Green Day’s seventh studio album American Idiot was released in September 2004 and has since sold over 23 million copies worldwide. The album is a punk rock opera masterpiece that won the Best Rock Album at the 2005 Grammy Awards©. Five hit singles were released from the album: “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”, “Holiday”, “Wake Me Up When September Ends”, “Jesus of Suburbia”, and the title track, “American Idiot”.

TRACK LISTING

Side A:
01 American Idiot
02 Jesus Of Suburbia
I. Jesus Of Suburbia
II. City Of The Damned
III. I Don't Care
IV. Dearly Beloved
V. Tales Of Another Broken Home

Side B:
03 Holiday
04 Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
05 Are We The Waiting
06 St. Jimmy

Side C:
07 Give Me Novacaine
08 She's A Rebel
09 Extraordinary Girl
10 Letterbomb
11 Wake Me Up When September Ends

Side D:
12 Homecoming
I. The Death Of St. Jimmy
II. East 12th St.
III. Nobody Likes You
IV. Rock And Roll Girlfriend
V. We're Coming Home Again
13 Whatsername

Warning, Green Day's 6th studio album, was released in 2000 and continued the remarkable run of successful releases for the band following Dookie, Insomniac and Nimrod.

The album blends the band's usual punk rock sound with pop, folk and acoustic elements. Hit singles from Warning include "Minority" and "Macy's Day Parade".

Green Day’s third studio album Dookie was released in February 1994, and has since sold over 15 million copies worldwide, including 10 million in the US (RIAA Diamond certified). The album is an iconic punk-rock-pop masterpiece and one of the most influential and defining albums of the 1990’s. It spawned five hit singles that are still hugely popular songs: “Longview”, “Basket Case”, “Welcome to Paradise”, “When I Come Around”, and “She”.

In addition to the original album, the super deluxe box sets will include a wealth of rare and unreleased material. The legendary Woodstock ’94 performance is included – previously released as a very limited Record Store Day vinyl release. The 6 LPs (or 4 CDs) also feature 17 unreleased demos, 6 studio outtakes (3 unreleased), and a 17-track unreleased club show from Barcelona in 1994.

TRACK LISTING

Original Album
1. Burnout
2. Having A Blast
3. Chump
4. Longview
5. Welcome To Paradise
6. Pulling Teeth
7. Basket Case
8. She
9. Sassafras Roots
10. When I Come Around
11. Coming Clean
12. Emenius Sleepus
13. In The End
14. F.O.D.
15. All By Myself

Demos
4 Track Demos
1. Burnout (4-track Demo)
2. Chump (4-track Demo)
3. Pulling Teeth (4-track Demo)
4. Basket Case (4-track Demo)
5. She (4-track Demo)
6. Sassafras Roots (4-track Demo)
7. When I Come Around (4-track Demo)
8. In The End (4-track Demo)
9. F.O.D. (4-track Demo)
10. When It’s Time (4-track Demo)
Cassette Demos
11. When I Come Around (Cassette Demo)
12. Basket Case (Cassette Demo)
13. Longview (Cassette Demo)
14. Burnout (Cassette Demo)
15. Haushinka (Cassette Demo)
16. J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva) (Cassette Demo)
17. Having A Blast (Cassette Demo)

Outtakes
1. Christie Rd. (Outtake)
2. 409 In Your Coffeemaker (Outtake)
3. J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva) (Outtake)
4. On The Wagon (Outtake)
5. Tired Of Waiting For You (Outtake)
6. Walking The Dog (demo) (Outtake)

Woodstock 1994
1. Welcome To Paradise (Live At Woodstock 1994)
2. One Of My Lies (Live At Woodstock 1994)
3. Chump (Live At Woodstock 1994)
4. Longview (Live At Woodstock 1994)
5. Basket Case (Live At Woodstock 1994)
6. When I Come Around (Live At Woodstock 1994)
7. Burnout (Live At Woodstock 1994)
8. F.O.D. (Live At Woodstock 1994)
9. Paper Lanterns (Live At Woodstock 1994)
10. Shit Show (Live At Woodstock 1994)

Live In Barcelona 1994
1. Welcome To Paradise (Live At Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994)
2. One Of My Lies (Live At Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994)
3. Chump (Live At Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994)
4. Longview (Live At Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994)
5. Burnout (Live At Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994)
6. Only Of You (Live At Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994)
7. When I Come Around (Live At Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994)
8. 2000 Light Years Away (Live At Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994)
9. Going To Pasalacqua (Live At Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994)
10. Knowledge (Live At Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994)
11. Basket Case (Live At Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994)
12. Paper Lanterns (Live At Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994)
13. Dominated Love Slave (Live At Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994)
14. F.O.D. (Live At Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994)
15. Road To Acceptance (Live At Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994)
16. Christie Rd. (Live At Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994)
17. Disappearing Boy (Live At Garatge Club, Barcelona 1994)

Between 1994 to 2001, Green Day would visit the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios in London four times and record live sessions for Radio 1’s “Evening Show” and its DJ Steve Lamacq.

On December 10th, Warner Records will release Green Day ‘BBC Sessions’, a 16-track collection of these recordings which documents those sessions, all of which are being released for the first time.

This compilation includes many of the band’s hits including “When I Come Around”, “Basket Case”, “Brain Stew/Jaded” and “Minority”.

TRACK LISTING

01 She (BBC Live Session)
02 When I Come Around (BBC Live Session)
03 Basket Case (BBC Live Session)
04 2000 Light Years Away (BBC Live Session)
05 Geek Stink Breath (BBC Live Session)
06 Brain Stew/Jaded (BBC Live Session)
07 Walking Contradiction (BBC Live Session)
08 Stuck With Me (BBC Live Session)
09 Hitchin' A Ride (BBC Live Session)
10 Nice Guys Finish Last (BBC Live Session)
11 Prosthetic Head (BBC Live Session)
12 Redundant (BBC Live Session)
13 Castaway (BBC Live Session)
14 Church On Sunday (BBC Live Session)
15 Minority (BBC Live Session)
16 Waiting (BBC Live Session)

Do you remember when Green Day were young and loud and took meth rather than all-in-one vitamin suppliments? I do, and it was a great time. Following on from their breakout 1994 LP, 'Dookie' was never going to be easy, having amassed a ton of new fans and lost a few that didn't like their new, clean-cut major label outlook (it's just a bit of compression guys, give it a rest), 1995's 'Insomniac' was possibly not quite what people expected. 

Expectations or not though, Insomniac couldn't be any more representative of a band launched to the limelight, with their sound maintaining it's unique bass-heavy sound but the snarling world-weary subject matters taking forefront. 'Geek Stink Breath' for example screaming about the downsides of methamphetamine use, much like Insomniac's arguable standout 'Brain Stew' (fun fact : the MASSIVE hit 'Time Of Your Life' from follow-up 'Nimrod' was in fact a B-side to a brain-shaped CD single that included Brain Stew, Jaded and a stripped-back acoustic strummed affair then titled just 'Good Riddance') 

It's an absolutely stunning LP, and a perfect, darker flipside to Dookie's naive snarling youth.  

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: I know, I know, everyone prefers 'Dookie' but it just didn't have the wide-ranging breadth of sounds we get on 'Insomniac'. It's undeniably cleaner, but with changes in rhythm and drive, and it's more introspective moments it's a different pace, and a clear sign of their more nuanced sound.

TRACK LISTING

1. Armatage Shanks 2:16
2. Brat 1:43
3. Stuck With Me 2:15
4. Geek Stink Breath 2:15
5. No Pride 2:19
6. Bab's Uvula Who? 2:08
7. 86 2:47
8. Panic Song 3:35
9. Stuart And The Ave. 2:03
10. Brain Stew 3:12
11. Jaded 1:30
12. Westbound Sign 2:13
13. Tight Wad Hill 2:01
14. Walking Contradiction 2:31

There's no way of denying (though most of my colleagues may try and say otherwise) that Dookie was one of the most seminal albums of the 90's. From the manic drum fill before the roaring snot-nosed fury of 'Burnout', it's clear that we're on to something pretty special.

From the reinvigorated canonical gloom of 'Welcome To Paradise' (first heard on 1991's 'Kerplunk') and the unmistakeable catchy delights of 'Basket Case' (arguably their biggest hit before the folk-tinged noughties output). We get moments of pained teen relationship woes in the dynamic but longing ('She', 'Coming Clean')  and rhythmic, poppy micro-breakdowns that epitomise the short-form 4-chord delights that Green Day have become so synonymous with. 

It's a nostalgic, but thoroughly enjoyable journey, filled with moments of pure pop-punk perfection and holds up jast as well today as it ever did. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: This was, undoubtedly the sound of my teenage years and i'm delighted that I can finally play it in the shop (depending on who's in). 'Welcome To Paradise', 'She' 'When I Come Around' and 'Basket Case' all absolute classics, and that is by no means an exhaustive list. There's not a bad tune on here.

TRACK LISTING

1 Burnout 2:07
2 Having A Blast 2:44
3 Chump 2:54
4 Longview 3:59
5 Welcome To Paradise 3:44
6 Pulling Teeth 2:30
7 Basket Case 3:03
8 She 2:14
9 Sassafras Roots 2:37
10 When I Come Around 2:58
11 Coming Clean 1:34
12 Emenius Sleepus 1:43
13 In The End 1:46
14.1 F.O.D. 4:08

THIS IS A RECORD STORE DAY 2014 EXCLUSIVE, LIMITED TO ONE PER PERSON.

This special edition release features 18 unreleased demo recordings from Green Day’s ¡Uno!, ¡Dos! and ¡Tré! sessions at Jingletown Studios in Oakland. Demolicious includes one previously unreleased song, “State of Shock,” and an acoustic version of “Stay The Night”.