Revolution Radio
Green Day's self-produced twelfth studio album, released in 2016.
Revolution Radio is the twelfth studio album by the American rock band Green Day, released on October 7, 2016, through Reprise Records. It was the band's first album since 2009's 21st Century Breakdown not produced by Rob Cavallo and their first since that album recorded as a trio. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and in several other countries.
Quick Facts
- Artist
- Green Day
- Released
- 7 October 2016
- Recorded
- 2015–2016
- Studio
- OTIS (Oakland, California, US)
- Genre
- Punk rock
- pop-punk
- alternative rock
- Length
- 44:40
- Label
- Reprise
Facts from the source article.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somewhere Now | 4:08 | |
| 2 | Bang Bang | 3:25 | |
| 3 | Revolution Radio | 3:00 | |
| 4 | Say Goodbye | 3:39 | |
| 5 | Outlaws | Green Day, Jon Fratelli | 5:02 |
| 6 | Bouncing off the Wall | 2:40 | |
| 7 | Still Breathing | Green Day, Richard Parkhouse, Adam Slack, Luke Spiller, George Tizzard, Joshua Wilkinson | 3:44 |
| 8 | Youngblood | 2:32 | |
| 9 | Too Dumb to Die | 3:23 | |
| 10 | Troubled Times | 3:04 | |
| 11 | Forever Now" / I. "I'm Freaking Out" / II. "A Better Way to Die" / III. "Somewhere Now (Reprise) | ||
| 12 | Ordinary World | Armstrong | 3:00 |
| Total length | 44:29 | ||
Track listing from the source article.
Did You Know?
- The songwriters of the Struts' 2013 song "Could Have Been Me" received co-writing credits on "Still Breathing" due to similarities between the songs' melodies.
- The album sold 118,000 copies in the first three weeks in the US.
- The album charted at number 10 in the US in its second week with 21,000 units.
Background and composition
Work on Revolution Radio began in 2014 after the 99 Revolutions Tour supporting ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré! (2012). Billie Joe Armstrong acknowledged that the trilogy had "absolutely no direction to them" and was an attempt at being "prolific for the sake of it". He described the record as "not so much a makeover as a make under". The lead single "Bang Bang" is about "the culture of mass shooting that happens in America mixed with narcissistic social media."
"Bang Bang" premiered on August 11, 2016, followed by the title track and "Still Breathing" on September 9 and September 23, respectively. Lyric videos for "Youngblood", "Ordinary World", "Say Goodbye", "Troubled Times", and "Too Dumb to Die" were released at various dates. A music video for "Still Breathing" appeared on November 7, and an official video for "Youngblood" was released on December 13, 2018. The final track "Ordinary World" was featured in the 2016 film of the same name starring Armstrong.
Critical reception
Revolution Radio received positive reviews from music critics. On Metacritic, the album holds an average score of 72 out of 100 based on 29 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Aaron Burgess of Alternative Press wrote that it is the first time in years Green Day haven't had all the answers, but as a statement on fighting it is the closest to the truth they have gotten. Gwilym Mumford of The Guardian noted that after their last few albums the band decided to get back to basics, calling Revolution Radio their most focused work in years.
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