Bullet in a Bible

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
IGN	(7.9/10)^[2]
Pitchfork Media	(3.0/10)^[3]
PopMatters	^[4]

Bullet in a Bible is a live album by the American punk rock band Green Day. It was released on November 15, 2005 through Reprise Records. It was directed by Samuel Bayer, who was the director of all the videos from American Idiot.

Background and release

Bullet in a Bible documents one of the two biggest shows that Green Day have performed in their career. They played in front of a crowd of over 130,000 people at the Milton Keynes National Bowl in United Kingdom on June 18–19, 2005. The band was supported by Jimmy Eat World, Taking Back Sunday, and Hard-Fi during their American Idiot world tour. Fourteen of the twenty songs performed at these shows were included on the disc; missing out "Jaded", "Knowledge", "She", "Maria", "Homecoming" and "We Are The Champions".

Bullet in a Bible was released as a double-LP set on November 10, 2009, as part of the band's 2009 vinyl re-release campaign.

Commercial performance

Bullet in a Bible peaked on the Billboard 200 at number eight and spent 14 weeks on the chart.^[5] It has also reached top 10 positions in many European countries.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Billie Joe Armstrong; all music is composed by Green Day, except where noted

No.	Title	Length
1.	"American Idiot"	4:32
2.	"Jesus of Suburbia"	9:23
3.	"Holiday"	4:12
4.	"Are We the Waiting"	2:49
5.	"St. Jimmy"	2:55
6.	"Longview"	4:44
7.	"Hitchin' a Ride"	4:03
8.	"Brain Stew"	3:02
9.	"Basket Case"	2:58
10.	"King for a Day/Shout" ("Shout" written and originally performed by The Isley Brothers)	8:47
11.	"Wake Me Up When September Ends"	5:03
12.	"Minority"	4:19
13.	"Boulevard of Broken Dreams"	4:44
14.	"Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"	4:20
Total length:		64:57

Personnel

Green Day

Billie Joe Armstrong – lead vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, harmonica
Mike Dirnt – bass, backing vocals
Tré Cool – drums, percussion, backing vocals on "King for a Day/Shout"

Additional musicians

Jason White – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Jason Freese – keyboards, piano, acoustic guitar, trombone, saxophone, accordion, backing vocals
Ronnie Blake – trumpet, timpani, percussion, backing vocals
Mike Pelino – rhythm guitar, backing vocals on St. Jimmy

Production

CD

Rob Cavallo; Green Day - producers
Doug McKean - engineer
Chris Lord-Alge - mixing
Dmitar Krnjaic; Keith Armstrong - assistant engineers
John Van Nest - editing
Ted Jensen - mastering

DVD

Samuel Bayer - director
Tim Lynch - producer
Pat Magnarella; Kim Dellara - executive producers
Tim Royes - editor
Chris Dugan - additional filming

Packaging

Wade Brands - photography
Chris Bilheimer - packaging, menu design

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2005–06)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[6]	8
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[7]	5
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[8]	34
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[9]	15
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)^[10]	15
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[11]	26
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[12]	21
French Albums (SNEP)^[13]	21
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[14]	7
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[15]	8
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[16]	5
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[17]	30
Portuguese Albums (AFP)^[18]	9
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[19]	7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[20]	11
UK Albums (OCC)^[21]	6
US Billboard 200^[5]	8

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)^[22]	Platinum	70,000^{^}
Germany (BVMI)^[23]	Gold	100,000^{^}
Germany (BVMI)^[24] for the DVD	7× Gold	175,000^{^}
Mexico (AMPROFON)^[25]	Gold	50,000^{^}
New Zealand (RMNZ)^[26]	Gold	7,500^{^}
United Kingdom (BPI)^[27]	Platinum	300,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Bullet in a Bible at AllMusic
^ IGN review
^ Pitchfork Media review
^ PopMatters review
^ ^a ^b "Green Day Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "Australiancharts.com – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "Austriancharts.at – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "Ultratop.be – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "Ultratop.be – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "Danishcharts.dk – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "Green Day: Bullet in a Bible" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "Lescharts.com – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "Officialcharts.de – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "Italiancharts.com – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "Charts.nz – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "Portuguesecharts.com – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2005 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Green Day; 'Bullet in a Bible')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Green Day; 'Bullet in a Bible')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
^ "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Type Green Day in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Bullet in a Bible in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.
^ "New Zealand album certifications". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "British album certifications". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field.

External links

Bullet in a Bible at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
The Killers "offended" by Green Day

[1] Bullet in a Bible at AllMusic

[2] IGN review

[3] Pitchfork Media review

[4] PopMatters review

[Billboard200-5] "Green Day Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[ac_Australia_Green_Day-6] "Australiancharts.com – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[ac_Austria_Green_Day-7] "Austriancharts.at – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[ac_Flanders_Green_Day-8] "Ultratop.be – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[ac_Wallonia_Green_Day-9] "Ultratop.be – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[ac_Denmark_Green_Day-10] "Danishcharts.dk – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[ac_Netherlands_Green_Day-11] "Dutchcharts.nl – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[ac_Finland_Green_Day-12] "Green Day: Bullet in a Bible" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[ac_France_Green_Day-13] "Lescharts.com – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[ac_Germany3_Green_Day-14] "Officialcharts.de – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[ac_Italy_Green_Day-15] "Italiancharts.com – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[ac_New_Zealand_Green_Day-16] "Charts.nz – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[ac_Norway_Green_Day-17] "Norwegiancharts.com – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[ac_Portugal_Green_Day-18] "Portuguesecharts.com – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[ac_Sweden_Green_Day-19] "Swedishcharts.com – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[ac_Switzerland_Green_Day-20] "Swisscharts.com – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[ac_UK2_Green_Day-21] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[AustraliaGreen_DayBullet_in_a_BiblealbumCertRef-22] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2005 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.

[GermanyGreen_DayBullet_in_a_BiblealbumCertRef-23] "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Green Day; 'Bullet in a Bible')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.

[GermanyGreen_DayBullet_in_a_BiblevideoCertRef-24] "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Green Day; 'Bullet in a Bible')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.

[MexicoGreen_DayBullet_in_a_BiblealbumCertRef-25] "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Type Green Day in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Bullet in a Bible in the box under the TÍTULO column heading.

[New_ZealandalbumCertRef-26] "New Zealand album certifications". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[United_KingdomalbumCertRef-27] "British album certifications". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field.

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