Nimrod.
by Green Day
- Type: Album
- Released: October聽14,聽1997
- Label: Reprise
- Country: United States
- Length: 49:00
- Community rating: 3.64/5 from 11 ratings
Artists on this release: Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tre Cool
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Nimrod.' represents a deliberate expansion of Green Day's sound, showcasing a collection of standalone songs that diverge from their pop-punk formula into folk, ska, surf rock, and hardcore. This musical experimentation, which saw the band incorporating strings, horns, and a violin, is paired with more mature lyrical themes of personal reflection, marking a pivotal moment of artistic growth that yielded the commercially successful acoustic hit "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)."
Genres
Descriptors: male vocalist, melodic, fast, punchy, infectious, DIY
Tracklist
- Nice Guys Finish Last (02:48)
- Hitchin' a Ride (02:51)
- The Grouch (02:12)
- Redundant (03:18)
- Scattered (03:02)
- All the Time (02:10)
- Worry Rock (02:27)
- Platypus (I Hate You) (02:21)
- Uptight (03:04)
- Last Ride In (03:47)
- Jinx (02:12)
- Haushinka (03:25)
- Walking Alone (02:45)
- Reject (02:05)
- Take Back (01:09)
- King for a Day (03:13)
- Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) (02:33)
- Prosthetic Head (03:38)
Credits
- Billie Joe Armstrong - lead vocals, guitar, harmonica, writing
- Mike Dirnt - bass, backing vocals, baseball bat
- Tr茅 Cool - drums, bongos, tambourine, backing vocals
- Petra Haden - violin
- Conan McCallum - violin
- Gabrial McNair - horns
- Stephen Bradley - horns
- David Campbell - string and horn arrangements
- Rob Cavallo - producer
- Green Day - producer
- Ken Allardyce - recording, engineer
- Tony Flores - second engineer, additional engineering
- Mike Dy - additional second engineer
- Barry Goldberg - additional second engineer
- Bill Kinsley - additional second engineer
- Wes Seidman - additional second engineer
- Chris Lord-Alge - mixing
- Timmy Chunks - guitar technician
- Bill Schneider - bass technician
- Chris Bilheimer - art direction, design, photography
- Snorri Brothers - photography
- Cheryl Jenets - a&r coordinator