Green Day - Nimrod
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Artist: Green DayBrand: Green
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Published: 1997
CD Release Date: 1997-10-14
Music Label: Reprise / Wea
Product features:
- GREEN DAY NIMROD
- Nice Guys Finish Last
- Hitchin' A Ride
- The Grouch
- Redundant
- Scattered
- All The Time
- Worry Rock
- Platypus (I Hate You)
- Uptight
- Last Ride In
- Jinx
- Haushinka
- Walking Alone
- Reject
- Take Back
- King For A Day
- Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
- Prosthetic Head
Free Music Notes for Nimrod
Free Music Review: Fantastic Album
Hit: 5 Stars
It was when 'Nimrod' was released that I started to like Green Day. I had heard and liked previous singles from them, but had never bought any of their albums. I'll admit it, I was young (about eight or nine) when 'Dookie' was first released, and I was into my Backstreet Boys and Spice Girls CDs. The first time I heard 'Hitchin' A Ride' I fell in love with it, and it remains one of my favourite songs. Even then though, I still didn't go out and buy the album, which is something I regret today. I could have been listening to this fantastic CD since 1997! I actually bought 'Nimrod' just a few weeks ago, after 'American Idiot' instigated my current Green Day obsession. Now that I own all of the band's major label releases, I'd have to say that this one is probably my favourite. They really began to experiment with different sounds, and it worked out perfectly.
The album begins with 'Nice Guys Finish Last'. This is an upbeat track, with an awesome drum arrangement courtesy of Tre Cool. It has clever lyrics ("Don't pat yourself on the back/You might break your spine"), and is a good track, but it isn't one of my favourites. The second song on the album is 'Hitchin' A Ride'. It starts out strong with a violin, then the drums start up and the music really gets going. The lyrics here are top notch and Mike's bass on this track is awesome. Billie Joe's vocals are also fantastic. They're drawn out in certain areas, and yelling in others. This is unquestionably one of the best tracks off of 'Nimrod', and one of the best, most unique songs of Green Day's ever. 'The Grouch' is a humorous, tongue in cheek track. I'd love to post some of the funny words to this one on here, but I have a feeling the language would have to be cut out. This is one of my favourite songs on the album, I love when Tre hits his drum sticks together at the beginning of the song, just before Billie Joe really gets into the song and the drums start. The timing is perfect. The vocals are absolutely flawless. Billie Joe's voice is extremely distinct, and it sounds awesome here.
'Redundant' has a great, mid-tempo intro before the lyrics begin. I don't know exactly how they're meant to be interpreted, but I see this song as a sweet, poignant track. The vocals sound kind of distant and full of sadness and emotion. The fifth track on the album, 'Scattered', wouldn't have sounded out of place on 'Insomniac'. Judging from the lyrics, I'd say this track is about regrets and past memories. After about two minutes, Tre changes the beat of the song with the drums, before it loops back into the vocals to finish the track off. 'All The Time' has a good intro starting out with the electric guitar first and then quickly adding the drums and bass. Like 'Scattered', this song also would have sounded great on 'Insomniac'. The track deals with substance use, very much like 'Geek Stink Breath', except that its lyrics are much more subtle. Therefore, it doesn't come off as the same sort of self-destructive song. The seventh track, 'Worry Rock', opens with notable and likeable lyrics. Take into consideration; "Yelling at brick walls and punching windows made of stone/The worry rock has turned to dust and fallen on our pride". Mike's bass playing is awesome on this track, and the drums stand out a lot in a few places as well.
The lyrics for 'Platypus (I Hate You)' aren't written in my sleeve for 'Nimrod'. I don't know if it was a mistake, if my album is a new one and perhaps the lyrics were printed in the originals, or if they weren't printed because (perhaps) they were too offensive. It's hard to hear what Billie Joe is singing the first time around when you don't have the lyrics in front of you, but if you read them (I had to go online), the song is basically talking about how someone is dying. I remember reading somewhere that the song was written for a critic (I believe), and was written around the time of 'Dookie'. Apparently by the time 'Nimrod' came out with this song on it, the critic had already passed away. It's a very loud, upbeat song and Billie Joe is basically yelling throughout it. I actually quite like this track. 'Uptight' slows down the album a little bit. It's a mid-tempo track, and has an extremely catchy beat. After about a minute and 15 seconds, the music really speeds up for the chorus and doesn't slow down again. The lyrics are repetitive, but that's fine because they're good, and very hard to get out of your head (as I'm quite aware).
'Last Ride In' is an instrumental track with no lyrics. Apparently written during a sound check, Mike really keeps the whole thing together with the bass. I really like this one, I find it helps calm me down when I'm stressed out. Things speed up quickly with 'Jinx'. It's starts with someone (I can't figure out who) screaming "one, two, three!" and then the music comes in immediately. This actually kind of reminds me of 'St. Jimmy' off of Green Day's latest album ('American Idiot'). I really love the lyrics "You finally met you nemesis/Disguised as your fatal long lost love/So kiss it goodbye until death do we part". 'Jinx' merges flawlessly into 'Haushinka' without any pause. I remember the first time I was listening to the album I didn't even know the song had switched until halfway through 'Haushinka', which is apparently about a girl Billie Joe met while the guys were touring Japan around the time of 'Kerplunk!'. The drums in the intro are fantastic and they continue in the same way throughout the first verse before the music changes for the chorus.
'Walking Alone' is an awesome track. Billie Joe puts his harmonica skills to use in it, and it sounds fantastic. The bass is also quite prominent. This is probably the most pop-influenced track on the album, but it doesn't sound out of place. Rather, it just showcases the guys' talent and their willingness to experiment with different types of music. 'Reject' was apparently written after a mother wrote a letter to Billie Joe when her eight year old son received 'Dookie' as a gift from his grandmother, who must have not known what sort of music Green Day played. She basically said that the album was horrible and that it wasn't really music. Here, Billie Joe gets his chance to tell her his thoughts with the lyrics "Who...are you to tell me/What I am and what's my master plan/...'Cause when the smoke clears here I am/Your reject all-American/Sucking up your social sect/Making you a nervous wreck". This is one of my favourites from the album. How can I describe 'Take Back'? Basically, it's a very angry track. At only one minute and nine seconds, it's the shortest song on the album. Billie Joe pretty much yells throughout all of it. It's actually pretty hard to understand what he's saying until he reaches the chorus, where he basically just repeats "take back" a few times in a really weird, throat-y voice. It's an interesting track; good, but not one of the best off of 'Nimrod'.
'King For A Day' is Billie Joe's infamous song about cross-dressing. The music is very goofy and fun, thanks to the trumpets which are included. It has a very circus-inspired theme, which adds to the overall humorous tone of the track. This is definitely a standout song, and one of my personal favourites. By now everyone and their dog has heard 'Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)' about a million times. It begins with a few strums on an acoustic guitar, then silence, then another few strums, followed by another short silence, then Billie Joe actually begins playing. This is a simple song, with exquisite lyrics. I'm quite sure it's most often played at High School graduations (I think mine was the only one in the last few years that it wasn't played at), and I'm sure it's a crowd favourite at live shows. 'Prosthetic Head' is one of my favourite songs on the album. It begins kind of like 'All The Time' does, but with a quieter, more amateur feel. I really love the lyrics on this track, and I think that the song overall is one of the best written ones on the album. Simple, but effective, it supposedly addresses people in Hollywood with huge egos (prosthetic heads). It opens with some of my favourite lines from the album, and continues with the same minimal but impressive observations.
I recommend this album to all Green Day fans (who should already own it), as well as fans of good music in general. The band experiments with a lot of different sounds and instruments, so there's basically something for everyone. If you like simple acoustic tracks there's 'Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)', if you're looking for angrier tracks you can check out 'Reject', 'Platypus (I Hate you)', and Take Back'. 'Hitchin' A Ride' and 'King For A Day' are the most original songs from the album and they really make use of a lot of different music influences. 'Walking Alone' is very pop influenced, and the rest of the album is equally as well done, and stand apart just as much. This is truly an album which transcends so many musical genres, you're missing out if you pass this one up.
THE FINAL VERDICT: 99%
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