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Green Day - Nimrod

1997 · Sticker reported near release · Rock

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About the album

Nimrod is Green Day’s fifth studio album, a record that keeps the band’s three-chord directness while allowing the arrangements to slow down, widen, and change color. “Nice Guys Finish Last,” “Hitchin’ a Ride,” “Redundant,” and “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” occupy different corners of the same writing period. Producer Rob Cavallo helped the group give the songs more acoustic and orchestral space without turning them into another band. Reprise released Nimrod in 1997. The album’s eighteen-track CD includes short bursts beside longer departures, and “Good Riddance” became a lasting example of how far Green Day could move from its loudest template while keeping Billie Joe Armstrong’s plainspoken melody at the center.

Worth knowing

  • Nimrod was released in 1997.
  • Rob Cavallo produced the album.
  • The record includes “Hitchin’ a Ride” and “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life).”
  • The CD contains eighteen tracks.

Credits

producer
Green Day
producer
Rob Cavallo
engineer, recording
Ken Allardyce
engineer
Tony Flores
mix
Chris Lord‐Alge

Tracklist

  1. 1.Nice Guys Finish Last
  2. 2.Hitchin’ a Ride
  3. 3.The Grouch
  4. 4.Redundant
  5. 5.Scattered
  6. 6.All the Time
  7. 7.Worry Rock
  8. 8.Platypus (I Hate You)
  9. 9.Uptight
  10. 10.Last Ride In
  11. 11.Jinx
  12. 12.Haushinka
  13. 13.Walking Alone
  14. 14.Reject
  15. 15.Take Back
  16. 16.King for a Day
  17. 17.Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
  18. 18.Prosthetic Head