Summary
Money Money 2020 Part II: We Told Ya So! is the second studio album by American new wave band The Network, a side-project featuring the members of Green Day. It was released on December 4, 2020, and was their first new album after seventeen years, following several weeks of subtle teases by the band via social media and several music videos from the promotional EP, Trans Am.[2][3][4][5]
| Money Money 2020 Part II: We Told Ya So! | ||||
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| Released | December 4, 2020 | |||
| Recorded | 2020 | |||
| Studio | OTIS | |||
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| Length | 54:43 | |||
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| Producer | The Network | |||
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| Singles from Money Money 2020 Part II: We Told Ya So! | ||||
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Background edit
The Network gained a small cult following among Green Day fans during their brief initial period of activity. They released their debut album Money Money 2020, as well as playing a few small club shows in 2003 before becoming inactive until October 2005 where they opened for Green Day as part of their American Idiot World Tour.
The band would then go on a fifteen-year hiatus, re-emerging in October 2020 with a YouTube video entitled "The Prophecy".[6] In the weeks following, a music video was released for the lead single "Ivankkka Is a Nazi." On November 19, 2020, the band released an EP entitled Trans Am, which would feature four songs from the then-upcoming album.[7] Following the EP's release, the band would reveal the albums title and artwork[8]. In the week leading to the albums release, the band uploaded a video each day to their social media accounts, featuring a snippet of each of the albums songs. Money Money 2020 Part II: We Told Ya So! was released on all streaming platforms on December 4, 2020, along with a pre-order for the album on vinyl and CD as well[9].
Promotion edit
Members of Green Day started reporting via social media accounts that their accounts were being hacked by members of the Network in October 2020, with the Church of Lushotology logos being posted on their accounts, and that of Billie Joe Armstrong's side project The Longshot. Green Day would continue their denial of being involved with the Network over the next few weeks while social media accounts for the Network started to appear and post teasers.
On February 27th 2021, The Network would perform their song "Threat Level Midnight" on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon.[10] While announced as the Network, Jimmy Fallon and Questlove would repeatedly hint at the band being Green Day during the show.
Track listing edit
The vocals for all songs are performed by their respective writer's alter ego: Billie Joe Armstrong as Fink, Mike Dirnt as Van Gough, and Tré Cool as The Snoo, except for "Pizzagate", which is instrumental, and "Cancer Is the New Black", where both Armstrong and Dirnt perform the vocals.[11]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "The Prophecy" | Mike Dirnt | 1:39 |
| 2. | "Theory of Reality" | Billie Joe Armstrong | 1:38 |
| 3. | "Trans Am" | Dirnt | 1:59 |
| 4. | "Asphyxia" | Tré Cool | 1:56 |
| 5. | "Fentanyl" | Armstrong | 2:58 |
| 6. | "Ivankkka Is a Nazi" | Armstrong | 3:03 |
| 7. | "Digital Black" | Dirnt | 3:19 |
| 8. | "Flat Earth" | Cool | 2:16 |
| 9. | "Degenerate" | Armstrong | 2:24 |
| 10. | "Pizzagate" (instrumental) | Cool | 0:47 |
| 11. | "Carolina's Ultimate Netflix Tweet" | Armstrong | 1:29 |
| 12. | "Respirator" | Cool | 1:54 |
| 13. | "Squatter in My Flat" | Cool | 0:54 |
| 14. | "That's How They Get You" | Cool | 2:25 |
| 15. | "Tarantula" | Dirnt | 1:46 |
| 16. | "Cancer Is the New Black" | Armstrong | 3:00 |
| 17. | "The Stranger" | Cool | 1:37 |
| 18. | "Hey Elon" | Cool | 1:17 |
| 19. | "Popper Punk" | Armstrong | 2:58 |
| 20. | "Jerry Falwell's Pool Party" | Armstrong | 3:24 |
| 21. | "Heard Immunity" | Dirnt | 2:01 |
| 22. | "Time Capsule" | Dirnt | 2:03 |
| 23. | "Threat Level Midnight" | Armstrong | 2:15 |
| 24. | "Amnesia Vagabond" | Dirnt | 2:08 |
| 25. | "Art of the Deal with the Devil" | Armstrong | 3:33 |
| Total length: | 54:43 | ||
Personnel edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Album Review: The Network – Money Money 2020 Part II: Told Ya So!". Mxdwn.
- ^ "Green Day Re-Emerges as Secret New Wave Band The Network".
- ^ Childers, Chad (November 4, 2020). "Mystery Band The Network Resurfaces With 'Ivankkka Is a Nazi'". Loudwire. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ^ "Non-Green Day band The Network releases new EP, 'Trans Am' - Music News - ABC News Radio". abcnewsradioonline.com. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ^ "Non-Green Day Band The Network Share New Video For 'Fentanyl'". GENRE IS DEAD!. 2020-11-27. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ^ "The Network - The Prophecy" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "Listen to 'Trans Am', the new EP from Green Day's 'secret' side project The Network". NME | Music, Film, TV, Gaming & Pop Culture News. 2020-11-20. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ^ @thenetwork (30 November 2020). "If you believe one thing, believe this is the best album of 2020". Retrieved 21 April 2024 – via Instagram.
- ^ Jones, Damian. "Listen to 'Money Money 2020 Part II: Told Ya So!', the new album from Green Day's 'secret' side project The Network". NME | Music, Film, TV, Gaming & Pop Culture News. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ Carter, Emily. "Watch The Network's wild performance of Threat Level Midnight on Jimmy Fallon". Kerrang!. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ "SESAC Repertory". 2022-05-16.