Warning
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| Release Date: |
September 20, 2000 |
| Label: |
Warner Brothers |
| Rating: |
4.0 |
Description: After two years off following the release of the genre-expanding
Nimrod, the usually insouciant trio Green Day are open to some weighty self-analysis. Gone are the raging rants, cartoonish antics, and anthropological musings about the punk scene, replaced by an introspection that brings to mind Michael Stipe and Bono. Like the U2 frontman, Billie Joe Armstrong still hasn't found what he's looking for, but he knows where he's been and is eager to move past the days when Green Day were considered the clown princes of rock. Witness "Jackass," which cautions, "Everybody loves a joke, but no one likes a fool." Proving that they aren't fools, Green Day take a substantial step forward, exploring new rhythms, sonics, and subjects. While many of the tracks are still cheeky and infectious, the deceptively simple melodies belie a quest for meaning, faith, and fulfillment. There's a tentative optimism here that's tempered by irony and flashes of self-loathing. Still,
Warning transcends the darkness that clouded 1995's
Insomniac. No longer so under the sway of the Buzzcocks and the Ramones, this time Armstrong and company dip into the early rock canon--the Beatles and Bob Dylan, among them. As a result, their first self-produced album is more "Nowhere Man" than "Blitzkrieg Bop."
--Jaan Uhelszki
Tracklist of Warning
Reviews:
doesn't measure up
This was a good CD, but it just didn't posess the usual edge that they have shown in their previous albums. The songs weren't as catchy and the intrumentals just didn't quite measure up the the green day standard. Even thought they didn't out do themselves with this one, they are still really talented and are a great band.
FUN!!!! FUN!!!!FUN!!!!
This album doesnt need deep criticism , its simply FUN!!!! FUN!!!! FUN!!!! , I love it!!!!
Great album, great band.
Green Day has always been evolving. Since way back with their first full album 1039/Slappy, each progressive album has grown and differed from what came before it. Warning is no exception, as the band expands their horizons, creating different songs with different instruments. Building from the experimental momentum of Nimrod tracks like "Last Ride In," "King for a Day," and "Good Riddance," Green Day tries some new material and better song crafting. Don't be fooled though, it's still signature Green Day, with tons of hooks, energy, and clever, hilarious lyrics (Blood, Sex, and Booze, Jackass). And who cares if it's poppier than their previous releases? Green Day has always had a certain pop sense, but their punk roots always shine through. While Dookie was catchy and fun, and American Idiot is a rock masterpiece, this album is just good music. You won't regret it.
P.S. Green Day's the best live band I have ever seen. Watch them in their stadium tour!
Nice Warning!
I jus love this song... WARNING
donno why, if its the lyrics or its super strange melody or the rhythm BUT
boy do I love this song!!
Ok. But NOT the best Green Day Album
This CD is good for little 13 year old girls that fancy Billie Joe. But I think that Dookie is better. The song "Minority" you hear it a few times and you like it but after a while it gets boring. I like Fashon Victim. Reminds me of this guy I knew. Buy this album if you want. but if your just trying to look cool by getting all of there albums I would not bother if I were you.
Wanna be a minority? Then you're mainstream middle America
Up until Warning, it seemed Green Day (yes, it's two freakin' words) could do no wrong. Then THIS came out, and everyone started spelling the band's name as one word... and the music on the album was a bore. Either that, or a total rip-off. Right off the bat, the title song rips off the Kinks. Don't know what I mean? Then turn on your television and watch commercials until you come across HP digital television ads. You know the song sounds familiar. The song on the commercial is The Kinks' song "Picture Show". Billie Joe lifted the song, while inserting his own lyrics.
The only song on Warning that reminds me of the Green Day of yore is "Minority". But the lyrics and theme are as trite as they get. You REALLY wanna be a minority?! Then get a three-piece business suit, buy yourself a briefcase, don't forget your Bachelor of Science on your way to your Master's in Fine Arts, and live off the land in North Dakota. If you've got a bunch of piercings, tattoos, a lack of ambition, a white-ass complexion, and smoke up all day while you play in a "Punk" band, then you're the majority of middle America, buddy.
Green Day has officially lost their edge. And as American Idiot proves, no amount of "f*cks" or "f*gs that don't agree" can save an album. I think everyone can name a particular album where their once-favorite band started to go stale. And Warning is that album for me. Heck, Green Day were never original to begin with.