Kerplunk (album)

Kerplunk is the second studio album by the American punk rock band Green Day. It was released on January 17, 1992 through Lookout! Records. Kerplunk was their last release on an independent label and was also the first album to feature their current band lineup, with Tré Cool on drums. The album has gone on to be among the best selling independently released albums of all time. Major labels took notice of Kerplunk's phenomenal popularity and many approached the band. Green Day realized that they had outgrown their record distribution capacity with Lookout! and eventually signed with Reprise Records. With Reprise, Green Day would record and release their third album Dookie (1994).

The album officially includes only 12 tracks, but the versions released on CD and cassette also include the 4 tracks from the Sweet Children EP. One of those 4 tracks is a cover of The Who's "My Generation". Another notable track on the album is "Welcome to Paradise", which the band would re-record for their next album Dookie.

As of August, 2010, Kerplunk had sold 753,000 units in the United States and 1,000,000 units worldwide.

In August 2005, Green Day pulled the album, as well as all of their other material released through the label, from Lookout! due to unpaid royalties. It was reissued on CD by Reprise Records, who Green Day has been with since leaving Lookout!, on January 9, 2007.Note that in Europe, the album was released by Epitaph Europe, and has remained in print. It was reissued on vinyl on March 24, 2009 by Reprise Records and includes a reissue of the Sweet Children EP.

In December 2007, Blender magazine ranked Kerplunk #47 on their list, "The 100 Greatest Indie Rock Albums Ever".

 

1 Track listing 2 Album notes 3 Personnel 4 References

 

Kerplunk

Studio album by Green Day
Released	January 17, 1992
Recorded	May–September 1991 at Art of Ears Studio, San Francisco, California
Genre	Punk rock
Length	33:58 (Vinyl version) 42:09 (CD version)
Label	Lookout!, Reprise, Epitaph
Producer	Andy Ernst, Green Day
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Robert Christgau link Pitchfork Media (8.5/10) link Dano Music
Green Day chronology
1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours (1991) Kerplunk (1992) Dookie (1994)

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Billie Joe Armstrong, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"2,000 Light Years Away"	2:24
2.	"One for the Razorbacks"	2:30
3.	"Welcome to Paradise"	3:30
4.	"Christie Road"	3:33
5.	"Private Ale"	2:26
6.	"Dominated Love Slave" (written by Tré Cool)	1:42
7.	"One of My Lies"	2:19
8.	"80"	3:39
9.	"Android"	3:00
10.	"No One Knows"	3:39
11.	"Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?"	2:44
12.	"Words I Might Have Ate"	2:32
Total length:		33:58

Bonus tracks (CD only)
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Sweet Children"	1:41
14.	"Best Thing in Town"	2:03
15.	"Strangeland"	2:08
16.	"My Generation" (written by Pete Townshend; originally performed by The Who)	2:19
Total length:		42:09

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