1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours

Occupation

• Billie Joe Armstrong: guitar, vocals
• John Kiffmeyer: Drums
• Mike Dirnt: Bass

1,039 / Smoothed Out Slappy Hours is a compilation album by the American punk rock band Green Day. It was in 1991 at Lookout! Records published in 2004 was followed by a re-release on Epitaph Records ( Europe) and 2007 Reprise Records.

Background

The album is a compilation of the previous publications 39/Smooth, 1,000 Hours and Slappy, hence the name. The comma in " 1,000 hours" and " 1,039 / Smoothed Out Slappy Hours " is the English thousands separator.

1,039 / Smoothed Out Slappy Hours reached with over 500,000 records sold gold status in the U.S. and was more successful than the previous releases. In addition, it was the first Green Day release on an audio CD. Therefore, 1,039 / Smoothed Out Slappy Hours sometimes referred to as the debut album of the band shown. However, Green Day's first regular studio album was already 39/Smooth.

The album is the only one on the John Kiffmeyer, who later left the band can be heard on all the songs on drums.

Title list

Until the coming of John Kiffmeyer I Was There and the Operation Ivy cover Knowledge all the songs of Billie Joe Armstrong were written.

The titles 1 to 10 are from 39/Smooth, title 11 to 14 of Slappy (EP ) and the title 15-18 of 1,000 hours ( EP). Title 19 published on The Big One, a compilation of several bands from East Bay and Los Angeles. On the re-release photos, videos and four other pieces of music ( live recordings ) are also included.

Reception

Ned Raggett gave the album at Allmusic three out of five stars and wrote that the album was not really great, but not bad either.

In The New Rolling Stone Album Guide Album of the authors Nick Catucci and Evan Serpick received two and a half out of five. They wrote about the album:

" Although 1,039 / Smoothed Out Slappy Hour [ ... ] Lacked the production value of later releases, [it] demostrated the band 's uncanny ability to meld irresistible pop hooks and charming, disarmingly honest lyrics with punk grit. "