Warning (Green Day album)

Warning
A black-and-white photo of the band members walking along a sidewalk. On the top left, the band name is written in green, and on the bottom right, the album title is written in yellow as "WARNING:".
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 3, 2000 (2000-10-03)
RecordedJanuary–May 2000
StudioStudio 880, Oakland, California
Genre
Length41:14
LabelReprise
ProducerGreen Day
Green Day chronology
Nimrod
(1997)
Warning
(2000)
Tune In, Tokyo...
(2001)
Singles from Warning
  1. "Minority"
    Released: August 22, 2000
  2. "Warning"
    Released: December 11, 2000
  3. "Waiting"
    Released: May 29, 2001

Warning is the sixth studio album by the American rock band Green Day, released on October 3, 2000, by Reprise Records.[1] Building upon its predecessor Nimrod (1997), it eschewed the band's trademark punk rock sound and incorporated acoustic elements and pop and folk styles. Lyrically, the album contains more optimistic and inspirational themes in comparison to the band's earlier releases. Warning was also Green Day's first album since Kerplunk (1991) that was not produced by Rob Cavallo, although he did have a hand in its production and was credited as executive producer.

Despite mixed criticism towards the band's stylistic change, the album received mostly positive reviews from critics, who praised vocalist/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong's songwriting. Although it peaked at number four on the US Billboard 200, Warning represented the lowest commercial slump in Green Day's career, being their first album since signing to a major label not to achieve multi-platinum status. However, the album being leaked onto Napster three weeks before its release may have been a contributing factor to its low sales.[2] The album has nonetheless been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, and has sold over 1.2 million copies as of 2012. Worldwide it has sold 3.5 million copies.

  1. ^ "15 Years Ago: Green Day Prove Punks Can Grow up on 'Warning'". 3 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Green Day's Warning Available On Napster". Chart Attack. Archived from the original on April 29, 2003. Retrieved January 23, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)