Kerplunk [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED]

Green Day

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 17, 1992)
• Original Release Date: January 17, 1992
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued
• Label: Lookout Records
• ASIN: B00004W52L
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (131 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #89,659 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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34 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Green Day before their transformation, April 5, 2002

By	Rex Marksmanson "HEYO!" (Long Island, New York) - See all my reviews

Before Green Day's epic album "Dookie", there was "Kerplunk". An album that clearly shows the band at their beginning musical roots of punk. What may catch most off guard is the fact that even though they were slamming on their guitars and being as immature as possible, they still remained serious musicians. "No one knows" lyrics and tone flow differently from the whole album, much slower and more in depth.

But, the side of the band that most came to know and love is heard in full force throughout the album. To this date, I have not heard one band do a better punk cover of The Who's "My Generation" then Green Day. A great album in every aspect.

Whether they are playing Alternative ("Nimrod"), Punk ("Dookie" "Kerplunk"), or just showing full fledged maturity ("Warning"), Green Day never dissapoints.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This album Rocks, October 31, 2005

By	J. Williams "brunellfan" (Germany) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

For the past decade and some more Green Day has been the best, most consistent rock band. I am sick of people bashing them and calling them sell outs. Anyone who plays music knows how boring it is to play the same stuff over and over. Green Day never sold out. You can't help but become popular when your wonderful. Yes Green Day has changed over the years. Big deal.

Its hard today to find a band who writes their own songs. Green Day does this. This album is a great taste and opportunity to hear the roots of Green Day and where they came from.

Check out Smoothed Out Slappy Hours also, it rocks.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars very very good cd, August 4, 2001

By	"holden-caulfield" (Colorado) - See all my reviews

I admit, I fell in love w/ Dookie before their earlier stuff, but this CD simply blew me away. The first 4 tracks are all amazing, and I truly think Greenday is at their best here. Christie Road and Razorbacks could've been taken from almost any confused teen's life, and are incredibly personal songs. It's relative, ya know? From Holden Caulfield to 2000 LYA, pretty much every song on here rocks. Dominated Love Slave made me giggle, and reminded me of my male genes, LOL.

I love this CD perhaps almost more than Dookie b/c it feels like Billie Joe really is at his purest form. Any [one] can figure out that Warning and even some of Nimrod had a few production-line type of songs, where the lyrics on this album are raw...not manufactured punk. Oh and to all those [people] ... who say Greenday sold out w/ slow songs like "time of your life" and "macy's day parade" listen to No One Knows: it's slow, it's personal, and it's GD-lite...but it's ORIGINAL Greenday none-the-less.

Okay finally, I must also admit that I liked Warning quite a bit when it first came out. But then I bought this, and I totally understood why ppl got so [angry] about GD selling out punk-wise. Warning is pop and is absolute [junk] compared to the early Greenday stuff like this and 1039, and even Dookie.

If you want *real* punk, Kerplunk is the CD for you.