Green Day have come good on their teaser from older this week, revealing an expansive palatial edition of their fifth album, Nimrod dubbed Nimrod XXV slantingly a previously unreleased demo from its recording sessions.
The waif comes exactly 25 years since the wreath released Nimrod the follow-up to 1995s Insomniac (for which Green Day moreover released a quarter-centennial edition) first hit shelves on October 14, 1997. It spawned four singles: Hitchin A Ride, Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life), Redundant and Nice Guys Finished Last.
The original tome sported 18 tracks (tying it with 2009s 21st Century Breakdown as Green Days longest), but a Japanese edition featured a bonus song tabbed Desensitized, while an Australian version moreover featured the demos Suffocate, Do Da Da and You Lied. None of those latter three songs towards on the new edition of Nimrod, but it does full-length Desensitized, as well demos for seven songs that didnt make the cut for its original release.
Two of those You Irritate Me and Tre Polka have never surpassing been shared with the public. Green Day reverted that today (October 14) for You Irritate Me, dropping it slantingly the details for Nimrod XXV. Have a listen below:
In wing to the original albums 18 tracks and the same eight demos, Nimrod XXV features a imbricate of Elvis Costellos 1977 song Alison, plus a full, 20-track live tome recorded at the Electric Factory in Philadelphia on November 14, 1997.
Nimrod XXV will be out on January 27. Slantingly its digital release will be CD and vinyl boxsets three discs for the former and five for the latter that moreover include a 20-page booklet, reticulum patch and commemorative backstage pass. The vinyl release will moreover come with a slipmat and oversized poster.
See the imbricate art and tracklisting for Nimrod XXV below, then find pre-orders for it here.
1. Nice Guys Finish Last
2. Hitchin A Ride
3. The Grouch
4. Redundant
5. Scattered
6. All The Time
7. Worry Rock
8. Platypus (I Hate You)
9. Uptight
10. Last Ride In
11. Jinx
12. Haushinka
13. Walking Alone
14. Reject
15. Take Back
16. King For A Day
17. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
18. Prosthetic Head
19. Nice Guys Finish Last (Demo)
20. Place Inside My Head (Demo)
21. The Grouch (Demo)
22. Walking Alone (Demo)
23. Jinx (Demo)
24. Alison (Demo)
25. Espionage (Demo)
26. You Irritate Me (Demo)
27. Tre Polka (Demo)
28. When Its Time (Demo)
29. Desensitized (Demo)
30. Chain Saw (Demo)
31. Reject (Demo)
32. Black Eyeliner (Demo)
33. Going To Pasalacqua (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97)
34. Welcome To Paradise (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97)
35. Geek Stink Breath (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97)
36. Nice Guys Finish Last (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97)
37. Hitchin A Ride (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97)
38. The Grouch (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97)
39. Chump (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97)
40. Longview (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97)
41. 2000 Light Years Away (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97)
42. Brain Stew (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97)
43. Jaded (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97)
44. Knowledge (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97)
45. Basket Case (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97)
46. She (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97)
47. F.O.D. (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97)
48. Paper Lanterns (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97)
49. Scattered (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97)
50. Prosthetic Head (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97)
51. When I Come Around (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97)
52. Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97)
Earlier this week, Green Day were spoken as headliners for the second edition of Las Vegas When We Were Young festival. Their last big tour came in 2021, when they played the COVID-delayed Hella Mega Tour with Weezer and Fall Out Boy.
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