Sort of like they’ve been listening to All Shook Down by The Replacements for weeks on end. At this time in my life, all I wanted was that same angry, loud and aggressive punk rock band I love, and the band delivered an almost totally acoustic record. It’s clear that I love every album on this list for different reasons, but one thing that I cannot pinpoint is exactly why I was so beyond excited for Warning to come out. No other album could have come between these two, but it still lands just underneath the start and end of the growing process for me! I’ll stop yelling. Nimrod was that perfect transition album: The process of getting to Warning. I love a band that allows you to grow with them. It’s almost as if from Insomniac to Warning they were figuring out that new sound I was patiently waiting for. Now once again, numbers 4-6 were TOUGH to rank. Lyrically AND musically.Īs a songwriter and musician myself, I love the final product slightly more than I love the process. All my life, I got ridiculed for not owning Kerplunk, first but even when I did dig back, I still find myself more connected to the more current records. Just so you know: I’m prepared to get hurt for that. For me personally, I found my way to Kerplunk by hearing Dookie, Insomniac, and Nimrod first. But there was some discrepancy on the placement of this one! Don’t be hating. Personally, I think if certain songs were taken off and others were put out on one record, it would’ve been a stronger move and higher on this list… Oh, and it was cool to see them back to working with Rob Cavallo again. I love that drive and effort, but with writing 10 songs, you’re bound to have a few duds and that’s sort of what happened here. I couldn’t help but think “these dudes are crazy…” At this point, they haven’t stopped moving since American Idiot dropped. I was so excited for this trilogy to happen because I love big ideas no matter how “un-punk rock” they are.
Although my excitement for this record was enormous, and I do still go and listen to it often, it still lands at number 9. As would have never gotten one without the other, but when I’m in a Green Day mood, I’m going for the top of the list. I love seeing a band find its identity and develop, so my respect for this record is astronomical, but my appreciation for what has been released since is what makes me the fan I am today. Green Day is one of those bands that allow its fans to grow with them. I didn’t hate it, but I definitely didn’t love it. I honestly don’t have much of a reason for having this album last. If you know him like I do, you know that he most certainly can. Green Day’s music inspired both of us in too many ways to count. We both agree that Green Day doesn’t have a bad album, and we also feel that most bands (like every band that we both have been in) would kill to have written/performed one album on this list, let alone ALL of ‘em, but this subjective list is our ultimate (slightly compromised) list ranking them all.
Luckily there was no shouting Tom’s a nice guy. Tom Kunzman (of the Green Day influenced 18 th & Addison) and I ranked Green Day’s studio albums (not including B-sides or greatest hits) together separately and then convened on a not-too-short and not-too-long phone call.
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