One Planet One People is the debut studio album by the American punk rock band The Lookouts.[2] It was released in 1987 through Lookout! Records and was the first ever release on the label.[3] One Planet One People is the first recording featuring Tré Cool of Green Day.[4] Lyrical topics in their songs are religion and the establishment, with some silly, funny songs.

One Planet One People
Studio album by
Released1987
RecordedOctober 1986 at Dangerous Rhythm in Oakland, California
GenreHardcore punk, punk rock
Length26:29
LabelLookout! (LK 001)[1]
ProducerKevin Army and The Lookouts
The Lookouts chronology
One Planet One People
(1987)
Spy Rock Road
(1989)

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by Larry Livermore, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Why Don't You Die?"0:41
2."The Mushroom Is Exploding" (written by Tré Cool)0:43
3."Friends of Mine" (written by Kain Kong)2:25
4."Mendocino County"0:51
5."Downtown"1:32
6."Catatonic Society" (written by Kong)2:09
7."The Last Time" (written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards; originally performed by The Rolling Stones)0:58
8."Death"0:44
9."I Wanna Love You (But You Make Me Sick)"1:38
10."Recycled Love"1:43
11."It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (written and originally performed by Bob Dylan)1:22
12."Miss Trendy Burrhead" (lyrics written by Linda Lou Wessman)1:18
13."My Mom Smokes Pot"0:42
14."Nazi Dreams" (written by Kong)1:11
15."Fuck Religion"0:55
16."Thank the Lord" (written by Kong)0:45
17."Fucked Up Kid" (lyrics written by Richard Rochester)0:37
18."CAMP Get Out"0:44
19."Fourth Reich (Nazi Amerika)"0:53
20."Don't Cry for Nicaragua"1:21
21."One Planet One People"2:16
22."Sometimes"1:12
Total length:26:29

Personnel edit

Production

  • Kevin Army - producer, engineer
  • The Lookouts - producers
  • Davy Normal - front cover art
  • Larry Livermore - back cover art
  • John Golden - mastering

References edit

  1. ^ Boulware, Jack; Tudor, Silke (September 29, 2009). Gimme Something Better: The Profound, Progressive, and Occasionally Pointless History of Bay Area Punk from Dead Kennedys to Green Day. Penguin. ISBN 9781101145005 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "The Lookouts Lament Their 'Mendocino Homeland' in Roaring Proto-Punk Track". February 19, 2015.
  3. ^ Pratt, Greg (January 23, 2015). ""There's a lot of history there"—Pre-Green Day band The Lookouts! to have material reissued".
  4. ^ Myers, Ben (April 1, 2006). Green Day: American Idiots & The New Punk Explosion. Red Wheel Weiser. ISBN 9781609258986 – via Google Books.