American Idiot (Because Sound Matters One-Step release)

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Tracklist

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1▼12" Vinyl
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A1American Idiot
additional engineer:
Chris Dugan and Reto Peter
assistant engineer:
Joe Brown (engineer), Greg Burns (engineer), Jimmy Hoyson and Brian Vibberts
engineer:
Doug McKean
producer:
Rob Cavallo and Green Day
assistant mixer:
Dmitar Krnjaic
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 2004) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2004)
mixed at:
Image Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
part of:
BILLIONS CLUB
recording of:
American Idiot
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
publisher:
Green Daze Music and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
4.12:54
A2Jesus of Suburbia: Jesus of Suburbia / City of the Damned / I Don't Care / Dearly Beloved / Tales of Another Broken Home
additional engineer:
Chris Dugan and Reto Peter
assistant engineer:
Joe Brown (engineer), Greg Burns (engineer), Jimmy Hoyson and Brian Vibberts
engineer:
Doug McKean
producer:
Rob Cavallo and Green Day
assistant mixer:
Dmitar Krnjaic
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 2004) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2004)
mixed at:
Image Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
music videos:
Jesus of Suburbia by Green Day
recording of:
Jesus of Suburbia
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
3.559:08
B1Holiday
additional engineer:
Chris Dugan and Reto Peter
assistant engineer:
Joe Brown (engineer), Greg Burns (engineer), Jimmy Hoyson and Brian Vibberts
engineer:
Doug McKean
producer:
Rob Cavallo and Green Day
assistant mixer:
Dmitar Krnjaic
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 2004) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2004)
mixed at:
Image Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Holiday
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
4.13:52
B2Boulevard of Broken Dreams
additional engineer:
Chris Dugan and Reto Peter
assistant engineer:
Joe Brown (engineer), Greg Burns (engineer), Jimmy Hoyson and Brian Vibberts
engineer:
Doug McKean
producer:
Rob Cavallo and Green Day
assistant mixer:
Dmitar Krnjaic
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 2004) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2004)
mixed at:
Image Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
music videos:
Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 271)
recording of:
Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Green Day)
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
44:22
B3Are We the Waiting
additional engineer:
Chris Dugan and Reto Peter
assistant engineer:
Joe Brown (engineer), Greg Burns (engineer), Jimmy Hoyson and Brian Vibberts
engineer:
Doug McKean
producer:
Rob Cavallo and Green Day
assistant mixer:
Dmitar Krnjaic
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 2004) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2004)
mixed at:
Image Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Are We the Waiting
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
3.352:42
B4St. Jimmy
additional engineer:
Chris Dugan and Reto Peter
assistant engineer:
Joe Brown (engineer), Greg Burns (engineer), Jimmy Hoyson and Brian Vibberts
engineer:
Doug McKean
producer:
Rob Cavallo and Green Day
assistant mixer:
Dmitar Krnjaic
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 2004) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2004)
mixed at:
Image Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
St. Jimmy
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
3.62:54
2▼12" Vinyl
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C1Give Me Novacaine
additional engineer:
Chris Dugan and Reto Peter
assistant engineer:
Joe Brown (engineer), Greg Burns (engineer), Jimmy Hoyson and Brian Vibberts
engineer:
Doug McKean
producer:
Rob Cavallo and Green Day
assistant mixer:
Dmitar Krnjaic
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 2004) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2004)
mixed at:
Image Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Give Me Novacaine
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
3.353:25
C2She's a Rebel
additional engineer:
Chris Dugan and Reto Peter
assistant engineer:
Joe Brown (engineer), Greg Burns (engineer), Jimmy Hoyson and Brian Vibberts
engineer:
Doug McKean
producer:
Rob Cavallo and Green Day
assistant mixer:
Dmitar Krnjaic
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 2004) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2004)
mixed at:
Image Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
She’s a Rebel
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
3.62:00
C3Extraordinary Girl
additional engineer:
Chris Dugan and Reto Peter
assistant engineer:
Joe Brown (engineer), Greg Burns (engineer), Jimmy Hoyson and Brian Vibberts
engineer:
Doug McKean
producer:
Rob Cavallo and Green Day
assistant mixer:
Dmitar Krnjaic
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 2004) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2004)
mixed at:
Image Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Extraordinary Girl
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
3.13:33
C4Letterbomb
additional engineer:
Chris Dugan and Reto Peter
assistant engineer:
Joe Brown (engineer), Greg Burns (engineer), Jimmy Hoyson and Brian Vibberts
engineer:
Doug McKean
producer:
Rob Cavallo and Green Day
assistant mixer:
Dmitar Krnjaic
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
guest vocals:
Kathleen Hanna
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 2004) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2004)
mixed at:
Image Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Letterbomb
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
3.44:05
C5Wake Me Up When September Ends
additional engineer:
Chris Dugan and Reto Peter
assistant engineer:
Joe Brown (engineer), Greg Burns (engineer), Jimmy Hoyson and Brian Vibberts
engineer:
Doug McKean
producer:
Rob Cavallo and Green Day
assistant mixer:
Dmitar Krnjaic
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
bass guitar and background vocals:
Mike Dirnt
drums (drum set):
Tré Cool
guitar and lead vocals:
Billie Joe Armstrong
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 2004) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2004)
mixed at:
Image Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
part of:
Indie 88: Top 500 Indie Rock Songs (number: 359)
recording of:
Wake Me Up When September Ends
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Billie Joe Armstrong, Frank Wright III and Michael Pritchard
4.24:45
D1Homecoming: The Death of St. Jimmy / East 12th St. / Nobody Likes You / Rock and Roll Girlfriend / We're Coming Home Again
additional engineer:
Chris Dugan and Reto Peter
assistant engineer:
Joe Brown (engineer), Greg Burns (engineer), Jimmy Hoyson and Brian Vibberts
engineer:
Doug McKean
producer:
Rob Cavallo and Green Day
assistant mixer:
Dmitar Krnjaic
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 2004) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2004)
mixed at:
Image Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Homecoming
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool
composer:
Green Day
3.39:18
D2Whatsername
additional engineer:
Chris Dugan and Reto Peter
assistant engineer:
Joe Brown (engineer), Greg Burns (engineer), Jimmy Hoyson and Brian Vibberts
engineer:
Doug McKean
producer:
Rob Cavallo and Green Day
assistant mixer:
Dmitar Krnjaic
mixer:
Chris Lord‐Alge
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Reprise Records (in 2004) and WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 2004)
mixed at:
Image Recording Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Whatsername
lyricist:
Billie Joe Armstrong
composer:
Green Day
2.754:18

Credits

Release group

remixes:American Edit by Dean Gray (one-time US/Australian mash-up collaboration, album “American Edit”)
associated singles/EPs:American Idiot
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Holiday
Jesus of Suburbia
Wake Me Up When September Ends
covers:Folk Idiot by Billy Cobb
Kerrang! Does American Idiot by Various Artists (add compilations to this artist)
Vitamin String Quartet Performs Green Day's American Idiot by Vitamin String Quartet
parodies:Equestrian Idiot by Plat Strat
Green Hay: Equestrian Idiot by PrinceWhateverer, dBPony & MelodyBrony
included in:21st Century Breakdown / American Idiot
The Green Day Collection
The Studio Albums 1990-2009
part of:40 Best Albums of the Year (SPIN magazine, 2005-01) (number: 2) (order: 2)
Rolling Stone: The 50 Greatest Concept Albums of All Time (2022-10-12) (number: 2) (order: 2)
Rolling Stone: The 250 Greatest Albums of the 21st Century So Far (January 10, 2025) (number: 68) (order: 36)
Grammy Award: Best Rock Album nominees (number: 2005 winner) (order: 55)
Discothèque Idéale Qobuz / Qobuz Ideal Discography (order: 190)
Grammy Award: Album of the Year nominees (number: 2005) (order: 213)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 225) (order: 225)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 248) (order: 248)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2023 edition (number: 248) (order: 248)
anniversary tours:The Saviors Tour
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/33161 [info]
lyrics page:https://genius.com/albums/Green-day/American-idiot [info]
reviews:https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/3j3n [info]
other databases:http://www.musik-sammler.de/album/24528 [info]
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/green_day/american_idiot/ [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000387172 [info]
Wikidata:Q151714 [info]
discography entry:https://www.last.fm/music/+noredirect/Greenday/American+idiot [info]