Kerplunk (album)

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Kerplunk
Studio album by
Green Day
Released January 17, 1992  ( 1992-01-17 )
Recorded May–September 1991 at Art of Ears Studios in San Francisco , California
Genre Punk rock
Length 33 : 58 (vinyl version)
42:09 (CD version)
Label Lookout! , Reprise , Epitaph
Producer Andy Ernst and Green Day
Green Day chronology
1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours
(1991) 		Kerplunk Dookie
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]
Robert Christgau (2-star Honorable Mention)[2]
Pitchfork Media (8.5/10) [3]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars[4]

Kerplunk (also known as Kerplunk! ) is the second full-length album by punk rock band Green Day . It was released on January 17, 1992 by Lookout! Records .

Track listing [ change | change source ]

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

No. Title Length
1. "2,000 Light Years Away" (music written by Green Day, Jesse Michaels , Pete Rypins and Dave "E.C." Henwood) 2:24
2. "One for the Razorbacks"   2:30
3. " Welcome to Paradise "   3:30
4. "Christie Road"   3:33
5. "Private Ale"   2:26
6. "Dominated Love Slave" (lyrics written by Tre Cool ) 1:42
7. "One of My Lies"   2:19
8. "80"   3:39
9. "Android"   3:00
10. "No One Knows"   3:39
11. "Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?"   2:44
12. "Words I Might Have Ate"   2:32
Total length:
33:58
Bonus tracks (CD & cassette only)
No. Title Length
13. "Sweet Children"   1:41
14. "Best Thing in Town" (lyrics written by Armstrong and Mike Dirnt ) 2:03
15. "Strangeland"   2:08
16. " My Generation " (lyrics and music written by Pete Townshend ; originally performed by The Who ) 2:19
Total length:
42:09

Personnel [ change | change source ]

Sources [ change | change source ]

  1. ↑ Raggett, Ned. " Kerplunk! Review" . Allmusic . Rovi . Retrieved June 19, 2011 .
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert . "Green Day" . Retrieved June 19, 2011 .
  3. ↑ "Green Day: 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours/Kerplunk" . Pitchfork .
  4. ↑ Rolling Stone (p.81) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Things came together on KERPLUNK: Drummer Tre Cool joined the band, the tunes got very catchy, and major-label stardom followed..."

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