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Supercharged (2024)

Where the lyrics of Supercharged take you, and where it was really made.

Critics mostly liked it, yet Supercharged became the first Offspring studio album since Ignition (1992) to miss the Billboard 200.

Key places

Recorded at The Warehouse Studio, Vancouver (2024)

Recording site Warehouse Studios — Credits list The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver as one of the album's recording locations, and also as the mixing location. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Recorded at D-13 Studio (2024)

Recording site D-13 Studio (Huntington Beach) — Credits list D-13 Studio as a recording location for the album. The map position is at Huntington Beach city-center level, not at the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Recorded at Plantation Mixing And Recording, Maui (2024)

Recording site Plantation Mixing And Recording — Credits list Plantation Mixing And Recording in Maui as a recording location. The map position is at Maui island level, not at the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Album story

Overview

• Supercharged: eleventh studio album by the American punk rock band the Offspring
• Released October 11, 2024, on Concord Records
• Produced by Bob Rock, who had worked with the band on its previous three studio albums
• First album with bassist Todd Morse as an official member
• First album with multi-instrumentalist Jonah Nimoy and drummer Brandon Pertzborn
• First album with the band as a five-piece

Background

• September 2022 interview with Brazilian station 89FM A Rádio Rock: frontman Dexter Holland confirmed work on new material
• Holland told Times Colonist in November that recording would begin in January 2023 with Bob Rock
• March 2023: the band announced on social media that it was back in the studio
• May 2024 interview with Atlanta's 99X: Holland and guitarist Noodles confirmed the album was completed and that cover art and title were in progress
• The following month the title Supercharged and the release date were announced

Recording

• Recorded at three locations: Maui, Vancouver, and the band's home studio in Huntington Beach
• Drums split between new drummer Brandon Pertzborn and returning session drummer Josh Freese
• Bass split between Dexter Holland and Todd Morse
• Mixing by Adam Greenholtz; mastering by Emily Lazar at The Lodge, New York

Cover

• Skeleton struck by lightning; blue The Offspring logo at the top, white title Supercharged at the bottom, dark starry sky behind

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Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Formed in Garden Grove, California in 1984 under the name Manic Subsidal; renamed The Offspring in 1986.
• Played a key role in reviving mainstream interest in punk rock during the 1990s.
• Have sold more than 45 million records and are among the best-selling punk bands.

Members

• Dexter Holland (lead vocals, guitar) and Noodles (lead guitar) are the founding core.
• Current lineup also includes Todd Morse (bass), Jonah Nimoy (multi-instrumentalist) and Brandon Pertzborn (drums).
• Greg K. Kriesel, a co-founder, was fired from the band in 2018.

Career

• Released Smash (1994) on Epitaph Records; it sold over 11 million copies and helped push punk into the mainstream.
• Signed with Columbia Records in 1996; Americana (1998) reached number two on the Billboard 200.
• Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace (2008) revived their career, with "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid" topping the Billboard rock charts for eleven weeks.
• Released Let the Bad Times Roll (2021) and Supercharged (2024).

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Critic reviews were generally favorable overall
• Many critics regarded Supercharged as an improvement over the previous album, Let the Bad Times Roll (2021)
• Metacritic average of 70%, based on five reviews from English-language media
• Rolling Stone: Jörn Schlüter rated it 3.5 out of 5, saying the album radiates energy from start to finish and the drums drive at top speed
• laut.de: Steffen Eggert rated it 2 out of 5, faulting it for lacking the grit and uncompromising spirit of punk and calling the sound smooth and polished, with some cringe moments
• laut.de also said the album offers a handful of good ideas, but few are fully developed

Records

• Did not enter the Billboard 200, the first Offspring studio album since Ignition (1992) to miss that chart
• Germany: entered the album chart on 18 October 2024 at number six, fell to 67 the following week, then left the top 100
• Also reached the top 10 in Austria, Australia and Switzerland, among others
• Singles Make It All Right, Light It Up and Come to Brazil did not chart in Germany

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · de.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The first single, Make It All Right, was released on June 7, 2024.
• OK, But This is The Last Time had a visualizer on October 11, 2024, and was released as the fourth single on May 30, 2025.
• The fifth single, Looking Out For #1, came out on June 27, 2025, with a ska version and a Dublin version.
• Josh Freese played drums on every track except tracks 2, 3, 6 and 10.
• The cover design echoes Metallica's Ride the Lightning.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · de.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

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