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Green Day - 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours Audio CD

A fair review of the Green Day "1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Green Day reviews here, or go back to the Green Day tabs.

Green Day Band: Green Day
Title: 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours
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Release Date: 2007-01-09
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: At the Library - Green Day, Waba Sé Wasca 2: Don't Leave Me 3: I Was There 4: Disappearing Boy 5: Green Day 6: Going to Pasalaqua 7: 16 8: Road to Acceptance 9: Rest 10: Judge's Daugthter 11: Paper Lanterns 12: Why Do You Want Him? 13: 409 in Your Coffee Maker 14: Knowledge 15: 1,000 Hours 16: Dry Ice 17: Only of You 18: One I Want 19: I Want to Be Alone

Mainly for collectors...
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). 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. 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
I could barely pick my nose at 18. Its truly amazing that a bunch of 18 year old kids could put out something this good.


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