Performer Notes
- Green Day: Billie Joe (vocals, guitar, mandolin, harmonica); Mike Drint (vocals, Farfisa organ, bass); Tre Cool (accordion, drums, percussion).
- Additional personnel: Benmont Tench, Gary Meek, Mistress Simone.
- This is an enhanced CD which contains regular audio tracks as well as multimedia computer files.
- This limited edition of WARNING contains a 64-page booklet. It is packaged in a digipack in a green plastic bag.
- Green Day: Billie Joe (vocals, guitar, mandolin, harmonica); Mike Drint (vocals, Farfisa organ, bass); Tre Cool (accordion, drums, percussion).
- Additional personnel: Benmont Tench, Gary Meek, Mistress Simone.
- Personnel: Mike Dirnt (vocals, Farfisa); Billie Joe (vocals); Gary Meek (saxophone); Tre Cool (drums).
- Audio Mixer: Jack Joseph Puig.
- Recording information: Studio 890, Oakland, CA.
- Photographers: Lance Bangs; Chris Bilheimer; Marina Chavez.
- Unknown Contributor Role: Benmont Tench.
- To debate whether or not Green Day truly was or is a punk band in the purest definition of the punk ethic now seems irrelevant. If nothing else, they're a pop band who can't seem to help but write good songs--in the case of WARNING, some really good songs. This album makes up for any missteps the band may have taken since the fluke success of DOOKIE.
- From the Katrina And The Waves groove of "Castaway" to the Beatles-esque harmonica on "Hold On," WARNING inspires a sense of musical deja vu that never crosses the line into out-and-out thievery. Hands-down, the most interesting track here is "Misery," which struts along with Doors-like quirkiness and goes through a progression of cultural movements that take instrumental turns in the form of deep strings, mariachi brass, and acoustic guitar melodies. If there's a warning to be found here, it's that Green Day has become a real band. Not very punk of them, but promising all the same.
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (1/4/01, p.108) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Top 50 Albums of 2000".
Rolling Stone (10/12/00, p.90) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...The once-giddy melodies now settle for midtempo jangle or novelty....the best tune picks up where 1997s 'Good Riddance' left off....Green Day as the new Bread - who knew?"
Rolling Stone (1/4/01, p.108) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Top 50 Albums of 2000".
Rolling Stone (10/12/00, p.90) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...The once-giddy melodies now settle for midtempo jangle or novelty....the best tune picks up where 1997s 'Good Riddance' left off....Green Day as the new Bread - who knew?"
Spin (12/00, p.215) - 6 out of 10 - "...Ventures a Kurt Weill-style story-song, Beatles harmonica, even the riff from Petula Clark's 'Downtown'....Armstrong is so earnestly good-hearted, so generally inclined toward the inner misfit...you can't help cheering him on..."
Q (11/00, p.102) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Hugely likeable, terribly noisy and cute, as well as being jammed with proper pop songs, there remains nothing wrong with Green Day..."
Q (11/00, p.102) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Hugely likeable, terribly noisy and cute, as well as being jammed with proper pop songs, there remains nothing wrong with Green Day..."
Alternative Press (11/00, p.110) - 4 out of 5 - "...A good little record....further refining the folk-punk they introduced 2 years ago..."
Magnet (1-2/01, p.93) - "...May not only be the most beautiful Green Day LP but also the bravest....working with a sense of maturity they have only begun to express..."
CMJ (10/2/00, p.23) - "...They draw non-punk influences to their sound while hanging tight to [their] melodic Midas touch..."
CMJ (10/2/00, p.23) - "...They draw non-punk influences to their sound while hanging tight to [their] melodic Midas touch..."
Melody Maker (10/3/00, p.58) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...This sort of music used to be called new wave in the late Seventies..."
Melody Maker (10/3/00, p.58) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...This sort of music used to be called new wave in the late Seventies..."
Mojo (Publisher) (10/00, p.102) - "...The sound of 3 men growing old far too gracefully....the tracks stroll along at a worryingly sedate pace, barely breaking a sweat....Like punk never happened. Again."
Mojo (Publisher) (10/00, p.102) - "...The sound of 3 men growing old far too gracefully....the tracks stroll along at a worryingly sedate pace, barely breaking a sweat....Like punk never happened. Again."
