Nimrod (1997)
| Artist: Green Day |
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Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
1. Nice Guys Finish Last ~ Green Day
2. Hitchin' A Ride ~ Green Day
3. Grouch, The ~ Green Day
4. Redundant ~ Green Day
5. Scattered ~ Green Day
6. All The Time ~ Green Day
7. Worry Rock ~ Green Day
8. Platypus (I Hate You) ~ Green Day
9. Uptight ~ Green Day
10. Last Ride In ~ Green Day
11. Jinx ~ Green Day
12. Haushinka ~ Green Day
13. Walking Alone ~ Green Day
14. Reject ~ Green Day
15. Take Back ~ Green Day
16. King For A Day ~ Green Day
17. Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) ~ Green Day
18. Prosthetic Head ~ Green Day
Album Notes and Credits
Notes & Personnel Info |
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Green Day: Billie Joe (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Mike Dirnt (vocals, bass); Tre Cool (drums, bongos, tambourine). |
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Additional personnel: Petra Haden (violin); Gabriel McNair, Stephen Bradley (horns). |
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All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology. |
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Personnel: Billie Joe (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Mike Dirnt (vocals); Petra Haden (violin); Gabrial McNair, Stephen Bradley (horns); Tre Cool (drums, bongos, tambourine). |
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Unknown Contributor Role: Mike Dirnt. |
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Green Day's infectious brand of thrashy power-pop is full of references to the generation of punk which preceded them, with adenoidal vocals spinning tales of youthful angst against a backdrop of hard, fast riffs. The difference, of course, is that Green Day is having more fun than the Buzzcocks would ever have admitted to. NIMROD catches the band updating their sound while holding onto the speed and recklessness that made their previous albums so exciting. |
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Touches like the atmospheric, flanged guitars of "Redundant" and the violin on "Hitchin' A Ride" and "Last Ride In," (courtesy of That Dog's Petra Haden) help to take the band in a new, more serious direction. Lest anyone fear that this expansion signals self-indulgence, the tight harmonies of "Scattered" and breakneck pace of "Platypus (I Hate You)" prove that, unlike most angry young men (especially those that happen to be millionaire celebrities), they've managed to hold on to every bit of the energy and rage that propelled them in the first place. |
Producer: Green Day; Rob Cavallo |
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Engineer: Ken Allardyce |
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Musical Guests | |
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Petra Haden |
Artist Overview
Coming out of the grass-roots Gilman St. punk scene of the early-1990s Bay Area, Green Day exploded into the mainstream with their third album, 1994's DOOKIE. The trio's punk energy and pop hooks, influenced by first-generation punks like the Buzzcocks, in turn inspired a huge legion of punk-pop followers. Their energy level flagged a bit following the smash success of DOOKIE, but the band's enormously successful 2004 Grammy-winning political concept album, AMERICAN IDIOT, proved they were mature artists and far from a one-trick pony.
Artist Influences
Agent Orange | Bad Religion | Billy Bragg | Black Flag (Punk) | Buzzcocks | Cheap Trick | Circle Jerks | Dead Kennedys | Hsker D | NOFX | Operation Ivy | Ramones | Sex Pistols | Sham 69 | Stiff Little Fingers | Suicidal Tendencies | The Adverts | The Clash | The Damned | The Jam | The Rezillos | The Undertones | The Who | Tsunami Bomb
Agent Orange | Bad Religion | Billy Bragg | Black Flag (Punk) | Buzzcocks | Cheap Trick | Circle Jerks | Dead Kennedys | Hsker D | NOFX | Operation Ivy | Ramones | Sex Pistols | Sham 69 | Stiff Little Fingers | Suicidal Tendencies | The Adverts | The Clash | The Damned | The Jam | The Rezillos | The Undertones | The Who | Tsunami Bomb
Artist Contemporaries
All | Anti-Flag | Ash | Bad Religion | Bastards of Melody | blink-182 | Cadet | Chopper One | Chumbawamba | Coffin Break | D Generation | Dance Hall Crashers | Dillinger Four | Down by Law | Flashlight Brown | Foo Fighters | H2O | Lagwagon | Less Than Jake | Marvelous 3 | Me First and the Gimme Gimmes | Mudhoney | Nirvana (US) | NOFX | Odd Numbers | Operation Ivy | Pennywise | Rancid | Samiam | Screeching Weasel | Smoking Popes | Sunny Day Real Estate | Supergrass | Sweet Baby | The Bouncing Souls | The Figgs | The Get Set | The Living End (Punk) | The Matches | The Mr. T Experience | The Muffs | The Offspring | The Presidents of the United States of America | The Queers | The Suicide Machines | Ultimate Fakebook | Weezer
All | Anti-Flag | Ash | Bad Religion | Bastards of Melody | blink-182 | Cadet | Chopper One | Chumbawamba | Coffin Break | D Generation | Dance Hall Crashers | Dillinger Four | Down by Law | Flashlight Brown | Foo Fighters | H2O | Lagwagon | Less Than Jake | Marvelous 3 | Me First and the Gimme Gimmes | Mudhoney | Nirvana (US) | NOFX | Odd Numbers | Operation Ivy | Pennywise | Rancid | Samiam | Screeching Weasel | Smoking Popes | Sunny Day Real Estate | Supergrass | Sweet Baby | The Bouncing Souls | The Figgs | The Get Set | The Living End (Punk) | The Matches | The Mr. T Experience | The Muffs | The Offspring | The Presidents of the United States of America | The Queers | The Suicide Machines | Ultimate Fakebook | Weezer
Artist Followers
At the Drive-In | Billy Talent | blink-182 | Face to Face (1~California) | Fall Out Boy | Goldfinger | Good Charlotte | Hawthorne Heights | Hot Water Music | MxPx | My Chemical Romance | Sicko | Simple Plan | Smash Mouth | Sprung Monkey | Sublime (Rock) | Sum 41 | The Matches | Yellowcard
At the Drive-In | Billy Talent | blink-182 | Face to Face (1~California) | Fall Out Boy | Goldfinger | Good Charlotte | Hawthorne Heights | Hot Water Music | MxPx | My Chemical Romance | Sicko | Simple Plan | Smash Mouth | Sprung Monkey | Sublime (Rock) | Sum 41 | The Matches | Yellowcard
Compilation Appearances
Associated Artists and Works
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On, Pickin' |
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U2 |
Technical Info
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Release Date : 10/13/1997 |
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Original Release Date : 1997 |
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Catalog ID : 9362467942 |
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Label : Reprise |
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Number of Discs : 1 |
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Studio/Live : Studio |
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Mono/Stereo : Stereo |
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SPAR Code : n/a |
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UPC : 00093624679424 |
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (10/30/97, p.66)
- 3.5 Stars (out of 5)
- "...Armstrong's juvenile sense of humor is back....a broader view, with neo-psychedelic studio touches, acoustic guitar, violins and horns....Melody is emphasized, and a measure of sincerity is detectable in the singing..."
- 3.5 Stars (out of 5)
- "...Armstrong's juvenile sense of humor is back....a broader view, with neo-psychedelic studio touches, acoustic guitar, violins and horns....Melody is emphasized, and a measure of sincerity is detectable in the singing..."
Spin (12/97, pp.154-155)
- 6 (out of 10)
- "...At heart, NIMROD is a poker-faced rendition of what every band before them has done in this situation--genre-hopping, `testing their boundaries' in the studio, strings, horns, the works....At times, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong even seems to be impersonating Mark Eitzel impersonating Frank Sinatra..."
- 6 (out of 10)
- "...At heart, NIMROD is a poker-faced rendition of what every band before them has done in this situation--genre-hopping, `testing their boundaries' in the studio, strings, horns, the works....At times, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong even seems to be impersonating Mark Eitzel impersonating Frank Sinatra..."
Entertainment Weekly (10/17/97, p.76)
- "...mostly more of the same hyperactive pop-punk it introduced on 1994's DOOKIE. Hooky, too. But since the kids who once embraced the band seem to have outgrown this, will anyone other than rock critics give a hoot?" - Rating: B-
- "...mostly more of the same hyperactive pop-punk it introduced on 1994's DOOKIE. Hooky, too. But since the kids who once embraced the band seem to have outgrown this, will anyone other than rock critics give a hoot?" - Rating: B-
