1039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours [Remastered] - Green Day

Advantages: some great tunes, look into the past of a great band.
Disadvantages: sound quality, a few fillers.

GREEN DAY - 1039/SMOOTHED OUT SLAPPY HOURS ------------------------------------------- Green Day have been one of my favourite bands for quite some time now, since I first heard 'Basket Case' and 'Longview', from 1994's 'Dookie' album. These singles really took Green Day to the top of the charts and into multi platinum sales, with Dookie being one of the highest selling albums in years. The band has released a total of 8 albums, two of these ...
...for its singles such as 'Basket Case', 'Time of your life' and 'Minority'. What a lot of people don't realize is that the band had been going for quite some years before the mainstream smash albums. In fact the band formed in the mid 80's, when teenage school friends Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt decided to form a band. They were originally known as 'Sweet Children', but in 1989 the band changed their name, and the rest is history. The ... Read review

Advantages: A classic Green Day album
Disadvantages: Certainly not their best - a few weak tracks

OK, one last Green Day album! Due to a strange twist of fate, it’ll be Green Day’s first album that I’m reviewing last! 1,039 / Smoothed Out Slappy Hours, as strange a name as it may seem, was made up from the songs that appeared on the EPs 39/Smooth, Slappy, Flipside “The Big One” and 1,000 Hours. See, now the name makes sense! The album was released in 1990, making it 14 years old at the time of writing. One thing worth nothing, is something that ...
...back cover, “*knowledge by Op. IV.” is scribbled. Most people would probably ignore it, but it seems to me that “Op. IV.” is probably referring to the band Operation Ivy, which I think is one of Mike or Billie Joe’s side bands or former bands. 1 – At The Library A nice punky song to get the album kicking off. Some good guitar work – seems like two were used on this recording, so was probably dubbed over later. It’s about a girl Billie Joe met… ... Read review

Advantages: Another ablum from Green Day
Disadvantages: old and unherd of

The Green Day line-up was different on this record Tre Cool hadn't yet joined, so drums where provided by John Keftimeyer, who is not as naturally gifted as Tre, but is a capable drummer. John left after this album to go to college, and missed out on Green Day going huge. AT THE LIBRARY This gets the album of to a great start, a simple riff with a great bassline. It's a song about unrequited love, seeing someone you like, but not having the courage ...
...go away so you could ask them at a better time, and then when you're ready, it's too late. DON'T LEAVE ME Another simple riff, with a more pronounced bassline on this track. It's a short song about how far he'll go to hang on to his girlfriend. Mike's backing vocals really drive this song along well. I WAS THERE Is the first really outstanding song on the album, with a great drumbeat and another great bass, the guitar is slightly quieter, all moving ... Read review

Advantages: It's fairly rare
Disadvantages: It actually does exist

I remember at the eve of me going to high school, my sister gave me a little speach. As I was entering my first year there, she was entering her final one, she gave me a rundown of basically an entire high-school life in a nutshell, the part that always stuck with me was about third and fourth year. "you will become an a**e, it's unavoidable, it happens to us all. If there is one period in your life that you will look back upon and regret acting ...
...those two years. When you get older, don't judge yourself too harshly on what you did in those days, you were an a**e" some of that is quoted exactly, some un-accented and some shortened to give you the general gist of things. So what is the purpose of this rant? the answer is simple, in third and fourth year, I liked Green Day. Released in 1991, 1039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours isn't an album as such, it's an album with two EP's attached. The band's ... Read review

Advantages: Brilliant songs
Disadvantages: None

WQhen I first purchased this album I felt a little let down as I had previously bought 'Dookie' and this did not seem to compare. After giving it a chance I was certainly rewarded as I now feel that this really is a very good album. The guitar work in this album is more complex than that of the more up-to-date albums and the soloing sounds somewhat more impressive. I would say that the main highlights on this album have to be 'Paper Lanterns', 'Going ...
...'Why do you want him?' was a beautiful solo in it which makes you wonder how Billie Joe could write such a good songs when he was just 12 and had not written one before ever. '16' if listened to carefully you will notice that during the verses the guitar tune is very similar to that of 'When I Come Around'. 'Going to Pasalaqua' is a favourite of theirs to play at gigs and it understandable as it is catchy and fast. The album itself is a real achievement ... Read review