¡Tré! is Green Day's eleventh studio album and the third of three albums in a special trilogy called ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré! The album's name comes as a tribute to the band member Tré Cool.
¡Tré! was released on December 7, 2012 in Australia, December 10 in the United Kingdom, and December 11 in the United States by Reprise Records. Like ¡Dos!, it was recorded from February to June 2012 at Jingletown Studios in Oakland, California. ¡Tré! follows the power pop style of ¡Uno! and the garage rock feel of ¡Dos! to get a mix of both records.
Background[]
Back cover of ¡Tré!
¡Tré! was made as the finale of the trilogy, aiming towards more stadium compared to the power pop and garage rock type sounds from the first two albums. This album would contain the usual instruments present within the trilogy but with an addition of strings, brass, and pianos. The content within it would also be less centralized, as the album would take parts from all of Green Day's previous work put together into one ambitious album. The cover depicts a black and white cutout of Tré Cool, with pink X's on top of a blue geometric background, which has the band's name in yellow on top and the album name in white at the bottom left corner. The back cover depicts multiple similar style cutouts of an unknown person (though most likely Tre) from multiple angles with the track list split into two sections: "Side Cinco" for the first 6 tracks and "Side Seis" for the other 6 tracks.
Reception[]
Originally meant to be released on January 15, 2013, it was first pushed back to February of that year, only for it to change again to be released less than a month after ¡Dos! Due to events before its release, publicity for the album was minimal, which cannibalized sales. The album on release would go on to sell just 58,000 copies in its first week in the U.S. and only 24,000 copies in the U.K, around less than half the performance of ¡Uno! From critics, the album received generally favorable reviews with main criticisms going toward its track list and instrumentals.
Track Listing[]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| I. Side Cinco | ||
| 1. | "Brutal Love" | 4:54 |
| 2. | "Missing You" | 3:43 |
| 3. | "8th Avenue Serenade" | 2:36 |
| 4. | "Drama Queen" | 3:07 |
| 5. | "X-Kid" | 3:41 |
| 6. | "Sex, Drugs & Violence" | 3:31 |
| II. Side Seis | ||
| 7. | "A Little Boy Named Train" | 3:37 |
| 8. | "Amanda" | 2:28 |
| 9. | "Walk Away" | 3:45 |
| 10. | "Dirty Rotten Bastards" | 6:26 |
| 11. | "99 Revolutions" | 3:49 |
| 12. | "The Forgotten" | 4:58 |
| Total Runtime: | 46:35 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Nuclear Family" (live) | 3:00 |
| 14. | "Stop When the Red Lights Flash" (live) (downloadable track, activation required.) | 2:43 |
| 15. | "Carpe Diem" (live) (downloadable track, activation required.) | 4:00 |
| 16. | "Kill the DJ" (live) (downloadable track, activation required.) | 4:22 |
| 17. | "99 Revolutions" (live) (downloadable track, activation required.) | 3:46 |
| Total Runtime: | 63:46 | |
Singles[]
The Forgotten[]
While not officially released as a single, it was made as the lead single for the soundtrack for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2. It was first revealed to be part of the official soundtrack on October 4, 2012 and premiered on MTV on October 23, over a month before the album's official release.
X-Kid[]
X-Kid remains as the only officially released single for ¡Tré! A music video premiered on the Green Day YouTube channel on December 19, 2012, featuring only a cassette tape playing with the song. The song was officially released as a single on February 12, 2013. It would be the last single from a studio album by the band for over 3 years until Bang Bang.
Charts[]
Weekly Charts[]
| Chart (2012) | Peak Position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums Chart | 8 |
| Australian Albums Chart | 22 |
| Belgian Albums Chart (Flanders) | 36 |
| Belgian Albums Chart (Wallonia) | 57 |
| Canadian Albums Chart | 22 |
| Croatian Albums Chart | 11 |
| Danish Albums Chart | 38 |
| Dutch Albums Chart | 30 |
| Finnish Albums Chart | 41 |
| Germany Albums Chart | 17 |
| Hungarian Albums Chart | 9 |
| Irish Albums Chart | 37 |
| Italian Albums Chart | 17 |
| Italian Albums (Musica e Dischi) | 18 |
| Japanese Albums Chart | 10 |
| Mexican Albums Chart | 44 |
| New Zealand Album Chart | 16 |
| Norwegian Albums Chart | 20 |
| Scottish Albums Chart | 29 |
| South Korean Albums Chart | 10 |
| Spanish Albums Chart | 41 |
| Swedish Albums Chart | 30 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 14 |
| UK Albums Chart | 31 |
| UK Rock Albums Chart | 2 |
| US Billboard 200 | 13 |
| US Billboard Rock Albums | 3 |
| US Billboard Alternative Albums | 2 |
| US Billboard Digital Albums | 9 |
| US Billboard Tastemaker Albums | 5 |
Personnel[]
Green Day
- Billie Joe Armstrong – lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, piano
- Mike Dirnt – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Tré Cool – drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Jason White – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Production
- Rob Cavallo – producers
- Tom Kitt – string arrangements
- Green Day – producers
- Chris Dugan – engineering
- Brad Kobylczak – engineering
- Lee Bothwick – engineering
- Wesley Seidman – assistant engineering
- Ted Jensen – mastering
- Chris Lord-Alge – mixing
- Keith Armstrong – assistant mix engineering
- Nik Karpen – assistant mix engineering
- Brad Townsend – assistant mix engineering
- Andrew Schubert – assistant mix engineering
- Kenny Butler – drum technician
- Mike Fasano – drum technician
- Eden Galindo – bass technician
- Andrew "Hans" Buscher – guitar technician
- Chery Jenets – production managing
- Jaime Neely – assistant production
- Michelle Rogel – assistant production
- Pat Magnarella – management
- Chris Bilheimer – art direction/design
- Felisha Tolentino – photography
- Greg Schneider – stills