Nimrod.

Nimrod.
Release date:	October 14, 1997
Length:	49:09
Record label:	Reprise Records
Producer:	Rob Cavallo
Mixer:	Chris Lord-Alge
Singles:	1. "Nice Guys Finish Last" 2. "Hitchin' a Ride" 3. "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" 4. "Redundant"

"A lot of songs became about drinking and life's pressure around Nimrod. era. I was feeling a vague person in 1997. As do most people feel vague in their mid-20s. You're just trying to figure out where that damn beer gut came from."

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Nimrod. is the fifth studio album by Green Day. It was released on October 14, 1997 via Reprise Records. Though the album still didn't revive Green Day's sales to the level of Dookie, it did achieve critical respect and positive reaction from the hardcore fanbase. Nimrod has sold 2,000,000 units in the US and 5,000,000 worldwide as of August 2006.

Track list

1. "Nice Guys Finish Last" (single) – 2:49
2. "Hitchin' a Ride" (single) – 2:52
3. "The Grouch" – 2:12
4. "Redundant" (single) – 3:18
5. "Scattered" – 3:03
6. "All the Time" – 2:11
7. "Worry Rock" – 2:27
8. "Platypus (I Hate You)" – 2:22
9. "Uptight" – 3:04
10. "Last Ride In" (instrumental) – 3:48
11. "Jinx" – 2:13
12. "Haushinka" – 3:25
13. "Walking Alone" – 2:45
14. "Reject" – 2:06
15. "Take Back" – 1:09
16. "King for a Day" – 3:14
17. "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" (single) – 2:35
18. "Prosthetic Head" – 3:38

Australian bonus tracks

• "Suffocate" - 2:58
• "Do Da Da" – 1:33
• "Desensitized" – 2:47
• "You Lied" – 2:28

Personnel

Green Day

• Billie Joe Armstrong – guitars, harmonica, lead vocals, writing
• Mike Dirnt – bass, backing vocals, baseball bat ("Desensitized")
• Tré Cool – drums, bongos, tambourine

Additional musicians

• David Campbell – string arrangements
• Petra Haden, Conan McCallum - violin
• Gabrial McNair, Stephen Bradley – horns

Production

• Rob Cavallo - producer
• Chris Lord-Alge - mixing
• Ken Allardyce - recording, engineer
• Snorri Brothers - photography
• Chris Bilheimer - photography, art direction, design
• Tony Flores, Mike Dy, Barry Goldberg, Bill Kinsley, Wes Seidman - additional engineers