Bullet in a Bible

Bullet in a Bible is a live album by American rock band Green Day, released on November 15, 2005 by Reprise Records. It was directed by Samuel Bayer, who was the director of all the videos from American Idiot.

Bullet in a Bible
Live album / video album by
Green Day
ReleasedNovember 15, 2005 (2005-11-15)
RecordedJune 18–19, 2005
VenueNational Bowl, Milton Keynes
Genre
Length64:57
LabelReprise
Producer
Green Day chronology
American Idiot
(2004)		 Bullet in a Bible
(2005)		 21st Century Breakdown
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
IGN7.9/10[3]
Pitchfork Media3.0/10[4]
PopMatters[5]
Sputnikmusic3/5[6]

Background and release

Bullet in a Bible documents one of the two biggest shows that Green Day have performed in their career. They played in front of a crowd of over 130,000 people at the Milton Keynes National Bowl in United Kingdom on June 18–19, 2005. The band was supported by Jimmy Eat World, Taking Back Sunday, and Hard-Fi during their American Idiot world tour. Fourteen of the twenty songs performed at these shows were included on the disc; missing out "Jaded", "Knowledge", "She", "Maria", "Homecoming" and "We Are The Champions".

Bullet in a Bible was released as a double-LP set on November 10, 2009, as part of the band's 2009 vinyl re-release campaign.

Commercial performance

Bullet in a Bible peaked on the Billboard 200 at number eight and spent 14 weeks on the chart.[7] It has also reached top 10 positions in many European countries.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Billie Joe Armstrong; all music is composed by Green Day, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."American Idiot"4:32
2."Jesus of Suburbia"9:23
3."Holiday"4:12
4."Are We the Waiting"2:49
5."St. Jimmy"2:55
6."Longview"4:44
7."Hitchin' a Ride"4:03
8."Brain Stew"3:02
9."Basket Case"2:58
10."King for a Day/Shout" ("Shout" written and originally performed by The Isley Brothers)8:47
11."Wake Me Up When September Ends"5:03
12."Minority"4:19
13."Boulevard of Broken Dreams"4:44
14."Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"3:26
Total length:64:57

Personnel

Production

Charts and certifications

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[24] Platinum 70,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[25] Gold 15,000*
Italy
2006 sales 		— 100,000[26]
Germany (BVMI)[27] Gold 100,000^
Germany (BVMI)[28]
for the DVD 		7× Gold 175,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[29] Gold 50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[30] Platinum 15,000^
Sweden (GLF)[31] Gold 30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[32] Platinum 300,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

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References
  1. Bullet in a Bible at AllMusic
  2. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
  3. IGN review Archived 2009-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Green Day: Bullet in a Bible". Pitchfork.
  5. "PopMatters review".
  6. Adam Downer (16 February 2006). "Green Day: Bullet In a Bible". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  7. "Green Day Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  8. "Australiancharts.com – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  9. "Austriancharts.at – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  10. "Ultratop.be – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
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  17. "Italiancharts.com – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  18. "Charts.nz – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
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  20. "Portuguesecharts.com – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  21. "Swedishcharts.com – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  22. "Swisscharts.com – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible". Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  23. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  24. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2005 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
  25. "Austrian album certifications – Green Day – Bullet in a Bible" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved October 20, 2012.
  26. "LE CIFRE DI VENDITA 2006" (PDF). Musica e dischi. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 6, 2014.
  27. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Green Day; 'Bullet in a Bible')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  28. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Green Day; 'Bullet in a Bible')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  29. "Certificaciones" (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Type Green Day in the box under the ARTISTA column heading and Bullet in a Bible in the box under TÍTULO
  30. "New Zealand album certifications". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  31. "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2006" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden.
  32. "British album certifications". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. 
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