1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours

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1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours
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Compilation album by
Green Day
ReleasedOctober 1, 1991 (1991-10-01)
RecordedDecember 1988 – April 20, 1990
StudioArt of Ears Studios, San Francisco, California
GenrePunk rock
Length56:15
LabelLookout
Producer
Green Day chronology
Sweet Children
(1990) 		1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours
(1991) 		Kerplunk
(1991)

1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours is a collection of early recordings by American rock band Green Day, released on October 1, 1991 by Lookout Records. Often erroneously referred to as the band's debut album, the compilation combines the band's actual debut 39/Smooth and its first two extended plays Slappy and 1,000 Hours, which are all currently out of print, hence its name being an amalgamation of the album and the two EPs. The album included one cover, "Knowledge" (originally from the Slappy EP), which was originally by influential California punk band Operation Ivy, whose singer, Jesse Michaels, contributed the artwork for the album. The cover art features the same image from 39/Smooth.

Lookout! re-released the album in 2004 with special limited packaging and all new enhanced CD-ROM features, including live performances and pictures. The album was re-issued in the same packaging in 2007 through Reprise Records after Green Day pulled the album in August 2005, as well as all of its other material released through the label, from Lookout! due to unpaid royalties. The album has been certified Gold in the U.S. by the RIAA, and according to Nielsen SoundScan, it has sold 632,000 copies in the U.S. as of August 2010.[1] The album was certified Gold in the UK on July 22, 2013, representing sales of at least 100,000. It has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide.[2]

Release[]

Initially released in 1991 through Lookout! Records (despite the 1990 copyright date on the album), the label re-issued the album in a remastered form in 2004.[3] It was re-released on CD on January 9, 2007, by Reprise Records, the label Green Day has been signed to since leaving Lookout!.[4] In Europe, the album was already re-released by Epitaph Europe, and has remained in print. It was reissued on vinyl on March 24, 2009, by Reprise in a package containing the original 10-song 39/Smooth LP along with reissues of the 1,000 Hours and Slappy EPs.[5] On the 2009 reissues, the song "I Want to Be Alone" is omitted.

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[6]
Alternative Press3/5 stars[7]
Blender2/5 stars[8]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music2/5 stars[9]
Pitchfork6.2/10[10]
Punknews3.5/5 stars[11]
Robert Christgau(dud)[12]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide2.5/5 stars[13]
Sputnikmusic3/5[14]

Reviews of 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours were largely mixed; for example, The New Rolling Stone Album Guide gave it 2.5 out of 5 stars.[13] Brad of Punknews.org gave it 3.5 out of 5 stars, writing, "All in all, this album succeeds at being quite good. It shows obvious influences from the Clash and the Ramones, and is a good debut for a young band that would later change the course of Punk Rock forever by opening the floodgates for New School bands."[11]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and John Kiffmeyer), except where noted.

39/Smooth (1990)
No.TitleLength
1."At the Library"2:26
2."Don't Leave Me"2:37
3."I Was There" (lyrics written by Kiffmeyer)3:36
4."Disappearing Boy"2:52
5."Green Day"3:29
6."Going to Pasalacqua"3:30
7."16"3:24
8."Road to Acceptance"3:35
9."Rest"3:05
10."The Judge's Daughter"2:34

All lyrics are written by Billie Joe Armstrong, except where noted; all music is composed by Green Day (Armstrong, Dirnt, and Kiffmeyer), except where noted.

Slappy EP (1990)
No.TitleLength
11."Paper Lanterns"2:23
12."Why Do You Want Him?"2:31
13."409 in Your Coffeemaker"2:52
14."Knowledge" (Operation Ivy cover; lyrics by Jesse Michaels; music by Operation Ivy)2:19

All lyrics are written by Billie Joe Armstrong, except where noted; all music is composed by Green Day.

1,000 Hours EP (1989)
No.TitleLength
15."1,000 Hours"2:25
16."Dry Ice"3:45
17."Only of You"2:47
18."The One I Want" (lyrics written by Armstrong and Dirnt)3:01
No.TitleLength
19."I Want to Be Alone" (from The Big One compilation by Flipside Records, omitted from 2009 reissues)3:09
Total length:56:15
Deluxe version
No.TitleLength
20."Studio Banter" (Interview)2:56
21."One for the Razorbacks" (Live from WMMR)1:25
22."Paper Lanterns" (Live from WMMR)1:36
23."Words I Might Have Ate" (Live from WMMR)1:46

Personnel[]

Green Day

Additional performers

Production

Certification[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[15] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References[]

  1. ^ Grein, Paul. "Week Ending Aug. 8, 2008: Taylor Swift Returns (Comments by Paul Grein)". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 29 April 2011.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "From Paul McCartney to Madonna, the BPI's iconic Platinum, Gold and Silver Certified Awards have long been presented to music artists to celebrate major record sales milestones. Originally introduced in 1973, more than 9,000 awards have been issued to date during their illustrious 40 year history". British Phonographic Industry. Archived from the original on 2013-02-06. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
  3. ^ "Lookout! downsizes, scales back plans for the future". Punknews.org. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
  4. ^ "1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours Music: Green Day". Amazon.com. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
  5. ^ "Green Day Reissuing 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours and Kerplunk". Retrieved 29 April 2011.
  6. ^ "1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
  7. ^ Raub, Jesse (22 June 2010). "Green Day 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours". Alternative Press. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  8. ^ "1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours Review". Blender.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
  10. ^ "1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours Review". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 29 April 2011.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b Brad (21 May 2002). "1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours (1991)". Punknews.org. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Green Day Review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
  13. ^ Jump up to: a b Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Green Day". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 347. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  14. ^ Adam Downer (2 November 2005). "Green Day: 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  15. ^ "American album certifications – Green Day – 1039/SMOOTHED OUT SLAPPY HOURS". Recording Industry Association of America.

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