Green Day - 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours (1991)
Their name is a reference to smoking weed all day, and
they're one of the most famous bands in the world! Those silly kids..
Those.. THOSE SWEET CHILDREN!!!
Although it was put together as a compilation album, comprised of "39/Smooth", "Slappy", and "1,000 Hours" by Green Day, many fans consider this to be the true version of their debut album "39/Smooth" so get off my ass! Time to go back to an ancient time when Noel Gallagher wasn't mad at Green Day, but just constantly mad in general.
"I Was There" is a great song, and the lyrics were written by the drummer John 'Al Sobrante' Kiffmeyer (who, if you didn't know, got replaced by Tré Cool after this album), which are nostalgic and pretty much foreshadows what would happen in the band's career in the following year, from the perspective of Al Sobrante. The name "Al Sobrante" reminds me of the name of a beer that has tomato juice in it. Who the hell drinks that shit? Answer: My dad does, so stop talking shit or he'll beat up YOUR dad!!
There's a song on here just called "Green Day", and believe it or not, it's NOT their signature song the crowd goes crazy for as you lift your girlfriend on your shoulders to flash the band as part of one of your weird cuckold fantasies! It's just a pretty simple little song.. Pretty much just like every other song on this album! And by that, I mean these are all basically the same song over and over, but I guess if you like that one song (that isn't "I Was There" because that song is genuinely great) then you'll like the album. Oh yeah, and the Operation Ivy cover is pretty boring compared to the original, because it oddly stripped the original song of its punk sound and changed it to some jazz-bass thing. I have absolutely no idea why they did this. Perhaps it was recorded on the greenest of all green days and they thought it was a good idea or one of their girlfriends at the time liked the song.
Production is.. Yay for audible bass in punk rock albums! Is dat sum slappa-da-bassa in "16"?? You bet your sweet jock-hating ass it is!! Overall, the album sounds surprisingly good. A bit dated, but still pretty good. With just three instruments in the mix, and mixed well, you can hear what each member is doing instrumentally pretty much all throughout it, but of course, the main person to pay attention to is bassist Mike Dirnt. Sure, the production takes a bit of a hit when moving past the initial ten songs (the "39/Smooth" songs) but one thing remains consistent: While Billie Joe Armstrong plays pretty basic guitar riffs while singing, Mike Dirnt carries a lot of the songs instrumentally by himself.
Pick this one up to show your friends "U know they had albums before that trilogy thing right?? Ughh have u ever even heard of American Idiot :///" in the most pretentious way possible!
6/10
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