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 Love this CD Jul 19, 2010
This is one of my all-time favorite CDs. Love it. Very raw. I also love AI, Dookie and 21st. Warning is another good one and really underrated. Kind of a transitional cd. All of the Green Day cds are worth buying, but this is essential GD along with Dookie.
Best Green Day material. Jun 01, 2010
I bought this CD back in the mid 1990's, and I was blown away. Now, after a decade or so of reflection, I realized I really listened to some crap music.
Now, don't get me wrong. When I was 17 or so, I could listen to this on infinite loop. It sounds like 3 teenagers singing songs about the girls at high school. That's due in large part to this band being 3 teenagers singing songs about high school girls at the time.
If you like the modern incarnation of Green Day, that is, political, commercial, over-produced and basically a mockery of what they used to be, then you will hate this disc. The songs will not have any political content, nor will it make pedestrian observational overtures about suburban life.
If you were over the age of 8 in 1991, you will be able to fully appreciate this album. If you like any of the last 4 Green Day albums, you wont recognize this band.
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 Mainly for collectors... Jul 07, 2009
My daughter Bailey turned me on to Green Day in 1994 when "Dookie" first came out; I was blown away and bought everything these guys have released since. But I have to diverge from Bailey's opinion on "1039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours" which she owned before "Dookie" was released (I have the 2007 Reissue). She found it raw, intense and superior to "Dookie"; I find it to be the garage band beginnings of a group that achieved mega-success through hard work, talent and determination.
These freshman songs do have the driving music that would become the band's signature, especially `At the Library', `I Was There', `16', the absolute rockin' `I Want to Be Alone', the very playful `Knowledge' and - even a ballad - `Rest'. There's also some of the humor, clever lyrics and wordplay in it's infancy; songs like 'Judge's Daughter' ("Today I kept on falling down / I thought it was the street / So I looked down at my shoes / They were on the wrong feet"), 'Dry Ice' ("I'll send a letter to that girl / Asking her to be my own / But my pen is writing wrong / So I'll say it in a song") and the signature track 'Green Day' with it's salute to self-inflicted herbal adjustment.
But most of the songs are about love gone wrong, break-ups and longings for the lover you can't have... and anybody that's been 15 years old can relate. For me it's very listenable beginner stuff. But to sweeten the deal, the CD has computer extras with Old Photos, early Flyer Art, Live Radio Performances and 3 Video Clips ("from some kid's crappy camcorder").
Essentially the CD is ok; I'm mainly interested in it as a point of reference from where they started before they perfected their sound and content. I have read opinions from others who swear that "1039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours" is Green Day's best work and now they can't stand the band. It's all a matter of taste but I recommend anything these guys have done.
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Amazing Mar 09, 2007
Its truly amazing that a bunch of 18 year old kids could put out something this good. I could barely pick my nose at 18.
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