American Idiot

To much the same

Overblown and overrated. But we sure did play this one out back in the day.

3 for the nostalgia. My brother loved this album and I secretly loved a few songs, but would have never let him know at that time.

I liked this album. Kind of like a punk rock opera. Has a thread to follow, and some good songs with food for thought. Worth giving a few spins. 3.5/5

Ok. This is definitely a progression in songwriting from Dookie. But it's still not my taste. It's pretty solidly done throughout, but again, not my taste. Was I glad it was over? Yup, but it doesn't deserve a 2.

There is some relevancy here based on current events. So there is that. Yet I couldn’t help but be annoyed by all the two songs in one track nonsense. It didn’t help with make this album longer than it needed to be.

its alright, the songs are too long tho

Yayaaaaa 13yr old me wasn't into this... But I really appreciate the nostalgia.

I was all ready to rag on this but, when viewed purely as a pop album, it does what it sets out to do well. Catchy riffs, some quotable lyrics, and maintains energy. I’m still not much of a fan though and, despite it trying to rail against the politics at the time, it comes across as quite shallow and lacks any real sense of vitriol behind it, possibly due to a pervasive view that this is where they ‘sold out’ and targeted the arenas rather than the more grimy gig venues with music that had greater mass appeal as a result.

it was good but not my style

Nothing new here, but enough catchy pop tunes to keep it interesting

I think that I haven't ever listened this album through. Almost all songs are somewhat familiar and radio hits are rather worn out. Still this solid album that could be rated as weak 3 stars.

Green Day were the second band I really got into after Queen when I was 13, I loved everything from their first album to warning and a chunk of this album but this is where I see the band going downhill personally

I hadn’t heard this in a very long time because back when I was a LOSER I deemed this too uncool to enjoy. Now that I am smart and beautiful I think it’s pretty good.

Been a few years since I've heard this album in full. I think the narrative, of disenfranchised kids finding community and conflict in each other amid a highly politicized and war-glorifying societal climate, still holds up, but musically everything got a bit samey over nearly an hour. Was considering 4 stars, but downgrading to an honourary 3.5.

While listening to this album I realized that there was a period in my life where I was actually listening to this album very frequently. The fact that I could not remember when, or why, or even that I had done it, says everything I could possibly say about this album.

Good

The songs on here that stood the test of time are truly great - but there is a lot in this release that’s just super mediocre/forgettable. I wanted to give it a 4 but I’m just not gonna spin this whole album again - some of the bangers yes, but there’s too much fluff in this imo.

a couple of iconic songs that are good, the others are a bit long but maybe would like if i listened more

Some decent songs on here. Not quite as energetic as you would expect from them. Like the theme of the title track. It’s an okay album. 2.5/5 Might listen again

Had a few really nice tubes on it. I meant to type tunes but I'm going to leave that. They're nice tubes and I enjoyed them. I've never been a rock opera guy. I am a punk fan. I'm conflicted.

not my favorite but nostalgic

I wanted to hate this album more but it was pretty good. Teenager in me is joyed. I don't appreciate this as an actual punk-rock because there's way more bands that do it better and more genuine, but it's a pretty solid pop-punk with some bangers like Boulevard of Broken Dreams or Holiday. But otherwise I'm not a huge fan of Green Day.

Had heard the singles, for me, Dookie was good fun, the rest of their catalog hasn't been hugely interesting. Now, the title track is one I've enjoyed since first hearing it, the rest of this is just alright. I was impressed at the fact they threw down a couple of lengthy tracks with some structure to them, but I'm not rushing out to hear this again.

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

A priori négatif, notamment de part ma dernière écoute. J’imagine du punk/garage rock moi et très adolescent American idiot est bien quand même ! Je pense que j’aime pas le chanteur et que je trouve les riffs fainéants. Jesus of suburbia par exemple je trouve que c’est une mauvaise chanson. + en 2004 ils utilisent le mort « retard » au 1er degré, ils sont pas bases mais ça ne m’étonne pas D’autres rifs sont efficaces et faut avoir assez cultes (holiday). Mais la voix du chanteur me donne vraiment mal à la tête. La transition holiday dans boulevard est superbe Les paroles sont emos au point d’être énervantes, ce qui est totologique, mais avec cette voix insupportable et ces rifs benêts ça rend vraiment l’écoute difficile. Ça sent le 5 de merci pour les travaux C’est vraiment un des trucs les plus corny que j’ai jamais entendu

I’ve been avoiding this album for more than 20 years — tired of people telling me it was great or a big step forward for Green Day, or it had something important to say. I was a mostly-unwilling participant in Green Day being the soundtrack to my high school years and I was damned if I was going to let it follow me into my 20s as well. 20 years later, I think I was right to avoid it. It’s not horrible, but it has none of the fun and great tunes that made me enjoy Dookie despite it not being my favorite type of music. All the unavoidable radio songs still make me wince and hearing them in the context of the record doesn’t help. Holiday/Boulevard of Broken Dreams probably fares the best of the hits. All that said I do appreciate that Green Day couldn’t make slacker teen punk music forever. It would have been worse if they entered their 30s still trying to recreate the feeling of smoking pot in their parents’ basement. A sprawling rock opera wasn’t the way I expected them to move on, and it’s not something I was interested in hearing — particularly from them. The middle section of the album is the worst part, playing out like a tiresome pop-punk version of Abbey Road, full of semi-unfinished loosely connected ideas. All that said, there is so much evidence throughout this record that Green Day is a band who is meticulous about their craft. It’s kind of daring for a band associated with music that loudly shouts, “who cares!?” to clearly care so much. Maybe part of me wished they still appreared to be as effortlessly cool as they did in the 90s, but looking back now I can’t fault them for realizing that version of Green Day had reached its expiration date. I probably won’t listen to this again. I respect it, even while I admit it’s not really for me.

its alright Not my fav but is a classic

Teenage musicality, pre-teen politics.

A pretty good album, some good songs on it

It’s about as subtle as a sledgehammer but ultimately a good collection of pop rock

Geenday uh american idiot is good and if the music of its genre they do a p good job but just not the right type of noise for me.

Wauw, dit is volgens mij een soort Rumours voor pop-punk. Ik ben geen groot pop-punk fan, maar bijna elk nummer komt bij al bekend voor haha. Lekker album om de week mee te beginnen in elk geval! Wel een heel stom kritiekpuntje, maar ik vind het ergens jammer dat de nummers gecombineerd staan. Ik vind Holiday namelijk een VEEEEEEL beter nummer dan Boulevard of broken dreams. Kan komen doordat die laatste wel echt overplayed is, maar soit. Ook is het middenstuk wel echt flink minder dan wat daavoor komt. De eerste 2/3 nummers zijn allemaal hits. Dan is het een tijdje een stuk minder, dan komt Wake me up when september ends en dan is het weer uitzitten tot het einde. Poppunk loopt wel een beetje tegen het probleem aan dat het goed klinkt, maar ook een beetje als meer van hetzelfde. Daarnaast; de lange nummers van bijna 9 minuten? Waren echt niet nodig. Zo begon dit album erg lekker en neigde ik meteen naar 4 sterren, maar gezien de 2e helft en het belachelijk lange Jesus nummer waar maar geen eind aan komt, word het toch 3 sterren voor mij. Prima pop-punk, maar niet iets wat ik snel nog een keer aan ga zetten. FAVO: American Idiot, Holiday/Boulevard of broken dreams, Wake me up when September ends

Bubblegum punk or just pop wearing punk sensibilities? Kudos to them for rebounding and reestablishing themselves 10 years after Dookie for a new generation.

Hittibiisit on kovinkin nostalgisia jo nykysellään, vaikkei paljoa oo tullu kuunneltua muuta. En oo juurikaan tän emobändin suurin fani ollut koskaan, eikä vieläkään täysin iskenyt.

okay, legalzinho

no es mi favorito de green day ni de cerca, pero algo que siempre he valorado del american idiot es que se siente la esencia del origen de la banda. un poco más romantico, pero con esa vibra punk-rock a flor de piel. lo que destáco particularmente son las letras y las temáticas que se abordan en este disco. aguante green day siempre

While it's not as instantly catchy as most of Dookie was, it's still an enjoyable listen. Favorite track: Holiday

reminds me of middle school but nothing mind blowing

The hits are hits, the rest mostly filler

It’s still strange to think that Green Day did a concept album. It works and feels less annoying than it did when it came out.

I've never really listened to any of the albums post Dookie, maybe because by like, my 20s, I felt too old for Green Day, and their music, at least the singles, seemed mostly worse. That being said, on relistening to this years later, the singles are pretty good here--American Idiot, Boulevard and Holiday. Overall the songs just aren't quite as good as Dookie--many sound a little more general. 3/5

Ok

Knew the singles, but not the album. Protest music for 12 year olds, and that's not a bad thing. Was doing well until they did a nine minute track. The Who is not punk.

Ok

I was never a big Green Day fan growing up. My exposure was mostly limited through their radio hits, but I remember my cousin was a huge fan. We'd play Battlefront II on his PS2 and listen to this album. Listening to it today brought made me wistful for innocence. This album also makes me think of the guy who threw a shoe at George Bush. I hope he's having a good day.

Probably going a little lower than most people on this one. The first 5 or so songs are all recognizable bangers. This one just felt a little soft & lower level than what I like to listen to. I kept thinking it reminded me of other, better music and went Beatles to Bowie to Clash to Ramones back to Beatles back to Clash, etc. Half of the album sounded like it was made by the That Thing You Do band, the Wonders (O-needers).

pretty good

its alright "nobody likes you everyone loves you" is homo asf

Pas mon style

Only heard blvd of broken dreams (and *heard of* American Idiot) which is a song I enjoy mostly because of nostalgia, but never bothered to branch into their stuff. Found myself pleasantly surprised with some of the material here. Much of the tracks are split into different segments and the transitions often feel well-timed and smooth. Of course there is a lot here that I find utterly uninteresting and I came away from this record pretty confident I wouldn’t have the urge to listen to it in full for a while. However, I enjoyed multiple tracks and feel as if there is the potential for it to further grow on me. Wake Me Up When September Ends is great. Don’t see myself coming back much but came away happily here. 3/5.

Primeras impresiones: Mid pero me algunos arreglos me sorprendieron. De todas maneras no es el tipo de música que pondría a voluntad, pero no disgusta y, a la vez, no me emociona tanto.

This was much better than I thought it would be. I remember hearing a couple songs too much and I dreading this listen. Not bad.

Bueno, me hace recordar la adolescencia

I don’t know man, I guess it’s fine. I feel like this was a massive hit & kinda launched these guys to another level. And I understand it’s supposedly smart social critique or sthg. I wanted to at least appreciate it for that reason, or understand what the critics seemed to adore. The problem as I see it, is it sounds so much like Green Day. I just have no patience for the pop punk sound. There were a few moments that sounded interesting but I don’t remember which & I don’t care to go back & find out. I’m granting 2.5 stars & I guess we can round up out of deference to its supposed greatness

The first four songs elevate this album tremendously. The rest of the album kinda meanders in places, with some highlights for me (St. Jimmy, Gove Me Novacaine, Wake Me Up” but the others lose me

This was an album I could swear I had already listened to back-to-front many times, but clearly I haven't. It is filled with an optimistic frustration at post 9/11 politics, but with 2026 ears you can't help but hear the naivety in it. Some of the songs are classic bangers, but there is quite a bit of bland filler. As is life!

Who amongst us on the cusp of Gen Z and milennial didn't have a phase where they thought this was the peak of music? If you say you didn't then ur lying! Looking back it's kinda naff, but then that's only because things were only gonna get worse than George Bush later down the line. But then Billie Joe and co couldn't have known that. It's like, enjoyable upbeat pop punk rock, catchy and fun.

A harsh 3 but Dookie is better and that wouldn't get a 5. That's my justification.

It's not Dookie or Insomniac,but not as terrible as I thought it may be

enjoyed some more than others, wake me up when september ends would be fun to play on drums. didn’t realise a lot of the songs were two in one lol? but yeah idk about this one

Great album and very pivotal release. This record has aged very well given the current state of the US and the world. The music was innovative at the time and Green Day has always had a distinct sound. This is a solid record.

Had some bangers, but I couldn't get myself to finish the album. i might give it a proper re-listen

Maybe my lack of nostalgia hurts me here but this just doesn’t do much for me. Very whiny

The more things change the more they stay the same, yeah?

Although I’m not the biggest Green Day fan, revisiting the album does remind me that it was a pretty good album. But the radio overplayed songs I can live without.

Himnos y sin dudas marcas de una época. No es para mi yo actual!

3.5/5

Alarmingly relevant to the times we live in today. America has always been awful, who knew?

Veramente insipido.

Very first half heavy album, first 4 songs plus Wake Me Up When September Ends were great but the other ones were either boring or just straight bad, very inconsistent album

Day 209 Highlights American Idiot Wake me up when September ends Whatsername

A generational album no doubt, but its cracks are definitely showing. Its commentary is surface-level, with the band never making any actual attempt in political discourse. The music itself is fine I guess, and the hooks are still somewhat catchy.

When “punk” goes mainstream

first time listening to green day, wish me luck. it was really interesting how i have never listened to green day but apart for their iconic songs, i got a feeling of nostalgia listening to the ones i didnt know, weird but i guess being born in the 2000's, i inherited some kind of fondness to music of those years without even know it

American Idiot is a fine album, but I still prefer the earlier albums like Dookie and Insomniac.

I liked American idiot, Holiday/Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Wake Me up When September Ends is just an incredible song. I'm annoyed by the double song tracks. I don't really understand the point if it's done for every single track and makes the songs 10 minutes long. That being said, in every song, I found something that I liked. They just all sounded too similar for me to give a higher rating than this.

2.6 stars

Green Day has great pop instincts....good melodies, pop-punk, with some topical influence. Was a little long/repetitive, but is an important document of its era/political moment, so I'll average all that out to go 3.5 with a round down.

I’ll try give this another listen at some point but overarching sentiment is its hard to seperate what are i think very good songs from the very particular vibe and era that they evoke and also mid oughts animated films

Well written pop-punk songs with good hooks but a voice that irritates the shit out of me. I can appreciate it. Whatever.

Generationally ubiquitous album that is pretty damn corny at the end of the day. Green Day trying to be artsy with 9 minute song "suites" seems like a reach to me. At the same time, half of these songs and riffs are coded to my brain forever so I'll just give this a three and stop thinking about it.

I was firmly in my teenage years when this album came out, I would've been exactly the target audience, but I'd listened to Dookie and Nimrod before this, so my general reaction to this was "what is this punk opera shit about". For many years I avoided this album. Listened to it last year as my partner was due to go to their gigs. Still didn't hit. Sitting down with it again, it's still a frustrating album. There's some great tracks in this - Letterbomb, Extraordinary Girl, and with the exception of Jesus of Suburbia which is about 2 minutes too long, all of the singles still hold up. Does it make me take back all the crap I gave it 20 years ago? Nah, but it's not a bad album.

Nostalgi. Fattade aldrig att det var en slags punk-opera. Hade negativa förutfattade meningar men detta är inte alls så dåligt! Kanske inte lyssnar på hela igen men en stabil 3:a

Crisp and excellently written pop-punk. I made fun of this kind of music so relentlessly when it first came out, and now I really just appreciate “good tunes.” I do think some of the political/concept album stuff is still pretty cheesy and think the horrible musical nullifies some of its legacy. The gulf of quality between singles and the rest is pretty noticeable for me, too.

Nice punk pop rock album

3.4 3x watched the music videos (extended) as well. doesn't compare to dookie

Hmmm, I get why they were popular and I did listen to Green Day in that timeline but I was never a real die hard. They do have a clean, crispness to their punk energy that is very specific to them. Stylistically, unique and worth a listen. This was a decent album.

Good, but doesn't hold up as well as I would like

très sympa. agréablement surpris, bel album complet. 3.5/5

Already know it!

Meh

I'm assuming this came up for me today due to the fact that it's the Friday before Super Bowl Sunday and Green Day was tabbed to play some sort of pre-game show which sent the fucktard conservative MAGAs into a torrid grievance state. Anyway, I don't know what I was listening to in 2004, but it wasn't this. Actually, that's not true. Songs off this album were absolutely everywhere and completely unavoidable. But it wasn't my vibe. Like anyone else, I had a copy of Dookie when it came out and I liked it....still kind of do. But shortly after that I discovered Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Floyd, Sabbath and that's what carried me through high school along with Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and some rap like Tupac and Biggie, Nas, DMX, Snoop and Dre. Suddenly, I saw Green Day for what they were...just pop punk. I never bought another album of theirs and ultimately found Billie Joe Armstrong's voice to be kind of annoying. They had some catchy songs on the radio from time to time but I never wanted to buy an album. And when this came out, I just rolled my eyes. So this is actually the first time I've listened to it the entire way through. It's not bad, but it's not great to me. I'd rather listen to Dookie any day, but that's probably because there's some memories there of being a kid and having that album. You can see where they pushed themselves a little bit creatively on this one, but that's it. Really don't feel the need to come back to this album, so it's a 3.

I like Green Day, but a whole album was pushing it for me. Very similar sound from one song to the next, much like AC/DC, but I simply don't vibe as much with pop punk.

Extremely theatrical and a little more pop than pop punk but still pretty solid.

If this GreenDay album is on the list I hope it means that either Dookie, Kerplunk, or Insomniac is on the list. Not saying all four need to be, but I'd easily pick any of those three over this one to be on the list. Despite listening to them in the 90s I haven't really listened to them since then. This sounds like Green Day of the 90s, but a bit more polished and less raw and a little less angry. Also, the middle part of Jesus of Suburbia is totally a copy of Summer of 69.

This album is pure nostalgia for me. GreenDay was my favorite band from 11 to 14 years old. It tells the current state of America very well with a song such as American Idiot (even though its from more than 20 years ago). I am listening to the album on Spotify (sadly), and Holiday and Boulevard of Broken dreams (Green Day's 2 best songs) are together on a single track and the transition between the two is just perfect. However not every song is amazing and it was kind of disappointing hearing the whole album because the songs that are actually good I already knew and the rest was just meh at best.

Good stuff but nothing special

Enjoyed this more than expected. Still feels childish

Let's get this out the way first. This might call itself punk, but do yourself a favour and listen to Wire: Pink Flag The Clash: Live at Shea Stadium Gang of Four: Entertainment and see what punk can really be. This is polished, slick and commercial. The political message is a bit obvious and tries to be angry, but doesn't bear comparison with Jello Biafra singing "Kill the Poor" And then it decides to be "Rock Opera" and, boys, this is no Quadrophenia. It's solid, well played, enjoyable rock posing as something that other people did better. Perfectly fine on its own terms, but with aspirations beyond its grasp.

I quite literally felt like I was living in 2004 during the listen - pure nostalgia. Loved it. 3.5

Solid album with some huge hits, gonna take a little more listens for me as I expected something different. To me it seems like punk, just more mainstream and more polished. Not like that raw punk for example dead Kennedys. Still solid tho

Ugh. Although I hate to hate on local Berkeley boys, I really dislike Green Day’s defanged and arena pop rock take on “punk.” I do have to give respect for the ambition of mounting a rock opera, resurrecting that hoary trope from the ‘70s and making it…I guess fresh? I did see it like 15 years ago and didn’t like that either. There are a couple tracks I like on here despite being curmudgeonly overall towards the hometown guys. Three

I predicted it had 13 tracks before listening to it. 3/5

I have tried to listen to punk music in the past and it just never resonates with me. I find this more enjoyable than early punk (Ramones, Black Flag, Misfits, etc.), but it still doesn't produce any lasting effect. The songs are repetitive throughout and even the chord progressions appear on multiple songs. Only the slower Give Me Novocaine and ending breakdown of Boulevard of Broken Dreams seemed to really break the power chord monotony for me. Maybe if i paid attention to the lyrics or message I would get more out of this, but that's not how I listen to music most of the time. People really seem to enjoy this and it's likeable enough to listen to when it comes across on a playlist, but it's nothing I will ever go out of my way to listen to.

I can't believe that this album is more than 20 years old, and no-one learned the lessons they were preaching.

teveel naar geluisterd als 13 jarige in de overtuiging dat t punk was. jesus of suburbia blijft een banger

I really wanted to like this album. I think Green Day get a lot of flack and I have a bit of a soft spot for them. I also genuinely like a lot of music that falls under the pop punk banner. I think this is a good gateway for a younger generation into punk music and I appreciate that. All that said I felt like this album was pretty hallow and repetitive.. I was waiting for a breakthrough moment where I could say to myself "see they aren't that bad!" But it never really came. I still think this album and this band deserve to be mentioned in the conversation of important and influential music of the past however many years... But this album under delivered for me.

Лёгкий рок для подростков с реддита. Песня для титров солнечного приключенческого фильма, вайб Финес и Ферба. 3 из 5 Но ещё раз слушать вряд-ли буду. Слишком мотивациионный, американское единство, день благодарения и т.д Кринжовая речь главного баскитболитса школы о том какие бедные американцы и что бы пережить кризис нужно быть вместе. Под конец просто хотелось побыстрее закончить альбом и слушать что-то приятнее. Действительно понравилась только первая песня и то не на все 100

Good album, I think it just got a little repetitive for me as we went through. Songs were long but had two sides to them. Some standouts include Holiday/Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Give Me Novacaine/Shes a Rebel, and Wake Me Up When September Ends. Overall 3.5/5

I was going to riff on this but it does hold up as an ambitious pop-punk album with theatrical scope

This album came out the year after I had graduated high school and I don’t have the same nostalgic connection to it as some of us. I think of Green Day as being the dad to a whole bunch of goofy punk pop bands that followed them, and then with this album the dad is angrily trying to assert that the family is SERIOUS about politics just like Grandma and Grandpa were

A teenage classic, some of it is a bit cringe these days but I loved it when I was a kid! Took a nice trip down memory lane listening to it.

Wordt ik niet perse warm dan wel koud van maar best behoorlijk

Not totally for me but I respect the cultural impact of the album Favourite songs: Wake Me Up When September Ends, Whatsername Special shoutout to Holiday/Boulevard of Broken Dreams I love long songs

Late comers basically copycat british punk cleaned up for the us market. Well produced but im not 15 years old and ive heard it all before. Singer looks like bit of a tit.

Definitely their best album although listening to Green Day just makes me want to listen to the bands they copy. Totally understand why this would be a 5/5 for a younger listener.

Får 3 fordi Boulevard of broken dreams ga meg 5 på musikkprøven på ungdomsskolen.

Quality arena rock.

I forgot how hard some of these songs hit and I love how politically charged this album is, feels relevant to our current times.

yea its a fun album. good political commentary and again, its fun. 6.5/10

2.5 plutôt, la musique est pas folle mais tout réside dans le message politique quoi

not really my style biut i really liked one song called psycho killer

I liked this more than I thought I would. Concept albums aren’t my thing and Green Day usually sounds very samey to me. But all of the things to like about Green Day are here with punk rock chord changes, breaks, and signature melodies

Ahhh, to be in college again. This albums evokes nostalgia, which is nice. Not sure I'd reach out for this though in future, I've outgrown this early 00s pop-punk-rock.

Nice album

Green Day is not for me. I can see how everyone in the 90's tried to copy them. I am glad I listened to it and I can see the appeal but it is not for me.

I never really liked Green Day but it's amazing how much my opinion is softened by (a) listening to a much worse punk-adjacent album right before this one and (b) the non-single tracks that are not overplayed x1000 on CHEZ et al.

The singles that came out from this album when it was released are all pretty good, especially boulevard. But the rest of them are uninspiring and just ordinary. Not sure why the songs are cojoined. I'll give a 3

I remember when I thought Green Day was punk. Some decent songs from my youth.

Very nostalgic

Awesome

Not a big fan of this type of music, but i enjoyed listening it

it was fine. had some bangers

Ett helt okej album, var aldrig ett jättefan av deras emofas.

It is kind of nice but I don’t think that I would listen to it. I knew 1 song.

자유롭고 힘이 느껴진다

Jesús of suburbia so catchy

I've never listened to any of their songs completly. The album started so good that the end didn't like me that much. I saved only two songs although there were four that I definitely will listen to again.

Solid album, brings back so much nostalgia but doesn’t really “do” anything for me

Not exactly my style in particular, but I like the classics Holiday, Boulevard of Broken Dreams and wake me up when September ends

A classic album, does a great job of telling a very political story - 3.5/5 album

It's good, I just think there are better ones

Bangers but drags a little.

I don't want to sound like an American Idiot here, because I understand that this album IS a rock opera, but it definitely sounds like "Broadway-Style" pop-punk. (I forget which song it was, maybe all of them, but I definitely could see Meatloaf singing it.)

Pas trop mal.

168 Wake me up when this album eeeends. Nah. No esperaba disfrutarlo para nada, mis expectativas eran escuchar distintos sabores de american idiot y luego esta canción, pero estuvo, bien?

So this is Green Day's rock opera, and while I think this album's highlights are on par with my fav songs from Dookie, it's just a lot less consistent. It's got its fair share of classics like the title track, Boulevard of Broken Dreams and Wake Me Up... and some other underrated cuts like St Jimmy, but it's not without its issues. First of all, a lot of the songs have production that feels kinda thin and unexciting. Dookie had so much gas in the tank with fire guitars and drumming, but many songs here just feel very toned down by comparison. I'm talking about songs like Are We the Waiting or Extraordinary Girl. Another issue is the songs that span 9+ minutes, I like a good long song but Green Day is just not really a band to pull that off. The concept is well executed and the band has a lot to say, but I wish the music was more consistent.

Fun but not my favorite Green Day

khá thích một vài bài, lyrics thú vị phết, nhưng melody wise not my style

Synes det har holdt seg bra. Aldri hørt plata fullt og helt ut.

this album was the turning point for this band. i get why people like it… but their mid 90s output is superior in every way. long from doesn't work for them. definitely overlong and cheesy at times. some good tracks layered throughout, though. probably their last decent album, for what its worth.

For a punk act, this is a pretty diverse album. I can see why it was made into a musical.

Buzz saw guitars and great vocals, pleasantly good.

6/10 ну тіпа не моє але було класно (я заснула під останній трек тому що хто робить останні треки на 9 хв)

In my opinion it’s the best album from Green Day

One of those albums that is a perfect version of what it's meant to be but doesn't do a lot for me. It's personal and social commentary but feels like the kid with no real issues in their life in the 2000s listen to this, Eminem, or System of a Down. Good composition and editing, good playing and singing. It's wild to believe this album would mean a ton to someone but I'm certain it does to millions. To each their own.

For me this is too long, but I'm sure the fans loved it. It's too processed for my liking. Feels like a bowl of sugary fruity breakfast cereal. The bits may have different colours but they all pretty much taste the same and lose their crunch after a while.

i lik

gostei, é um clássico dos emos né. já adicionei 2 ou 3 músicas na minha playlist.

Didn’t listen to it fully but I like

Classic Brought me back to highschool. also brought me back to an emberassing cringy-edgeloard time in highschool. Holiday still a banger

Parte bene. Ma generalmente troppo artificiale e costruito

Mid. Liked Wake Me up When September Ends but nothing else really spoke to me.

3/5… it was good but not super my taste. I can appreciate it’s a good album tho

not a huge fan of this style - hugely influential but I'm also kind of an old-head when it comes to rock

I grew up listening to Dookie in my teenage years. That was the perfect album. 40 minutes of high energy and fun. As I grew up I never bothered to listen to their subsequent albums. There's some good songs on here and the messages seem as relevant now as they were then. But it could have been 20 minutes shorter. I'll stick with Dookie.

Good yes good

Technically, this is a comeback album (Dookie came out ~10 years prior) and an absolute smash. You can’t listen without thinking back to the Bush administration. Whether I like it or not, this album is a cultural touchpoint. And y’know what, it feels relevant as ever in 2025. Imagine telling Billy Joel after the album dropped, “Oh you think this is bad? Just wait”

Liked it more than expected. What’s up with all the paired songs?

Sort of Ramones/Kinks mash up makes for a fun album that my kids listened to in the car on many a trip.

Good album. Some of Green Day’s best songs are here, but there’s a lot of filler too.

man this record really was all hits. green day at the top of their game, i bet it went.... gonna guess 5x platinum from wiki: "six times platinum status in the United States" track 8: Homecoming 9:19. should this song be this long? idk man lotta long songs on this record, but it's only 9 tracks. instinct says too long, but i like this one actually, not so repetitive as Stone Roses. Thanks Billie Joe & Co ugh fucking muse came on after this. they're so bad

pléonasme en dents de scie

Stadium anthemic pop punk that carries on the punk tradition of social commentary. Coming out post 9/11, during the Bush administration, its Green Day's take on the current state of America and the decay it sees in suburbia and the american psyche. Its a concept album, I assume, that has that steel thread of a american character passing through this place and time in history. Overall, good songs, better than my previous album of Coldplay, but they're all generic 90s/early-00s rock.

I don't know about this album. I liked Dookie a lot (pretty hot take there), but Green Day since then has never really landed for me. I don't think this album needed two 9 minute songs (he says as a fan of Rush & Tool). I think what saves it is a fond memory of my kid learning "Wake Me Up When September Ends" on guitar when they were little.

Was ok. 3.4

I’ve always felt I should enjoy Green Day more. This was no exception

This one's a classic, and hearing it today makes me feel weird. I do appreciates songs that have gotten older along with me, but I believe it was more a product of its age than a timeless piece of art. It's commercialized punk, which is the worst kind of punk, and it wants so bad to be more than it is. Sadly, I think that, like me, this album has aged a bit badly. If it was any other album it would have gotten a 2, but I'm giving it a +1 for nostalgia reasons and because I can't deny that the music on it is actually catchy, plus there are some hidden gems.

Was never really a huge Green Day fan, and American Idiot was the point where I lost interest in them. I appreciate what they're going for - and it felt pretty bold for a big mainstream album to be this politically focused in the 00s. Just not sure that musically it holds up well for me.

Surprisingly I like this. It has energy, ambition, the songs are punky in their instrumentation but tell a good sweeping story and when they get political are particularly strong.

Title track and Holiday / Boulevard are all good. The rest feels like filler; didn’t need to be almost an hour long

I think this is cleverer than it’s usually given credit for. I think this was pretty good. I think I didn’t like it all that much though.

Previously rated: #102 - Dookie (3/5) *********************************** Album #980 A decent sounding album when that whiny, nasally bitch isn't singing. Did they really need two nine-minute epics on this album? Jesus of Suburbia was good, Homecoming was not. Favorite track: St. Jimmy

First 3 GD albums are my faves. This is fine.

One of the most influential Albums of the early 2000s, everybody knows it and can sing along. Sadly was a bit overplayed on radio, so it lacks a punch, it otherwise would have. DONT WANNA BE AN AMERICAN IDIOT

a very consistently good album, the hits are very iconic and a bit of vibes, great theming too. it's hard to justify why it doesn't personally ring with me as much as it should, with how much quality is here

Twenty years later, the meaning of this album is still as relevant as it ever was. The way that the American propaganda influences the average American in completely justifying the actions of the states is still completely evident. This album shines when they produce music that is meaningful. When it isn't the same energy and passion that they have for the more political songs is turned to a more soulless generic version of them that feels like it only exists to fill up nine to thirteen songs.

Not bad, worth a listen as per usual

Some excellent tracks but quite a few skip throughs. Better memory of the CD than the reality of recent listening.

Good album

Not bad but it’s another one of those albums, good in It’s day, that doesn’t warrant praise 20+ years on…

No importa si te gusta green day

Besser als gedacht

Synd att jag är 21 år sen på bollfar. Hade ju fullkomligt älskat detta om jag bara tillåtit mig att älska det jag ville älska :,( Tänk, vem hade jag varit nu om det blivit så? Nåja, jag fick ju i alla fall Tony Hawk och Holidayupplevelsen med Chris. Och det är ju fortfarande en helt otrolig låt. Och jag känner fortfarande att jag behöver rättfärdiga mig - ”Nej asså det är bara för den är med på den här listan”. Men den är fet. Bara hits. Kommer ändå aldrig lyssna igen. Jag tror det är som när barn äter smör direkt från paketet för de inte fattat att det till slut blir äckligt. Jag har fattat att detta blir äckligt rätt snabbt.

Det är ju fett. Bättre än jag tänkte. Svårt att inte översköljas av nostalgi från mellanstadiet

I wouldn’t be the world’s biggest Green Day fan, but even I can admit there is a lot to like about this album. The title track is a barnstormer of an opener, and remains as relevant as it was 20yrs ago. I have always loved “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”, feel it’s the album’s standout, and have always thought “Holiday” was very catchy and ear-wormy. It’s, largely, a brilliant and strong start to an album. However. “Jesus of Suburbia” does not need to be 9mins long and sound like four totally different songs. Bookending the album with another 9min track that does the same thing was unnecessary. I realise I’m probably the minority here, but I also never liked “Wake Me Up When September Ends.” The rest of the tracks I just had no opinion on.

I feel like I'm a bit too young for Green Day, never really got it tbh

Good album. Just not my favorite green day album

3 out of 5. Despite loving Green Day (up to Warning) I didn't like this album when it came out, especially the title track. Now after all this time I think it aged better than I thought it would.

I respect a decent rock opera. Still not my thing. Just polished punk rock that seemed to lose its feel. But big ups to Green Day for still fighting fascism after all these years.

It's fine. You can tell they really want this album to suceed and for the most part it does. It just gets a little repetitive and it tries to be more serious than it is. They can say faggot because they are identifying as one. The rest of the slurs really date this.

wake me up when this mediocre album ends

Tired of this lowkey

Good fun, though I’m well past my emo-phase.

I knew this album was coming at some point, lol... I liked the IDEA of it and I liked their message, but I was pretty sick of Green Day when this was released and the singles were quite over-exposed in the media I was consuming at the time so I disliked this album. Interested to see how about 20 years' distance has potentially changed that. MID-LISTENING: It has not. I really liked Green Day in college. But I was already getting a little sick of them by Nimrod (1997.) I still like the band, but their music all sounds the same to me now. I guess I've changed because it doesn't sound to me like they have. Part of the repeating bridge in "Jesus of Suburbia" ("It says 'Home is where the heart is' but what a shame,") reminds me strongly of Motley Crue's "On With the Show" off Too Fast for Love, followed by the next part ("City of the damned...") sounding a lot like "Summer of '69." Complaints about the American political climate of 2003-2004 seem so quaint now. This album SOUNDS like it was written with the specific purpose of becoming a Broadway musical, which of course it did (and according to Wikipedia, the band listened to the cast recordings of West Side Story, The Rocky Horror Show, Grease, and Jesus Christ Superstar while recording the album.) Ultimately I was planning to give this a 2.5, leaning closer to 2 than to 3. But then I woke up this morning to see that Dick Cheney died last night, which I interpreted as a sign to give this album a 3.

Kind of falls off after bobd. Those first four songs though (and wake me up when September ends)

I’m only semi- familiar with the song “American Idiot”. Haven’t heard any other Green Day besides this. Update post listening: I don’t love the grungy kind of music, but it’s not awful. Just not my taste.

I was expecting to like this more than I did. Dookie was a better album imo.

I hate ticketek dynamic pricing Fav song : holiday

I hated this album when it came out 20ish years ago. I’m still not a huge Green Day fan, but I listened to this record 3 times so I could really absorb. 1. It bugs me how many chord progressions are borrowed from existing songs. According to my source, BJA has openly stated he snagged them. 2. That being said, musically I love this album. Lyrically….meh. Concept? Boring and lame. Musically more up my alley than Dookie, but lyrically, Dookie is the shit.

I hate Green Day, not looking forward to listening. Hopefully some undiscovered gems. They made this into a stage musical after all. After listening: I can see why this translated well into a musical setting. Lots of musical tropes with a rockabilly twist. The best music I’ve heard from Green Day. Unlikely to listen to it again, but I’m impressed. 3.5 rating overall

Not bad but why do they rip off Brysn Adam’s „Summer of 69“? This is ridiculous!

Torn on this one, whilst it's not the sound I like, there is a high level of sophistication here in the song construction and overall concept. Just as I got bored during Jesus of Suburbia and was ready to give up on it the song flipped to a new form (it lasts for nearly 9 minutes and has 5 stages) and kept my interest for the rest of the album. That alone rewards it with 3 stars, as well as for "Wake Me Up" becoming an earworm for the day.

A really tough one to rate. On the one hand, it's clearly more complex and ambitious than "Dookie," and it's a well thought out, tight package. On the other, I kind of just...like it less? Maybe Green Day was just better suited for stupid fun pop-punk, and they really never needed to bother with trying to go deeper. Probably sacrilege for me to say, but it's how I feel at this point. I also think having seen the fucking god-awful stage musical version of this album didn't help me going into this. Fave tracks: - American Idiot - Jesus of Suburbia - Holiday / Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Are We the Waiting / St. Jimmy - Wake Me up When September Ends - Whatsername - Too Much Too Soon - Shoplifter - Governator

Solid album

I thought I wasn't going to like this (yet another boring American poppy nu-metal band?) but it initially pleased me actually. By the end of the album my initial thoughts were confirmed though. Some fine songs/ earworms but all in all very plain and nothing I will deliberately listen to. It's just not very interesting.

not a fan of songs that feel never ending and there were quite a few on here. there was some enjoyable moments but overall didn’t love it didn’t hate it

Their seventh album. Punk Rock. The opening track, American Idiot and then Boulevard Of Broken Dreams are my two favourite songs from the album. I am just never convinced by how authentic Green Day really are though. Musically there are lots of power chords, some good bass playing and drums.

3+ Stars (9/15)

I think my opinion on this one may have been spoiled ahead of time by the hype! Although this is a good, solid pop-punk record with its concept reliably contributing to its unity rather than getting in the way, I think the baggage of its mythic critical status is going make a lot of new listeners feel disappointed. For me, 'Wake Me Up When September Ends' will never lose its 2000s school-slow-dance shine, and 'Homecoming' is the big highlight of the album...an unpredictable mashup of the album's most exciting ideas.

very iconic album, one of the most iconic from the 2000s. guaranteed you've heard at least half of these songs before

Power chord pop punk album that has some great energy that unfortunately feels very...in stasis. Like, it doesn't rise in energy, or give you a break, it's the same thing across the board, which is both a little tiring and a little boring. Sure, it has its slower parts (my god, jesus of suburbia and homecoming are ten minutes long and contain several songs within) but the [slavoj zizek voice] eneffable, indeshcribable sho-called quality of "energy" ish consistent and ineshcapable, like late-capitalishm and itsh internalizhed critiques. It definitely sounds like Green Day, but I have to say I don't love the turn from gen x wastrel to political demagogue simply because the lyrical content isn't really up to the task. It's aged well, but it was never very up to aging in the first place. It's kind of like a longer version of The Decline. So do I hate it? I dunno, I might? It's fine. Musically, it does what it says on the tin: catchy pop punk. Dookie was my first musical love and I was a bit too cool for this one when it came out, partly because I thought the political bent was kind of facile. Which I think I was right about, but probably for the wrong reasons. I have to give credit for attempting the rock opera, a format I struggle with, but I think it works here. Pretty cool to have work in a chiastic format, which always deserves some points, but still too clever by half. Ultimately, the whole thing feels a little superficial. Harsh 3.

Solid, 3.5.

-1 star for the musical

Cringe inducing in places but has a great sound

So I guess 9/11 did happen. Linkin park gave me hope

Ok

Solid album. I ended up liking it more than I thought I would since Green Day hasn't really been my thing. Are We The Waiting/St. Jimmy were really good songs.

As i remembered it. Quite good but got a bit samey

Decent album. I really like 2 songs on the album

Музыка: 8/10 Разнообразие: 5/10 Тематика и вайб: 8/10 Цепляемость (отдельные песни зашли): 6/10 Реиграбельность (можно ли рандомно врубить на фон): 7/10 Итог: 6.8

Didn't really think much of this. When described as a punk rock opera expected more.

Nth generation Integrity Punk meets Meat Loaf in a suburban mall about to shut down. This would make a great musical for people who like musicals, and it did! If I had an aggressively normcore teenager who suddenly glommed onto this, it would warm my heart.

Dookie is already on the list, so I don't see why we need that and this more mature/thematic album to get the gist. That said, Blvd of broken dreams has a great hook.

Green day makes really catchy "punk" music that at first you like, then think maybe you really shouldn't like it as it's so mainstream, but then deep down you know you will always turn up one of their songs while in the car and sing along.

If you were a suburban Midwestern American teenager in 2004 who thought wearing a studded belt and eyeliner was rad, this album probably means a lot to you. But in 2025 it's just a rather long and mostly uninteresting album which although undoubtedly ambitious, now just seems overwrought and not that imaginative. You've heard almost every single bar of it somewhere before. The production is particularly horrible - over-compressed, flat and monotonous (unbelievably, the producer won a Grammy for it). It starts as it means to go on, and after ten minutes I was longing for it to end. The singles are the best bits, especially 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams'. It's not that the material is bad exacly, it's just not very original and is presented so one-dimensionally that it loses all potency. Would not listen again, 3/5

Honestly probably not even Green Day’s best album, and Green Day has a pretty hard ceiling in terms of rating

So wildly overrated at one point that I think it's now somewhat underrated.

I'm not going to listen to this. I'm aware of Green Day. Three stars?

i liked it, but as always with green day it felt a little monotonous for my taste

Pretty mid, Jesus of Suburbia drags down the entire listening experience

It has some good hooks, but it's a product of it's time. Like protest albums from the late 60s, it has an element that feels dated. Some applaud political statements. But overt sentiments anchor the songs in a in an era most don't even think of anymore.

Album starts off so hot with a ton of classics that honestly, still describe todays time. It does fall hard and fast though as plenty of later songs in the album simply do not sound good anymore.

Aldri vært noen stor fan av denne. Blir for mye øs pøs.

Solid record. Some great songwriting, fun green day pop punk feel and even some innovative new sounds as they branch into more different types of stadium rock. I admire some of the ambition of this record. I have reservations though. I'm not crazy about the progy concept album rhapsody style pieces. I like the ambition but they don't quite land for me and I want green day to be pure green day. The production is also slightly difficult. Guitars and drums sound really great if comically over compressed. Bass gets a bit lost (which is a huge loss to green day!) The vocals are most challenging though. Heavy heavy effects (maybe a bit of autotune?) just take me out of that punky space I want to be in

Some surprisingly good melodic parts brought down by the horribly annoying singles.

Surprised!

It's not bad. I am not a huge fan of his voice, but the balls it took to be the public image against Iraq war post 9/11. I remember the music video for Wake Me Up... and it was all imagery about the war and the young Americans paying the price for it. Good for Green Day to have made this happen, and to have a deeper substance than most of the music out at this time.

Far too much of this Is ruined, I can't listen. And Dookie better.

Really like it

Filled with many of the songs they are most known for. Definitely Green Day grows up and plants their flag in the sand.

Eu tinha um certo preconceito com esse álbum. Ouvindo agora ele todo e em um fone de qualidade, tenho que admitir que é um bom disco com algumas faixas muito boas. CVJ Neko.

Mid not my vibe

3.85/5 Couple of fantastic tunes but not the easiest to sit through and listen to in its entirety just on my preference but can easily see why people hold it high up.

i was fucking with the latter half a lot and completely lost interest at the last song. like in a boner killer way. surprised i connected with green day though, used to be my least favorite band growing up.

I've known about this record for a long time and only just have now listened to it through. I feel like I would have gotten into it more if I had a better ear for lyrics rather than just the music. But honestly, I'm impressed with the amount of arrangement and progressions that went into this - I hadn't expected nearly as much with their pop punk reputation.

To me, this just sounds like My Chemical Romance or other similar pop-punk-alternative from the 2000's. There is definitely a lot of polish and slick hooks, but it doesn't feel as raw as I'd want or as exploratory in the music. I'd give it a 3.5, but I really struggle to give it a 4. Maybe it would grow on me, but at this point, I just feel like it speaks to people that it really only feels like an elevated piece of work to people that really like pop-punk and the 2000's (not really) "emo" music.

It was fine

it was kinda ass despite it being a popular album

This album is a little bit overrated but it's fun

The safest version possible of The Misfits. Same sense of melody mixed with loud rock band but it much more orchestrated and produced. Great drum performances but the overall mix pulls back at points - see Novacaine. Overall a very fun, melodic concept record that is an overall package and not just a bunch of songs.

I hadn’t seriously listened to Green Day since the distant days of "Dookie". Although I'm not against skate-punk and pop-punk on paper, GD have always been a bit too much on the pop side even for me, so they’re clearly not my favorite in this subgenre (I’d rather listen Offspring or Bad Religion any day of the week) . I still enjoyed this album though ; it's more mature than their early works, without losing too much of their former energy. Some good songs, some less interesting stuff... A weird mix of 2-minutes and 9-minutes tracks... Nothing groundbreaking, but all in all a nice feel-good album to work by on a sunny afternoon. 6/10

oh wow, i don't think i've ever listened to more than a couple of Green Day's songs. this should be good. familiar with a couple of the songs on this album. edit: liked it! some of the songs were nostalgic, especially the more known ones.

This was a 2.5 album but it's better than Bonnie Prince Billy and I really like "Wake Me Up Before September Ends." Now that this album is 21 years old and not overplayed on the radio, I can appreciate it a bit more--"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" was played ad nauseam. This is simple Green Day: the songs are all mostly very easy and repetitive. Top Tracks: "Wake Me Up Before September Ends," "Holiday" (omitting the Boulevard part)

Rv/g

Meh

Didn't know their songs are sooooooo long. 3.5 3 - for how I liked it, 0.5 - for my bias, cause the band is famous

2.8* Radio friendly Bad Religion.

rocksito de mi epoca, no es mi favorito

This was a lot better than I expected, I didn’t think I’d enjoy this album but I actual did

ich kannte erstaunlich viele lieder, dafür dass ich die band nur vom namen kenne. am liebsten mochte ich holiday und wake me up when september ends. nicht unbedingt etwas was ich jetzt hören würde, aber ich war auch nicht abgeneigt.

found it odd that a lot of the songs were 2 tracks smashed together, didn't think that concept worked overall, otherwise was alright, not their best, wouldn't bother going back for another listen

I'm going to take a guess and say that this is probably Green Day's most commercially successful album. I never got too much into Green Day. They always seemed to have a bit of an obnoxiousness to them. Kudos to them on this one though. Lots of range in the song writing and Billy Joe has some pretty catchy melodies. It sounds pretty slick and marketable. I imagine this one definitely got some mortgages paid.

One gets the appeal – fresh and clean-sounding punk [or punky power pop], mall-friendly, and equally tuneful and bouncy – without much digging. Certainly, one sees how suburban adolescents might've embraced this as their summer soundtrack and how it might sound good years later, but one wasn't such an adolescent and thought, when this lot came long, that they were overrated and that fans claiming them as some great rock and roll or punk rensacence (or whatever) were badly misguided. One prefers the slower/sweeter tunes (“Novocaine,” “When September Ends”) but maybe only because one's a tame and quiet-minded oldster. Each generation gets the Ramones it deserves, though GD seems to have been more comfortable with large-scale commercial success posing as anti-commercial statements.

On tuttujakin biisejä. Tykkään laulajan ulosannista ja bändin soitosta. Oikein hyvä levy

It’s an ok album - all songs are listenable, but just ok - nothing standout throughout

I really had very low expectations going in to this one, I am familiar with a few of their songs from radio and thought they were tolerable but not really a fan. I thought this was pretty decent though if not terrible memorable. I didn't really catch the story behind the concept but following along with lyrics probably would help. His voice is unique and I thought I would tire of it by the end but it was ok - musically it's pretty straight forward rock but there are some more interesting bits mixed in. I didn't love it but I didn't hate it. It might get played again if the mood strikes. Not sure what mood that would be but unlike a lot of stuff on this list, it goes into a maybe category and I didn't completely rule it out.

No bad track. No track that get me hooked

I don't want to sound like an American Idiot here, because I understand that this album IS a rock opera, but it definitely sounds like "Broadway-Style" pop-punk.

It’s ok. I think if it wasn’t Green Day, and it wasn’t “supposed” to be punk, I might like it more. It’s just so out of character for them. It’s not bad, it’s just not what I’m looking for in a punk record. Give me dookie anyday.

It’s well made and the production is top notch. That being said, it’s an ambitious album with the whole rock opera take. I just like my punk not pop punk, and not so polished and perfect.

#108 - total classic but not 100% my vibe

Green Day look like a nice bunch of lads. Music is fun, well played. I don't ever feel like putting it on, but I'm not going to get upset if I hear it.

Solid album. Not something I'd listen to on my playlist per say.

Green Day is great. But not that great. Nothing bad to say but not good enough.

Don't want to be a MAGA idiot.

Love Green Day! But I think their last best great album was nimrod. Warning was good and this just is the same. American Idiot single hits as does a few others but honestly it's kind of a boring album to me. 3 stars maybe be too much but I will always have a special place in my heart for this band for the early days

Really fun. A lot of duds for me but fun ride through iPod memory lane

I think it’s pretty good, though a bit long. I think I liked the first half of the album better than the second half, I feel like the second half just sounded a bit repetitive and it was harder for me to follow the storyline. Solid album, though, probably approaching 3.5.

Some absolutely undeniable songwriting but I’m not in love with every track here. Dookie is my favorite Green Day album and I hope it’s included on this list as well but I get why this has the status that it does. Boulevard, Holiday, Jesus of Suburbia, and Wake Me Up are all phenomenal and the concept is pulled off pretty well. I just wish the album had a stronger middle section as that’s where I feel it falls off some.

classic. not particularly my taste but such a solid album

Would not buy

I was already a Green Day fan, prior to American Idiot's release, but this was my first *new* Green Day album. As such, I ate it up and listened to it religiously. Two decades later, this album isn't as powerful. It marks a turn for Green Day's career toward more pop and arena focused tunes that alienated a lot of their older fanbase. Likewise, the success of this album caused a lot fatigue toward songs like "Holiday" "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", and "Wake Me Up When September Ends" that all received egregious airplay. As a concept album, it's a little clumsy and pretentious, which makes re-listens difficult. Tracks like "St. Jimmy", "Homecoming" and "Jesus of Suburbia" come off as a bit cheesy and are difficult to listen to. However, American Idiot isn't without some charm. The title track ("American Idiot") is still fun, even if it's a little misguided in its message. "Are We The Waitiing" proved Green Day could write a power ballad, but a consistent problem is that everything on this record sounds bigger, even when it's not necessary. A perfectly fine record. There's a pretty decent case to be made about it be essential (it probably is), but it's an album I could take or leave.

A classic. Not my intro to rock but maybe an elective class during my sophomore years. Didn't listen in full this time around though. 6.5/10, would probably have rated it higher 10 years ago.

É um álbum com um conceito legal, mas infelizmente é performado pelo Green Day. Risos a parte, só consegui gostar dos já famosos singles. Posso também apontar que o começo de Jesus of Suburbia é bom, e She's a Rebel também.

Is it the best from green day? Myslalem ze ich nie lubie

This is mostly rocky fun.

I'm predisposed to dislike Green Day because I saw them as poseurs compared to real punk bands like Dead Kennedys and Black Flag. That said, I've mellowed to them as I've gotten older and actually like some of their tunes. This album imo, while better produced, more rangy, and stronger as a concept, is more in the poseur direction. Credit where it's due, they are a tight, skilled group that can write a hook.