Bullet in a Bible is a live album by American rock band Green Day, released on November 15, 2005, by Reprise Records. Recorded during their American Idiot World Tour, it was directed by Samuel Bayer, who was the director of all the videos from American Idiot.
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.
This was also the hottest weekend of the year, because the United Kingdom was in the middle of a heatwave, with temperatures reaching 33 degrees Celsius.
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 were the tracks "Jaded", "Knowledge", "She", "Maria", "Homecoming" and "We Are the Champions". However, "She" was broadcast on BBC Radio 1 as part of their coverage of the event.
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.
Green Day have released most of the videos from this concert on their YouTube page except for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", "Wake Me Up When September Ends", and the other songs which have been omitted from the album release.
Commercial performance Bullet in a Bible peaked on the Billboard 200 at number eight and spent 14 weeks on the chart. It has also reached top 10 positions in many European countries.
Track listing
Note: "Jaded", "Homecoming", "Maria", "She" and "We Are the Champions" were played but not included.
Personnel
Green Day Billie Joe Armstrong – lead vocals, guitar, harmonica Mike Dirnt – bass, backing vocals Tré Cool – drums, backing vocals on "King for a Day/Shout"
Additional musicians Jason White – guitar, backing vocals Jason Freese – keyboards, acoustic guitar, trombone, saxophone, backing vocals Ronnie Blake – trumpet, percussion, backing vocals Mike Pelino – guitar, backing vocals on "St. Jimmy"
Production
CD Rob Cavallo – producer Green Day – producers Doug McKean – engineer Chris Lord-Alge – mixing Dmitar Krnjaic – assistant engineer Keith Armstrong – assistant engineer John Van Nest – editing Ted Jensen – mastering
DVD Samuel Bayer – director Tim Lynch – producer Pat Magnarella – executive producer Kim Dellara – executive producer Tim Royes – editor Chris Dugan – additional filming
Design Wade Brands – photography Chris Bilheimer – packaging, menu design
Charts
Weekly charts +Weekly chart performance for Bullet in a Bible Chart (2005–06) PeakpositionGreek Albums (IFPI)2Taiwanese Albums (Five Music) 18
Year-end charts +2005 year-end chart performance for Bullet in a Bible Chart (2005) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) 75 French Albums (SNEP) 154Italian Albums (FIMI) 39 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 45 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 57 UK Albums (OCC) 64 Worldwide Albums (IFPI) 46 +2006 year-end chart performance for Bullet in a Bible Chart (2006) PositionArgentinian Albums (CAPIF) 10 Australian Albums (ARIA) 62 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 6European Hot 100 Albums (Billboard) 87 Greek Foreign Albums (IFPI)43 Italian Albums (FIMI)93 US Billboard 200 149
Certifications and sales
References
External links
Bullet in a Bible at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)