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1. Warning
2. Blood, Sex And Booze
3. Church On Sunday
4. Fashion Victim
5. Castaway
6. Misery
7. Deadbeat Holiday
8. Hold On
9. Jackass
10. Waiting
11. Minority
12. Macy's Day Parade


















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Green Day: Billie Joe (vocals, guitar, mandolin, harmonica); Mike Drint (vocals, Farfisa organ, bass); Tre Cool (accordion, drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: Benmont Tench, Gary Meek, Mistress Simone.
To debate whether or not Green Day truly was or is a punk band in the purest definition of the punk ethic now seems irrelevant. If nothing else, they're a pop band who can't seem to help but write good songs--in the case of WARNING, some really good songs. This album makes up for any missteps the band may have taken since the fluke success of DOOKIE.
From the Katrina And The Waves groove of "Castaway" to the Beatles-esque harmonica on "Hold On," WARNING inspires a sense of musical deja vu that never crosses the line into out-and-out thievery. Hands-down, the most interesting track here is "Misery," which struts along with Doors-like quirkiness and goes through a progression of cultural movements that take instrumental turns in the form of deep strings, mariachi brass, and acoustic guitar melodies. If there's a warning to be found here, it's that Green Day has become a real band. Not very punk of them, but promising all the same.

Rolling Stone (1/4/01, p.108) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Top 50 Albums of 2000".
Rolling Stone (10/12/00, p.90) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...The once-giddy melodies now settle for midtempo jangle or novelty....the best tune picks up where 1997s 'Good Riddance' left off....Green Day as the new Bread - who knew?"
Q Magazine (11/00, p.102) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Hugely likeable, terribly noisy and cute, as well as being jammed with proper pop songs, there remains nothing wrong with Green Day..."
Mojo (10/00, p.102) - "...The sound of 3 men growing old far too gracefully....the tracks stroll along at a worryingly sedate pace, barely breaking a sweat....Like punk never happened. Again."
Alternative Press (11/00, p.110) - 4 out of 5 - "...A good little record....further refining the folk-punk they introduced 2 years ago..."
Magnet (1-2/01, p.93) - "...May not only be the most beautiful Green Day LP but also the bravest....working with a sense of maturity they have only begun to express..."
Melody Maker (10/3/00, p.58) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "...This sort of music used to be called new wave in the late Seventies..."
CMJ (10/2/00, p.23) - "...They draw non-punk influences to their sound while hanging tight to [their] melodic Midas touch..."
















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Warning

This is a public service announcement this is only a test
Emergency evacuation protest
May impair your ability to operate machinery
Can't quite just what it means to me
Keep out of reach of children
Don't you talk to strangers
Get your philosophy from a bumper sticker

Warning live without warning
Say warning live without warning
Without alright

Mental homes and safety seal communities
Did you remember to pay the utility
Caution police line you better not cross
It's a cop or I the one that's really dangerous
Sanitation expiration date question everything
Or shut up and be a victim of authority

Warning live without warning
Say warning live without warning
Say warning live without warning
Say warning live without warning
Without alright

Mental homes and safety seal communities
Did you remember to pay the utility
Caution police line you better not cross
It's a cop or I the one that's really dangerous
Sanitation expiration date question everything
Or shut up and be a victim of authority

Warning live without warning
Say warning live without warning
Say warning live without warning
Say warning live without warning
This is a public service announcement this is only a test

Macy's Day Parade

Today's the Macy's Day Parade
The night of the living dead is on its way
With a credit report for duty call
It's a lifetime guarantee
Stuffed in a coffin 10 percent more free
Red light special at the mausoleum

Give me a something that I need
Satisfaction guaranteed to you
What's the consolation prize
economy sized dreams of hope

When I was a kid I thought
I wanted all the things that I haven't got
Oh but I learned the hardest way
Then I realized what it took
To tell the difference between thieves and crooks
A lesson learned and me and you

Give me something that I need
Satisfaction guarantee
'Cause I'm thinking about a brand new hope
The one I've never known
'Cause now I know it's all that I wanted

What's the consolation prize
economy sized dreams of hope
Give me something that I need
Satisfaction guaranteed
'Cause I'm thinking about a brand new hope
The one I've never known
And where it goes
And I'm thinking about the only road
The one I've never known and where it goes

And I'm thinking about a brand new hope
The one I've never known
'Cause now I know it's all that I wanted