"The BBC Sessions is a collection of impossibly fluent songs delivered in momentary fashion by one of America's great bands. To hear them doing their thing without the clutter and fuss to which they have increasingly fallen prey is a wonderful thing".
"Taken together, The BBC Sessions emphasizes both the connective threads and creative evolution of Green Day during the first act of their career, which makes it a worthy historical document in addition to a first-rate live album".
"Compiled from four BBC Maida Vale sessions between 1994 and 2001, this live set captures quite a journey; charting a course from the moment Green Day transcended the underground with their diamond-selling album Dookie, through to their pre- American Idiot commercial nadir ... A reminder that Green Day's songwriting is far more nuanced than they're often given credit for".