Studio
OTIS
Label
Reprise Records
Producers
Green Day
Mixing
Andrew Scheps
Engineers
Chris Dugan, Eric Boulanger (mastering)
Musicians
Billie Joe Armstrong (vocals, guitar), Mike Dirnt (bass, vocals), Tre Cool (drums, percussion), Ronnie Blake (trumpet)
Artwork
Frank Maddocks (creative direction, design, photos), Nick Spanos (cover photo)
Singles
Bang Bang, Still Breathing, Revolution Radio
Notes: Looking to change things up after the mixed reception of the ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré! trilogy, Green Day retreated to their own studio OTIS to work on a follow-up in total secrecy. Recording the entire album without outside influence from producers or their label, the band emerged with a mature, confident return to form that debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200.
Tracklist
01
07
02
08
03
09
04
10
05
11
06
12
Track 13: Japan CD Bonus Track - 'Letterbomb' live @ Cricket Wireless Amphitheater (Chula Vista, CA – 02 SEP 2010). Also appears on Awesome As Fuck.
Studio Sessions
Key
[O] Officially released
[D] Demo released
[U] Unofficially released
[X] Unreleased
Session Tracks
- [O]Somewhere Now
- [O]Bang Bang
- [O]Revolution Radio
- [O]Say Goodbye
- [O]Outlaws
- [O]Bouncing Off The Wall
- [O]Still Breathing
- [O]Youngblood
- [O]Too Dumb To Die
- [O]Troubled Times
- [O]Forever Now
- [O]Ordinary World
Recording Notes
Green Day secretly recorded Revolution Radio on their own in their home studio OTIS with no outside influence from the label. We currently have no information about any unreleased tracks from these sessions.
'Bang Bang' and 'Somewhere Now' served as the foundation for the album, demoed as early as 2014. Billie Joe recalled the spark of those initial sessions: "I moved into a new studio that I built in Oakland and I just started messing around with different riffs. The first song where I was like, 'OK, I'm onto something' was Bang Bang. And then the first track of the record, Somewhere Now. I started doing demos and I showed them to Mike and Tre. That's the test. And they absolutely loved it."
'Outlaws' was originally written for a movie Billie Joe was set to star in called "Geezer" but after writing 'Ordinary World' that was used instead as it better fit the narrative of the movie (the movie title was also changed to Ordinary World).
'Bouncing Off The Wall' was one of the last tracks to be added to the album. The working title for the song was 'Concrete Dream'.
MUSIC VIDEOS
Bang Bang
Still Breathing
Revolution Radio
Youngblood