Green Day – BBC Sessions (BBC Live Session) (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 48:33 minutes | 608 MB | Genre: Pop Punk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Reprise
Between 1994 and 2001, Green Day would visit the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios in London four times and record live sessions for Radio 1’s “Evening Show” and its popular DJ Steve Lamacq. This compilation documents those sessions, and includes many of the band’s hits including “When I Come Around”, “Basket Case”, “Brain Stew/Jaded” and “Minority”.
There are four sessions collected on 2021’s The BBC Sessions, each held at BBC’s Maida Vale Studio during Green Day’s remarkable run in the 1990s. The first dates from June 1994, just after the band released Dookie. Here, the trio sound loud, precise, and slightly polite; it’s as if they’re still getting used to operating on a larger stage. By the time they held their second BBC Session in November 1996, nearly a year after the release of Insomniac, they sound rougher and wilder, particularly on the “Brain Stew/Jaded” performance. That attitude carries over to the third session, given in February 1998, a few months after Nimrod hit the stores. The 1998 set finds Green Day honing their precision attack, then the last session, given in August 2001, nearly a year after the release of Warning, captures a group in the thick of rethinking their approach; they retain their power but sharpen their songwriting chops. Taken together, The BBC Sessions emphasizes both the connective threads and creative evolution of Green Day during the first act of their career, which makes it a worthy historical document in addition to a first-rate live album. – Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Tracklist:
1-1. Green Day – She (Live at the BBC June 8 1994) (02:11)
1-2. Green Day – When I Come Around (Live at the BBC June 8 1994) (02:52)
1-3. Green Day – Basket Case (Live at the BBC June 8 1994) (02:56)
1-4. Green Day – 2000 Light Years Away (Live at the BBC June 8 1994) (02:38)
1-5. Green Day – Geek Stink Breath (Live at the BBC November 3 1996) (02:06)
1-6. Green Day – Brain Stew/Jaded (Live at the BBC November 3 1996) (04:34)
1-7. Green Day – Walking Contradiction (Live at the BBC November 3 1996) (02:35)
1-8. Green Day – Stuck With Me (Live at the BBC November 3 1996) (02:18)
1-9. Green Day – Hitchin’ A Ride (Live at the BBC February 12 1998) (02:50)
1-10. Green Day – Nice Guys Finish Last (Live at the BBC February 12 1998) (02:57)
1-11. Green Day – Prosthetic Head (Live at the BBC February 12 1998) (03:33)
1-12. Green Day – Redundant (Live at the BBC February 12 1998) (03:16)
1-13. Green Day – Castaway (Live at the BBC August 28 2001) (03:50)
1-14. Green Day – Church On Sunday (Live at the BBC August 28 2001) (03:13)
1-15. Green Day – Minority (Live at the BBC August 28 2001) (03:18)
1-16. Green Day – Waiting (Live at the BBC August 28 2001) (03:20)
