The album officially includes only 12 tracks, but the versions released on CD and cassette also include the 4 tracks from the Sweet Children EP. One of those 4 tracks is a cover of The Who’s “My Generation”. Another notable track on the album is “Welcome to Paradise”, which the band would re-record for their next album Dookie.

As of November 2006, Kerplunk! has sold 699,001 units in the United States, and over 4 million worldwide.

In August 2005, Green Day pulled this album, as well as all of their other material released through the label, from Lookout! due to unpaid royalties^. It was reissued on CD by Reprise Records, who Green Day has been with since leaving Lookout!, on January 9, 2007. Note that in Europe, the album was released by Epitaph Europe, and has remained in print.

Track listing
1.     ”2000 Light Years Away”       Billie Joe Armstrong     2:24
2.     ”One for the Razorbacks”       B. J. Armstrong     2:30
3.     ”Welcome to Paradise”       B. J. Armstrong     3:30
4.     ”Christie Road”       B. J. Armstrong     3:33
5.     ”Private Ale”       B. J. Armstrong     2:26
6.     ”Dominated Love Slave”       Tré Cool     1:42
7.     ”One of My Lies”       B. J. Armstrong     2:19
8.     ”80″       B. J. Armstrong     3:39
9.     ”Android”       B. J. Armstrong     3:00
10.     ”No One Knows”       B. J. Armstrong     3:39
11.     ”Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?”       B. J. Armstrong     2:44
12.     ”Words I Might Have Ate”       B. J. Armstrong     2:32
33:58
Bonus tracks (CD only)
#     Title     Writer     Length
13.     ”Sweet Children”       B. J. Armstrong, Mike Dirnt     1:41
14.     ”Best Thing in Town”       B. J. Armstrong, Mike Dirnt     2:03
15.     ”Strangeland”       B. J. Armstrong     2:08
16.     ”My Generation”       Pete Townshend     2:1

The album included one cover, “Knowledge“, which was originally by influential California punk band Operation Ivy.

The album was re-released in 2007 with special limited packaging and all new CD-rom features, incl. live performances and pictures.

Track listing

1. “At the Library” by  Billie Joe Armstrong

2. “Don’t Leave Me” by B. J. Armstrong

3. “I Was There” by John Kiffmeyer

4. “Disappearing Boy” by B. J. Armstrong

5. “Green Day” by  B. J. Armstrong

6. “Going to Pasalacqua” by  B. J. Armstrong

7. “16″ by B. J. Armstrong

8. “Road to Acceptance” by B. J. Armstrong

9. “Rest” by B. J. Armstrong

10. “The Judge’s Daughter” by B. J. Armstrong

11. “Paper Lanterns” by B. J. Armstrong

12. “Why Do You Want Him?”  byB. J. Armstrong

13. “409 in Your Coffeemaker” by B. J. Armstrong

14. “Knowledge [A]“ by Jesse Michaels

15. “1,000 Hours” by B. J. Armstrong

16. “Dry Ice” by B. J. Armstrong

17. “Only of You” by B. J. Armstrong

18. “The One I Want” by B. J. Armstrong

19. “I Want to Be Alone” by B. J. Armstrong