120 gram vinyl. Includes the Kerplunk! LP with a full-size insert, and a separate 7" reissue of the Sweet Children EP, which is marked 'Promotion Only' and only notes credits for track D4. Kerplunk! disc label states "Made In Germany." Sweet Children EP label states "Manufactured In Germany."
Green Day's second full album was the perfect dry run for the band's later assault on the mainstream, containing both more variety and more flat-out smashes than previous releases had shown. With Tre Cool now firmly in place as the drummer, the lineup was at last settled, and it turned out Cool and Mike Dirnt were a perfect rhythm section, with the former showing a bit more flash and ability than John Kiftmeyer did. Together the two throw in a variety of guitarless breaks that would later help to define the band's sound for many - warm and never letting the beat go. As for Billie Joe Armstrong, his puppy-dog delivery and eternal switching between snotty humor and sudden sorrrow was better than ever, as were his instantly memorable riffs. The metal-strength chug that always informed the band's best work isn't absent either - check out Armstrong's opening riffing on "Christie Road." the whole thing starts with a note-perfect bang - "2000 Light Years Away" is the absolute highlight of the group's premajor-label days, with a great chorus and classic yearning lyrics. It got buried in the wave of Dookie's success a bit, but one other number didn't - "Welcome to Paradise," also a standout on that album, appears here in it's original form. Rob Cavallo punched up the radio-friendly sound on the latter take, but even here it's a treat and a half - quick, rampaging, and once again with a great stop-start chorus to spare. This vinyl version is on pressed on 180 gram vinyl.
Green Day: Billy Joe (guitar, vocals); Mike (bass); Tre Cool (drums).
Additional personnel: Al Sobrante (drums).
Recorded at Art Of Ears Studio, San Francisco, California in May and September 1991.
All lyrics written by Billie Joe except "Dominated Love Slave" (Tre) and "My Generation" (The Who).
- Format: Vinyl
- Genre: Rock, Punk Rock
- Black Vinyl
- Limited Pressings
TRACKS
A1 2000 Light Years Away
A2 One For The Razorbacks
A3 Welcome To Paradise
A4 Christie Road.
A5 Private Ale
A6 Dominated Love Slave
B1 One Of My Lies
B2 80
B3 Android
B4 No One Knows
B5 Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?
B6 Words I Might Have Ate
Sweet Children
C1 Sweet Children
Written-By [Uncredited] – Billie Joe*, Mike Dirnt
C2 Best Thing In Town
D3 Strangeland
D4 My Generation
Written-By – Pete Townshend
