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Genre: Popular Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 9-JAN-2007

Track Listing

1. At the Library - Green Day, Waba Sé Wasca,
2. Don't Leave Me
3. I Was There
4. Disappearing Boy
5. Green Day
6. Going to Pasalaqua
7. 16
8. Road to Acceptance
9. Rest
10. Judge's Daugthter
11. Paper Lanterns
12. Why Do You Want Him?
13. 409 in Your Coffee Maker
14. Knowledge
15. 1,000 Hours
16. Dry Ice
17. Only of You
18. One I Want
19. I Want to Be Alone

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7059 in Music
• Brand: GREEN DAY
• Released on: 2007-01-09
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Dimensions: .16 pounds

Customer Reviews

Green Day in the raw (sorta)
Even in their early days, Green Day didn't have a particularly aggressive or uncommercial sound- they were their some jumpy, poppy selves, a virtual assembly line of pop-punk crunchiness, with crunch three-chord melodies and nasal vocals. Back then, Billie Joe and company still wrote songs about girls and laziness and boredom, with shades of humor and angst shimmering through the mix. The only thing that was particularly different (aside from the somewhat muddy sound quality) was that Tre Cool had yet to become the band's drummer- his predecessor, a fellow by the name of John Kiffmeyer, isn't bad by any means. He doesn't have Cool's explosive approach, but he knows how to keep a rhythm just fine, and he's got more than enough punky energy.

This disc offers plenty of proof of that. It's a compilation that includes their entire first album (39/Smooth, which makes up the first 10 tracks), as well as two E.P.s (1000 Hours and Slappy, which, respectively, make up tracks 15-18 and 11-14 of this record), and the compilation track "I Want To Be Alone." All of it was released on Lookout! records, and all in all it comprises about half of their pre-major label output. It's all fine stuff for a fan of the band. If you hate Green Day based on records like Dookie and Insomniac, this probably won't change your mind very much. If you've never listened to them before, this isn't really the best place to start: the aforementioned two records are a better bet. Or you could go for the wonderful International Superhits compilation.

As far as highlights go, I really like the rollicking "Don't Leave Me," as well as the exuberant "Going To Pasalacqua." There's also a wonderfully emotional four chord romp called "Only Of You," and a deathlessly catchy song by the name of "1000 Hours." It isn't perfect- "Why Do You Want Him?," "The Judge's Daughter," and others sound more generic than anything, and the cover of Operation Ivy's "Knowledge" sounds like more of a bad joke than anything else. But it's still a fine collection, if you're into this kind of thing (and I certainly am).

Amazing album
It's rare that a young band's first album is extremely good but with Green Day, anything is possible. I wasn't expecting much from this album when I was first getting into Green Day's music, but it completely blew me away. I definitely recommend this album to anyone and if you're a Green Day fan this is a must-have.

Still their best!
I really did like American Idiot, as I'm a fan of the longer songs in any genre (Type O Negative, Frank Zappa, etc.). But this album still held onto it's top position in my collection. It really upset me to see that these "punks" decided to remove any of these classics from their current "Idiotic" setlist at their live shows (save for "Knowledge", which doesn't count as it's a cover tune). "Paper Lanterns" has been a fan favorite since they began playing it in 1989, how can they deny that?!

Other great tracks are; At the Library, Don't Leave Me, I was There, Green Day, Going to Pasalacqua, The Judge's Daughter, 1,000 Hours & Dry Ice.

Tracks 1-10 - 39/Smooth (1st LP)
Tracks 11-18 - 1,000 Hours and Slappy EPs
Track 19 - Flipside: The Big One (Compilation)