| BBC Sessions | |
| Type: | live |
| Artist: | Green Day |
| Cover: | Green Day - The BBC Sessions.png |
| Recorded: | June 1994–August 2001 |
| Studio: | Maida Vale, London, England |
| Length: | 48:27 |
| Prev Title: | Father of All Motherfuckers |
| Prev Year: | 2020 |
| Next Title: | Saviors |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
BBC Sessions is the fourth live album by American rock band Green Day, released on 10 December 2021, by Reprise Records. It consists of live recordings for the BBC from 1994 to 2001 held at the Maida Vale Studios in London.[1] Many of the songs were commonly bootlegged until 2021. "One of My Lies" and "Scattered" from the 1998 session are the only songs not featured on the album.
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 84 based on four reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".
Writing for Ultimate Classic Rock, Gary Graff stated that BBC Sessions was "a welcome adjunct and a study in how consistently strong and exciting the group has been while handling changes - both subtle and dramatic - in its sound."[2] Ian Winwood of Kerrang! rated the album four out of five stars, calling it a "collection of impossibly fluent songs delivered in momentary fashion."[3]
Tracks 1-4 recorded on 8 June 1994, tracks 5-8 recorded on 3 November 1996, tracks 9-12 recorded on 2 February 1998, and tracks 13-16 recorded on 28 August 2001. All lyrics written by Billie Joe Armstrong; all music composed by Green Day except "2000 Light Years Away", music by Green Day, Jesse Michaels, Rippinz, and Dave E.C.
| Peak position | |
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] | 121 |
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