Conspiracy of One
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| Studio album by The Offspring | ||||
| Released | November 14, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | June–August 2000 | |||
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| Length | 37:44 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Brendan O'Brien | |||
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![from MTV Brazil's contest: "Design The Offspring's album cover"[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Conspiracybrasil.jpeg)
from MTV Brazil's contest: "Design The Offspring's album cover"
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| Metacritic | (60/100) |
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| Entertainment Weekly | B |
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| Spin | (7/10) |
| Wall of Sound | (62/100) |
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Conspiracy of One is the sixth studio album by the American punk rock band The Offspring, released on November 14, 2000 through Columbia Records. Following a worldwide tour in support of its previous album, Americana (1998), The Offspring commenced work on a new album. By the time of its release, the band had come out in support of peer-to-peer file sharing, claiming it would not hurt sales. Conspiracy of One was originally planned to be released directly on their website before retail, until their label threatened to sue and the album ended up as a physical release. It would end up becoming The Offspring's final studio album with drummer Ron Welty, as he left the band in early 2003 to pursue his career with Steady Ground.
Conspiracy of One debuted at number nine on the Billboard 200 with around 125,000 copies sold in its first week, and spawned the singles "Original Prankster", "Want You Bad", and "Million Miles Away". The band supported the album with a worldwide tour. Although the album was not as successful as Americana, it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the United States.
The Offspring spent much of 1999 on tour promoting the Americana album. They also appeared at the infamous , where their performance was broadcast live on pay-per-view television. After some time off, the members reconvened in early 2000 to begin work on new material, nine songs of which were in the demo phase at the time. Frontman Dexter Holland told Rolling Stone in May 2000 that, "we came home last Christmas and we kind of took a month just trying to recoup and we started thinking, 'Well, do we want to get started on another record right away?'. "We're all pretty excited about the way things have gone so I spent a couple of months trying to come up with some new material and then [started] jamming out these demos." The Offspring officially entered the studio to begin recording sessions for Conspiracy of One in June 2000. For the recording of the album, the band tapped Brendan O'Brien as its producer and recorded the album at NRG studios in North Hollywood, California over a two-month period.
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