Ixnay on the Hombre is the fourth studio album by the rock band the Offspring, released on February 4, 1997, through Columbia Records, as the band’s first album on the label. After the massive commercial success of their previous album, Smash (1994), the band entered the studio in the middle of 1996 to record their fourth album and it was the first Offspring album not to be produced by Thom Wilson, instead being produced by Dave Jerden. The title combines Pig Latin (“Ixnay” is the version of the word “nix“, familiar in 1940s Hollywood movies) and Spanish (“hombre”, “man”) to convey the message “fuck The Man”, as in “fuck authority”.
Ixnay on the Hombre was a moderate commercial success upon its release, debuting at number nine on the US Billboard 200, and was well received by both critics and fans. It was later certified platinum by the RIAA for shipments of over one million copies in the US, and has sold over three million copies worldwide. Four singles were released from the album: “All I Want“, “Gone Away“, “The Meaning of Life“, and “I Choose“.
Tracklist:
- Disclaimer
- The Meaning of Life
- Mota
- Me & My Old Lady
- Cool to Hate
- Leave It Behind
- Gone Away
- I Choose
- Intermission (Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans, additional lyrics by Dexter Holland)
- All I Want
- Way Down the Line
- Don’t Pick It Up
- Amazed
- Change the World (followed by silence, then the hidden spoken word track “Kiss My Ass)
Credits:
The Offspring
Dexter Holland: vocals, guitar
Noodles: guitar, backing vocals
Greg K.: bass
Ron Welty: drums
Additional musicians
Jello Biafra: spoken word on “Disclaimer”
John Mayer: spoken word on “Intermission”
Calvert DeForest: spoken word on “Cocktail” and “Kiss My Ass”
Jason “Blackball” McLean: additional vocals on “Mota”
Paulinho da Costa: additional percussion
Davey Havok (credited as Davey Havoc): backing vocals
Production
Dave Jerden: production and mixing
Bryan Carlstrom: engineering
Brian Jerden: assistant engineering
Annette Cisneros: assistant engineering
Eddy Schreyer: mastering
Bryan Hall: guitar tech
Sean Evans: art direction
Enrique Chagoya: cover illustration
Lisa Haun: photography
Michael Bolkin: runner
