Goodbye Ellston Avenue

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Goodbye Ellston Avenue
Pinhead Gunpowder - Goodbye Ellston Avenue.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 25, 1997 (1997-02-25)
RecordedSeptember 1996
StudioSound and Vision Studios in San Francisco
GenrePunk rock
Length23:54
LabelLookout![1]
Recess
ProducerKevin Army
Pinhead Gunpowder chronology
Carry the Banner
(1994)
Goodbye Ellston Avenue
(1997)
Shoot the Moon
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[2]

Goodbye Ellston Avenue is the debut studio album by the American punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder.[1][3] It was released on February 25, 1997, through Lookout! Records. The album was re-released on vinyl and CD through Recess Records.[4] It is the only studio album by Pinhead Gunpowder as of 2020.

Critical reception[]

Kerrang! called the album "Billie Joe at his punk-rock best."[5]

Track listing[]

All lyrics are written by Aaron Cometbus, except where noted; all music is composed by Pinhead Gunpowder, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Life During Wartime"1:49
2."Without Me"1:29
3."High Maintenance" (written by Cometbus and Jason White)1:36
4."Backyard Flames" (lyrics by Bill Schneider)1:30
5."Song of My Returning" (written and originally performed by Phil Ochs)2:28
6."Once More Without Feeling"1:47
7."I Walk Alone"1:17
8."Train Station" (music by Pinhead Gunpowder and Paul Curran)1:30
9."Homesick Hopes" (lyrics by White)1:46
10."Brother" (music by John Quittner)3:20
11."Swan Song"1:38
12."Work for Food" (written by Eric Baffert; originally performed by The Big Foist)1:33
13."The Great Divide"2:15
Total length:23:54

Personnel[]

Production

  • Kevin Army – producer
  • John Golden - mastering
  • Aaron Cometbus - graphic design, cover art
  • Bill Schneider - photography

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Green Day". Trouser Press. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
  2. ^ AllMusic review
  3. ^ "Pinhead Gunpowder | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "Pinhead Gunpowder Compile Hits, Reissues". exclaim.ca.
  5. ^ "The Many Sides Of Billie Joe Armstrong". Kerrang!.



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