Editing Sweet Children (EP)

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Sweet Children
| type       = EP
| artist     = [[Green Day]]
| cover      = Green Day - Sweet Children cover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = August 1990
| recorded   = {{Start date|1990|7|5}} 
| venue      =
| studio     = 6ft Under
| genre      = [[Punk rock]]<ref name="trouser">{{cite web |last1=Robbins |first1=Ira |last2=Neugebauer |first2=Delvin |title=Green Day |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/green-day/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227055754/https://trouserpress.com/reviews/green-day/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| length     = 8:12
| label      = [[Skene! Records|Skene!]]
| producer   = Green Day
| prev_title = [[Slappy]]
| prev_year  = 1990
| next_title = [[1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours]]
| next_year  = 1991
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Raggett|first=Ned|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sweet-children-mw0001195212|title=Sweet Children - Green Day|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=2024-03-07|archive-date=2023-07-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716135854/https://www.allmusic.com/album/sweet-children-mw0001195212|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
'''''Sweet Children''''' is the third [[Extended Play|EP]] by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Green Day]]. It was released in August 1990 through [[Skene! Records]]. The name of the EP is a reference to a previous name of the band. One of the tracks is a [[Cover version|cover]] of "[[My Generation]]" by [[the Who]]. All tracks were later included on the [[Compact disc|CD]] and [[Cassette tape|cassette]] releases of the band's second studio album, [[Kerplunk (album)|''Kerplunk'']].

==History==
The EP is a collection of some of the band's earliest songs that they were still playing live at the time. It was recorded in two hours on July 5, 1990, at Six Feet Under in [[Minneapolis]] while the band was on a brief break from their summer tour,<ref>[http://www.greendayauthority.com/TheBand/articles/guitarlegends/page8.jpg Green Day: The Complete History, Guitar Legends] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060927120256/http://www.greendayauthority.com/TheBand/articles/guitarlegends/page8.jpg |date=2006-09-27 }}. Retrieved 2009-11-17</ref> and released on seven-inch vinyl. The EP was released on Minneapolis-based indie label [[Skene! Records]]. "Best Thing in Town" was one of the first songs the band had written together.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxrWAU4Ei_U |title=Green Day MTV Raw 1995 |language=en |access-date=2024-04-30 |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> These were the last recordings drummer [[John Kiffmeyer]] would contribute to the band. Shortly after the end of the tour, he left the band to attend college.

Also of note, "My Generation" features a line from the film ''[[Blue Velvet (film)|Blue Velvet]]'': "[[Heineken]]? Fuck that shit!", said by the primary [[antagonist]] [[Frank Booth (Blue Velvet)|Frank Booth]], although it's not the actual audio sample.

==Pressings==
There are five different pressings of the EP (some limited quantities included two different variations of red vinyl). The first four have been out of print since its inclusion on the [[CD]] and [[Cassette tape|cassette]] issues of Green Day's second studio album, ''[[Kerplunk (Green Day album)|Kerplunk]]'', in 1992. Because of this, it has since become a valuable and sought-after item among collectors and Green Day fans alike.

The first pressing's cover is a picture of Mike Dirnt's leg during a concert.

The second pressing's cover is a black and white picture of a somewhat trashed [[Volkswagen Beetle]] with the caption "What Do You Think Mike..." This rare second pressing, limited to 600 copies as opposed to the first run's 1,500, also featured a handwritten insert, reading "Not a lyrics sheet, so don't get your hopes up".

The third pressing is the same as the one above in every way except there is no insert, and the cover, instead of being black and white, is tinted red.

The fourth pressing is a reissue, possibly from 1991, for it has a lengthy summary on the back which explains that the songs are also on ''Kerplunk''. The cover is mostly blank, featuring only a picture of a group of three children nearby a body of water with their backs to the camera, although at the bottom of the cover it says “(Note: No! This is not a new Green Day 7” but the same old SKENE! one that we keep having to repress and hence keep running out of covers for…the music is exactly the same, just in different packaging to keep the people who have to stuff these things into plastic sleeves from getting bored. So keep in mind, catering to collector-scum by paying big $$$ for something because it looks a wee bit different only makes you look like a sap…)”

On March 24, 2009, the EP was back in print as it was included with the vinyl reissue of ''Kerplunk''. It is a reissue of the first pressing.

In 1990, on the first day of the EP's release, it sold 493 copies.{{citation needed|date=January 2011}}

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| headline   = Side A
| all_lyrics = [[Billie Joe Armstrong]], except where noted
| all_music  = Green Day, except where noted
| title1  = Sweet Children
| length1 = 1:41
| title2  = Best Thing in Town
| lyrics2   = {{hlist|Armstrong|[[Mike Dirnt]]}}
| length2 = 2:04
}}

{{tracklist
| headline      = Side B
| title1        = Strangeland
| length1       = 2:08
| title2        = [[My Generation]]
| writer2       = [[Pete Townshend]]; originally performed by [[the Who]]
| length2       = 2:19
| total_length  = 8:12
}}

==Personnel==
* [[Billie Joe Armstrong]] - [[Lead vocalist|lead vocals]], [[lead guitar|guitar]]
* [[Mike Dirnt]] - [[Bass guitar|bass]], [[Backing vocalist|backing vocals]]
* [[John Kiffmeyer]] - [[Drum kit|drums]], backing vocals

==References==
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