International Superhits!
Green Day takes the titleInternational Superhitsliterally,  offering a no-surprises compilation of all the songs that made a big dent on  commercial radio. From the pop-punk heroes' breakthrough albumDookie("Longview," "Welcome to  Paradise") throughInsomniac("Brain Stew"),Nimrod("Good Riddance [Time of  Your Life]"), andWarning("Minority"), if a record produced a hit, that song is on this album. There are  only two new tracks on theSuperhits(both recorded a couple of months  before the album's release)--the spazzed out rock & roll singalong "Maria" and  the puppy-dog love of "Poprocks & Coke." BecauseInternational Superhitsdoesn't pull from Green Day's early EPs and Lookout albums or offer any live  variations, though, this album is really only one for the serious-minded  collectors who don't want to skip past a single Green Day release.-- Jennifer Maerz