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For the In the Heat of the Night episode, see Conspiracy of One (In the Heat of the Night).
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Conspiracy of One is the sixth studio album by the American Punk rock band The Offspring. It was released on November 14, 2000 debuting at 9 on the US Billboard 200 with around 125,000 copies sold in its first week,[1] and has sold more than 1 million copies worldwide. It is the follow-up to the commercially successful Americana.

The Offspring had come out in support of file sharing, claiming it does not hurt sales. This album was originally planned to be released directly on their website before retail, until their label threatened to sue.

Conspiracy of One is also the band's final studio album with the "classic" line-up, with drummer Ron Welty leaving the band in early 2003 to pursue his career with Steady Ground.

Production and marketing

After the 13 month Americana tour, The Offspring soon began writing songs for Americana's follow-up. Produced by Brendan O'Brien (of Pearl Jam, Bob Dylan, Stone Temple Pilots, Incubus and Papa Roach fame), the album was recorded at NRG in North Hollywood, California. Writing and recording sessions lasted from May to September 2000.

Reception

Conspiracy of One was released on November 14, 2000 and peaked at number 9 on the Billboard 200 album chart.[2] Five weeks after its release, the album was certified gold and platinum.[3]

Liana Jonas of Allmusic described Conspiracy of One as The Offspring's "most musically mature collection to date". Jonas praised the music as "tight arrangements, vocal interplay and refined guitar work" and claims the band injected "elements of hip-hop, rap-metal, and Nirvana-like grunge into a few songs". The album received a rating of three and a half out of five stars, while producing three singles, "Original Prankster", "Want You Bad" and "Million Miles Away", that earned The Offspring its commercial success.[4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Offspring

CD
No.TitleLength
1."Intro"0:05
2."Come Out Swinging"2:47
3."Original Prankster" (with Redman)3:42
4."Want You Bad"3:23
5."Million Miles Away"3:40
6."Dammit, I Changed Again"2:49
7."Living in Chaos"3:28
8."Special Delivery"3:00
9."One Fine Day"2:45
10."All Along"1:39
11."Denial, Revisited"4:33
12."Vultures"3:35
13."Conspiracy of One"2:17

Bonus Tracks

Australian/European Bonus Track
No.TitleLength
14."Huck It"2:38

Album Length

(Without Bonus Track) (With Bonus Track)
Total Duration of Music: 37:43 40:21

Notes

  • First pressings in Australia and UK had the track "Huck It" listed as track 14, later reprints have it unlisted as well as the original Mature audiences rating reduced to a PG rating in Australia.
  • The "Intro" track samples a speech made in concert by Mike Love from The Beach Boys.
  • "Special Delivery" contains a sample from Dr. Hook's song "Hooked On A Feeling".
  • This is the first Offspring album not to contain a ska/reggae track since 1992's Ignition.
  • This album is also an Enhanced CD and contains the karaoke videos of "Original Prankster" and "One Fine Day", and the previous MTV music videos from Americana.
  • This is the only Offspring CD where the word "fuck" is never used, not including the bonus track 'Huck It'.
  • First appearance of the Fire Skull logo, which has been the mascot for The Offspring until their 2008 release Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace, in which the skull is completely absent.
  • "Dammit, I Changed Again" can be heard in the background in the movie "The New Guy".

Sales

Chart (2000-2001) Peak
position 		Certification Sales
U.S. Billboard 200 9 Platinum 1,000,000+
Australian Albums Chart 3 2x Platinum 140,000+
Austrian Albums Chart 7 Gold 10,000+
Canadian Albums Chart 4 2x Platinum 200,000+
Japanese Albums Chart 2 3x Platinum 600,000+
Finland Albums Chart 4 Gold 15,000+
French Albums Chart 3 2x Gold 150,000+
New Zealand Albums Chart 11 Platinum 15,000+
Sweden 8 Gold 15,000+
Swiss Albums Chart 4 Platinum 50,000+
UK Albums Chart 12 Gold 100,000+

Personnel

The Offspring

Additional Persnnel

  • Justin Beope – Design
  • Billy Bowers – Engineer
  • Nick DiDia – Engineer
  • David Dominguez – Assistant Engineer
  • Karl Egsieker – Mixing
  • Ryan Eilliams – Mixing
  • Sean Evans – Art Direction
  • Alan Forbes – Illustrations
  • Ross Garfield – Drum Technician
  • Sarkis Kaloustian – Design
  • Steve Masi – Guitar Technician
  • Eddy Schreyer – Mastering

References

General references

  • Conspiracy of One (Media notes). Columbia Records. 2000. {{cite AV media notes}}: |format= requires |url= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameters: |publisherid=, |mbid=, and |notestitle= (help); Unknown parameter |albumlink= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |bandname= ignored (help)

Notes

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ "Conspiracy of One's entry at Billboard.com". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
  3. ^ "RIAA Certification (type in "Offspring" in the artist box)". RIAA. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
  4. ^ "Conspiracy of One". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
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