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==Reception== {{Music ratings | MC = 60/100<ref name="metacritic"/> | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic"/> | rev2 = ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]'' | rev2score = 6/10<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Offspring: Conspiracy of One |date=January 2001 |journal= [[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |page=81 }}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[Christgau's Consumer Guide]]'' | rev3Score = {{Rating-Christgau|neither}}<ref>{{Cite book |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |chapter=The Offspring |chapter-url=http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=offspring |date=2000-10-15 |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishing]] |isbn=9780312245603 |language=en |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/christgausconsum00chri_0 }}</ref> | rev4 = ''[[Drowned in Sound]]'' | rev4score = 2/10<ref>{{cite web |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2444/reviews/188- |title=The Offspring: Conspiracy of One |date=13 November 2000 |access-date=10 December 2017 |work=[[Drowned in Sound]] |last=Kimmitt |first=James |archive-date=10 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210232315/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/2444/reviews/188- |url-status=dead }}</ref> | rev5 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' | rev5Score = B<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2000/11/13/conspiracy-one/|title=Conspiracy of One|last=Browne|first=David|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=2000-11-17|access-date=2022-06-26}}</ref> | rev6 = ''[[NME]]'' | rev6score = 1/10<ref name="NME">{{cite journal|last=Dempster |first=Sarah |title='Spring Bored |date=11 November 2000 |journal=[[NME]] |page=35}}</ref> | rev7 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' | rev7Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theoffspring/albums/album/227119/review/6209777/conspiracy_of_one|title=The Offspring: Conspiracy of One : Music Reviews|last=Kemp|first=Rob|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=2000-11-23|access-date=2012-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001030422/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/theoffspring/albums/album/227119/review/6209777/conspiracy_of_one|archive-date=2007-10-01|url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev8 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' | rev8Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book |title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]] |year=2004 |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |isbn=0-7432-0169-8}}</ref> | rev9 = ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]'' | rev9score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=The Offspring: Conspiracy of One |date=Jan 2001 |journal=[[Select (magazine)|Select]] |page=106 }}</ref> | rev10 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' | rev10Score = 7/10<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k9KJt3F7IdUC&q=offspring&pg=PA113 |title=The Offspring: Conspiracy of One (Sony) |date=January 2001 |access-date=10 December 2017 |journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |page=113 |last=Sinagra |first=Laura }}</ref> }} ''Conspiracy of One'' was released on November 14, 2000, and peaked at number 9 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] album chart.<ref name="Billboard">{{cite magazine|title=Conspiracy of One's entry at Billboard.com|magazine=Billboard.com|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=the offspring|chart=all}}|access-date=2007-12-20|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929121030/{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=jewel|chart=all}}|archive-date=September 29, 2007}}</ref> Five weeks after its release, the album was certified gold and platinum.<ref name="goldcertification">{{cite web|title=RIAA Certification (type in "Offspring" in the artist box)|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH|access-date=2007-12-20|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626050454/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH|archive-date=2007-06-26}}</ref> The album was also successful in Canada, selling 25,231 copies in its first week and debuting at #4 on the [[Canadian Albums Chart]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/B/Beatles/2004/12/01/781154.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709074135/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/B/Beatles/2004/12/01/781154.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2012-07-09|title='Beatles 1' debuts at #1 in Canada|publisher=[[Jam!]]|access-date=2011-04-03}}</ref> The album was certified 2Γ Platinum by the [[Canadian Recording Industry Association|CRIA]] in February 2007.<ref name="CRIA">{{cite web|url=http://www.cria.ca/gold/0207_g.php|title=Gold & Platinum Certification - February 2007|publisher=[[Canadian Recording Industry Association]]|access-date=2011-04-03|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208025415/http://www.cria.ca/gold/0207_g.php|archive-date=2012-02-08}}</ref> 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 music|hip hop]], [[rap metal]], and [[Nirvana (band)|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 (The Offspring song)|Million Miles Away]]", that earned the Offspring its commercial success.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|title=Conspiracy of One| website=[[AllMusic]]|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r505619|pure_url=yes}}|access-date=2007-12-20}}</ref> So far, the album holds a score of 60 out of 100 from [[Metacritic]] based on "mixed or average reviews".<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/conspiracy-of-one/the-offspring/critic-reviews|title=Critic reviews for Conspiracy Of One|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=2012-10-23}}</ref> The album was included at number 13 on ''Rock Sound''{{'}}s "The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time" list.<ref>Bird, ed. 2014, p. 73</ref>
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