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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Green Day's Best, 5 Sep 2004
Often a disappointment to newer converts of the Warning/Shenanigans style to Green Day, however Kerplunk! is one of the best albums written, a worthy accolade considering their impressive list. As an excellent prelude to Dookie and the following works, anyone with an appreciation of Green Day will enjoy this.With a list of impressive songs, from 2000 Light Years Away, One for the Razorbacks, through Private Ale, One of My Lies and Who Wrote Holden Cauldfield, this is up there with Green Day's latter works. The headline track is undoubtedly the first version of Welcome to Paradise, whose rawer style even seems to improve upon the Dookie version. The four bonus tracks at the end are also excellent, finishing with a classic cover of The Who's 'My Generation'. Overall, a superb album, and any fan of Green Day calling themselves that must add it to their collection.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
the day of the green, 31 Aug 2002
right from the moment the punky '2000 light years away' first blasts itself out from your stereo, you know this is gonna be a helluva good album. and, quite frankly, you'd be right! this is an example of 'the' green day sound so many people know and love, it is quite similar to the approach on dookie, and Billie Joe Armstrong (vocals/guitar) Mike Dirnt (bass/vocals) and Tre Cool (drums) keep the punk pure on this record. whether you consider it good or bad, there are no 'time of your life's or 'macys day parade's here. the band were only 19 when they made Kerplunk! and it is amazing how good the music is at such a young age (they had already got one album (1039/smoothed out slappy hours) and a few EPs under their belt).my personal favourite songs are '2000 light years away', 'one for the razorbacks', 'welcome to paradise' (which was so good they put it on dookie as well), 'private ale', 'one of my lies' and of course the eternally stupid and hilarious country and western-style 'dominated love slave'. not that the other tracks arent excellent. the last four tracks ('sweet children', 'best thing in town', 'strangeland' and a great cover of the who's 'my generation') were added on to the album at a later date. they were originally recorded several years before and the sound quality is quite poor, but it still shows the even rawer punk than normal that green day started out with. of these, 'my generation' is undoubtedly the best, a great tribute to one of billie joes fave bands, the who. overall a great album, a must for any green day fan (or any rock fan for that matter)
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One Of My Lies, 31 Jul 2002
After the successful release of 2039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours, Green Day recorded this outstanding album. I've been a green day fan for years, and still this album remains my favorite (closely followed by Insomniac). Because of Green Day's success rapidly growing, Kerplunk was the last album they recorded on an independent label called Lookout before moving to Reprise where they released the album everyone loves Dookie. Still, this album goes back to the roots of green day's success, and contains songs that they still play to this day at gigs. 2000 Light Years Away, Christie Road and Dominated Love Slave stand out as some of the best tracks to most people of this album. Welcome To Paradise was re-recorded for Dookie because of its success. But for me, the most brilliant tracks are the lower known ones. Private Ale, No One Knows and Who Wrote Holden Caulfield clearly stand out a superb tracks, but the best track off the album, and probably one of the best Green Day tracks ever, is One Of My Lies. Superb. If your a Green Day fan, this is a must have. Buy it. (Also... cool over of The Who's My Generation)
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