¡Tré! | ||||
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Studio album by Green Day | ||||
Released | December 7, 2012 | |||
Recorded | February 14–June 26, 2012 | |||
Studio | Jingletown Studios, Oakland, California | |||
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Length | 46:35 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 64/100 |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
The A.V. Club | C+ |
Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
The Guardian | |
The Independent | |
NME | 5/10 |
PopMatters | 5/10 |
Rolling Stone | |
Slant Magazine | |
Spin | 6/10 |
¡Tré! is the eleventh studio album by American punk rock band Green Day. It is the third and final installment in the ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré! trilogy, a series of studio albums that were released from September to December 2012. Green Day started recording material for the album on February 14, 2012, and finished on June 26, 2012. ¡Tré! follows the power pop style of ¡Uno!, and the garage rock feel of ¡Dos! The album's title is a nod to the band's drummer Tré Cool, who turned 40 years old 2 days after the release of the album. It is the band's last album as a quartet after Jason White returned to his role as a touring member in 2016.
¡Tré! was released on December 7, 2012 in Australia, December 10 in the UK and December 11 in the US, through Reprise Records, and was produced by their long-time producer Rob Cavallo. Producing first week sales of 58,000 copies, a low for the band, the album received generally positive reviews from critics, although some found it incoherent on a song-for-song basis, as well as noting filler.
On April 11, 2012, Green Day announced that they would be releasing a trilogy of albums titled ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré! and stated that they would be released on September 25, 2012, November 13, 2012, and January 15, 2013, respectively, through Reprise Records. On August 22, Armstrong gave preview of some songs through his iPhone on Zane Lowe's show on BBC Radio 1 in the UK. The preview included a brief snippet of "8th Ave Serenade". The track listing for ¡Tré! was revealed at the beginning of their video for the promotional single "Nuclear Family" from ¡Uno!. It was later released officially on the "Idiot Club" and was later posted on their website. The song "99 Revolutions" previously appeared in the film The Campaign. "99 Revolutions" also appeared in a trailer released by Green Day on their YouTube channel on June 21, 2012. On October 29, it was announced that the album's release will be pushed forward to December 11, 2012, due to Green Day having to cancel their upcoming 2012 section of their 2012/2013 tour and delay much of the 2013 leg. On November 1, Green Day released "Behind The Scenes of ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré! – Part 1" which featured the preview of the song "X-Kid". The release date of the ¡Tré! LPs were pushed back to February 12, 2013, presumably to correct the erroneous inclusion of "Stray Heart" on initial pressings of the album, replacing the track with "Drama Queen", as present on CD and digital releases of the album. Previews of "Missing You" and "Dirty Rotten Bastards" were featured on Green Day's ¡Cuatro! documentary.