The Adicts "Smart Alex" 2025-07-04 debuting at #6 on the

debuting at #6 on the Billboard 200 and is the band's second best-selling album to their 1994 breakout Smash

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It was released in August 1994 on Interscope Records and attained RIAA gold and platinum status in December 1995 and December 1996 respectively

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The Adicts "Smart Alex" 2025-07-04 debuting at #6 on theSmart Alex," originally released in 1985, is just as great as their first two albums; this time out they took some chances and slowed things down at times, giving the album a cool ominous tone, creating a fantastic slice of darkness tinged punk with doses of pop and new wave without compromising anything that made them the great punk band that they had become. Just check out tracks like "California or "Jellybaby" to see how a band can progress and