Annotation
* Recorded At:
- Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, CA
- Capitol Studios, Hollywood, CA
- 880 Studios, Oakland, CA
- Additional Engineers: Chris Dugan, Reto Peter
Annotation last modified on 2018-08-01 05:05 UTC.
Tracklist
| 1CD | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Title | Rating | Length |
| 1 | American Idiot
| 2:55 | |
| 2 | Jesus of Suburbia: I. Jesus of Suburbia / II. City of the Damned / III. I Don’t Care / IV. Dearly Beloved / V. Tales of Another Broken Home
| 9:09 | |
| 3 | Holiday
| 3:53 | |
| 4 | Boulevard of Broken Dreams
| 4:21 | |
| 5 | Are We the Waiting
| 2:44 | |
| 6 | St. Jimmy
| 2:56 | |
| 7 | Give Me Novacaine
| 3:26 | |
| 8 | She’s a Rebel
| 2:01 | |
| 9 | Extraordinary Girl
| 3:35 | |
| 10 | Letterbomb
| 4:07 | |
| 11 | Wake Me Up When September Ends
| 4:46 | |
| 12 | Homecoming: I. The Death of St. Jimmy / II. East 12th St. / III. Nobody Likes You / IV. Rock and Roll Girlfriend / V. We’re Coming Home Again
| 9:19 | |
| 13 | Whatsername
| 4:12 | |
Credits
Release
| manufactured in: | Europe |
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| art direction, design/illustration and graphic design: | Chris Bilheimer |
|---|---|
| mixer: | Chris Lord‐Alge |
| additional engineer: | Chris Dugan Reto Peter |
| assistant engineer: | Joe Brown (engineer) Greg Burns (engineer) Jimmy Hoyson Dmitar Krnjaic Brian Vibberts |
| engineer: | Doug McKean |
| producer: | Rob Cavallo Green Day |
| mastering: | Ted Jensen (American mastering engineer) |
| additional piano and piano: | Rob Cavallo |
| additional saxophone and saxophone: | Jason Freese |
| bass guitar: | Mike Dirnt |
| drums (drum set): | Tré Cool |
| guitar and lead vocals: | Billie Joe Armstrong |
| vocals: | Mike Dirnt Tré Cool |
| rights society: | BIEM (international rights organization representing member societies from 58 countries) GEMA (German rights society; do not use this as a label or work publisher!) |
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| recorded at: | 880 Studios in Oakland, California, United States Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States |
|---|---|
| mastered at: | Sterling Sound (original NYC studio; split/relocated to Nashville and Edgewater in 2018) in Chelsea, New York, New York, United States |
| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/393121 [info] |
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| ASIN: | UK: B0002OERI0 [info] DE: B0002OERI0 [info] |
Release group
| remixes: | American Edit by Dean Gray (one-time US/Australian mash-up collaboration, album “American Edit”) |
|---|---|
| associated singles/EPs: | American Idiot Boulevard of Broken Dreams Holiday Jesus of Suburbia Wake Me Up When September Ends |
| covers: | Folk Idiot by Billy Cobb Kerrang! Does American Idiot by Various Artists (add compilations to this artist) Vitamin String Quartet Performs Green Day's American Idiot by Vitamin String Quartet |
| included in: | 21st Century Breakdown / American Idiot The Green Day Collection The Studio Albums 1990-2009 |
| part of: | 40 Best Albums of the Year (SPIN magazine, 2005-01) (number: 2) (order: 2) Rolling Stone: The 50 Greatest Concept Albums of All Time (2022-10-12) (number: 2) (order: 2) Rolling Stone: The 250 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far (January 10, 2025) (number: 68) (order: 36) Grammy Award: Best Rock Album nominees (number: 2005 winner) (order: 55) Discothèque Idéale Qobuz / Qobuz Ideal Discography (order: 188) Grammy Award: Album of the Year nominees (number: 2005) (order: 213) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 225) (order: 225) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 248) (order: 248) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2023 edition (number: 248) (order: 248) |
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| anniversary tours: | The Saviors Tour |
| Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/master/33161 [info] |
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| lyrics page: | https://genius.com/albums/Green-day/American-idiot [info] |
| reviews: | https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/3j3n [info] |
| other databases: | http://www.musik-sammler.de/album/24528 [info] https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/green_day/american_idiot/ [info] |
| Allmusic: | https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000387172 [info] |
| Wikidata: | Q151714 [info] |
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