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The Offspring
Studio album by The Offspring
Released	Original: June 15, 1989 Re-release: November 21, 1995
Recorded	March 1989[1] at South Coast Recording, Santa Ana, California, except track 9 and 10 (1987), re-recorded for the album version in 1989
Genre	Punk
Length	31:23
Label	Nemesis (1989) Epitaph/Nitro (1995)
Producer	Thom Wilson
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
The Offspring chronology
The Offspring (1989) Baghdad (1991)
Alternate cover
The cover printed on the 1989 original version, which has been banned in many places.
Singles from The Offspring
"Blackball/I'll Be Waiting" Released: 1987 (7")

The Offspring is the debut album by The Offspring. It was released on June 15, 1989^[2] (though their official website erroneously states 1990) on Nemesis Records as vinyl-only, but was not released on CD until November 21, 1995 on Nitro Records and also on Epitaph Records, with a new album cover but otherwise identical. Both the re-releases on the two respective labels are identical as well.

Album pressings after June 26, 2001 (July 16 in the UK) do not feature the closing track "Kill the President;" the reason for the removal remains unknown.

This album contains the tracks "Blackball" and "I'll Be Waiting," which were originally released on a 7" double A-side vinyl record which was distributed by the band itself under the fictitious Black Label Records. Only 1000 copies of this vinyl were made and it took the band two and a half years to sell them all. Ironically this vinyl is now the most expensive piece of The Offspring's work as it is also the rarest. The songs were added to this album, so that The Offspring would not just be a 20+ minute mini-album.

The original version of the album has been banned in many places due to its front cover (pictured below). The artwork features an image of a man's body exploding as a creature, similar to the Xenomorph from the "Alien" films, holding a Fender Stratocaster guitar emerges from his chest. Nitro Records refused to print this cover on the 1995 re-release and it was replaced with a different cover (pictured above) that features an image of an alien's face.^{[citation needed]}

All song written and produced by Dexter Holland and Noodles except "Beheaded" (Co-written with James Lilja)

1. "Jennifer Lost the War" – 2:35
2. "Elders" – 2:11
3. "Out on Patrol" – 2:32
4. "Crossroads" – 2:48
5. "Demons" – 3:10
6. "Beheaded" – 2:52
7. "Tehran" – 3:06
8. "A Thousand Days" – 2:11
9. "Blackball" – 3:24
10. "I'll Be Waiting" – 3:12
11. "Kill the President" (Removed from album printings after June 2001) – 3:22

• Bryan Holland (Listed as Dexter Holland on the CD version) - Vocals, Guitar
• Noodles - Guitar
• Greg K. - Bass
• Ron Welty - Drums

The song "Beheaded" was written by The Offspring and (former member) James Lilja.