Editing Insomniac (Green Day album) (section)

==Legacy==
Despite being considered a commercial disappointment, Armstrong noted, "Insomniac did a lot better than I thought it was going to do...From the sound of it, we knew it wasn't going to sell as much as ''Dookie''."<ref name="Beyondpunk">{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CQoEAAAAMBAJ&q=green+day+good+riddance+acoustic&pg=PA11|title=Green Day Grows Beyond Punk On 'Nimrod'|last=Rosen|first=Craig|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=September 20, 1997|access-date=July 8, 2012}}</ref> The group embarked on an extensive world tour to promote ''Insomniac'' in early 1996, which saw the band performing in sports arenas that contrasted with the small clubs the group was accustomed to playing.  The members became increasingly uncomfortable with the level of stardom they had attained; Armstrong recalled, "We were becoming the things we hated, playing those big arenas. It was beginning to be not fun anymore."<ref name="Spitz123">Spitz, 2006, p. 123</ref>

Music journalist Andrew Earles referred to the album's third single "Brain Stew" as "one of the better [[mainstream radio]] moments" of the decade.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Earles |first1=Andrew |title=Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996 |date=September 15, 2014 |publisher=Voyageur Press |page=131 }}</ref>