Green Day – 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours

In 1994, punk rock broke through into the airwaves. It was that year that punk became the cool thing to listen to rather then the rejects’ savior. One album that stood out that year was Dookie by Green Day, that phenomenal album has been sited as an influential album by countless punk bands around the globe. But before that the band released Dookie, they released two full lengths and a couple 7″s. Now, in 2004,Lookout Records has just re-released their debut 1990 album, 39/Smooth, with all the tracks from their 1989 7 inch EP, 1,000 Hours and their 1990 EP, Slappy; topping it all off, they also put one track, I Want To Be Alone, from a 1991 compilation album, The Big One and fittingly called it 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours.

The re-mastered CD shows us why Green Day are one of the biggest punk bands around today. In their 15 year career, they have never changed their sound once. The songs on 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours displays that perfectly. They still play catchy, fast paced, three chord punk rock, Billie Joe’s vocals are still the same as ever; the only difference is the drummer. Sure, some of the songs sound vaguely familiar to one another, but in this case, there’s nothing wrong about that. Any Green Day fans who don’t own 39/Smooth, Slappy, or 1,000 Hours should go out and pick up this album immediately to finish off their collection.

Even if you already own all the old versions of the albums, there are still some new stuff on here for you! Like most CDs nowadays, this is an enhanced CD, with over 20 minutes of live performances from 1990-91, vintage photos, handwritten lyrics by Billie Joe, flyer art, live radio performance and interview from 1991 and much more!

There was no doubt in my mind that Green Day were one of the top punk rock acts around, and this re-mastered CD has only strengthened that belief.