39/Smooth

39/Smooth is Green Day’s debut studio album. Notably, is the only album featuring the band’s original drummer, John (Al Sobrante) Kiffmeyer.

Released in 1990 by underground label Lookout Records, the album was a modest success during its first year. Later, sales of the record jumped from just under 3,000 copies to the 55,000 mark following the major label success of Dookie in 1994.

Alongside artwork from Operation Ivy vocalist Jesse Michaels, the album’s inner sleeve featured Billie Joe Armstrong’s handwritten lyrics. A collection of letters addressed to I.R.S Records was also included, rejecting a fake label signing offer, and declaring the band’s loyalty to Lookout Records

Although 39/Smooth was never printed to CD, it was re-released as part of the compilation album 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours, along with the two preceding EPs Slappy and 1,000 Hours.