Green Day have announced details of a new greatest hits compilation which follows on from 2002's 'International Superhits'. The album includes 22 tracks, 2 of which are brand new and showcases some of the best of their entire back catalogue.

 

 

1. 2000 Light Years Away

2. Longview

3. Welcome To Paradise

4. Basket Case

5. When I Come Around

6. She

7. Brain Stew

8. Hitchin' A Ride

9. Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)

10. Minority

11. Warning

12. American Idiot

13. Holiday

14. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

15. Wake Me Up When September Ends

16. Know Your Enemy

17. 21 Guns

18. Oh Love

19. Bang Bang

20. Still Breathing

21. Ordinary World (feat. Miranda Lambert)

22. Back In The USA

Edited October 14, 20177 yr by LewisTScream

shame they couldn't put in Jesus of Suburbia, but it is 9 minutes long to be fair.

 

will have to check out the ones I'm not familiar with as I do like what I've heard from them (though not really fussed with their most recent material)

21st Century Breakdown and Revolution Radio are faves of mine that are missing, but I suppose it's difficult to include everything if they only want 1 disc

Kinda funny that there's only one song from Uno/Dos/Tre :rofl:

Shame Kill The DJ didn't make it.

Very glad Oh Love is one there, such an underrated song in their discography (and one of their only good ones from more recent eras).

That album cover looks like something out of Father Ted, I love it :D

 

I might have to invest in this. I only have their 'American Idiot' album but I love a lot of their earlier stuff too.

I really don't like the chronological ordering on this, I don't know if it works.

I really don't like the chronological ordering on this, I don't know if it works.

 

It does seem a little lazy. I suppose the whole idea is to showcase the evolution of the band over time through their biggest hits, but I cant help feeling something big like American Idiot or Welcome To Paradise (or even Bang Bang to emphasise their latest album) would be a better album opener.

I really don't like the chronological ordering on this, I don't know if it works.

I agree. I feel Green Day have been one of those acts that have been crying out for a greatest hits collection since their other compilation was just before American Idiot, but this tracking list is a bit disappointing. Chronological tracking lists can work for some acts but seeing all the main hits in the middle just feels wrong. Maybe it'll sound better when actually listening and I suppose some fans may enjoy having their earlier stuff at the start (many rate Dookie as their best album, for instance, whilst anything post 'American Idiot' is sometimes considered too much of a change).

Yeah, I would have opened with a few of their most iconic hits, separated between albums, like this;

 

1 American Idiot

2 Basket Case

3 Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)

4 Wake Me Up When September Ends

 

And so on...

It's a shame Revolution Radio didn't make it on there as I much prefer it to Bang Bang, although I am glad Still Breathing is here :wub:

 

Ok so this is my attempt at a reshuffled tracklist, listening through in this order I feel would be more exciting for the fans. Opening with Welcome To Paradise and closing with Good Riddance (fitting :lol:). I assume Ordinary World is the same version from Revolution Radio but with added vocals of course, and Back In The USA is just kinda there as I have no idea how it sounds.

 

 

1. Welcome To Paradise

2. American Idiot

3. Warning

4. Bang Bang

5. Oh Love

6. Basket Case

7. Holiday

8. Ordinary World (feat. Miranda Lambert)

9. She

10. 2000 Light Years Away

11. Boulevard of Broken Dreams

12. Longview

13. Minority

14. Know Your Enemy

15. Hitchin’ a Ride

16. When I Come Around

17. 21 Guns

18. Brain Stew

19. Back In The USA

20. Still Breathing

21. Wake Me Up When September Ends

22. Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)

 

 

Ordinary World is just as boring as it was on Revolution Radio, but I do like Back In The USA