Insomniac (album)

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Insomniac
Studio album by Green Day
Released	October 10, 1995
Recorded	May - July 1995
Genre	Punk rock
Length	32:55
Label	Reprise Records
Producer(s)	Green Day and Rob Cavallo
Professional reviews
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Green Day chronology
Dookie (1994)	Insomniac (1995)	nimrod. (1997)

Insomniac is the fourth studio album from the punk rock band Green Day. It was released in 1995 on the Reprise Records label. Though it reached #2 in the U.S. and went 5x Platinum, Insomniac didn't have the sales endurance of its predecessor, Dookie, largely due to its slightly darker lyrical tone and more abrasive sound. Though many consider Insomniac to be more consistent than Dookie, it did not feature a signature track akin to "Longview" or "Basket Case".

Insomniac has sold 7 million units in the United States as of August 2006. It is Green Day's third most succesful album after Dookie and American Idiot.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Singles 3 Trivia 4 Personnel 5 Production

[edit] Track listing

All tracks by Billie Joe Armstrong (lyrics) and Green Day (music), except where noted.

1. "Armatage Shanks" – 2:17
2. "Brat" – 1:43
3. "Stuck With Me" – 2:16
4. "Geek Stink Breath" – 2:15
5. "No Pride" – 2:20
6. "Bab's Uvula Who?" – 2:07
7. "86" – 2:48
8. "Panic Song" (Billie Joe Armstrong/Mike Dirnt/Green Day) – 3:35
9. "Stuart and the Ave." – 2:04
10. "Brain Stew" – 3:13
11. "Jaded" – 1:31
12. "Westbound Sign" – 2:13
13. "Tight Wad Hill" – 2:01
14. "Walking Contradiction" – 2:31

[edit] Singles

• Geek Stink Breath - First single (1995)
• Stuck With Me - Second single (1995)
• Brain Stew/Jaded - Third single (1996)
• Walking Contradiction- Fourth single (1996)

Songs recorded for the album and released as non-LP B-Sides

1. "I Want To Be On T.V." - A cover of the punk band Fang
2. "Don't Wanna Fall in Love"
3. "You Lied"
4. "Do Da Da" - The original version of "Stuck With Me"
5. "Good Riddance" - The original version of the popular Green Day song
6. "J.A.R." - Featured on the soundtrack for the movie Angus

[edit] Trivia

(To read about the album cover from the artist firsthand, click here.)

• Before the name 'Insomniac', the band considered the naming the album 'Tight Wad Hill' (after the thirteenth track of the album). After visiting collage artist Winston Smith for the album cover, Billie Joe asked him how he managed to make such intricate pieces in such short times. Smith answered, "It's easy for me. I am an insomniac."
• When Billie Joe was asked what his biggest regret was he responded "That we didn't name Insomniac 'Jesus Christ Supermarket'".
• The collage on the album cover was created by Winston Smith [1] and is called God Told Me To Skin You Alive. Smith knew Tre Cool from Green Day's time at Lookout! Records and told Tre that if he ever needed album artwork that he should call him.
• The cover art contains an image (the dentist) that was originally used in a collage featured in the inside cover art of Dead Kennedys' album Plastic Surgery Disasters.
• The cover art also features images of a naked woman, 3 fairies, a skull, and several other ghostly faces in the flames.
• There are three skulls on the entire album cover and back; one for each member of Green Day. One of the skulls requires you to view the piece at an angle. The hidden skull is taken from Holbein's 1533 painting 'The Ambassadors'.
• The title, "Babs' Uvula Who?" comes from an old SNL sketch with Gilda Radner and Chevy Chase-

Doctor: In a nutshell, your uvula is on the fritz. Which reminds me of a little joke. Knock knock?

Babs: Who's there?

Doctor: Babs' uvula.

Babs: Babs' uvula who?

Doctor: I don't know, Babs. But I do know this - you've really let your uvula go to the dogs.

[edit] Personnel

• Billie Joe Armstrong - Vocals, Guitars
• Mike Dirnt - Bass, Backing Vocals
• Tré Cool - Drums

[edit] Production

• Producers: Green Day, Rob Cavallo
• Engineer: Kevin Army
• Mixer: Jerry Finn
• Second Engineers: Richard Huredia, Bernd Burgdorf
• Cover design: Winston Smith
• Drum tech: Mike "Sack" Fasano
• Guitar tech: Mr. C Steffes
• Project coordination: Cheryl Jenets

Green Day
Billie Joe Armstrong | Mike Dirnt | Tré Cool
Jason White | Jason Freese | Ronnie Blake | Al Sobrante
Discography
Studio Albums: 39/Smooth | Kerplunk! | Dookie | Insomniac | nimrod. | Warning: | American Idiot
Studio EPs: 1,000 Hours | Sweet Children | Slappy
Compilations: 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours | Shenanigans | International Superhits!
Live Albums/ Live EPs: Bowling Bowling Bowling Parking Parking | Foot in Mouth EP | Tune in Tokyo | Bullet in a Bible
DVDs: International Supervideos! | Riding in Vans with Boys | Bullet in a Bible
Singles: "Longview" | "Welcome to Paradise" | "Basket Case" | "She " | "When I Come Around" | "J.A.R." | "Geek Stink Breath" | "Stuck With Me" | "Brain Stew/Jaded" | "Walking Contradiction" | "Hitchin' a Ride" | "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" | "Redundant" | "Nice Guys Finish Last" | "Minority" | "Warning" | "Waiting" | "Macy's Day Parade" | "Poprocks & Coke" | "I Fought the Law" | "American Idiot" | "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" | "Holiday" | "Wake Me Up When September Ends" | "Jesus of Suburbia" | "The Saints Are Coming" (with U2)
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