Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Entertainment Weekly	B+
Los Angeles Times
NME	3/10
Rolling Stone
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Select	4/5
Spin	5/10
The Village Voice	A−

Americana is the fifth studio album by the American punk rock band The Offspring, released on November 17, 1998. Following a worldwide tour in support of its previous album, Ixnay on the Hombre (1997), The Offspring commenced work on a new album.

Americana was a major success, debuting at number six on the Billboard 200 with around 175,000 copies sold in its first week and peaking at number two for two nonconsecutive weeks, spending 22 nonconsecutive weeks in the top 10, becoming the Offspring's highest ever chart position. It is the band's second best selling album to their 1994 breakout Smash. Americana has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide, with over 9 million copies certified, while achieving 5x platinum status alone in the United States for 5 million copies shipped.

The album contains the hit singles "Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)", "Why Don't You Get a Job?" and "The Kids Aren't Alright". Crossing over from mainstream rock and alternative rock radio to Top 40 pop radio stations, the tracks enjoyed similar success to the singles from Smash. "She's Got Issues", the final single of the album, was moderately well-received, though not as successful as the 3 preceding hits. The album's singles (excluding "She's Got Issues") were included on the band's Greatest Hits compilation. The CD version of the album also includes the music video for "The Meaning Of Life", a song from their 1997 album Ixnay On the Hombre, playable on DVD ROM. Americana was nominated for the 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards for "Best Album", but lost to Boyzone's By Request. The Offspring supported the album with a worldwide tour and appeared at the infamous , where their performance was broadcast live on pay-per-view television. The band played Americana in its entirety for the first time in 2015, at Amnesia Rock Fest. It is also the last Offspring album to contain a hidden track.

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