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Track Listings
| 1. Intro |
| 2. Come Out Swinging |
| 3. Original Prankster |
| 4. Want You Bad |
| 5. Million Miles Away |
| 6. Dammit, I Changed Again |
| 7. Living In Chaos |
| 8. Special Delivery |
| 9. One Fine Day |
| 10. All Along |
| 11. Denial, Revisited |
| 12. Vultures |
| 13. Conspiracy One |
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Fellow Californian Mike Love of the Beach Boys is sampled to introduce this latest Offspring release and immediately it's down to business as usual. Which for the Offspring means the best-produced punk rock money can buy. Brendan O'Brien (Pearl Jam) turns the knobs in the producer's chair and he works pure sonic architecture. The guitars crunch with perfectly defined distortion, the drums come down the middle, and--most importantly--singer Dexter Holland is juiced to the max. Though his voice sits in the "whine" range, double tracking and other studio enhancements give the vocals an incredible presence beyond standard range, and Holland works them to convincing effect. "Come Out Swinging" does exactly that. "Want You Bad" recalls the southern California punk pop of the Descendents. "One Fine Day" double-times into both hardcore and a galloping country terrain. Essentially, it's full speed ahead with the pedal to the metal and no airbags in sight. --Rob O'Connor
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By Jenn
Format:Audio CD
Finally the Offspring has created an album with more than one good song. Like Americana's only good track is Pretty fly(for a white guy). I really like this c.d's music quality and punk views. The album cover is art and by far the best cover, it would make a great shirt that I would invest in. The track I want you bad is my favorite and original prankster is cool. In fact why go through all the songs that I like since all of them are great.
Format:Audio CD
Y'know what? I really really suck at writing intros to music CD reviews so I'll just get right to the song by song.
Intro: What would an Offspring CD be without an intro? It's only about 5 seconds though
Come Out Swinging: A perfect start to the album, loud and fast. Lyrics aren't that great though.
Original Prankster: Reminds me too much of Americana's "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)" But noticabely better.
Want You Bad: B... blink? Even though it sounds like an emulation of Mark, Tom, and Travis it's still a great song.
Million Miles Away: The first time I heard this it blew me away. Excellent lyrics, great guitars, and a spectacular chorus
Dammit, I Changed Again: A great hard and fast song, probably my favorite on the album.
Living in Chaos: What's this? This song just stinks.
Special Delivery: Woah! Good song with extremely strange lyrics. (Gotta love the "Ooga Chacka" in the background though)
One Fine Day: This is one of the most hilarious songs I've ever heard.
All Along: Not that memorable but an okay song.
Denial, Revisited: A... NICE song? Defies the style of the rest of the album but an excellent song
Vultures: A good slower song.
Conspiracy of One: Ah the infamous title track. It's hard, fast, and finishes off the album great.
Good stuff, no?
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
Once again, Offspring has created an excellent CD with plenty of variety and a timeless feel. They say it's alternative rock, but this is like nothing else i've ever heard. Offspring has yet to botch a song. They're a terrific band.
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Daniel's Review
What can I say...
They have some good one's but,their all lacking and if I give a
10 or something keep in mind it's compared to the other songs on this... Read more
They have some good one's but,their all lacking and if I give a
10 or something keep in mind it's compared to the other songs on this... Read more
Published on Jun 3 2004 by Daniel Seizmor
5.0 out of 5 stars
Conspiracy of One is an amazing cd
I am not going to compare Conspiracy of One to other Offspring cd's in this review, just tell you about the actual cd.
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Published on May 17 2004 by An Offspring fan
2.0 out of 5 stars
ThEY'vE doNe WaY BEttER!
The offspring have done way better. "Smash" considered their best album (also of my opinion), "Ignition" , Their self-titled, "Americana", and... Read more
Published on April 15 2004 by Jon
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant return after the hit and miss 'Americana'
The Offspring are certainly what you call consistant. This is the third CD of theirs I would rate five stars to as like the other two (Smash, Ixnay on the hombre) is a triumph of... Read more
Published on Mar 27 2004 by Mr_Moo
4.0 out of 5 stars
A four star album,but i can't give it five.
While not as good as Smash,Conspiracy Of One it's one solid rock album that i can recomend to the fans.Here's what i think about it:
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Published on Feb 29 2004 by Carlos
3.0 out of 5 stars
Ok......
There are some good songs on this CD, Come out Swinging, I want you bad, and Million Miles away are all great songs. Read more
Published on Feb 16 2004 by Peniswrinkle
3.0 out of 5 stars
an okay effort
This album ranks on the bottom of the list for offspring albums. It lacks alot with only a few good tracks. Read more
Published on Feb 3 2004
2.0 out of 5 stars
This CD was good at first, but completely unmemorable now
Well, at first, Conspiracy Of One was a good CD, but unlike Ixnay, Smash, and even Americana, where you can still listen to some of the songs on it today and really enjoy them,... Read more
Published on Jan 31 2004 by A Reviewer
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not as punk as Smash, not as pop as Americana
This is one of the Offspring's best albums, it is solid the whole way through and contains a huge amount of good and memorable songs.
1. Intro, Um ok?
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Published on Jan 28 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome!
This is a great CD, I have all of Offsprings except for Ignition and their debut. This isn't as mainstream as Americana, yet it isn't as underground punk as Ixnay or Smash. Read more
Published on Jan 20 2004 by Jake
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