Studio
Conway Studios
Label
Reprise Records
Producers
Rob Cavallo, Green Day
Mixing
Chris Lorde-Alge
Engineer
Ken Allardyce
Arrangement
David Campbell (string & horn)
Musicians
Billie Joe Armstrong (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Mike Dirnt (bass, vocals, baseball bat), Tre Cool (drums, bongo, tambourine), Petra Haden (violin), Conan McCallum (violin), Gabrial McNair (horns), Stephen Bradley (horns)
Artwork
Chris Bilheimer (photos, art direction, design), Snorri Brothers (photos)
Singles
Hitchin' A Ride, Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life), Redundant, Nice Guys Finish Last
Notes: Growing tired of the simple 3 chord songs that dominated their previous albums, Green Day released the most experimental album of their career. Recorded over five months between March and July of '97 the band ended up with 30 tracks from the sessions. The album features songs with strings, a horn section, harmonica and violin - none of which the band had used previously. The album sold well with over 2 million copies sold in the US and saw massive success from the Good Riddance single.
In 2023, the band released a 25th Anniversary box set called Nimrod XXV which contained previously unheard demos (including 6 previously unreleased songs) and live tracks.
In 2023, the band released a 25th Anniversary box set called Nimrod XXV which contained previously unheard demos (including 6 previously unreleased songs) and live tracks.
Tracklist
01
12
02
13
03
14
04
15
05
16
06
17
07
18
08
19
Suffocate [Australia]
09
20Do Da Da [Australia]
10
21Desensitized [Australia/Japan]
11
22You Lied [Australia]
Track 19-22: Australia CD Bonus Tracks
Track 21: Japan CD Bonus Track (track 19 on that release)
Track 21: Japan CD Bonus Track (track 19 on that release)
Studio Sessions
Key
[O] Officially released
[D] Demo released
[U] Unofficially released
[X] Unreleased
Session Tracks
+ These tracks were released as demos on the 25th Anniversary Edition of Nimrod.
* Released as a b-side on the 'Hitchin’ A Ride' single but it’s currently unknown if it was part of these sessions due to it having a different mixing credit than the other tracks.
- [O]Nice Guys Finish Last
- [O]Hitchin’ A Ride
- [O]The Grouch
- [O]Redundant
- [O]Scattered
- [O]All The Time
- [O]Worry Rock
- [O]Platypus (I Hate You)
- [O]Uptight
- [O]Last Ride In
- [O]Jinx
- [O]Haushinka
- [O]Walking Alone
- [O]Reject
- [O]Take Back
- [O]King For A Day
- [O]Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
- [O]Prosthetic Head
- [X]Alfred E. Normal
- [D]Black Eyeliner +
- [X]19th Nervous Breakdown [Rolling Stones cover]
- [D]Espionage +
- [X]Slow
- [X]Ugly Day
- [O]Suffocate
- [D]You Irritate Me +
- [X]Idiot
- [D]Place Inside My Head +
- [O]Desensitized
- [X]Tony The Tiger [Commercial jingle cover]
- [D]Chain Saw [Ramones cover]
- [U]D.U.I
- [D]Alison [Elvis Costello cover] +
- [O]Sick Of Me *
- [D]When It's Time +
- [D]Tre Polka +
+ These tracks were released as demos on the 25th Anniversary Edition of Nimrod.
* Released as a b-side on the 'Hitchin’ A Ride' single but it’s currently unknown if it was part of these sessions due to it having a different mixing credit than the other tracks.
Session Notes
The song ‘Black Eyeliner’ would later have a verse used in ‘Church On Sunday’ from Warning and its melody would feature on The Longshot track ‘Kill Your Friends’.
The recording title for 'The Grouch' was 'Happy Grouch'.
Billie Joe stated on his Twitter account that the first verse of 'Scattered' was written in 1992 but he never wrote a second verse until 1996.
'Haushinka' was performed live four times in 1992, five years before it would be studio recorded for Nimrod. You can hear one of those performances from 924 Gilman in our audio archive.
The demo version of ‘Desensitized’ features almost completely different lyrics and was unlikely to have been named that at the time of recording.
‘D.U.I.’ was unlikely to have been seriously considered for Nimrod but it would later be included on early advance copies of the b-side compilation Shenanigans. However, prior to that album's release the song was pulled due to its lyrical content. Although officially unreleased, the song would eventually leak from those initial pressings and can be heard in our audio archive.
MUSIC VIDEOS
Hitchin’ A Ride
Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)
Redundant
Last Ride In
Nice Guys Finish Last