Money Money 2020

Money Money 2020
Studio album by
The Network
ReleasedSeptember 30, 2003
November 9, 2004 (Reprise re-release)
RecordedAugust 2003
Genre
Length27:22 (original), 33:28 (re-release)
Label
ProducerThe Network
The Network chronology
Money Money 2020
(2003) 		Trans Am
(2020)
Singles from Money Money 2020
  1. "Money Money 2020"
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
IGN7.5/10[5]
Kerrang![6]

Money Money 2020 is the debut studio album by new wave band The Network, a side project of the band Green Day. It was released on September 30, 2003, through Adeline Records. Members of Green Day have denied being involved in the Network, however, Mike Dirnt revealed that they had a hand in the album.[7] It was the band's only release for seventeen years until they returned in 2020 with a sequel album entitled Money Money 2020 Part II: We Told Ya So!.

Background

After the release of Green Day's sixth studio album Warning (2000) and its mixed commercial performance,[8] the band started work on their next album. This follow-up album started to be recorded in 2003 and was intended to be named Cigarettes and Valentines.[9] The master tapes were stolen, however, and the band decided to scrap the project and start over.[10] In between Cigarettes and Valentines and the release of American Idiot in 2004, Money Money 2020 was recorded some time in the summer of 2003.[citation needed]

It was originally speculated by some reviewers[11] that Cigarettes and Valentines eventually became Money Money 2020. This rumour, however, was repeatedly denied and debunked by Billie Joe Armstrong.[12]

Release

Money Money 2020 was officially released on September 30, 2003 through Adeline Records. Upon release, the album came with a DVD that featured seven music videos for the songs "Supermodel Robots", "Joe Robot", "Hungry Hungry Models", "Love and Money", "Spike", "Transistors Gone Wild", and "Roshambo".[13] In 2004, The Network released another DVD containing live concert footage and the previous music videos, entitled Disease is Punishment.[14] On July 25, 2015, the band released the DVD onto YouTube.[15]

On November 9, 2004, the album was re-released by Reprise Records. This release did not include the DVD, but it did include two additional tracks, "Teenagers from Mars" and "Hammer of the Gods". The song "Roshambo" was featured in the video game NHL 2005,[16] and "Teenagers from Mars" was featured in the video game Tony Hawk's American Wasteland.[17] The album was later released on vinyl by Adeline Records in 2011 and 2015, but only featured the 12 tracks from the original release. In 2022, it was announced that the album would be repressed once again, this time including the two bonus tracks. This release was exclusive to 1-2-3-4 Go! Records, a record store in Oakland, California.[18][19]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool, except "Teenagers from Mars", written by Glenn Danzig

Money Money 2020 original track listing
No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."Joe Robot"Van Gough2:02
2."Transistors Gone Wild"Fink and Van Gough1:28
3."Reto"Van Gough2:01
4."Supermodel Robots"Fink2:05
5."Money Money 2020"Fink and Van Gough2:12
6."Spike"Fink2:58
7."Love and Money"Van Gough1:21
8."Right Hand-A-Rama"Fink2:07
9."Roshambo"Fink2:46
10."Hungry Hungry Models"The Snoo2:42
11."Spastic Society"Van Gough2:26
12."X-Ray Hamburger"Van Gough3:14
Total length:27:22
2004 re-release bonus tracks
No.TitleLead vocalsLength
13."Teenagers from Mars" (Misfits cover)Fink3:32
14."Hammer of the Gods"Van Gough2:34
Total length:33:28

Personnel

  • Fink – lead vocals, lead guitar, backing vocals, drums on "Hungry Hungry Models"
  • Van Gough – lead vocals, bass guitar, backing vocals
  • The Snoo – drums, lead vocals on "Hungry Hungry Models"
  • Z – keyboards, backing vocals, keytar on "Right Hand-A-Rama"
  • Captain Underpants – keytar, keyboards on "Right Hand-A-Rama"
  • Balducci – rhythm guitar

References

  1. ^ "Money Money 2020 Review". IGN. December 23, 2003. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Money Money 2020 - The Network | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Archived from the original on June 23, 2012. Retrieved March 31, 2016.
  3. ^ "The Network". MTV. Archived from the original on April 9, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  4. ^ "The Network - Money Money 2020". www.punknews.org. October 14, 2003.
  5. ^ Lord, Jesse (December 23, 2003). "Money Money 2020". IGN. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
  6. ^ Travers, Paul (August 21, 2004). "Rated: Albums". Kerrang!. No. 1019. EMAP. p. 41.
  7. ^ Fricke, David (March 1, 2013). "Q&A: Green Day's Mike Dirnt on Billie Joe Armstrong's Recovery". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  8. ^ Coffman, Tim (January 18, 2024). "'Warning': The album Billie Joe Armstrong thought no one understood". Far Out Magazine. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  9. ^ Scanlon, Kelly (August 16, 2023). "'Cigarettes and Valentines': The Green Day album that disappeared". Far Out Magazine. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  10. ^ Geraghty, Hollie (January 23, 2024). "Green Day on the "bummer" of their pre-'American Idiot' album 'Cigarettes & Valentines' being stolen". NME. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  11. ^ Hebblethwaite, Phil (August 23, 2017). "6 secret pop star aliases that had us fooled". BBC UK. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  12. ^ Andrew, Trendell (November 18, 2016). "Green Day reveal the fate of 'lost' pre-'American Idiot' album 'Cigarettes And Valentines'". NME. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  13. ^ "The Network (2) – Money Money 2020". Discogs. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  14. ^ "Where does a successful Green Day go from here?". Goldmine Magazine. May 3, 2011. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  15. ^ "The Network - Disease is Punishment (HD)". YouTube. Retrieved April 26, 2024.
  16. ^ "NHL 2005: The Music". IGN. September 30, 2004. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  17. ^ "Tony Hawk's American Wasteland Rocks". IGN. October 7, 2005. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
  18. ^ Aidin, Vaziri. "On repeat: The best record stores in the Bay Area". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  19. ^ @thenetwork (September 17, 2022). "Those who do not evolve, will be disconnected from The Network. LINK IN BIO". Retrieved April 26, 2024 – via Instagram.