Warning (album)

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Warning
Warning cover
Studio album by Green Day
Released October 3, 2000
Recorded March–April 2000 at Studio 880, Oakland, CA
Genre Punk rock, alternative rock
Length 41:14
Label Reprise
Producer Green Day
Professional reviews
Green Day chronology
Nimrod
(1997)		 Warning
(2000)		 Tune in, Tokyo...
(2001)

Warning is the sixth full length album by Green Day, released in 2000. Building upon predecessor Nimrod, Warning eschews their trademark punk rock sound and incorporated acoustic elements. Warning was also the first Green Day album that was not produced by Rob Cavallo since Kerplunk.

Although Warning reached #4 on the charts and went gold, the album clearly displayed the fact that Green Day was not enjoying the success they had earned in the past, and held a less prominent spot in the mainstream. Despite its high critical response, it represented the lowest commercial slump in the band's career since their 1994 breakthrough Dookie.

Reaching #4 in the U.S. and UK, Warning has sold 500 thousand units in the U.S. and 5 million worldwide as of August 2006.[citation needed]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Billie Joe Armstrong (lyrics) and Green Day (music), except where noted.

  1. "Warning" – 3:42
  2. "Blood, Sex and Booze" – 3:33
  3. "Church on Sunday" – 3:18
  4. "Fashion Victim" – 2:48
  5. "Castaway" – 3:52
  6. "Misery" (lyrics by Green Day) – 5:05
  7. "Deadbeat Holiday" – 3:35
  8. "Hold On" – 2:56
  9. "Jackass" – 2:43
  10. "Waiting" – 3:13
  11. "Minority" – 2:49
  12. "Macy's Day Parade" – 3:34

[edit] Bonus tracks

The UK, Japanese and Australian releases contain bonus tracks of live versions of songs that originally appeared on Insomniac. The tracks were recorded in early 1996 during concerts in Japan and Prague.

[edit] UK release

  1. "86" (Live in Prague) – 3:01

[edit] Japanese and Australian release

  1. "Brat" (Live in Japan) – 1:42
  2. "86" (Live in Prague) – 3:01

[edit] B-sides

Songs recorded for the album and released as non-LP B-sides:

  1. "Scumbag"
  2. "Outsider" - The Ramones cover
  3. "Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely" - Hüsker Dü cover
  4. "Maria" - later re-recorded for International Superhits!

[edit] Limited edition

A limited edition version of the album was released in December 2000, containing different packaging, a fold-out cardboard sleeve, and computer accessible bonus material that included political public-service announcements, and the twenty-minute show "Green Day - A Tribute".

[edit] In popular culture

[edit] Singles

Year Song Peak positions
US Modern Rock
[1]		 US
Main-
stream Rock
[1]		 UK
Top 40
 Sweden
 New Zealand
 France
[2]
2000 Minority 1 15 18 39
2000 Warning 3 24 27 37
2001 Waiting 26 34

[edit] Personnel

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Green Day single chart history. Billboard. Retrieved on 2007-07-16.
  2. ^ Green Day French single chart history. Retrieved on 2007-07-16.
 The references in this article would be clearer with a different or consistent style of citation, footnoting, or external linking.

[edit] Music Videos

  1. Music Video for Minority
  2. Music Video for Warning
  3. Music Video for Waiting
  4. Music Video for Macy's Day Parade
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