Name: Warning / Minority (AUS)
Brand: Reprise
SKU: 426409
Price: 17.49 AUD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.1 (11 reviews)

EAN

0093624761327

Writer

Green Day

Producer

Green Day

Country

USA

Studio/Live

Studio

Guest Artist

Benmont Tench

Label

Reprise

Performer Notes

Green Day: Billie Joe (vocals, guitar, mandolin, harmonica); Mike Drint (vocals, Farfisa organ, bass); Tre Cool (accordion, drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: Benmont Tench, Gary Meek, Mistress Simone.
This is an enhanced CD which contains regular audio tracks as well as multimedia computer files.
This limited edition of WARNING contains a 64-page booklet. It is packaged in a digipack in a green plastic bag.
Green Day: Billie Joe (vocals, guitar, mandolin, harmonica); Mike Drint (vocals, Farfisa organ, bass); Tre Cool (accordion, drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: Benmont Tench, Gary Meek, Mistress Simone.
Personnel: Mike Dirnt (vocals, Farfisa); Billie Joe (vocals); Gary Meek (saxophone); Tre Cool (drums).
Audio Mixer: Jack Joseph Puig.
Recording information: Studio 890, Oakland, CA.
Photographers: Lance Bangs; Chris Bilheimer; Marina Chavez.
Unknown Contributor Role: Benmont Tench.
To debate whether or not Green Day truly was or is a punk band in the purest definition of the punk ethic now seems irrelevant. If nothing else, they're a pop band who can't seem to help but write good songs--in the case of WARNING, some really good songs. This album makes up for any missteps the band may have taken since the fluke success of DOOKIE.
From the Katrina And The Waves groove of "Castaway" to the Beatles-esque harmonica on "Hold On," WARNING inspires a sense of musical deja vu that never crosses the line into out-and-out thievery. Hands-down, the most interesting track here is "Misery," which struts along with Doors-like quirkiness and goes through a progression of cultural movements that take instrumental turns in the form of deep strings, mariachi brass, and acoustic guitar melodies. If there's a warning to be found here, it's that Green Day has become a real band. Not very punk of them, but promising all the same.

Professional Reviews

Rolling Stone (1/4/01, p.108) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Top 50 Albums of 2000".

Rolling Stone (10/12/00, p.90) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...The once-giddy melodies now settle for midtempo jangle or novelty....the best tune picks up where 1997s 'Good Riddance' left off....Green Day as the new Bread - who knew?"

Rolling Stone (1/4/01, p.108) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Top 50 Albums of 2000".

Rolling Stone (10/12/00, p.90) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...The once-giddy melodies now settle for midtempo jangle or novelty....the best tune picks up where 1997s 'Good Riddance' left off....Green Day as the new Bread - who knew?"

Spin (12/00, p.215) - 6 out of 10 - "...Ventures a Kurt Weill-style story-song, Beatles harmonica, even the riff from Petula Clark's 'Downtown'....Armstrong is so earnestly good-hearted, so generally inclined toward the inner misfit...you can't help cheering him on..."

Q (11/00, p.102) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Hugely likeable, terribly noisy and cute, as well as being jammed with proper pop songs, there remains nothing wrong with Green Day..."

Q (11/00, p.102) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Hugely likeable, terribly noisy and cute, as well as being jammed with proper pop songs, there remains nothing wrong with Green Day..."

Alternative Press (11/00, p.110) - 4 out of 5 - "...A good little record....further refining the folk-punk they introduced 2 years ago..."

Magnet (1-2/01, p.93) - "...May not only be the most beautiful Green Day LP but also the bravest....working with a sense of maturity they have only begun to express..."

CMJ (10/2/00, p.23) - "...They draw non-punk influences to their sound while hanging tight to [their] melodic Midas touch..."

CMJ (10/2/00, p.23) - "...They draw non-punk influences to their sound while hanging tight to [their] melodic Midas touch..."

Melody Maker (10/3/00, p.58) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...This sort of music used to be called new wave in the late Seventies..."

Melody Maker (10/3/00, p.58) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...This sort of music used to be called new wave in the late Seventies..."

Mojo (Publisher) (10/00, p.102) - "...The sound of 3 men growing old far too gracefully....the tracks stroll along at a worryingly sedate pace, barely breaking a sweat....Like punk never happened. Again."

Mojo (Publisher) (10/00, p.102) - "...The sound of 3 men growing old far too gracefully....the tracks stroll along at a worryingly sedate pace, barely breaking a sweat....Like punk never happened. Again."

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By Caroline on May 27, 2007

Warning crap album alert. Green Day boring mainstream garbage that for some reason is misconstrued as punk. Pop punk esque rock perhaps. Maybe it was the whiny, nasaly vocal of lead man Billie Joe Armstrong was the connection with punk as that seems to be the seal the deal for many wanting to categorise punk. Minority seems to be a fave for those who reviewed previously, this track just highlights the annoying whining nasal vocals and dreary guitar and drumming efforts.

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By H.A. on January 11, 2007

green day on here is rather different to the green day that most of the world knows, as it is less mass produced and more under ground. the songs on here are just as good though, if not better, with hits such as "Minority" and "Fashion Victim" both of which are standouts on here. a must own for green day fans.

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By Sarah on December 1, 2006

One of Green Days earlier work, and is realy different to their stuff released now. This is the beginning of their commercial phase, and they had a smash hit with the song "Minority" which is still popular today. This is a good buy for fans of the band, but for new fans I would probably recommend Dookie over this CD.

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By Jacinta on October 18, 2006

This is when Green Day begun to really go mainstream...and this is where I began to lose interest in the songs and began to like the music more. The only song from the album that speaks to me is Minority, truely and classic, it goes down next to The Living End's Prisoner Of Society.

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Album: Warning / Minority (AUS)
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Warning
2)	Blood, Sex and Booze
3)	Church on Sunday
4)	Fashion Victim
5)	Castaway
6)	Misery
7)	Deadbeat Holiday
8)	Hold On
9)	Jackass
10)	Waiting
11)	Minority
12)	Macy's Day Parade

Album: Warning / Minority (AUS)
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Warning
2)	Blood, Sex and Booze
3)	Church on Sunday
4)	Fashion Victim
5)	Castaway
6)	Misery
7)	Deadbeat Holiday
8)	Hold On
9)	Jackass
10)	Waiting
11)	Minority
12)	Macy's Day Parade