Shenanigans
Green Day's 2001 singles collection,International Superhits, was nice, but now these San Francisco East Bay punks are really spoiling us.Shenaniganssweeps up Green Day's assorted rarities, oddities, and B-sides into one surprisingly coherent package. The poppy "Suffocate" is just as good as anything that showed up on the previous compilation. "I Want to Be on TV" is unruly American pop punk at its best. And the smart surf-guitar instrumental "Espionage" will already be familiar to anyone who owns theAustin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Mesoundtrack. Meanwhile, the straight-faced cover of The Kinks' easy-listening favorite "Tired of Waiting" is truly something to behold. Sure, some of these tracks would have benefited from withering in obscurity forever--but the rest capture Green Day in fine style.--Aidin Vaziri