Insomniac (studio album)
by Green Day

Insomniac by Green Day
Year: 1995
Overall rank: 1,579th   
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 404 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1995 (25th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (289th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,579th)

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Green Day bestography

Insomniac is ranked 4th best out of 26 albums by Green Day on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Green Day is American Idiot which is ranked number 152 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,243.

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Insomniac track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Insomniac rankings

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Overall rank: 1,579th | 1990s rank: 289th | 1995 rank: 25th

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Insomniac ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 404 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 72.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.9.

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75/100
From 01/04/2024 21:54 | #300904
This really is just a continuation of the short punk tunes that graces Dookie. Which is great in my opinion
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From 07/04/2022 22:25 | #287101
Bem bom, um pouco irregular, mas menos apreciado do que deveria.
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From 06/23/2021 19:28 | #270966
Under-rated on this website.
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From 03/28/2021 17:40 | #267888
This is a very underrated GD album. Close rival to Dookie for their best in my opinion. I’m not sure why so unappreciated. Almost every song is a banger.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 12/30/2020 16:49 | #263484
This album is interesting in that many punk/ early Green Day fans consider it their best work , while other more casual or recent fans think it's their worst. For me, other than Dookie I'd consider this equal to or better than anything else they've released. I prefer their harder faster sound and this certainly delivers. Bab's Uvula Who? is one of their most underrated tracks, and songs like Walking Contradiction, Geek Stink Breath, and Brain Stew are classics of the genre.
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80/100
From 11/13/2020 11:46 | #260746
This feels more like one very big song than an album. The consistency and cohesiveness is amazing. Even though there are no surprises, it is an album that grows on you, I find myself coming back to this more often than some other Green Day albums. Also, I love the album cover. Overall, 80/100.
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80/100
From 02/27/2019 16:39 | #232738
This is my favorite Green Day album, everything after this kind of sucks.
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65/100
From 11/03/2018 15:23 | #223780
Insomniac is a pretty straightforward album. It kind of makes me think of "Back in Black" by AC/DC because there is not much variety throughout the album. You have 14 songs that are all constructed basically the same way, except for "Panic Song", and this one is my favorite. But just like "Back in Black", even though the lyrics are not that original and the songs all use the same formula, it's the energy of the band and the production value that ultimately save the album. But I like "Insomniac" better simply because the formula they use is more in my taste than "Back in Black".

Not the best Green Day album, but not the worst either.
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75/100
From 11/02/2017 13:19 | #200446
Overrated album amongst fans, in my opinion. Not many memorable tracks besides maybe Brain Stew, Panic Song (just because of the bass line), and Geek Stink Breath.
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From 12/28/2015 15:28 | #155262
This is very similar to Dookie, but much less special. Still a very good album though
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