Editing Insomniac (Green Day album) (section)

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/insomniac-mw0000645577 |title=Insomniac – Green Day |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=September 27, 2012 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916210932/http://www.allmusic.com/album/insomniac-mw0000645577 |archive-date=September 16, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]''
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/insomniac |title=Green Day – Insomniac |magazine=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |date=June 22, 2010 |access-date=February 12, 2016 |last=Raub |first=Jesse |archive-url=https://archive.today/20100829201337/http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/insomniac |archive-date=August 29, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' 
| rev3Score = B<ref name=EW>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/1995/10/20/insomniac |title=Insomniac |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=October 20, 1995 |access-date=September 27, 2012 |last=Browne |first=David |author-link=David Browne (journalist) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412190650/https://ew.com/article/1995/10/20/insomniac-2/ |archive-date=April 12, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Green Day: Insomniac (WEA) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96532835/the-guardian/|newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=October 13, 1995 |last=Smith |first=Andrew|access-date=February 26, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'' 
| rev5Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/POP-CDS-Janet-Rises-Above-Other-Jacksons-3022400.php |title=Green Day's Fourth More of the Same |newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]] |date=October 15, 1995 |access-date=June 16, 2019 |last=Arnold |first=Gina |author-link=Gina Arnold}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Knoxville News Sentinel]]''
| rev6Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="knoxnews">{{cite news |title=Music |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/775772655/?terms=Green%20Day&match=1 |access-date=4 June 2023 |work=[[Knoxville News Sentinel]] |date=October 20, 1995 |page=10}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' 
| rev7Score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-10-08-ca-54498-story.html |title=Green Day: Something for All |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=October 8, 1995 |access-date=February 12, 2016 |last=Ali |first=Lorraine |author-link=Lorraine Ali |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113142853/http://articles.latimes.com/1995-10-08/entertainment/ca-54498_1_green-day |archive-date=January 13, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' 
| rev8Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name=RS>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/insomniac-19951102 |title=Insomniac |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=November 2, 1995 |access-date=February 26, 2012 |last=Coleman |first=Mark |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130402184752/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/insomniac-19951102 |archive-date=April 2, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev9Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Green Day |last=Catucci |first=Nick |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/347 347–48]}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev10Score = 8/10<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dtbUh9Aju4IC&pg=PA118 |title=Green Day: Insomniac |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |volume=11 |issue=9 |date=December 1995 |access-date=February 12, 2016 |last=Weisbard |first=Eric |page=118}}</ref>
| rev11 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
| rev11Score = A−<ref name=Christgau>{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv1195-95.php |title=Consumer Guide |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |date=November 14, 1995 |access-date=February 12, 2016 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055019/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv1195-95.php |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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''Insomniac'' did not have the big sales or airplay as the singles from ''Dookie'', but it was generally well received by critics. It earned three and a half out of five stars from ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', which said "In punk the good stuff actually unfolds and gains meaning as you listen without sacrificing any of its electric, haywire immediacy. And Green Day are as good as this stuff gets".<ref name=RS/> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' gave the album a B with particular praise for Billie Joe Armstrong, stating that: "Fans needn't worry about Armstrong, a new father, rhapsodizing over the joys of changing diapers or whining about being a wealthy rock star. Once more, the songs relate the travails of a pathetic, self-loathing goofball whose sense of self-worth is continually reduced to rubble by sundry jerks, authority figures, and cultural elitists."

However, Green Day was slightly criticized for not progressing as much as their predecessors. ''Entertainment Weekly'' stated that: "''Insomniac'' does make you wonder about Green Day's growth, though. Between albums one and four, [[The Clash]], to take an old-school example, branched out from guitar crunch to reggae, dub, and Spectorized pop. By comparison, Green Day sound exactly the same as on their first album, albeit with crisper production and, ominously, a palpable degeneration in their sense of humor. The few hints of growth are fairly microscopic: a tougher metallic edge to a few of the songs ... and lyrics that are bleaker than ''Dookie'''s."<ref name=EW/>

[[AllMusic]] similarly noted that "they kept their blueprint and made it a shade darker. Throughout ''Insomniac'', there are vague references to the band's startling multi-platinum breakthrough, but the album is hardly a stark confessional on the level of [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]'s ''[[In Utero (album)|In Utero]]''. ... While nothing on the album is as immediate as "Basket Case" or "Longview," the band has gained a powerful sonic punch, which goes straight for the gut but sacrifices the raw edge they so desperately want to keep and makes the record slightly tame. Billie Joe hasn't lost much of his talent for simple, tuneful hooks, but after a series of songs that all sound pretty much the same, it becomes clear that he needs to push himself a little bit more if Green Day ever want to be something more than a good punk-pop band. As it is, they remain a good punk-pop band, and ''Insomniac'' is a good punk-pop record, but nothing more."<ref name="allmusic"/> [[Robert Christgau]] opined "[Armstrong's] songs conceptualize his natural whine with a musicality that undercuts his defeatism."<ref name=Christgau/>

The album was included at number 8 on ''Rock Sound''{{'}}s "The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time" list.<ref>Bird, ed. 2014, p. 73</ref>
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