It's fun, to be sure, especially for the fans who are the compilation's target audience, but everything here sounds like the classic definition of B-sides -- good and familiar, but not as good as what made the album.
No acoustic stinkers. No Live And Unrehearsed At K-ROQ radio sessions. No ropy early demos. No remixes. Just Green Day, playing solid, dependable, familiar idiot-savant punk-rock.
If it were a regular studio album, I'd probably give it a light 8/10 but considering it's a B-side compilation, this is a very decent andIf it were a regular studio album, I'd probably give it a light 8/10 but considering it's a B-side compilation, this is a very decent and surprisingly good release. Highlights include Suffocate, Desensitized and Rotting.…Expand
Suffocate: 1 :)
Desensitized: 0.25
You Lied: 0.75
Outsider: 0.5
Don’t Wanna Fall in Love: 0.75Shenanigans by Green Day: 6.74
Suffocate: 1 :)
Desensitized: 0.25
You Lied: 0.75
Outsider: 0.5
Don’t Wanna Fall in Love: 0.75
Espionage: 0.75
I Want to Be on T.V.: 0.75
Scumbag: 1 :)
Tired of Waiting for You: 1 :)
Sick of Me: 1 :)
Rotting: 1 :)
Do Da Da: 1 :)
On the Wagon: 0.75
Ha Ha You’re Dead: 1 :)
11.5/14 ~ .821 -> 6.74
Shenanigans is not the best Green Day album, but it is far from the worst (sorry, ¡DOS!). After listening to the first half of this album, I was fairly unimpressed (the unnecessary gunshots and screams in Desensitized, having tempos that don’t fit the song or are too fast (Outsider)), but for some reason Green Day saved the best songs in Shenanigans until the end of the album, and I really enjoyed a lot of the songs in the second half. Despite the rocky start there are some pretty good songs here; I was pretty fond of Suffocate and Sick of Me, along with others. I also thought Espionage had great music, though I wish that Green Day had put in lyrics to this song. The only song I couldn’t stand was Desensitized, but maybe that’s because they had footage of someone getting shot over and over again, anyways that probably ruined the song. I gave it some points because the music made that song semi-recover, though I still thought negatively of it. I also felt meh about Outsider. Its lyrics did not feel diverse at all, and though I enjoyed the upbeatness of the music, it felt like the song somehow had a tempo that was too fast. Besides that though, I was fairly impressed with a lot of the songs here, and Shenanigans certainly is a good album. Green Day fans should definitely enjoy this album, as well as lovers of rock music. Highlights: Suffocate, Scumbag, Tired of Waiting For You, Sick of Me, Rotting, Do Da Da, On the Wagon, and Ha Ha You're Dead.…Expand
If I was forced to describe this album, I’d say ‘Insomniac with a touch of Warning, but the problem of being a B-sides album’. There is a lotIf I was forced to describe this album, I’d say ‘Insomniac with a touch of Warning, but the problem of being a B-sides album’. There is a lot of nothingness on this album, which isn’t all too surprising, seeing as it’s a compilation of B-sides and covers, but there are some actually great moments on this album, and those are mostly the ones that sound ripped out of Insomniac.
Favourites: Desensitized, Suffocate, Espionage
Least Favourites: I Wanna Be on T.V., Sick of Me…Expand
Bay area punks return with a collection, which will win fans over
Green Day had enjoyed a massive amount of success during the 1990s,Bay area punks return with a collection, which will win fans over
Green Day had enjoyed a massive amount of success during the 1990s, particularly with their mainstream debut album "Dookie." During the last few years Green Day had experience a major decline in their career, with their albums " Nimrod" and "Warning" not nearly selling as much copies combined as debut "Dookie." Three hit albums later and we have this, the album "Shenanigans which in short is a collection of the bands B-side and covers which where found on their singles.
The album rockets off to a great start with the opener " Suffocate" with Armstrong yelling the lyrics, " Whereâ…Expand
Skip this record. They have way better music than this. Luckily none of these tracks made it on any of their great (and just OK) earlySkip this record. They have way better music than this. Luckily none of these tracks made it on any of their great (and just OK) early collection of albums.…Expand
