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All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology. Green Day's infectious brand of thrashy power-pop is full of references to the generation of punk which preceded them, with adenoidal vocals spinning tales of youthful angst ... Full Descriptionagainst a backdrop of hard, fast riffs. The difference, of course, is that Green Day is having more fun than the Buzzcocks would ever have admitted to. NIMROD catches the band updating their sound while holding onto the speed and recklessness that made their previous albums so exciting.
Touches like the atmospheric, flanged guitars of "Redundant" and the violin on "Hitchin' A Ride" and "Last Ride In," (courtesy of That Dog's Petra Haden) help to take the band in a new, more serious direction. Lest anyone fear that this expansion signals self-indulgence, the tight harmonies of "Scattered" and breakneck pace of "Platypus (I Hate You)" prove that, unlike most angry young men (especially those that happen to be millionaire celebrities), they've managed to hold on to every bit of the energy and rage that propelled them in the first place.
Green Day: Billie Joe (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Mike Dirnt (vocals, bass); Tre Cool (drums, bongos, tambourine).
Additional personnel: Petra Haden (violin); Gabriel McNair, Stephen Bradley (horns).
Rolling Stone (10/30/97, p.66) - 3.5 Stars (out of 5) - "...Armstrong's juvenile sense of humor is back....a broader view, with neo-psychedelic studio touches, acoustic guitar, violins and horns....Melody is emphasized, and a measure of sincerity is detectable in the singing..."
Spin (12/97, pp.154-155) - 6 (out of 10) - "...At heart, NIMROD is a poker-faced rendition of what every band before them has done in this situation--genre-hopping, `testing their boundaries' in the studio, strings, horns, the works....At times, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong even seems to be impersonating Mark Eitzel impersonating Frank Sinatra..."
Entertainment Weekly (10/17/97, p.76) - "...mostly more of the same hyperactive pop-punk it introduced on 1994's DOOKIE. Hooky, too. But since the kids who once embraced the band seem to have outgrown this, will anyone other than rock critics give a hoot?" - Rating: B- Hide Description Nimrod Music | List Price | $11.98 (You save $2.13) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Alternative, HDCD, Punk | | Label | Reprise | | Orig Year | 1997 | | All Time Sales Rank |  813  | | CD Universe Part number | 1101962 | | Catalog number | 46794 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 14, 1997 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Rob Cavallo; Green Day | | Engineer | Ken Allardyce | | Personnel | Mike - vocals, bass
Billie Joe - vocals, guitar, harmonica
Tre Cool - drums, bongos, tambourine
Also: Petra Haden, Stephen Bradley, Gabriel McNair |
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Nimrod Music Review Average Rating: (4.4 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Great Sounds
I purchased the CD because my daughter and I want to learn to play some of the songs. We play by ear so we got the CD and it's going pretty good. Green day has a great sound.
Submitted by bartthegoat (mENDOTA,iLLINOIS,USA) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No Awesome cd
this was the first green day cd i have ever bought and i love it.
My favorite song is walking alone.
this cd is for sure a good cd and if I had to pick a green day cd for you to buy this would be the one.
Submitted by travis (oscoda michigan)
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This Album is showing that Green Day is I guess experimenting perhaps with newer stuff. It's like half older Green Day and half experimental. I still like it never the less, but it diffinitely isn't as good as the American Idiot CD or Insomniac CD. My favorite songs are; Nice Guys Finish Last, Hitchin' a Ride, Jinx, Reject, Take Back, and Good Riddance.
Submitted by Justin (St. Anthony, NL, CA)
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Pretty good
This cd is good. get it if you don't have this cd
Submitted by Anthony (Salem,OR)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No every green day song rocks
i'm just glad i got international superhits and i bought american idiot all their best songs ever
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