EP
Sweet Children
Sweet Children is the third EP from Green Day, put out through Skene! Records. The title nods to an earlier name the band used before settling on Green Day. It arrived in 1990, the same year as their debut album 39/Smooth, so it belongs to the earliest stretch of the band's career.
Among the tracks is a cover of "My Generation" by the Who, a fitting choice for a young punk trio. The whole EP was later added to the CD and cassette editions of Kerplunk!, their second album, which is the easiest way to hear it today. It's a handy snapshot of the band before Dookie changed everything.
Sweet Children: tracklist and credits
4 tracks · 8:19Tracklist
- 1Sweet ChildrenGreen Day and Billie Joe Armstrong1:43
- 2Best Thing in TownGreen Day and Billie Joe Armstrong2:05
- 3StrangelandGreen Day and Billie Joe Armstrong2:10
- 4My GenerationPete Townshend2:21
- Produced by
- Andy Ernst, Green Day
- Recorded at
- 6ft Under
- Mixed by
- Andy Ernst
- Engineered by
- Andy Ernst
- Label
- Skene! Records
- Length
- 8:19
Line-up
- Al Sobrante · drums (drum set)
- Billie Joe Armstrong · guitar
- Mike Dirnt · bass
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date only month precision available
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | August 1990 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | August 1990 | |
| Wikidata | August 1990 | |
| Wikidata | 1990 | |
| US release | August 1990 | earliest US date |
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| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1990 | US | Skene! Records | original |
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| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| fanarttv ✓ | 1000×1000 | upscaled: major: best source 1000x1000, upscaled to 1500 (x1.50) |
| coverartarchive | 600×600 | upscaled |