Lloyd Cole And The Commotions: Rattlesnakes 1984 (Deluxe edition 2CD 2004) + Easy Pieces 1985

 

Born January 31, 1961 in Buxton, England, Lloyd Cole formed the Commotions in 1982 while

studying philosophy at the University of Glasgow. Lloyd Cole is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He was lead vocalist of Lloyd Cole and the Commotions from 1984 to 1989 and subsequently worked solo. Singer/songwriter Lloyd Cole's cuttingly literate lyrics, unabashedly romantic stance, and knack for melodies both simple and ornate form a solid base for his frequent genre shifts. 
                             

Starting off fronting the Commotions and delivering some of the '80s most iconic jangle pop songs, like

"Perfect Skin" and the quintessential Rattlesnakes album, Cole soon undertook a solo career that didn't stay in one place for long. The Commotions' debut studio album, Rattlesnakes (1984), contained literary and pop culture references to such figures as Arthur Lee, Norman Mailer, Grace Kelly, Eva Marie Saint, Simone de Beauvoir, Truman Capote and Joan Didion. The band produced two more studio albums, Easy Pieces (1985) and Mainstream (1987), before disbanding in 1989.
                     

He went from straightforward rock on 1990's self-titled album to lushly orchestrated pop on 1991's

Don't Get Weird on Me Babe; he swerved into jangle pop on 1995's Love Story, then he settled down to make country rock-inspired music for a time before delving into electronics for a record of duets with Hans-Joachim Roedelius on 2013's Selected Studies, Vol. 1. Albums made in the wake of this newfound interest, like 2023's On Pain, merged the warm songcraft of earlier work with the colder textures of electronic pop. 
                  

He has since released solo albums on smaller independent labels. Sanctuary Records released Music in a Foreign Language (2003) in the UK. Recorded largely by Cole himself (including tracks recorded

directly onto a Mac), the songs had a stark, folk-inspired singer-songwriter style. The album was released in the US by the One Little Indian label, which also collected a number of outtakes (recorded from 1996 to 2000) on 2002's Etc. and released an instrumental ambient electronica album, Plastic Wood, the same year. It featured new versions of Nick Cave's "People Ain't No Good" and his own "No More Love Songs".
                        

On 30 January 2023, Cole announced his twelfth studio album On Pain to be released on 23 June 2023:

an album featuring eight songs recorded in Cole's attic and produced by Chris Merrick Hughes. Four of the songs are co-written by founding Commotions members Blair Cowan and Neil Clark. It was preceded by the upbeat single and music video "Warm by the Fire". It received 4-star reviews by Uncut, Mojo and AllMusic and it entered the UK Albums Chart at number 23.
                    

LLOYD COLE AND THE COMMOTIONS - RATTLESNAKES 1984 (2004 24th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITIION 2 CD)

                           

One of the finest debuts of the '80s, and possibly the defining album of the whole U.K. indie jangle

scene that also included Prefab Sprout, Aztec Camera, and dozens of other bands, Lloyd Cole and the Commotions' Rattlesnakes is a college rock masterpiece of smart, ironic lyrics and sympathetic folk-rock-based melodies. The Glasgow-based band (Lloyd Cole on guitar and vocals, Neil Clark on lead guitar, Blair Cowan on keyboards, Lawrence Donegan on bass, and Stephen Irvine on drums) has a level of interplay remarkable in a group that had been playing for less than two years, and for all the attention given to Cole's hyper-literate lyrics, the album's finest moments are things like the slinky

interludes between the wry verses on the Renata Adler-inspired "Speedboat" and Clark's glorious extended solo at the end of the album's finest song, "Forest Fire." Originally released in the U.S. by Geffen but reissued on CD as part of Capitol's acquisition of the Commotions in 1988 (with the original cover, which had been changed for the Geffen release), Rattlesnakes consists of ten perfect, or close to it, pop songs in just a hair under 36 minutes.
                        

Lloyd Cole And The Commotions – Rattlesnakes
Label: Polydor – 9821820
Series: Deluxe Edition
Format: 2 x CD, Album, Remastered, Reissue 2004
Country: UK & Europe
Released: 1984    
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative, Pop Rock

CD1.  RATTLESNAKES         

                         

    
01. Perfect Skin   3:14
Written-By – Cole
02. Speedboat   4:40
Written-By – Cole
03. Rattlesnakes   3:26
Written-By – Cole, Clark
04. Down On Mission Street   3:46
Written-By – Cole
05. Forest Fire   4:36
Written-By – Cole
06. Charlotte Street   3:53
Written-By – Cole
07. 2cv   2:53
(Written-By – Cole
08. Four Flights Up   2:35
Written-By – Donegan, Cole
09. Patience   3:38
(Written-By – Cowan, Cole
10. Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken?   3:06
(Written-By – Cole, Clark

Flac Size: 241 MB

CD2.  DEMOS  +  LIVE + RADIO SESSIONS + B-SIDES / OUTTAKE    

DEMOS

                       

   
01. Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken - Demo   2:09
Written-By – Cole, Clark
02. Perfect Skin - Demo   3:26
Written-By – Cole

LIVE        

    
03. Glory - Live At Nightmoves (15/6/84)   2:29
Written-By – Verlaine
04. Beautiful City - Live At The Marquee (5/11/84)   3:43
Written-By – Cole
05. Charlotte Street - Live At The Marquee (5/11/84)   3:40
Written-By – Cole
06. Sweetness - Live At The Barrowlands (9/9/85)   2:42
Written-By – Cole
07. 2cv - Live At The Barrowlands (9/9/85)   2:57
Written-By – Cole

RADIO SESSIONS

    
08. Patience - Saturday Live - BBC Radio 1 Session (26/5/84)   3:21
Written-By – Cowan, Cole
09. Forest Fire - Richard Skinner Session - BBC Radio 1 (5/7/84)   4:13
Written-By – Cole
10. Speedboat - Richard Skinner Session - BBC Radio 1 (5/7/84)   3:59
Written-By – Cole
11. Rattlesnakes - Richard Skinner Session - BBC Radio 1 (5/7/84)   3:36
Written-By – Cole, Clark

B-SIDES / OUTTAKE        

    
12. The Sea And The Sand   3:03
Written-By – Cole
13. You Will Never Be No Good   2:39
Written-By – Cowan, Cole
14. Andy's Babies   2:52
Written-By – Donegan, Cole
15. Glory   2:39
Written-By – Verlaine
16. Sweetness   2:51
Written-By – Cole
17. Beautiful City (Rattlesnakes Recording)   3:38
Written-By – Cole
18. Jesus Said   3:14
Written-By – Cole, Clark

Flac Size: 376 MB

LINE - UP

Lyrics By, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Lloyd Cole (tracks: 1.1 to 1.10)
Drums, Tambourine – Stephen Irvine (tracks: 1.1 to 1.10)
Electric Bass – Lawrence Donegan (tracks: 1.1 to 1.10)
Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Neil Clark (tracks: 1.1 to 1.10)
Keyboards [Electric And Acoustic] – Blair Cowan (tracks: 1.1 to 1.10)

LLOYD COLE AND THE COMMOTIONS - EASY PIECES 1985

          

Producers Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley, as is their wont, created a shimmering pop surface for

Lloyd Cole and the Commotions' second album, Easy Pieces, sweetening the tracks with string and brass countermelodies and emphasizing the chiming highs of the guitar and keyboards for an attractive sound that echoed the earnestness of British bands like the Hollies and Herman's Hermits circa 1966. It was, of course, like sugarcoating cyanide capsules, given Cole's pleasantly sung lyrics, which detailed philosophical disillusionment, romantic discord, and, yes, at least attempted suicide.
                          

Lloyd Cole & The Commotions – Easy Pieces
Label: Polydor – 827 670-2 Y H, Polydor – 827 670-2
Format: CD, Album, Stereo
Country: Europe
Released: 1985
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Pop Rock

TRACKS

                  

01. Rich   4:23
Written-By – Cole
02. Why I Love Country Music   2:58
Written-By – Cowan, Cole
03. Pretty Gone   3:30
Written-By – Cole, Clark
04. Grace   4:04
Written-By – Cole
05. Cut Me Down   4:27
Written-By – Cole
06. Brand New Friend   4:51
Written-By – Cowan, Cole
07. Lost Weekend   3:14
Written-By – Cowan, Cole, Clark
08. James   3:49
Written-By – Cole
09. Minor Character   3:42
Written-By – Cole, Clark
10. Perfect Blue   4:31
Written-By – Cole
11. Her Last Fling   2:47
Written-By – Cole
12. Big World   2:17
Written-By – Cole
13. Nevers End   2:33
Written-By – Cole

LINE - UP

Neil Clark – guitar
Lloyd Cole – vocals, guitar
Blair Cowan – keyboards
Lawrence Donegan – bass guitar, guitar
Stephen Irvine – drums, tambourine

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS

Jimmy Thomas, Jimmy Helms, Lance Ellington, Jimmy Chambers, Tony Jackson, Lynda Hayes – additional vocals
Anne Dudley – string arrangements
Gary Barnacle – brass arrangements

NOTES

Tracks 1 to 10 are the original LP, Easy Pieces.
Track 11 was the b-side of the Rich single.
Tracks 12 & 13 were the b-sides of the Lost Weekend single.

Flac Size: 294 MB

Ozzy Osbourne (3 December 1948 – 22 July 2025): Blizzard Of Ozz 1980 + Ozzy Live + Diary Of A Madman (3CD BOX 30th Anniversary)

 

John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (3 December 1948 – 22 July 2025) was an English singer,

songwriter and media personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which period he adopted the nickname "Prince of Darkness". Establishing himself as heavy metal's Prince of Darkness early on as vocalist for the genre-defining Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne has shown an un-killable perseverance as he remained one of metal's most powerful voices for over 50 years and became an international multimedia superstar along the way.
                          

The band was highly influential in the development of heavy metal music, in particular their critically

acclaimed releases Paranoid (1970), Master of Reality (1971), and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973). Osbourne was fired from Black Sabbath in 1979 due to his problems with alcohol and other drugs.  After parting ways with Sabbath in 1979, Osbourne quickly launched a solo career, burning through the '80s in a storm of controversy and substance abuse while making some landmark albums like 1980's Blizzard of Ozz and 1981's Diary of a Madman. 
                            

Ozzy's impeccable showmanship and knack for surrounding himself with star-powered guitarists like

Randy Rhoads and Zakk Wylde kept him in the charts and playing stadiums throughout the '90s, and the antics of his family were captured on the MTV series The Osbournes, making him part of the reality TV wave of the 2000s. Osbourne sold over 100 million albums, including his solo work and Black Sabbath releases. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Black Sabbath in 2006 and as a solo artist in 2024. 
                              

He was honoured with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Birmingham Walk of Stars. At the

2014 MTV Europe Music Awards, he received the Global Icon Award. In 2015, he received the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. Heavy metal star Ozzy Osbourne has died aged 76, just weeks after reuniting with his Black Sabbath bandmates and performing a huge farewell concert for fans

                                             

Ozzy Osbourne – Blizzard Of Ozz ✝ Diary Of A Madman
Label: Epic – 88697 75147 2-MC, Legacy – 88697 75147 2-MC
Format: 3 x CDr, Box Set, 30th Anniversary Collectors Edition
Country: US
Released: 2011
Genre: Rock
Style: Heavy Metal

CD1.  BLIZZARD OF OZZ 1980        

                                    

01. I Don't Know   5:13
02. Crazy Train   4:51
03. Goodbye To Romance   5:33
04. Dee   0:49
05. Suicide Solution   4:17
06. Mr. Crowley   5:02
07. No Bone Movies   3:52
08. Revelation (Mother Earth)   6:08
09. Steal Away (The Night)   3:28

BONUS TRACKS        

    
10. You Looking At Me, Looking At You (Non-LP B-Side)   4:15
11. Goodbye To Romance (2010 Guitar & Vocal Mix)   5:42
12. RR   1:13

Flac Size: 381 MB

CD2.  OZZY LIVE        

                     

01.  I Don’t Know    5:08
02.  Crazy Train    6:26
03.  Believer    5:37
04.  Mr. Crowley    6:19
05.  Flying High Again    4:17
06.  Revelation (Mother Earth)    5:58
07.  Steal Away (The Night)    8:00
08.  Suicide Solution    8:34
09.  Iron Man    3:12
10.  Children Of The Grave    5:07
11.  Paranoid    3:17

Flac Size: 516 MB

CD3.  DIARY OF A MADMAN    1981    

   

 

01. Over The Mountain    4:31
02. Flying High Again    4:44
03. You Can't Kill Rock And Roll    6:59
04. Believer    5:15
05. Little Dolls    5:39
06. Tonight    5:50
07. S.A.T.O.    4:07
08. Diary Of A Madman    6:14
        

Flac Size: 353 MB

LINE - UP

Lead Vocals, Harmony Vocals – Ozzy Osbourne (tracks: CD1, CD2)
Bass – Rudy Sarzo (tracks: CD2)
Bass Guitar, Harmony Vocals, Gong [Gongs] – Bob Daisley (tracks: CD1)
Drums – Tommy Aldridge (tracks: CD2)
Drums, Percussion, Tubular Bells, Timpani [Timpani Drums] – Lee Kerslake (tracks: CD1)
Guitar [Guitars] – Randy Rhoads (tracks: CD1, 2)
Keyboards – Don Airey (tracks: CD1)

Green Day: Kerplunk! 1991 + Dookie 1994 + Insomniac 1995 + American idiot 2004

 

Since the early '90s, Bay Area trio Green Day has been one of the most celebrated and successful bands

in the world, growing from an energetic and snarling pop-punk group into an increasingly melodic and stylistically adventurous act and infiltrating the mainstream early in the process. From the start, the band took notes from the anarchic attitudes and loud, fast, snotty approach of jittery late-'70s punk acts like the Jam and Sham 69, but elevated their blasting sound with pop elements like catchy hooks, tightly arranged song structures, and Beatlesque vocal harmonies. 
                  

Formed in 1987, by lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong and bassist and backing vocalist

Mike Dirnt, with drummer Tré Cool, they were originally called Sweet Children, but changed their name before their first release. The band's early releases were with the independent record label Lookout! Records, including their first album, 39/Smooth (1990). For most of the band's career, they have been a power trio with Cool, who replaced John Kiffmeyer in 1990 before the recording of the band's second studio album, Kerplunk (1991). 
                  

Throughout the early '90s, Green Day continued to attract a cult following, which only gained strength with the release of their second album, 1992's Kerplunk. The underground success of Kerplunk led to a

wave of interest from major record labels, and the band eventually decided to sign with Reprise. Dookie, Green Day's major-label debut, was released in the spring of 1994. Thanks to MTV's support of the initial single "Longview," Dookie became a major hit. The album continued to gain momentum throughout the summer, with its second single, "Basket Case," spending five weeks on top of the American modern rock charts. At the end of the summer, the band stole the show at Woodstock '94, which increased the sales of Dookie.
                  

Though the albums Insomniac (1995), Nimrod (1997) and Warning (2000) did not match the success of

Dookie, they were still successful, with Insomniac and Nimrod reaching double platinum status, while Warning achieved gold. As they soldiered through the ensuing decades, Green Day matured without losing any of the lawless attitude they'd built their sound on, reaching a career peak with 2004's American Idiot (a sociopolitical rock opera and Grammy-winning international success).
                     

2004's American Idiot, an aggressive rock opera that became a surprise success -- a chart-topper around the world, a multi-platinum Grammy winner, and easily the best-reviewed album of their career. Green

Day reveled in the album's success, hitting numerous award shows and performing as part of Live 8 in July 2005. That fall saw the release of Bullet in a Bible, a concert album that documented the trio's expansive Idiot live show. Over the years, Green Day expanded their sound to include nods to glam rock, soul, and larger-than-life arena rock, taking the time to make such detours as 2020's Father of All..., but they also found sustenance in their pop-punk, as indicated by 2024's rousing Saviors. 
                

01.  GREEN DAY - KERPLUNK! 1991

                     

Green Day's second full album was the perfect dry run for the band's later assault on the mainstream, containing both more variety and more flat-out smashes than previous releases had shown. With Tre Cool now firmly in place as the drummer, the lineup was at last settled, and it turned out Cool and Mike

Dirnt were a perfect rhythm section, with the former showing a bit more flash and ability than John Kiftmeyer did. Together the two throw in a variety of guitarless breaks that would later help to define the band's sound for many -- warm and never letting the beat go. As for Billie Joe Armstrong, his puppy-dog delivery and eternal switching between snotty humor and sudden sorrrow was better than ever, as were his instantly memorable riffs. 
                          

Green Day – Kerplunk!
Label: Lookout! Records – Lookout 46, Lookout! Records
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: Jan 17, 1992
Genre: Rock
Style: Punk

TRAXS

                       

01. 2000 Light Years Away    2:24
02. One For The Razorbacks    2:30
03. Welcome To Paradise    3:30
04. Christie Road    3:33
05. Private Ale    2:26
06. Dominated Love Slave (Lyrics By – Tre)   1:41
07. One Of My Lies    2:19
08. 80    3:39
09. Android    3:00
10. No One Knows    3:39
11. Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?    2:44
12. Words I Might Have Ate    2:32

BONUS TRAXS        

    
13. Sweet Children    1:41
14. Best Thing In Town    2:03
15. Strangeland    2:08
16. My Generation (Lyrics By – The Who)   2:19

LINE - UP

                         

Guitar, Vocals – Billie Joe Armstrong
Bass – Mike Dirnt
Drums – Al Sobrante (tracks: 13 to 16), Tre Cool (tracks: 1 to 12)

ONE OF MY LIES LYRICS

                       

When I was younger, I thought that the world circled around me
But in time, I realized I was so wrong
My immortal thoughts turned into just dreams of a dead future
It was a tragic case of my reality, yeah

Do you think you're indestructible, and no one can touch you?
Well, I think you're disposable, and it's time you knew the truth

'Cause it's just one of my lies
Well, it's just one of my lies
And all I wanna do is get real high
Well, it's just one of my lies

Why does my life have to be so small, and death is forever?
And does forever have a life to call its own?
Don't give me an answer, 'cause you only know as much as I know
Unless you've been there once, well, I hardly think so

Do you think you're indestructible, and no one can touch you?
Well, I think you're disposable, and it's time you knew the truth

'Cause it's just one of my lies
Well, it's just one of my lies
And all I wanna do is get real high
Well, it's just one of my lies

I used to pray at night
Before I laid myself down
My mother said it was right
Her mother said it too
Why?

Flac (16/44) Size: 308 MB

02.  GREEN DAY - DOOKIE 1994

                       

Dookie produced five hit singles for the band: "Longview", "When I Come Around", "Basket Case", a

re-recorded version of "Welcome to Paradise" and the radio-only single "She". The album has garnered considerable acclaim, from its release to present day, winning a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 1995 and being ranked No. 193 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. As of 2014, Dookie is the band's best-selling album with more than 20 million copies sold worldwide. 
                     

Green Day – Dookie
Label: Reprise Records – 9362-45529-2
Format: CD, Album, Repress, Stereo
Country: Europe
Released: 1999
Genre: Rock
Style: Punk, Alternative Rock

TRAXS

                         

01. Burnout    2:07
02. Having A Blast    2:44
03. Chump    2:54
04. Longview    3:59
05. Welcome To Paradise    3:44
06. Pulling Teeth    2:30
07. Basket Case    3:03
08. She    2:14
09. Sassafras Roots    2:37
10. When I Come Around    2:58
11. Coming Clean    1:35
12. Emenius Sleepus (Words By – Mike Dirnt)    1:43
13. In The End    1:46
14.1. F.O.D.    2:49
14.2. (silence)    1:19
14.3. All By Myself    1:38

LINE - UP

                        

Guitar, Vocals – Billie Joe Armstrong
Bass – Mike Dirnt
Drums - Tre Cool

NOTES

Track 14.3 is a hidden track starting 4:08 into track 14.
"All by myself" isn't titled on the release.

BURNOUT LYRICS

                   

I declare I don't care no more

I'm burning up and out and growing bored
In my smoked out boring room
My hair is shagging in my eyes
Dragging my feet to hit the street tonight
Drive along these shit town lights

I'm not growing up, I'm just burning out
And I stepped in line to walk amongst the dead

Oh, apathy has rained on me
And now I'm feeling like a soggy dream
So close to drowning, but I don't mind
I'll live inside this mental cave
Throw my emotions in the grave
And hell, who needs them anyway?

I'm not growing up, I'm just burning out
And I stepped in line to walk amongst the dead
I'm not growing up, I'm just burning out
And I stepped in line to walk amongst the dead
Dead.

Flac (24/96) Size: 875 MB

03.  GREEN DAY - INSOMNIAC 1995

                       

The Berkeley pop-punks’ 1995 album Insomniac served as the band’s highly anticipated fourth release

overall and follow-up to their breakthrough major label debut Dookie from the year prior. With Insomniac the group took everything that was great about its predecessor, i.e. its simplicity, hooks, lack of pretension and disdain for authority, and upped the ante with darker motifs and heavier songs. It resulted in yet another quality collection of uncompromising punk rock with breakneck drumming, pounding bass, catchy riffs and snot-nosed vocals. 
                   

Green Day – Insomniac
Label: Reprise Records – 9362-46046-2
Format: CD, Album
Country: Europe
Released: Oct 9, 1995
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Punk

TRAXS

                         

01. Armatage Shanks    2:16
02. Brat    1:43
03. Stuck With Me    2:15
04. Geek Stink Breath    2:15
05. No Pride    2:19
06. Bab's Uvula Who?    2:08
07. 86    2:47
08. Panic Song (Words By – Mike Dirnt)   3:35
09. Stuart And The Ave.    2:03
10. Brain Stew    3:12
11. Jaded    1:30
12. Westbound Sign    2:13
13. Tight Wad Hill    2:01
14. Walking Contradiction    2:31

LINE - UP

                            

Billie Joe Armstrong – lead vocals, guitar
Mike Dirnt – bass, backing vocals
Tré Cool – drums

PANIC SONG LYRICS

                         

Ready for a cheap escape
On the brink of self-destruction
Widespread panic

Broken glass inside my head
Bleeding down these thoughts of anguish
Mass confusion

Well, the world is a sick machine breeding a mass of shit
With such a desolate conclusion
Fill the void with... I don't care

There's a plague inside of me
Eating at my disposition
Nothing's left

Torn out of reality
Into a state of no opinion
Limp with hate

Well, the world is a sick machine breeding a mass of shit
With such a desolate conclusion
Fill the void with... I don't care

I wanna jump out
I wanna jump out
I wanna jump out
I wanna jump out

Flac (24/96) Size: 805 MB

04.  GREEN DAY - AMERCAN IDIOT 2004

                    

The story of St. Jimmy has an arc similar to Hüsker Dü's landmark punk-opera Zen Arcade, while the music has grandiose flourishes straight out of both Queen and Rocky Horror Picture Show (the '50s

pastiche "Rock and Roll Girlfriend" is punk rock Meat Loaf), all tied together with a nervy urgency and a political passion reminiscent of the Clash, or all the anti-Reagan American hardcore bands of the '80s. These are just the clearest touchstones for American Idiot, but reducing the album to its influences gives the inaccurate impression that this is no more than a patchwork quilt of familiar sounds, when it's an idiosyncratic, visionary work in its own right. 
               

Green Day – American Idiot
Label: Reprise Records – 48777-2, Reprise Records – 2-48777
Format: CD, Album, Enhanced, Cinram Olyphant
Country: US
Released: Sep 21, 2004
Genre: Rock
Style: Pop Punk, Alternative Rock

TRAXS

                      

01. American Idiot    2:54
02. JESUS IN SUBURBIA   9:08            (9:08)
2.I.    Jesus Of Suburbia    
2.II.   City Of The Damned    
2.IIII. Don't Care    
2.IV.   Dearly Beloved    
2.V.    Tales Of Another Broken Home    
03. Holiday    3:53
04. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams    4:21
05. Are We The Waiting    2:43
06. St. Jimmy    2:55
07. Give Me Novacaine    3:26
08. She's A Rebel    2:00
09. Extraordinary Girl    3:34
10. Letterbomb (Vocals, Guest – Kathleen Hanna)   4:06
11. Wake Me Up When September Ends    4:46
12. HOMECOMING 9:19        
12.I.  The Death Of St. Jimmy    
12.II. East 12th St.    
12.III. Nobody Likes You (Words By – Mike Dirnt)
12.IV. Rock And Roll Girlfriend (Words By – Tré Cool)
12.V.  We're Coming Home Again    
13. Whatsername    4:14

LINE - UP

                        

Billie Joe Armstrong – lead vocals, guitar
Mike Dirnt – bass, backing vocals
Tré Cool – drums

WITH

Rob Cavallo - Piano
Jason Freese - Saxophone 

AMERICAN IDIOT LYRICS

                  

Don't wanna be an American idiot
Don't want a nation under the new mania
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mindfuck America

Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alienation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
In television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue

Well, maybe I'm the faggot, America
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda
Now everybody, do the propaganda
And sing along to the age of paranoia

Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alienation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
In television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue

Don't wanna be an American idiot
One nation controlled by the media
Information age of hysteria
It's calling out to idiot America

Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alienation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
In television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue

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