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When Green Day's first album appeared, anyone predicting that fame, MTV, top selling albums, and more would be on the horizon in the near future would have been happily patted on the head and then sent to the insane asylum. It helps to remember that Nirvana's breakthrough was still a year away, for one thing, and, for another, 1039/Smooth isn't a truly great album in the first place. It's not bad, by any means, and quite arguably just about everything on it could be transposed with a slight aural tweak here and there to Dookie or Insomniac without anyone batting an eye. It's just little more than a fun punk/pop album with some entertaining metallic flash here and there, one of many such records that the late '80s and early '90s produced in the indie rock world. After a great start with "At the Library," it's quickly clear that the rest of the record is going to continue in the same vein. What's fun is realizing how much the band already had to work with, pursuing obvious love of three-chord forebears like the Dickies and the Ramones to energetic if not revelatory ends. Armstrong's balance of disaffection and nervous, goofy passion is well in place, while he's already showing his effective, no frills approach to chewy feedback melody. Songs like "I Was There" and "Road to Acceptance," not to mention the implicitly weed-celebrating "Green Day" itself, are great calling cards for later break outs on both levels. Dirnt's no slouch himself, providing good backing vocals when needed for harmony, but oddly enough the most prominent performance throughout comes from original drummer John, who wouldn't last through to the next album. Call it a quirk of recording, but there it is. The songs of 14 through 19 are from 1,000 Hours (1989) and Slappy (1990).

So, is it 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours or 39/Smooth? -- Zoe

1039/smoothed out slappy hours is the name of their first full length album, which was a collection of their early EPs, including 39/smooth, which is where they got the cover for the album. --JoeBlowfromKokomo 02:45, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

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