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Shenanigans is the companion piece to 2001's International Superhits. Where that compilation collected Green Day's singles, this rounds up the B-sides and such ephemera as soundtrack compilations, gathering the best (plus the new "Ha Ha You're Dead") for a 14-track trek through the band's alternate history. Now, any serious rock listener knows that B-sides don't necessarily mean subpar material, and such '90s bands as Oasis and Suede have had B-sides every bit as good as the material that made the official albums, and their subsequent B-sides albums have been gems in their discographies. This is largely because both bands had prime periods where everything they did pretty much turned to gold. Green Day never quite had an equivalent prime period. After they made their mark with Dookie, they maintained a high level of quality, constantly expanding their vision and refining their craft with each album, but they never had a time where they burned so brightly they couldn't fit all the great songs onto the proper albums and had to spill 'em out over the B-sides. Green Day knew what their best songs were, and apart from "J.A.R.," which they threw out to the Angus soundtrack, they kept 'em on the albums, and they turned out material for B-sides largely because they had to; that was the game in the '90s -- you had to make sure the multi-part singles in the U.K. had unique material, and if a soundtrack came calling, you had to ante up. So, the songs that comprise Shenanigans are an appealing mixed bag since they were, by and large, songs Green Day finished because they had to. Since they're an excellent, restless band, there's variety here -- bits of surf rock, classic British Invasion, classic British punk, and singalong pop -- nothing is less than enjoyable, and some of it is quite good. But it's never terrific, revelatory, or amazing, giving the dedicated fans songs they just can't live without (to reduce it to the Oasis/Suede terms, no "Acquiesce," no "My Insatiable One"). It's fun, to be sure, especially for the fans who are the compilation's target audience, but everything here sounds like the classic definition of B-sides -- good and familiar, but not as good as what made the album.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Barry Goldberg, Engineer - Tre Cool, Producer, Drums, Writer - Billie Joe Armstrong, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Mike Dirnt, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Mixer, Engineer - Steve Hall, Engineer, Masterer - Mike Dy, Engineer - Rob Cavallo, Producer - Green Day, Producer, MainArtist - Robert Vosgien, Remastering Engineer - Ken Allardyce, Producer, Engineer, Recorded by - Wes Seidman, Engineer - Bill Kinsley, Engineer
© 2002 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. ℗ 2002 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
Barry Goldberg, AdditionalEngineer - Tre Cool, Producer, Drums, Writer - Billie Joe Armstrong, Producer, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - Mike Dirnt, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, MixingEngineer - Steve Hall, MasteringEngineer - Mike Dy, AdditionalEngineer - Rob Cavallo, Producer - Green Day, MainArtist - Robert Vosgien, Remastering Engineer - Ken Allardyce, Producer, Engineer - Wes Seidman, AdditionalEngineer - Bill Kinsley, AdditionalEngineer
© 2002 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. ℗ 2002 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
Tre Cool, Producer, Drums, Writer - Billie Joe Armstrong, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer - Mike Dirnt, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Bob Ludwig, Engineer, Masterer - Rob Cavallo, Producer - Green Day, Producer, MainArtist - Jerry Finn, Mixer, Engineer - Robert Vosgien, Remastering Engineer - Kevin Army, Engineer - Richard Huredia, AdditionalEngineer - Bernd Burgdorf, AdditionalEngineer
© 2002 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. ℗ 2002 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
Tre Cool, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer - Billie Joe Armstrong, Producer, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - Mike Dirnt, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Green Day, MainArtist - Chris Dugan, Engineer - Andrew Scheps, MixingEngineer - Eric Boulanger, MasteringEngineer - Justin Hergett, Assistant Mixing Engineer
© 2002 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. ℗ 2002 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
John Golden, MasteringEngineer - Billie Joe Armstrong, Producer, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - Mike Dirnt, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Green Day, MainArtist - Andy Ernst, Producer, Engineer - John Kiffmeyer, Producer, Drums, Percussion, Writer, Background Vocals
© 2002 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. ℗ 2002 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
Barry Goldberg, AdditionalEngineer - Tre Cool, Producer, Drums, Writer - Billie Joe Armstrong, Producer, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - Mike Dirnt, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, MixingEngineer - Steve Hall, MasteringEngineer - Mike Dy, AdditionalEngineer - Rob Cavallo, Producer - Green Day, MainArtist - Robert Vosgien, Remastering Engineer - Ken Allardyce, Producer, Engineer - Wes Seidman, AdditionalEngineer - Bill Kinsley, AdditionalEngineer
© 2002 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. ℗ 1997 Reprise Records
Tre Cool, Producer, Drums, Writer - Billie Joe Armstrong, Producer, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - Mike Dirnt, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Rob Cavallo, Producer - Green Day, MainArtist - Jerry Finn, MixingEngineer - Robert Vosgien, Remastering Engineer - Kevin Army, Engineer - Richard Huredia, AdditionalEngineer - Bernd Burgdorf, AdditionalEngineer
© 2002 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. ℗ 2002 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
Tre Cool, Producer, Drums, Writer, MixingEngineer - Billie Joe Armstrong, Producer, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer, MixingEngineer - Mike Dirnt, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals, MixingEngineer - Rob Cavallo, Producer - Green Day, MainArtist - Robert Vosgien, Remastering Engineer, MasteringEngineer - Willie Samuels, Audio Recording Engineer
© 2002 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. ℗ 2000 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
Barry Goldberg, AdditionalEngineer - Tre Cool, Producer, Drums, MixingEngineer - Billie Joe Armstrong, Producer, Guitar, Lead Vocals, MixingEngineer - Mike Dirnt, Producer, Bass Guitar, Background Vocals, MixingEngineer - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Ray Davies, Writer - Steve Hall, MasteringEngineer - Mike Dy, AdditionalEngineer - Rob Cavallo, Producer, MixingEngineer - Green Day, MainArtist - Jerry Finn, MixingEngineer - Robert Vosgien, Remastering Engineer - Ken Allardyce, Engineer - Wes Seidman, AdditionalEngineer - Bill Kinsley, AdditionalEngineer - Neil King, Engineer
© 2002 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. ℗ 2002 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
Tre Cool, Producer, Drums, Writer - Billie Joe Armstrong, Producer, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - Mike Dirnt, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Rob Cavallo, Producer - Green Day, MainArtist - Robert Vosgien, Remastering Engineer - Ken Allardyce, Producer - Neil King, MixingEngineer
© 2002 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. ℗ 2002 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
Tre Cool, Producer, Drums, Writer - Billie Joe Armstrong, Producer, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - Mike Dirnt, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Green Day, MainArtist - Jerry Finn, MixingEngineer - Robert Vosgien, Remastering Engineer - Kevin Army, Engineer - Richard Huredia, AdditionalEngineer - Bernd Burgdorf, AdditionalEngineer
© 2002 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. ℗ 1995 Reprise Records
Tre Cool, Producer, Drums, Writer - Billie Joe Armstrong, Producer, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer - Mike Dirnt, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Green Day, MainArtist - Jerry Finn, MixingEngineer - Robert Vosgien, Remastering Engineer - Kevin Army, Engineer - Richard Huredia, AdditionalEngineer - Bernd Burgdorf, AdditionalEngineer
© 2002 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. ℗ 1995 Reprise Records
Tre Cool, Producer, Drums, Writer, MixingEngineer - Billie Joe Armstrong, Producer, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer, MixingEngineer - Mike Dirnt, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals, MixingEngineer - Bob Ludwig, MasteringEngineer - Rob Cavallo, Producer - Green Day, MainArtist - Jerry Finn, MixingEngineer - Robert Vosgien, Remastering Engineer
© 2002 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. ℗ 2002 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
Tre Cool, Producer, Drums, Writer, MixingEngineer - Billie Joe Armstrong, Producer, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer, MixingEngineer - Mike Dirnt, Producer, Bass Guitar, Writer, Background Vocals, MixingEngineer - Green Day, MainArtist - Chris Dugan, Audio Recording Engineer - Robert Vosgien, Remastering Engineer, MasteringEngineer
© 2002 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. ℗ 2002 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
Album review
Shenanigans is the companion piece to 2001's International Superhits. Where that compilation collected Green Day's singles, this rounds up the B-sides and such ephemera as soundtrack compilations, gathering the best (plus the new "Ha Ha You're Dead") for a 14-track trek through the band's alternate history. Now, any serious rock listener knows that B-sides don't necessarily mean subpar material, and such '90s bands as Oasis and Suede have had B-sides every bit as good as the material that made the official albums, and their subsequent B-sides albums have been gems in their discographies. This is largely because both bands had prime periods where everything they did pretty much turned to gold. Green Day never quite had an equivalent prime period. After they made their mark with Dookie, they maintained a high level of quality, constantly expanding their vision and refining their craft with each album, but they never had a time where they burned so brightly they couldn't fit all the great songs onto the proper albums and had to spill 'em out over the B-sides. Green Day knew what their best songs were, and apart from "J.A.R.," which they threw out to the Angus soundtrack, they kept 'em on the albums, and they turned out material for B-sides largely because they had to; that was the game in the '90s -- you had to make sure the multi-part singles in the U.K. had unique material, and if a soundtrack came calling, you had to ante up. So, the songs that comprise Shenanigans are an appealing mixed bag since they were, by and large, songs Green Day finished because they had to. Since they're an excellent, restless band, there's variety here -- bits of surf rock, classic British Invasion, classic British punk, and singalong pop -- nothing is less than enjoyable, and some of it is quite good. But it's never terrific, revelatory, or amazing, giving the dedicated fans songs they just can't live without (to reduce it to the Oasis/Suede terms, no "Acquiesce," no "My Insatiable One"). It's fun, to be sure, especially for the fans who are the compilation's target audience, but everything here sounds like the classic definition of B-sides -- good and familiar, but not as good as what made the album.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:33:14
© 2002 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S. ℗ 2002 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the U.S.
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