Smash is the third studio album by American punk rock band the Offspring, released on April 8, 1994 by Epitaph Records. After touring in support of their previous album Ignition (1992), the band recorded their next album over two months at Track Record in North Hollywood, California.[3][4]Smash was the band’s final studio album to be produced by Thom Wilson, who had worked with them since their 1989 eponymous debut.

Smash was the Offspring’s introduction into worldwide popularity, and produced a number of hit singles, including “Come Out and Play“, “Self Esteem“, and “Gotta Get Away“. Along with Green Day’s Dookie, Smash was responsible for bringing punk rock into the mainstream, and helped pave the way for the emerging pop punk scene of the 1990s.[5][6][7][8] As a fan favorite, the album received generally positive reviews from critics and garnered attention from major labels, including Columbia Records, with whom the band would sign in 1996.