Nimrod (album)
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| Studio album by Green Day | ||||
| Released | October 14, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | May – July 1997 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock, alternative rock, pop punk | |||
| Length | 49:09 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Producer | Rob Cavallo and Green Day | |||
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Robert Christgau |  [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B−[3] |
| Pitchfork Media | (7.0/10)[4] |
| Rolling Stone | [5] |
Nimrod (stylized as "nimrod." on the label) is the fifth studio album by the American punk rock band Green Day. It was released on October 14, 1997 through Reprise Records. The album peaked at number ten on the Billboard U.S. charts, and achieved double platinum status, although it did not revive Green Day's sales to the level of Dookie. The album has sold 2,083,000 copies in the United States alone and over 5 million worldwide.[6] Nimrod also achieved critical respect and yielded the acoustic hit "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)".
Nimrod was reissued on vinyl on June 16, 2009. The album was also released as an HDCD. The songs "Nice Guys Finish Last", "Hitchin' a Ride", and "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" are featured in the video game Green Day: Rock Band.
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[edit] Music and lyrics
Nimrod is more musically varied than previous Green Day albums. On "Take Back", Armstrong employs death metal-style vocals during the chorus.[7] "Last Ride In" is a surf rock instrumental, and "King for a Day" is a ska punk song featuring a full horn section.[7]
[edit] Track listing
All lyrics written by Billie Joe Armstrong, all music composed by Green Day.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Nice Guys Finish Last" | 2:49 |
| 2. | "Hitchin' a Ride" | 2:51 |
| 3. | "The Grouch" | 2:12 |
| 4. | "Redundant" | 3:17 |
| 5. | "Scattered" | 3:02 |
| 6. | "All the Time" | 2:10 |
| 7. | "Worry Rock" | 2:27 |
| 8. | "Platypus (I Hate You)" | 2:21 |
| 9. | "Uptight" | 3:04 |
| 10. | "Last Ride In" | 3:47 |
| 11. | "Jinx" | 2:12 |
| 12. | "Haushinka" | 3:25 |
| 13. | "Walking Alone" | 2:45 |
| 14. | "Reject" | 2:05 |
| 15. | "Take Back" | 1:09 |
| 16. | "King for a Day" | 3:13 |
| 17. | "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" | 2:34 |
| 18. | "Prosthetic Head" | 3:38 |
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Total length:
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49:09 | |
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| 19. | "Desensitized" | 2:49 | |||||||
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| 19. | "Suffocate" | 2:54 | |||||||
| 20. | "Do Da Da" | 1:30 | |||||||
| 21. | "Desensitized" | 2:48 | |||||||
| 22. | "You Lied" | 2:26 | |||||||
[edit] B-sides and outtakes
| Song | Length | Release(s) |
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| "Suffocate" | 2:54 | Released as a B-side to "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" |
| "Desensitized" | 2:48 | Released as a B-side to "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" |
| "You Lied" | 2:54 | Released as a B-side to "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" |
| "Rotting" | 2:48 | Released as a B-side to "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" |
| "Espionage" | 3:23 | Released as a B-side to "Hitchin' a Ride" |
| "Sick of Me" | 2:07 | Released as a B-side to "Hitchin' a Ride" |
| "The Ballad of Wilhelm Fink" | 0:32 | Released on the Fat Wreck Chords compilation album Short Music for Short People |
| "19th Nervous Breakdown" | 2:35 | Unreleased |
| "Alison" | 1:45 | Unreleased; performed live in 2006 with Elvis Costello |
| "DUI" | 1:50 | Limited release; now available for download |
[edit] Personnel
- Green Day
- Billie Joe Armstrong – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica on track 13
- Mike Dirnt – bass, backing vocals, baseball bat on track 19 (Japanese version; track 21 on the Australian version)
- Tré Cool – drums, bongos, tambourine
- Additional musicians
- Petra Haden - violin on tracks 2 and 10
- Conan McCallum – violin on track 17
- Gabrial McNair; Stephen Bradley – horns
- David Campbell - strings arranger
- Production
- Rob Cavallo; Green Day – producers
- Ken Allardyce - recording, engineer
- Tony Flores; Mike Dy; Barry Goldberg; Bill Kinsley; Wes Seidman - additional engineers[8]
- Chris Lord-Alge - mixing[8]
- Snorri Brothers - photography[8]
- Chris Bilheimer - photography, art direction, design[8]
[edit] Chart positions
[edit] Album
| Austrian Albums Chart[9] | 8 |
| Argentinean Albums Chart[10] | 1 |
| Canadian Albums Chart[11] | 1 |
| Denmark Albums Chart[12] | 2 |
| Dutch Albums Chart[13] | 1 |
| Finnish Albums Chart[14] | 2 |
| France Albums Chart[15] | 2 |
| German Album Charts | 1 |
| Greek Albums Chart[16] | 1 |
| Hungarian Albums Chart[17] | 1 |
| Irish Albums Chart[13] | 1 |
| Italian Albums Chart[18] | 1 |
| Japanese Albums Chart[19] | 1 |
| Mexican Albums Chart | 2 |
| Norwegian Albums Chart[13] | 2 |
| Poland Albums Chart[20] | 2 |
| Portugal Albums Chart[21] | 8 |
| Scottish Albums Chart[22] | 3 |
| Spain Albums Chart[23] | 5 |
| Swedish Albums Chart[24] | 3 |
| Swiss Albums Chart[25] | 1 |
| UK Albums Chart[26] | 1 |
| UK Rock Albums[27] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200[27] | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Rock Albums[28] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Alternative Albums[29] | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Digital Albums[30] | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard Tastemaker Albums Chart[31] | 1 |
[edit] References
- ^ "Allmusic review". http://www.allmusic.com/album/r315299/review.
- ^ "Robert Christgau review". http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=green+day.
- ^ "Entertainment Weekly review". 1997-10-17. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,289864,00.html.
- ^ "Pitchfork Media review". Archived from the original on 2008-01-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20080107054444/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/18207-nimrod.
- ^ "Rolling Stone review". http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/nimrod-19971020.
- ^ "Week Ending July 11, 2010: A Full Recovery - Chart Watch". New.music.yahoo.com. 2010-07-14. http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/58392/week-ending-july-11-2010-a-full-recovery/;_ylt=AriUcgbIpFU5GZNahFzuwdkPwiUv?page=2#comments. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
- ^ a b Catlin, Roger (October 16, 1997). "Green Day's `Nimrod' (you Know The Type)". The Hartford Courant. Tribune Company. http://articles.courant.com/1997-10-16/entertainment/9710150082_1_green-day-s-nimrod-band-death-metal. Retrieved October 23, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e Nimrod liner notes. Retrieved 2011-10-13
- ^ Austria Top 40 – Alben Top 75 15.04.2011 – austriancharts.at
- ^ Argentine – Top Album Chart
- ^ Canadian Albums | Billboard.com
- ^ Danish charts portal – danishcharts.com
- ^ a b c Green Day – Awesome As F**k – Music Charts
- ^ Finnish charts portal – finnishcharts.com
- ^ Disque en France
- ^ Top 75 COMBINED REPERTOIRE (ALBUMS) – Ελληνικο Chart
- ^ "MAHASZ – Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége". mahasz.hu. http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=archivum&lista=top40&ev=2011&het=12&submit_=Keres%E9s. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
- ^ FIMI – Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana – Classifiche
- ^ Green Day - Awesome as F**k - Oricon Style
- ^ OLIS – Official Retail Sales Chart
- ^ Portuguese charts portal
- ^ Scottish Albums Chart
- ^ Promusicae
- ^ Swedish Charts – ALBUMS TOP 60 2011-04-08 – swedishcharts.com
- ^ Schweitzer Hitparade – Alben TOP 100 17.04.2011 – hitparade.ch
- ^ TOP 40 OFFICIAL UK ALBUMS ARCHIVE – Archive Chart
- ^ a b TOP 40 ROCK & METAL ALBUMS ARCHIVE
- ^ Top Rock Music, Rock Music Albums & Rock Music Artists Charts | Billboard.com
- ^ Alternative Albums | Billboard.com
- ^ Digital Albums | Billboard.com
- ^ Tastemaker Albums | Billboard.com
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