 1997, which included U.S. tours with AFI/L7, Voodoo Glow Skulls/The Joykiller and Hagfish/One Hit Wonder/Good Riddance, as well as a Canadian tour with Doughboys, three Brazilian shows with Charlie Brown Jr., and four shows in Australia with The Living End. [22] Social Distortion also supported The Offspring on selected dates. [23] The Ixnay on the Hombre tour ended on December 18, 1997, in Osaka, Japan, with AFI supporting them. [22]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dexter Holland, [24] [25] except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Disclaimer"0:45
2."The Meaning of Life"2:56
3."Mota"2:57
4."Me & My Old Lady"4:33
5."Cool to Hate"2:47
6."Leave It Behind"1:58
7."Gone Away"4:28
8."I Choose"3:54
9."Intermission" (Irving Caesar, Dexter Holland, Vincent Youmans)0:48
10."All I Want"1:54
11."Way Down the Line"2:36
12."Don't Pick It Up"1:53
13."Amazed"4:25
14."Change the World" (The song ends at 4:45, followed by silence, then spoken word at 6:17.)6:23
Total length:42:17
Bonus vinyl track
No.TitleLength
12."Cocktail"0:48
Total length:43:05

Personnel

The Offspring

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [57] 2× Platinum140,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [58] 2× Platinum200,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) [59] Gold26,511 [59]
Japan (RIAJ) [60] Platinum200,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [61] Gold7,500^
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [62] Gold50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [63] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [64] Platinum1,000,000^
Summaries
Worldwide3,200,000 [7]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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