Ignition (The Offspring album)
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| Studio album by The Offspring | ||||
| Released | October 16, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | June 1992 | |||
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| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 37:24 | |||
| Label | Epitaph | |||
| Producer | Thom Wilson | |||
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Ignition (stylized as ignition) is the second studio album by American punk rock band The Offspring. It was the second Offspring album produced by Thom Wilson, and was released on October 16, 1992 on Epitaph Records, marking their first release on that label.
Released during the alternative rock and grunge-era, the album brought the band small success in Southern California as The Offspring started to gather a following. This success would continue to grow with their next album, Smash. Ignition was certified gold on January 22, 1996, nearly two years after the release of Smash. It has sold over 1 million copies worldwide.
"Kick Him When He's Down" was released as a promotional single in 1995 after the band had risen in popularity; however, it is one of the few singles that did not appear on the band's Greatest Hits album. "Dirty Magic", the sixth track from Ignition, was re-recorded for their ninth studio album, 2012's Days Go By.
The album's title comes from a lyric in "Burn It Up".
In 1991, The Offspring teamed up with producer Thom Wilson to record the Baghdad 7" EP. This EP was instrumental to the band's signing with Epitaph Records. Wilson had been trying to get The Offspring to switch to Epitaph, a label run by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. Gurewitz felt that The Offspring was just not quite pronounced enough for his label, but Baghdad convinced him to give the band a shot. Thanks to the success of Baghdad, The Offspring managed to record their second full-length album. The band entered two recording studios, Westbeach Recorders and Track Record, in June 1992 to record Ignition, in a similar fashion to the production schedule for The Offspring and Baghdad, which were both recorded in just one month (March 1989 and February 1991 respectively).
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