Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: This was their first album released on the major label Columbia Records ( however , in Europe , it was released on Epitaph ) and also its first collaboration with record producer Dave Jerden , who would produce the band 's next album Americana ( 1998 ) .
Simplified: Produced by Dave Jerden , the album was released on February 4 , 1997 through Columbia Records ( their former label Epitaph released it in Europe ) .