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intereact!Green Day
Retail Price (not our price): $13.98
Release Date: 2004-01-27
Manufacturer: Lookout Records
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...
| Disc 1 |
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Album Description
Green Day's first album "39/Smooth" is back in a brand new deluxe edition. Originally released in 1990 and selling over 900,000 copies to date, this album was the world's first glimpse of Green Day's unique blend of punk rock energy, melodic riffs and self depreciating charm. Green Day is the most popular punk band in the world today with millions of fans all over the world. Every track has been re-mastered from the original tapes by Bernie Grundman in 2003. This historic album sounds better than ever, and is available at a new low price. More for Less, how can that be wrong? Special Features * Enhanced CD! * Over 20 minutes of live video performances from 1990-1991 * Vintage photos, handwritten lyrics by Billie Joe and flyer art * Live radio performance and interview from 1991 * Included are the band's first two 7 inch EPs "1000 Hours" from 1989, "Slappy" from 1990 plus a compilation track from 1991 * The CD package has been redesigned by the original artist into a deluxe embossed digipack with a twelve page booklet including more art and photos from the original vinyl releases.
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5
1) So bad it's scary [Rating: 1 out of 5]
What a joke this record is! For one, everything sounds the same. I know, I know, every song on every Green Day album sounds the same, but this is especially ridiculous. What's the difference between "At the Library", "Don't Leave Me" and "Disappearing Boy"? For another, Billie Joe has this god-awful guitar tone that's supposed to be "heavy" but comes off as embarrassing. For a third, Billie Joe's voice is the aural equivalent of oral surgery. Without the anesthetics. It's always been that way, though. For a fourth, their drummer blows. He's worse than Tre Cool. Whereas Tre is merely predictable, this guy (John Kiftmeyer) is just bad. He screws up everywhere ("Green Day"; "Going to Pasalacqua"). For a fifth, "16" is a rip-off of "Hello, I Love You", "I Can't Explain", and "All Day and all of the Night". The triple threat! Honestly, what's so hard about writing your own riff? "Paper Lanterns" is pretty close to a rip-off, too, but not quite. For a sixth, it turns out Billie Joe had to mature into being a terrible songwriter, as evidenced on "I Was There" and "409 in Your Coffeemaker". For a seventh, "Knowledge"... euh. That song is scary. It's Green Day's take on honky-tonk music, okay? For an eighth, this is Green Day we're talking about here. Come on. This is a collection of several early Green Day EP's, and it sucks. It's punk, I guess, but it's bad punk. What's the best song, you ask? Um... hey... *twiddles thumbs for fifteen minutes* Here's Jack, with sports!2) Best Green Day Album! [Rating: 5 out of 5]
1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours is hands down, my favorite Green Day CD! Every Green Day CD is pure bliss, but this just has something that no other Green Day album has. Just a certain feeling of greatness. I't kinda wierd.1.At The Library5/5 Wow! Green Day always had awesome openers for their albums, and here is no different. It really shows you what's in store next.2.Don't Leave Me4/5 Cool. The verses are kinda weird, but the chorus is awesome.3.I Was There5/5 It's the first song I've heard from this CD, and it's one of my favorites on the album!4.Disappearing Boy5/5 I really love the guitar riff at the beggining. This song is also great!5.Green Day5/5 Wow. Immense song! The bassline is very good and I adore the guitar solo.6.Going To Pasalacqua5/5 Oh. My. God. This track is one of my favorite Green Day songs ever! One of the best on the record!7.164/5 Hmm, interesting. Deffidently a good one. The guitar solo is wild!8.Road To Acceptance4.5/5 Nice! The chorus is awesome and so is the bridge. I really love how they end it.9.Rest4.5/5 Very interesting song. It's one of Green Day's slower ones, and it's accually kinda weird. Especially when Billie yells "ANGEL!" Though, it is a very good song.10.The Judge's Daughter4/5 Good one. The guitar solo is pretty good.11.Paper Lanterns4/5 Another good one. Nothing too special about it.12.Why Do You Want Him?5/5 Awesome! One of my favorites on the record!13.409 In Your Coffeemaker5/5 Intense! Another one of my favorites! I absolutely ADORE the guitar solo!Just a side note: This album has some amazing rock & roll like guitar solos. They are totally awesome, and I really wish Green Day would do more of these nowadays. The only modern Green Day songs with solos like these are Maria and JAR(at least the songs that come to mind). well, back to the review.14.Knowledge3.5/5 I'm sorry, but this doesn't even begin to compare with the original Operation Ivy version, and this isn't even that bad. But Billie's voice annoys me, and this song leaves out some of the very catchy elements that the original had. Still, it's not terrible.15.1,000 Hours5/5 I really love this one. The guitars are very heavy and this song is very gorgeous!16.Dry Ice5/5 OMFG!!! This may be the best song on the record! I just love it! There's nothing bad about it! It's, like, perfect or something! The guitar solo is easily the best on the record. I LOVE IT!!!!FUN FACT:This song took 18 takes to et it right.17.Only Of You4.5/5 Cool. I can really relate to what the lyrics say.18.The One I Want5/5 Fabuluous song!19.I Want To Be AloneHoly $#!+! This is one of the best songs on the record! It's really the best way to close a great record like this!In conclusion, this is my favorite Green Day record, and you should deffidently give it a listen!3) What Green Day's All About [Rating: 5 out of 5]
OK, I'm going to start off by saying that this CD took about 9 months to get ahold of... And I'm pretty impatient so it felt like ages. I tried ordering online and it was out of stock EVERYWHERE. I looked in every store within a 50 mile radius of my town. I ordered it from a music store nearby and they said they'd have it within a week and they said they'd have it within a week and I waited and waited for 2 months and it never came. There was only one thing left to try... EBAY! And behold, they had a copy in England, and after what seemed like the longest week of my life, my copy of 1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours came in the mail.I know that that was a really pointless, unimportant piece of information. But I put that in to prove a point: it was definitely worth the wait. 1. At The Library: This song rocks. There's a 20-second or so instrumental introduction with lots of catchy guitar + bass, and then Billie and Mike come in with the vocals. I love how Billie screams and such a couple times in the song, which he does in Private Ale, She, and Letterbomb as well, I wish he'd do it more often because it makes the song a lot more catchy and upbeat... I dunno, that's just my opinion, people probably think it's weird. 9/102. Don't Leave Me: I wasn't a big fan of this song at first, but I love the chorus of "don't leave me" with the harmonies. Billie and Mike's voices sound great together. 7/103. I Was There: This song was written by John Kiffermeyer (also known as Al Sobrante), who was the drummer at the time. He's good, but I think Tre is a lot better. Anyway, the song... This is one of my favorites. It's not really fast or anything, but it isn't slow... In a way it's sort of reflective. I love how the chorus sounds, how Billie Joe goes "I was there" and then in the end when Mike and Billie come in with the different vocals... It sounds great. 10/104. Disappearing Boy: A song about how Billie felt like an outcast to everyone. I like it. 8/105. Green Day: It's hard to understand what Billie Joe is saying in this song but it sounds absolutely amazing, and besides the cd comes with lyrics. The verses are sort of similar to Welcome To Paradise in the sense that Mike goes "ohhhhh" in the background and Billie sings, but don't get me wrong the songs are completely different. I also love the lyric "Why does 1+1 make 2?" Sheer genius. 10/106. Going To Pasalacqua: I'm not really sure what this song's about, but I love it, especially when it goes "What the hey" and "far away." It's one of those songs you never get tired of. 9.5/107. 16: A song about wanting to grow up yet wanting to stay a kid. I mostly like this song because I can relate to it, but I also love the singing and the guitar intro. 9/108. Road To Acceptance: Don't be fooled by the second-rate intro, this song is pretty good. I wish there were more instrumentals, especially in the beginning, but the lyrics are pretty good. 7/109. Rest: At first I didn't like this song because it was slow and sort of simple, but I've grown to love it and now I think it's AMAZING. It stands out in an album full of fast, catchy punk songs, and the singing is incredible. The part where Billie sings "Angel... ANGEL!!! Dancing away!" blew me away. Personally, I think it's the best song on the CD. 196481723458126.28365/1010. The Judge's Daughter: Really, really, really REALLY catchy. 8.5/1011. Paper Lanterns: I like this song, mostly for the lyrics. Something everyone can relate to. (I'm understanding now that we are only friends/to this day I'm asking why I still think about you".) 8.5/1012. Why Do You Want Him: I didn't expect that this song would be that great, seeing as Billie wrote it when he was only 12. But age is only a number, this song is amazing. He's just a natural songwriter, I guess. The vocals sound great, and the lyrics are impressive, especially for someone his age. 10/1013. 409 In Your Coffeemaker: This song is sort of similar to Paper Lanterns, but better. The chorus is great, and after a couple verses there's a really good bass part and then a wild guitar solo. Oh yes, and the title kicks major butt. 9/1014. Knowledge: From what I had heard, Knowledge was nothing but a second-rate cover of the Operation Ivy song, but I have to say that Green Day's version is even better than the original! Yeah, this is the only song on the CD with actual swearing in it and this song, like others on 1039, is irresistably catchy. I wish they'd put it on Bullet In A Bible, because, for those of you who don't know, Green Day call up 3 members of the audience to play this song at every concert, and then give them their instruments. 9.5/1015. 1,000 Hours: Sappy love song, but it still sounds punk. That's one of the things I love about Green Day, they can take pretty much ANYTHING and turn it into an awesome song. (Come on, how many other bands' first single was about masturbation?) Billie Joe even said it himself that this is the Green Day song he's most embarrassed by, but I like it. 8.5/1016. Dry Ice: OK, this song isn't really about dry ice, it's about Billie thinking about a girl he liked. I love when Mike and BJ go "Please ease the pain that's in my heart". 9/1017. Only Of You: At first I didn't like this song, but now it's another one of my favorites. I love how the guitar intro matches the "ahhh, ahhhhh, ahhhh ahhhhhhh"s in the chorus. 10/1018. The One That I Want: Not my favorite song, the chorus sounds a little weird, but I still like it. In the end, after the guitar fades out, you can hear someone (probably Billie or Mike) say "Now, there was one part there..." 7/1019. I Want To Be Alone: I LOVE THIS SONG! A perfect way to end the CD. The chorus, the instrumentals, the singing... It's all good. All in all, this is an amazing album with some of the catchiest, kickass songs I've ever heard, and the lyrics are amazing. Plus there are tons of guitar solos, which are always fun. Buy it or I will hunt you down... And no one wants to be hunted down. ;)4) rock&rock&roll! [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I LOVE this album! Like I love all the Green Day albums. On this album, some of the tracks are rock,, and some of the tracks are more like rock&roll. But they are all totally awesome. Oh alright, I don't like Knowledge. They don't really sing in that song, they just slam their guitars and shout it in to the mic but the rest of the album is fantastic. My favourites are 1,000 hours and paper lanterns. But this album is worth getting.5) Green Day's Pre-Political Punk Hits [Rating: 4 out of 5]
I am a teenage green day freak and think that this cd is a little quirky, but what do you expect? Its green day! Billie's vocals are a little bit out of tune at some songs but the lyrics are phenomenal and the guitar is very simple yet amazing and wonderful. I reccomend 1039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours very much.