{"product_id":"green-day-insomniac-25th-anniversary-2lp","title":"GREEN DAY 'INSOMNIAC' 25TH ANNIVERSARY 2LP","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"d-inline-block grey lighten-4 release-date-container ng-tns-c14-24 ng-star-inserted\" _ngcontent-c14=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"ng-tns-c14-24\" _ngcontent-c14=\"\"\u003eGreen Day\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"p-2\" _ngcontent-c14=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"release-title\" _ngcontent-c14=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eInsomniac\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"release-label mb-1\" _ngcontent-c14=\"\"\u003e\n\u003clabel class=\"ng-tns-c14-24\" _ngcontent-c14=\"\"\u003eLABEL:\u003c\/label\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Reprise\/WEA\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003clabel class=\"release-date-label small mb-0\" _ngcontent-c14=\"\"\u003eRELEASE DATE: Mar\u003c\/label\u003e\u003cspan class=\"release-date mb-0\" _ngcontent-c14=\"\"\u003e 19, 2021\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"release-date mb-0\" _ngcontent-c14=\"\"\u003e2xLP BLACK VINYL\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"release-date mb-0\" _ngcontent-c14=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis double lp includes an additional lp with 8 rare or never previously released live tracks from the Prague stop of the \u003cem\u003einsomniac\u003c\/em\u003e world tour on March 26, 1996, and an etched b-side.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eInsomniac\u003c\/em\u003e is the followup to \u003cstrong\u003eGreen Day\u003c\/strong\u003e’s massive breakthrough \u003cem\u003eDookie\u003c\/em\u003e, and as classic as \u003cem\u003eDookie\u003c\/em\u003e is, \u003cem\u003eInsomniac\u003c\/em\u003e is even better. \u003cem\u003eDookie\u003c\/em\u003e can start to sound too bubblegummy after a while, but Insomniac manages to deliver plenty of singalong punk songs without falling into that same trap. It was also recorded better, and the band played better. They hit the studio in December 1994, just weeks after wrapping up their nearly-year-long tour schedule supporting \u003cem\u003eDookie\u003c\/em\u003e, and they were unsurprisingly on fire at this point. They had just spent months playing tons of shows to the biggest crowds of their career (including Woodstock ’94), which was all the prep they needed to quickly bang out a rock-solid followup to an instant classic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe collage on the album cover was created by Winston Smith and is called God Told Me to Skin You Alive, a reference to the Dead Kennedys song \"I Kill Children\". Interestingly enough, the cover art contains an image (the dentist) that was originally used in a collage featured in the inside cover art of Dead Kennedys' album Plastic Surgery Disasters. Smith knew Tré Cool from Green Day's time at Lookout! Records and told Tré that if he ever needed album artwork that he should call him. The cover art features several hidden images: a naked woman, 3 fairies, and several other ghostly faces in the flames. There are also three skulls on the entire album cover and back; one for each member of Green Day. One of the skulls requires you to view the piece at an angle. The hidden skull is taken from Hans Holbein's 1533 painting 'The Ambassadors'. Green Day's version, however, is slightly different from the original, with the woman holding Billie Joe's sky blue Fernandes imitation Stratocaster rather than an acoustic guitar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSIDE A:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArmatage Shanks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStuck With Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeek Stink Breath\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo Pride\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBab's Uvula Who?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e86\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSIDE B:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003col start=\"8\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePanic Song\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStuart And The Ave\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrain Stew\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJaded\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWestbound Sign\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTight Wad Hill\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWalking Contradiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSIDE C - LIVE FROM PRAGUE, MARCH 26, 1996:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eArmatage Shanks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeek Stink Breath\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStuck With Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrain Stew\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJaded\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWalking Contradiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e86\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSIDE D:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEtching\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WARNER","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47531507876058,"sku":"GREEN-DAY-INSOMNIAC-2LP-4576","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/4709\/4490\/files\/image_72dfd71e-aad9-47c1-bf8d-81bb20343504.jpg?v=1769215372","url":"https:\/\/metaledgemag.com\/products\/green-day-insomniac-25th-anniversary-2lp","provider":"Metal Edge","version":"1.0","type":"link"}