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Studio album by Green Day
Released October 10, 1995
Recorded December 1994 – May 1995
Studio Hyde Street, San Francisco, California
Genre
Punk rockhardcore punkpop-punk
Length 32:49
Label Reprise
Producer
Rob CavalloGreen Day
Green Day chronology
Dookie
(1994) Insomniac
(1995) Nimrod
(1997)

Insomniac is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Green Day, released on October 10, 1995, by Reprise Records. It was recorded at Hyde Street in San Francisco, and the band prioritized high-energy takes during the recording sessions. Released as the follow-up to the band`s multi-platinum breakthrough Dookie, Insomniac featured a heavier, hardcore punk sound, with bleaker lyrics than its predecessor.[1][2] Lyrically, the album discusses themes such as alienation, anxiety, boredom, and drug use.[1] Insomniac also served as a reaction to many early fans who had turned their backs on the band after it achieved mainstream success with Dookie.[1]

The album received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised frontman Billie Joe Armstrong`s songwriting and sarcastic sense of humor. Three songs were released as singles, `Geek Stink Breath`, `Stuck with Me`, and `Brain Stew / Jaded`. Though it peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart and was certified 2× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America[3] in 1996, Insomniac did not have the sales endurance of its predecessor Dookie, largely due to its slightly darker lyrical tone and its heavier and more abrasive sound.[4] Insomniac has sold over 2.1 million copies in the United States as of 2012.[5] The album was reissued on vinyl on May 12, 2009.[6] In 2021, a deluxe version of the album was released for its 25th anniversary, including previously unreleased live tracks.[7]

Background
`The fact that that album came out, like, a year and a half after Dookie was us trying to cut off the bullshit in its tracks and just keep making music. That’s all we wanted to do, keep making music. Sometimes I feel that Insomniac is the most honest record I ever made at the particular moment that it was written and recorded.`

—Billie Joe Armstrong on Insomniac[8]

Green Day`s previous album Dookie (1994), their first for a major label, was approaching the ten-million sales mark by the time of recording Insomniac, and the band`s success saw them rejected by the punk circles in which the group got their start.[8] The group also began performing at large venues such as coliseums and hockey arenas.[9] Frontman and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong was stung by criticisms of being a `sell out`, telling an interviewer: `I think I was just lost. I couldn’t find the strength to convince myself that what I was doing was a good thing. I was in a band that was huge because it was supposed to be huge, because our songs were that good. But I couldn’t even feel that I was doing the right thing, because it felt like I was making so many people angry.`[8]

The band`s state of discombobulation inspired them to prove themselves with Insomniac. Bassist Mike Dirnt later said: `I felt at the time that there was a real urgency to what we were doing. There was a real urgency to stake our claim and say, `No, we belong here.` It was really important to us to make sure people knew that we weren’t just a flash in the pan.`[8] During this period the band members also underwent changes in their personal lives; Armstrong married and had a son, while Tré Cool and his wife had a daughter.[10][9] For Armstrong, reaching all these milestones was a surreal experience and he struggled to process these sudden changes, noting that `what I really wanted to do was keep working, and keep writing songs...I didn’t really stop and smell the roses`.[10]

Recording
Much of the album was written and rehearsed in a small, Cape Cod-style home in East Oakland, California.[9] The band decorated the walls with notes underneath song titles jokingly providing instructions for achieving the intended tempo for each track; these included “Must pop Valium for this one” and `Must take crank for this one`.[9] After the release of Dookie, drummer Tre Cool`s wife gave birth to their first child, and Cool noted that `I can hit the drums harder than I ever thought I could. Having a kid is trying – you have to watch your temper all the time – but it enhances the experience of playing in the band.`[9]

Eschewing the typical punk rock ethos of creating cheap, low-quality recordings, the band strove to perfect its sound on the record, drawing inspiration from bands such as the Beatles and Cheap Trick.[9] Cool experimented with different cymbal sounds on nearly every song on the album, while Armstrong and producer Rob Cavallo developed the ritual of lining up several guitar amps and testing each one to achieve the desired sound.[9] Much of Insomniac was recorded in short, high-energy bursts. Before takes, the group would drink excessive amounts of coffee, `squeeze every last drop of energy` into the recordings, and then rest immediately afterward.[9] Bob Bradshaw of Custom Audio Electronics was employed to apply a thicker guitar sound to the songs.[8]
Track listing
All lyrics are written by Billie Joe Armstrong, except where noted; all music is composed by Green Day, except where noted

No. Title Length
1. `Armatage Shanks` 2:17
2. `Brat` 1:43
3. `Stuck with Me` 2:16
4. `Geek Stink Breath` 2:15
5. `No Pride` 2:19
6. `Bab`s Uvula Who?` 2:08
7. `86` 2:47
8. `Panic Song` (lyrics written by Mike Dirnt and Armstrong) 3:35
9. `Stuart and the Ave.` 2:03
10. `Brain Stew` 3:13
11. `Jaded` 1:30
12. `Westbound Sign` 2:12
13. `Tight Wad Hill` 2:01
14. `Walking Contradiction` 2:31
Total length: 32:49

Personnel
Green Day

Billie Joe Armstrong – lead vocals, guitar
Mike Dirnt – bass, backing vocals
Tré Cool – drums
Production

Rob Cavallo; Green Day – producers
Kevin Army – engineer
Jerry Finn – mixing
Richard Huredia; Bernd Burgdorf – additional engineers
Bob Ludwig - mastering
Winston Smith – cover art
Dirk Walter - art direction[37]
David Harlan - typographic design[3