Green Day, “Greatest Hits : God’s Favorite Band” (Reprise Records)- Green Day released their first career retrospective,”International Superhits,” long ago in 2001 but the hits have just kept on coming, so the time now seems to be ripe for a follow up to enter the highly lucrative Christmas market. The Californian punk rockers have now been plying their trade on the world stage for more than three decades, selling more than 75 million records in the process. This exhilarating compilation showcases perennial crowd-pleasers such as “Holiday” and “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” alongside two fine new songs, “Back in the USA” and a duet with country music icon Miranda Lambert entitled “Ordinary World.” – By Kevin Bryan