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Decent rock.
Good for what it was
American Idiot is, ultimately, listenable. I definitely found myself bobbing along and enjoying so tracks. The album goes on too long. But it's too important of an album for 90s to ignore. I think the thing that leaves a bitter taste in my mouth is calling it punk. Maybe they bought a mode of punk into popular consciousness that I just don't like very much. I wonder if it was called something else, I'd be left without that bitter taste.
Not a big fan of "commercial" Green Day compared to their early work. But this album is still entertaining.
I have to be honest, I love the singles and have strong emotional connections to them but I find the album as a whole to only be average
Right off the bat… a MAJOR album for me when I was a kid.. THE album, in fact. The singles actually don’t do a lot for me tbh, but the ambition of this project and a lot of the songs in particular within a pop punk concept totally works on me and kinda opened my eyes when I was young. There’s way more filler than I remember but tracks like Jesus of Suburbia and Homecoming have always kinda blown me away There’s also a lot of corny touches, and dated language here and there - honestly it’s more of a mixed bag than I remembered from my relatively recent re-listen, but most everything is catchy and the project as a whole (and a heap of nostalgia) color it positively overall in my eyes. Certainly an influential album and, while in my opinion this does not compare at all to these heights, I can’t deny that it influenced all-time favs of mine like MCR’s Black Parade - I mean the impact this had on steering other pop punk bands towards more “serious” music with emo aesthetics was huge for my personality. blink-182 beat them to it of course, and with much more creative success.
Intensely nostalgic and quite fun but it does feel like it’s tailor-made for 10-year-olds.
Hyfsat rock album ändå. Många av låtarna är överspelade, men de är ju kända av en anledning. Inte riktigt min grej men fattar varför folk gillar dem och kan definitivt lyssna på dem då och då. Hade denna på LP hemma faktiskt så det är inte direkt nytt för mig men kul att få något känner igen.
Top Classic punk rock but Not my genre
7/10
i'm not a part of the redneck agenda
This is a quality album, but I was not feeling it today. Maybe the sound isn’t for me anymore. I loved listening to some of the songs as a kid, and those are still good. Kinda funny to hear the singer ask, “Am I retarded?” Yeah, kinda. Standouts: Jesus of Suburbia, Holiday / Boulevard of Broken Dreams, and Wake Me Up When September Ends.
Great album, just not a huge Green Day fan.
Very overplayed (I worked at HMV at the time) but nowhere near as bad as I remembered. In hindsight, you can sort of hear that they felt threatened by emo and were trying to do some of the progginess and shape of emo in their music to stay on top.
좋아하는 앨범
Bloody hell, some of these reviews! You'd think Green Day were the Second Coming! In fact, the singles are okay but the rest of it gets pretty dreary.
Thirty albums ago, I had 'Dookie', a nice surprise: how listening to it reminded me of my love with another, older melodic (hardcore) punk album, that it was 30 years old, from 'Cobain's dead' 1994 and how I learned that Green Day's music/musicianship is or was way above their pop punk contemporaries' output. 'American Idiot' does not have that. The last point still stands, but it doesn't work in their favour. In 'Homecoming', there's a "Jeez [exhale]" at 5:24 and that is me at this point when I hear another one of this concept album's breaks, marching drums, toy piano tchotchkes. It's all so weirdly strained and laborious that I can't find the fun I think I'm supposed to have with music like this. Instead, I'm just bored.
My favourite album when I was 12, still a great album and easily Green Day's best work.
At least it’s an album of importance and broad critical acclaim even if I don’t like it that much. It’s more of a throwback than a progression. It’s not bad at all. But is it punk? I will concede it belongs on this list.
American Idiot; for American idiots by America idiots. Jeez, this stuff just writes itself... I am a little bit prejudiced against this record on a number of counts. But mostly because of Bloody Matthew (not his real name). In 2004, I recently been promoted to a team leader position, and my most difficult team member was Bloody Matthew, so called because his behavior so frequently prompted people to cry out "Bloody Matthew!". He was a major pain in the arse, exacerbated by the fact that he believed _he_ should have been made team leader. He was a considerable thorn in my side and made life unpleasant for me and other people in the office. Example behaviour; the office manager had OCD, so Matthew would go to the stationery cupboard and mess things up, so that the officer manager would have a fit and spend the rest of the day making sure all the boxes of paper clips were lined up properly. Just being deliberately provocative. One day, Bloody Matthew came into work very excited that there was a new Green Day album coming out. He loved this record; he couldn't believe their 'artistic growth'; it's a concept album! it's political! it's got rockin' tunes aplenty! Just the fact that this was Bloody Matthew's favourite record is an immediate strike against it. This record is a prime example of Steve Albini's dictum that anyone with enough time and budget can make a record that sounds "good". I watched the 'making of' documentary (which contained almost zero insights, except that Billie Joe is secretly obsessed with Broadway musicals and refuses to tune his own guitar, and the band was signed by the same A&R guy who signed the Goo Goo Dolls), and the sheer number of guitar overdubs is astounding. The expensive studio and equipment and the budget meant that this record was always going to sound huge. And there are precedents for punk rock albums that are well produced, like Never Mind the Bollocks or Nevermind, but those are also the subject of controversy about whether they are 'real punk rock'. Bille Joe Whatsit can craft a fair tune and crank out an energetic performance, but I wonder if I would like it better if they had banged the record out in a week at Electrical Recordings. So that's two strikes. And then there is the pretension of the album concept, a punk rock opera. I defer to Robert Christgau: " The emotional travails of two clueless punks--one passive, one aggressive, both projections of the auteur--stand in for the sociopolitical content that the vague references to Bush, Schwarzenegger, and war (not any special war, just war) are thought to indicate. There's no economics, no race, hardly any compassion. Joe name-checks America as if his hometown of Berkeley was in the middle of it, then name-checks Jesus as if he's never met anyone who's attended church. And to lend his maunderings rock grandeur, he ties them together with devices that sunk under their own weight back when the Who invented them." Strike three, dudes. It doesn't surprise me that this ended up on Broadway (winner of two technical Tonys!) I think punk rock was a cheap and accessible musical genre for Billie Joe to get started in, but, in his heart of hearts, he really wants to write musical theatre numbers (in the same way that Billy Joel used rock and roll as a commercial delivery mechanism for his musical theatre aspirations). Not that there is anything wrong with musical theatre, but 'fess up, fellers. Just be open about it. I recently watched a documentary about the Descendents, who really invented the genre of tuneful, apolitical, technically competent punk rock. While I don't necessarily dislike any one of those aspects in themselves, this did become a rabbit hole that bands followed in the 90s into a melodic punk rock style that had the audio trappings of punk rock (fast pace, distorted guitars, lots of down strokes), but also the naked ambition to sell a million records. And I really don't like it. It's the same obnoxious alpha jock blokes in the punk rock outfit, which dilutes the cultural meaning of punk; the willingness to examine social norms from the outsider position. And Green Day were always part of that commercial movement, as far as I could see. This album is where their peak ambition gave them the courage to stop pretending, hire an expensive studio, buy some vintage guitars, and get a stylist in. Pass the lucre, boys! We're cashing in! Summary: I admire the chutzpah of wanting to sell a bajllion punk rock albums. And they did what they needed to do; they wrote a bunch of catchy tunes, spent a fortune recording them to sound awesome, added enough content to seem like a meaningful artistic statement (without being too challenging) and made some rad videos. But the corporate polish just turns me off. I don't believe their Teen Rebellion (tm). It's commodified teenage protest, with almost nothing to say. Sound and fury signifying very little... good tunes, but a tiring listen overall. 2.5 stars.
inoffensive rock
Holiday and boulevard of broken dreams 100% best songs but not great for me
Look, anything by Green Day that's not Dookie or Nimrod is a big ol' eye roll for me. It has a couple of good tracks, Jesus of Suburbia and Holiday come to mind, but the title track being the worst song on an album doesn't sit right with me. I could go on a whole rant about how lame that song is, but there's a whole album to write about. It's ok I guess. For me, this does signify Green Day's downfall of quality and relevance.
3 bc I wont listen to it again. Just the 3 songs
I mean, it's not terrible. And I get that they're doing modern punk rock operas. I was well off the Greenday train by this album and not sure I'd heard it full. Like a high 2.
over rated
definitely the most ambitious green day album, and i think it’s pretty great for it even though the execution isn’t perfect. one of the first CD’s i ever picked up too!
I don't really have any comments on this - I'm not the audience. Seems competent
This album was great when I was younger. Not so much anymore
Not a fan of Green Day.. but this was probs their best album. Where is Offspring?!
Green Day! Really good album, Aged very well.
behold, the last decent music green day ever made! (dookie still washes this album btw)
Absolutely hated this album when it 1st came out. Still super tired of hearing the main singles from it, but really the rest of the album is pretty great. The rock opera really works out in it's favor.
Good album, but I think dookie is slightly better
This was pretty good.
Long songs - hits mixed in with eh
Good Green Day
Gotta say, BJA can write a melody. It’s weird because I listen to her plunk, and Dookie and insomniac so much but I was already pretty much done with them when Nimrod came out and I didn’t think it was a very good album. That was i was probably making fun of Green Day by the time American idiot came out. Some songs are so much a part of the culture now and his voice is really kind of iconic its own way that when I hear it it’s so familiar and hits that nostalgia for the mid teenage years angsty thing but because I don’t know the lyrics to the songs, there’s an eeriness about it. Except Boulevard of broken dreams. I was coming back from NCAAs in Atlanta our fifth year, I just went down to watch with Mooney and Leo Salinas and maybe a couple other guys. I drove Fran’s Crown Vic down there with a couple people, but they stayed or flew back or for some reason I drove home alone. One of Mooney‘s friends, a girl who knew from Jersey, lived down there and we stayed with her and a roommates last night. I was wrecked and made some bad choices and it was embarrassing and I got up early the next morning and fled. Well, I had to rouse Leo from the backseat of the Crown Vic first because that’s where he had slept. Of course. So I’m driving north back to cville and feeling bad, bad, bad—about the things I’d done, but also physically. I was very hungover. It’d been three days of steady drinking and my liver felt like it was flowing backwards and secreting toxins into my bloodstream instead of filtering them out. And it was an ill-fated journey. I had printed Map Quest maps out because this was flip-phone era still, right, and of course I’d lost the printouts but a) assumed I could just reverse engineer the trip and b) could not comprehend trying to find somewhere to look it up and print out another set—imagine searching blindly for an Internet cafe in rural Georgia on a Sunday in 2005–and it was, of course, absolutely impossible to go back into the girls’ house to figure out how to print my getaway plan. ANYWAY, this song was on like three radio stations between Atlanta and the Blue Ridge Mountains—and was the last song I heard before the radio went out so it was stuck in my head the rest of the trip and was already starting to feel like some kind of fateful punishment BEFORE the snowstorm started. Freak late spring storm that dumped and dumped the higher and higher I climbed. By the time I reached the pass (84?) to get to the east side of the mountains, it had reached blizzard conditions AND THE HEATER HAD GONE OUT so there was no more defrosting the sleet Jack Frost piss raining down from the sky and caking the window in a sheet of blurry ice. Luckily there were very few others on the road. None by time I got to a trucker gas station to get some hot water to melt the ice on the windshield so I could see. “Road’s closed,” dude yelled from behind the counter as I walked in. “You must be the last one they let up.” He told me to wait it out there with him but that seemed impossible, too, and after having listening to Blvd. Broken Dreams 9,000,000 times in my head I figured it was really my destiny to either finish this trip alone or die out there, alone and deserving of all the solitude and lonesomeness the world could devise for me. So on I went, after dumping nine styrofoam cups of boiling water on the windshield and filling the wiper fluid reservoir up with antifreeze on the recommendation from the dude from behind the counter. I also got a six pack of PBR, which I started drinking immediately and which, though I wouldn’t recommend this to my kids, might have saved my life because I stopped worrying so much and just settled into the curves and slides instead of working every inch of that freeway and every tiniest bump to absolute white-knuckle death. Once I’d gotten back down to sea level or whatever level cville is at, and made my obligatory “thanks for getting me outta that foxhole, bro” appeal to the Lord and thawed out my feet, I asked Coop if I should tell any pertinent people about all the bad decisions I’d made. “Do you want to tell anyone?“ “I do not.” He shrugged. “Then don’t.” Also, is “Jesus of Suburbia” a country song?
3/5. It has high highs and meh lows. Not Green Day's best or worst works.
When I saw this was my album I once again was very curious what my take was going to be. I was 16 when this came out, and I was really not a big fan of the hits. I know in retrospect I just wasn't there for it taste wise, even if I had listened to the whole album. I went in with an open mind and definitely enjoyed more than I expected! I do definitely enjoy the hits more in the context of the album. There is also something about the shift from Holiday to Boulevard of Broken Dreams that is magic and is lost entirely when you just listen to the radio edit of the later. The album starts strong, and finishes strong. That said the middle section kind of loses me entirely. His voice also used to annoy me at 16, and now I like it more but still get a little tired of it after a bit. Overall this is a worthwhile listen. I'll probably return to it again at some point. However, I will probably only listen to the first 4 and last 4 tracks and just skip over the middle entirely.
green day type album
The quintessential cultural text from the 2004 Bush/Kerry election, probably the coolest rock and roll album of all time if you were between the ages 10-12 when it came out. Really it's a bombastic, grandiose, kind of milquetoast record that is quite long in the tooth. "Jesus of Suburbia" is by far the best thing here, an epic, anthemic song chock full of amazing earworm melodies and interesting ideas--it is dated and partially ruined by a regrettable use of an ableist slur that was [i]way[/i] too prevalent in the lexicon around this time--but it is what it is. The singles from this are rightfully seen as pop rock classics, even if in the case of like "Holiday" they're definitely a little cringe. This definitely overstays its welcome and despite how good of a songwriter Billie Joe Armstrong is I have no time or interest for most of the back half of this album, but when this hits its peaks though it's still pretty great.
Not bad, I still remember when this album came out. Can’t believe it’s 20 years now! Wow.
I have this on CD. Sailed close to the wind ripping off Ring of Fire and Wonderwall but overall it's good. 3.5
kinda fun album, already had listened to it so didn´t pay much attention
This isn't really my kind of thing and it started losing me by the end but it was OK.
Nostalgic, but not my vibe.
I enjoyed the sound of quite a lot of the songs. The guitar throughout all of it was amazing. American Idiot was my favourite song. I think I would’ve enjoyed this album more if there were less swear words so I could share it with my family. 3.5
The big hits bring me back to 2004. The rest of the album reminds me why I no longer listen to Green Day. This album is long and when the song isn’t one of the hits it’s just super repetitive. Cut out the extra songs and this would have been a much better album. 6/10
Well made for what it is. Relatively derivative and uninteresting for anyone with even a passing familiarity with the punk genre or of social criticism in music.
I preferred this to Dookie, maybe because it’s a bit more pop and sounds less… bratty, I guess? I’m still giving it 3 stars because I’m just not a fan of Green Day’s style.
I felt 15 again but not in a comfortable way
3.8
aldrig hørt den før! Synes faktisk den er ældet meget godt, særligt nu hvor rock aldrig rigtigt er kommet tilbage i popmusikken... jeg synes den taber lidt pusten i anden halvdel når man sammenligner med Dookie, der var virkelig tight
Missed out on this when it just released and I was the prime target audience. It's ok I guess
Not a target audience and no nostalgia, so that's a pass
Quite good. An album that is evocative of a certain period in time and of a certain generation.
I liked Green Day back in the day. I remember listening to Dookie at university. I was a bit suspicious of them because they *weren't* Nirvana, but I grew to accept them as a less intense pop-punk band. I even had a few of the following CDs. By the time American Idiot came out, I'd lost interest, but this album made a bit of a splash and I got it. It's okay. I think the marriage of pop-punk and concept album is a bit weird and I came to realise they have this "image" of rebellion, but without really saying anything specific about politics which seems a bit of a cop out. It was fun to revisit, but I generally go back to a few specific songs by Green Day now rather than albums. Dookie is a classic though. I want to give this 3 1/2 stars as I have a history with it and it's better than average, but 4 seems to much so I'll settle on three.
Enjoyed this….
American Idiot // Holiday / Boulevard of Broken Dreams // Wake Me Up When September Ends //
Actually, a far better album than I remembered
Oar? More like B-oar.
Pure nostalgia
Couple of good songs
Naja - abgesehen von den Hits eher lala
It is mid but some of the songs are songs that are good and it is still a good album.
Dookie was better
Compared to Dookie this is dookie. Taken on its own though it's alright.
It was ok. Better than expected, but sometimes too simplistic. Liked that it had the feel of one coherent album.
Outside of the singles this gets very samey and the singles are only good not great It’s fine
A little too poppy.
Newer rock n roll
the songs where good, but most of them where too long for my liking
I've listened to this album more times than I can count. I love the simple story that it displays and the themes as well. Overall, 8/10 for me. My first ever Green Day album and still one of my favorites from them.
Wish was better
American Idiot I don’t mind Green Day at all and I remember enjoying this when it came out, and they were good at Reading when we saw them that same year. I think as a concept album it does hang together well and feels like a coherent piece of work. It’s also very linked to and evocative of it’s time, 9/11, Iraq, Columbine etc. Even if it doesn’t always work for me I get a real sense that they made the album they wanted to make and I think that’s a good thing. Musically it’s a good blend of the pop punk sound they are very good at with some slightly more sounds and instrumentation outside their normal boundaries, pushing into classic rock territory. I definitely hear A LOT of The Who in it. Aside from that additional instrumentation I did also like the ‘big’ sound of massed electric and acoustic guitars. As well as The Who there’s a lot that sounds like a lot of other songs, Bowie and Johnny Cash noticeably. I also appreciate the ambition of the song cycles and mini suites. Obviously that’s not an innovation in itself but I think it’s pretty cool that a band known for 3 minute pop punk songs decided to push into something a bit more interesting. Overall I found the whole thing enjoyable and although it probably won’t go on rotation or get many revisits, I like the idea of it. I appreciate they set out to do something different, and, I think, managed do that on their own terms. ⭐️⭐️⭐️
B American Idiot 3 Jesus Of Suburbia 3 Holiday 4 Boulevard Of Broken Dreams 5 Are We The Waiting 4 St. Jimmy 3 Give Me Novacaine 4 She's A Rebel 3 Extraordinary Girl 3 Letterbomb 3 Wake Me Up When September Ends 3 Homecoming 3 Whatsername 3 Better 'an last time.
First half is pretty solid. Title track and Jesus of Suburbia are standouts.
Стандартный поп-панк двухтысячных. Бульвар в сердечке.
Punk band writes a musical. Not bad just not my thing
Tsja.. toch een ietwat anticlimactische binnenkomer. Het nummer met de overeenkomstige naam als het album is nog prima doorheen te komen. Toen kwam opeens 9 minuten aan Jesus of Suburbia. Een kwelling. Ik kan me absoluut niet meer herinneren dat dit nummer zo onnodig lang duurt. De openingsriff is echt catchy. Maar Billy-Jo wou te veel. Dat kan je zeggen van meer nummers op dit album. Dat Green Day een punkband is stond in mijn herinnering als een paal boven water. Maar als ik dit album weer luister zet het tot verbazingwekkend weinig rebellie. Waar pleit de band voor? De boodschap is ver zoek. Of mis ik wat? Het album zit bomvol power chords, iets wat een 13-jarige versie van mezelf zeker geïnspireerd heeft om de gitaar op te pakken. Highlights zijn wel Holiday/Boulevard of Broken Dreams en She’s a Rebel. Het Tony Hawks American Wasteland gehalte bij deze nummers is intens hoog. Goeie herinneringen: urenlang achter de playstation anatomisch onmogelijke kickflips, grabtricks en minutenlang durende grinds uitvoeren. 6/10
While not their best album, it’s memorable. Tons of hits here, makes me energetic just to listen to them all. 3.3
Feels very much of its time. The anti-war, anti-Bush record for those under 18. It was fine. I don’t think I’d revisit it.
Very decent, almost too tight
Loved this in middle school. Listening again now...
Þetta er fjör og ekkert út á Green Day að setja en tónlistin þeirra hefur samt ekki smollið hjá mér þannig að þetta endar í miðju-meh.
Green Day doing a high-concept political protest album feels like being lectured by a college freshman. Several tracks bang
I’m impressed by any band that can create new, relevant music for multiple decades. With Green Day it’s especially impressive because their style is so specific. I think Holiday is my fave GDay song, which is interesting given that it came out later in their career. Overall enjoyable album. 3.4
I guess this was a huge album for Green Day. I never heard it, other than what was oversaturated on the radio. More mature and skilled than "Dookie" but pretty pop-y. It's arguably a good album, just not my thing these days. Or in 2004. 3.7
Years later and I still don't really know what to do with it. I was sorta too old for it when it came out and now I don't feel that different. Neither in the prime audience market nor am I nostalgic for when a lyric like "Jesus of suburbia" could have done anything for me.
This list. Fuck me. I'm pretty sure even the members of Green Day don't consider this one of the best 1001 albums ever made. I mean, it's fine (Extraordinary Girl and Homecoming are great) but I don't think I would have regretted never listening to it.
Most songs are good. A few aren’t great so going with 3 instead of 4.
Like
A lot more polished than their earlier work. The only good songs from the album made it to the radio, otherwise pretty average.
Probably, Green Day's last good album. Everything after this one (with the exception of 21st Century Breakdown perhaps) sounds rehashed to hell and back. I miss when they didn't take themselves so seriously as they do now. American Idiot is a good, cohesive album all around. It has its weak moments, but it makes up for it picking up pace whenever it misses it. "Jesus of Suburbia" is definitely the best song in the album.
Favorites: Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Wake Me When September Ends. Not my thing but they have their own sound.
Better than expected
Kind of enjoyed it, but then my streaming service played me system of a down and queen's of the stone age after and I realised where it sits on the scale.
Good music but Not special
A little samey. Some great sounds for the first 1 or 2 tracks, but apart from "Wake Me up When September Ends", it loses its unique sound pretty quickly.
overrated but still good.
- Meh. I am aware of the importance of this album in music's growth, but it just doesn't do much for me. Love the energy and this came out at the right time to revitalize the 'rock" music industry (and energy).
Ok album. Couple standouts but nothing special. At times, the album just seemed to drag. It’s funny that they were anti-establishment in 2004, but very much pro-establishment in 2024. 3 stars.
A heavy handed pop punkish album, still one of the quintessential albums of my late teen years though. If you’ve heard broadcast radio in the last 20 years you’ve heard this album. Over. And over. And over. Wake me up when September Ends stops playing. No favorite songs, it’s a playable album but didn’t cry out for a second helping or have any stand outs that made me want to dig further. I’d give it a 2.5 but since I can’t- 3/5.
This album makes me think of playing Tony Hawk’s American Sk8land on my Nintendo DS. Can’t argue with remembering my salad days! Enjoyed it way more than ‘Dookie’. Jesus of suburbia is a welcome marathon of a song. I thought the album must nearly be finished but then realised I was still on song #2! It’s easy to forgot how many absolute classics Greenday have - and it seems most of them are on this album!
Na minha cabeça era melhor
angsty teen nostalgia at its best.
Not as consistently good as Dookie, but still classic
Starts off really strong and has some great tracks, but then I don't know what it is with Green Day. It might be the monotony of their sound or just how extremely overplayed they were when I was a kid, but I have a hard time doing a whole album of this. Funnily enough for a punk band, there's also a consistent problem of songs being dragged on longer than necessary; Wake Me Up When September Ends would probably be twice as impactful if they just cut it to 3 minutes max. Then there's the "message"/protest element of it and in the end that just feels a little shallow. But there's no question it's a classic album with a couple classic songs. Best song: American Idiot
Good nostalgia. Good tunes. I like that the album has a story. But if still seems a bit manufactured to be punk.
A couple of bangers but most didn't really stand out.
6/10
Better than I expected...
It's ok
Classic
It's green day. I remember when this came out and how super hyped it was by the normies. It's fine, the melodies and the dynamics in the songs that stand out. The lyrics and themes have not aged gracefully, they felt rather crudely drawn at the time (compared to contemporaries like Desaparecidos or system of a down)
I thought it was just ok when it came out and my opinion hasn't changed.
I went to a Green Day concert for an earlier album as a 21 yo and was surrounded by 12 yos. Today I listened to the album with my 13 yo son and asked him for his opinion. “Alright, but repetitive” was his answer. Can’t get better than that.
I may be biased based on my childhood songs but American Idiot, Boulevard of Broken Dreams and Wake Me Up When September Ends are amazing songs. And everything else just seems like similar variations of those to me
Great album - just not my cup of tea.
Fun listen! Great album.
better than i remember it at the time. prefer old school punk but this is ok.
Very memorable and encompassed a lot of my childhood. However, a nine minute punk song is not something anybody should have to go through
I remember when this album came out and it was huge back then. I wasn't really into Green Day even if I was in my (late) teens, because I was more into 70s and 80s rock at that time. I liked this album more than Dookie, some songs sound still very good. Boulevard of Broken Dreams is my favorite. The album album is a bit too long, if it was 10-15 minutes shorter I'd give it a 4. It gets a bit repetitive for this length. Otherwise it is a good album.
You either LOVE Green Day or you don’t. They were never big favorites of mine.
Realmente um baita álbum, primeira vez que escuto algo completo do Green Day e me surpreendeu
"Dookie for mums". It's about right. A couple decent hits, holiday will always bounce hard, but a bit of a contrast from yesterday's album.
Fine, but would probably have preferred to listen to Dookie, if only for nostaglia.
Pop punk songs where everyone's yelling 'hey!' as part of the chorus or the lead singer shouts '1, 2, 3, 4' are always fun. Pop punk ballads not so much. How does one mosh to 'Wake Me Up When September Comes'?
I thought I would enjoy this less. Songs are too long and a bit grinding to get through at times.
As a very fringe Green Day fan and someone who owned 39 smoothed out happy hours and Kerplunk!, this is as good a non-Dookie record as they've made. With half/quarter stars were an option
Prima rock
Holiday / Boulevard of Broken dreams is so nostalgic. This album reminds me of my 14-year-old self getting into rock music.
Duh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh
I couldn't NOT hear Green Day back in their prime but I never went out of my way to buy the album. Whatever that affectation Billie Joe Armstrong does kinda irritated me. But boy oh boy did I enjoy this listen! They had me at the top with American Idiot and I jammed until September ended. (I think I listened to an extended version or something b/c the tracks did not align with the listing on Wikipedia)
Found this much more engaging than I thought. Decent rock album with no pretences.
Some nostalgic songs, but the ones I didn't already know sounded just like generic 90's pop punk. Nothing special.
One of my wife's favorite albums. I missed this one growing up, but knew all the singles and a lot of the other songs, just never gotten to listen to it front to back. When you think of "concept album", Pop-punk is probably one of the last genres to come to mind, but it works pretty well here. I probably have the gift of hindsight due to the musical that was birthed from this album, but the punk sound really goes well with the story telling of the lyrics. You can feel the 2004-ness of this album if you grew up around that time. A lot of anxiety in post 9-11 with the war in Afghanistan and other political movements coming to the forefront. Green Day really distilled the feelings into ~1 hour of music.
Not nearly as good as Dookie. Unnecessary in this list.
Uno de los álbumes más importantes del pop punk. Con un sonido que definió a una generación completa de músicos, los californianos a cargo de Billie Joe Armstrong se lucen con una pieza conceptual y narrativa que critica al status quo norteamericano de la época. Si me tuviera que quejar de algo, es que a veces se siente demasiado largo y su sonido no envejeció del todo bien.
Why are all these songs twofers. Seems like 2004 and 1967 are big years on this list. Yeah this is a good album. It's past its expiration date tho sadly. Might come back to it if I need to. But it doesn't hit so hard 20 years after the culture it was written for.
Favorite Songs: boulevard of Broken Dreams; wake me up when September ends Not my favorite Green Day album but two of my favorite songs. Boulevard is one of my favorite running songs. Perfect tempo.
I liked the singles the best. It’s a nice time capsule of some antiwar thought from the Bush years.
Pretty good, when September ends was very nostalgic
When Dookie came out, I thought it was pretty good, bringing some energy to the wasteland that was MTV. I won’t call it punk sensibility though. By the time this album came out, I was in my early 40’s and just couldn’t muster the cynical anger that defines this music. Yeah, you think America sucks…. I just can’t care. I do like the Weird Al reinvisioning of Canadian Idiot, at least that’s good humored. Anyway, I don’t hate this, I just can’t muster the energy to share their anger. 3/5
Recognisable hits, the rest kinda disappeared into the background.
I think it's a good rock album, kind of middle of the road with some really cool moments! Boulevard of Broken Dreams was great!
Album iconique d´un groupe iconique. Malheureusement pas vraiment à mon goût et ne correspond pas à mon besoin de calme du jour 😅 mais à écouter au moins une fois dans sa vie bien sûr
Lots of nostalgia for this one but it doesn’t hold up as well as it did when I was 12. Production is so clean it hurts my ears and doesn’t have much interesting going on musically. Still an ok album.
A slice of nostalgia from my days as a teenage skateboarding wannabe punk. The opening half of the album is still great and the latter half still kind of falls flat. Not going to find anything too deep or profound here. They knew their audience - angsty, anti-establishment teens.
dit album duurde minstens 1 uur en 45 min en niet 1 uur
It had some feels attached to the 90s, and listening to this a teen. However, it soon became noise 😬 and droned into the background.
The mix is a bit overwhelming for me, especially the guitar (as someone who enjoys Oasis)...
Some decent music, interspersed with unbelievable amount of cheese. Jesus of Surburbia was brilliant though. Worth listening to the album just for that.
i rly liked the singles from this album as a tween but i’ve never listened to the full album! pretty good. the bush administration was crazy. jesus of suburbia goes so hard
One of the earliest memories of music albums in my personal brain. What McDonalds did to the hamburger, Green Day did to punk rock. Not necessarily a bad thing - accessible, all over the radio, lots of youths clutched onto it. In particular I remember the music videos on MTV the most vividly Hearing my older brother and sister play these tracks growing up was my cultural insight into the post 9/11 Iraq War early aughts (I was five!) Holiday / Blvd of Broken Dreams is a masterpiece
6/10
👍🏻
Not bad, very energising. I don't know why songs were joined together though. I mean you can do flawless transitions without doing that too, right?
My review is going to be a bit meta. I feel like Green Day was pushed pretty hard by the record label. They aren't bad, but they aren't as good as they should be for the amount of attention they got. Tons of stuff I'd rather listen to, including real punk from the 70s. Now, that said, this gets three stars because it's oddly subversive. I think it's funny they sold their label on a concept album punk opera called "American Idiot" and then managed to tour all over the world on the record. It's even more funny that they got tons of label support and radio airplay. The sense of irony is off the charts.
green day is one of the bands that helped usher in the “pop punk” movement of the 1990’s. the early 2000’s brought uncertainty to the band with disappointing album sales, so they tried a different approach… a concept album with more rock influences. while the punk influences are still there, they’re not as prevalent as previous albums. after all, songs over 9 minutes with distinct movements are definitely not “punk”. neither is the concept of deliberately trying to reach a mainstream audience. having said that, “boulevard of broken dreams” and “wake me up when september ends” are two quality rock songs from the 2000’s. this is a solid effort and the album that helped launched the band further into the mainstream.
Viele Klassiker, krasses Album auch wenn nicht meine Musik
I guess I should preface this by saying that Wake Me Up When September Ends might be one of my most hated commercially successful songs. Add in my mostly negative opinion if pop or post punk, and I just can’t enjoy this album. But, I’ll grant it a few solid tracks and it has aged relatively well.
some bangers not great overall
Not amazing but way better than I expected
American idiot and holiday/boulevard are amazing as always. Jesus is too long St Jimmy is way too rock opera for me. The first three songs rock but it's quite downhill from there for me personally. Other Green Day albums are way better for me.
This has all the Green Day songs I know
I don't know what's wrong with me, I used to love Green Day and this type of sound. Now it sounds repetitive even if the message still resonates today. Idk. Just get bored listening.
Typical Radio 2 Top 2000 band, and for some reason this particular album is their most appreciated one, and it also shows up in this list. Sounds ok, as in the way I remembered it: some very catchy pop songs while some of the rock songs are a bit draggy, and the album is too long. Cannot say I like it better or worse than Dookie, so 3 stars again.
These are some elaborated - or even epic - songs, which I find relatively boring compared to the more compact stuff on Dookie.
Nogle af trackene er bare larm. American idiot er fin. Boulevard of broken dreams er en banger.
Green Day's Dookie was my 1st experience with this iconic crossover band. They mixed pure punk, rock and added a dash of speed metal to create their unique sound. I'm an instrumental fan at heart and rarely listen to lyrics. While I understand American Idiot is considered a classic for their message and critique of the current state of America it is somewhat lost on me. What I can say is the classic "3 chords" formula is in full force and the band sounds tighter that ever.
The second half is really quite bad.
Pretty classic, don't think I've ever listened to whole thing through before. Some bangers and a few skips.
kom mér nokkuð á óvart. hélt að þetta væri líkt og hattar, yfirvaraskegg og skata ekki fyrir mig. talsverð áhrif af seventies rokk/poppi. býsna gott bara. 3,5.
Obviously they know how to write good songs, still really annoying to my ears though
Kyllä ovat kovan levyn tehneet, kunnianhimoisen mm., kun on sidottu biisit yhteen niin tauottomuuksilla kuin sanoituksilla. Ei ole niin naiivi kuin odotin. Mutta liian siloiteltu, liian stadion kuulostaakseen ns. aidolta, mitä levy jää kaipaamaan.
Taitavia biisintekijöitä; karmaisevia esteetikkoja. Ei (aina) niin epäpunkkia, kuin kaikki haluaisimme uskoa, mutta haluaa itse kuulostaa siltä, kuin olisi. Eikö ole jännä kuvio?
I found it very interesting how different songs were recorded as one track, forcing you to listen to certain songs back to back
it was pretty nice! i couldn’t rlly tell if it was repetitive or just consistent but i think i could definitely tell the differences between most songs. i’ve never listened to greenday so this was very different. overall, pretty alright :)
catchy but no great shit
Not my personal favorite, but it does take me back.
-didn’t write a BL, retroactively reviewed on 24/08/23, generated on 7/08/23- AL: I like Green Day, this album was an anthem throughout my childhood. Nowadays when I’m older and can look at it under a more mature eye I can see that it maybe wasn’t the political statement I might’ve thought it was when I was 10. This Bush era political album sort of has points and ideas that reflect disdain for the wars in the Middle East that were going on but I think it kind of distracts a lot from the other stuff that’s going on. While it’s still a perfectly solid album I would argue it has not aged super well, still a fun listen and very catch pop punk but not much more than that these days in my eyes. FT: “Jesus of suburbia”, “Give me Novocaine”, “Wake me up when September ends” 3/5
Heard before: 'American Idiot', 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams', 'Wake Me Up When September Ends'. I can't really understand him between the loud instruments and his accent, except on songs I already know. Isn't this pop-punk? Maybe not, according to this website. I love love love 'WMUWSE' but it could not save this thing. 'American Idiot' and 'WMUWSE' are absolute bangers. I also think if I had got this on a different day I would have loved it, given that I quite enjoy pop-punk. However, today I was not feeling it and I doubt I'll listen again. It was on the side of meh that's closer to bad. Thus, I'm giving it a 3 and a 5/10. I was going to give it 4 after hearing 'WMUWSE' again but after the album limped on for 13 more minutes I think the original rating was good.
european heare...Europe has fallen behind America and the gap is growing. ei ollakaan niin idiootteja nyt vai häh... 20 years fly by incredible lyric (foreshadowing...its now 20 years from the album..) konflikti, sisäinen konflikti sisälläni velloo. paskimmat biisitt ehkäpä koskaan mutta hyvä albumi silti.. jesus of suburbia...
I guess what appeals to me most about this album, other than the catchy-as-hell pop punk, is the rock opera feel of the whole thing. This is the story of Jimmy, a suburban kid from Jesusland trying to make his way in a world of rock n roll and politics, trying to live in a divided America where everyone is drawing lines in the sand.
I was never a Green Day fan so it colors this.
Listened to this album a lot when I was younger
I really like those old rock vibes and it's mighty impressive how long some songs are. But I have to admit, I have a music class trauma due Wake me up when September ends😂
hmmmm appreciate the message but wouldnt really listen again, i think
Okay... Dookie, I understand, but why in the hell is this album on here? Post relevant Green Day cashing in on a popped up version of the sound that made them great on their 1994 breakout. The fact that there is not only one, but four song weighing above the 6 minute mark does not bode well. Doesn't help that I never actually have the focus to care about a rock opera; they feel like things that musicians make for their own ego rather than for the listener. All that out of my system, I do have a soft spot for American Idiot. Like I recognize it as a not very good song, but I have a certain nostalgia associated with it. Perfect song for being 13, white, and believing yourself to be edgy. Never before have I heard a GD song and said "you know, I wish this was 3x as long." Having listened now to Jesus of Suburbia I feel justified in this sentiment. It's actually not godawful, but its kind of a schizophrenic mess. Holiday is actually a solid, catchy pop song. And while it pains me to say so, so is Boulevard of Broken Dreams. Had Extraordinary Girl / Letterbomb in the background, but found myself tapping along to the back half. I really did not like Wake Me up When September Ends on its own, but it is surprisingly, somehow better in the context of the album. Okay... Having just completed the album I will say that it isn't nearly as terrible as I expected it to be going in. I did not particularly enjoy it, but it is an honest and respectful entry into Green Days catalog. The songs err on the pop-punk / emo spectrum and probably have something to do with teenage love and being an outsider or something. To be honest I wasn't paying much attention to lyrics. I won't come back for another listen, but I didn't want to gouge my ears out. This is a soft 3 for me.
Probably the weakest Green Day album. No idea why this is here and not Dookie or Nimrod.
South Harmon Institute of Technology theme song! Go SHIT heads.
I feel like Green Day has to be my favorite pop punk band for a genre I generally don't love. Lots of classics on this one with some lyrics that are more politically charged than most pop punk.
+ for nostalgi
4 (3) radio hits: American Idiot (hard punk rock); Holiday / Boulevard of Broken Dreams (did not realize that was a pair songs on one 8:13 track... 2 completely different vibes); Wake Me Up When September Ends
Didn't age well, but some slaps.
Pop Punk - not as bad as I expected. It's not awful
Never knowingly listened to any Green Day and, having seen the name in loads of places, was quite looking forward to this. It's OK, in a bit of a generic sort of way. It reminded me of something, but for the life of me I can't remember exactly what it was. Perhaps a bit of the Saw Doctos, which is a bizarre thing for it to sound like. But then Davy Carlton was in a punk band so maybe it does sound a bit similar. It's certainly radio friendly enough and, I'm afraid, a little bit bland for me. I probably need to listen to this a few more times to get a true impression. Perhaps it's absolute genius, I don't know. It's not really punk though is it? Alt-rock, sure. College radio friendly I imagine.
oh baby. The songs I don't know are so much better than the ones I do know... I think it's because the ones I do know are just too cringe?
Sometimes you have to check your biases. This was not as bad as I expected it to be. Actually quite enjoyable and more so with each listen. Even the singles started not to annoy in context.
Huh, a Green Day Rock Opera, and it's much better than it ought to be! Ignoring the songs that got played to death on the radio, this is actually a very good album with some excellent songs, especially the longer medleys. Glad I heard this in the end! 3 / 5 stars.
good memories, and this kinda holds up, but most of it is only ok
meh
Het verbaasde me echt hoeveel nummers ik kende, niet helemaal mijn ding maar keek dit soms toch ook wel op youtube om hip te zijn rawr xd
Good!
First half I was going to put a 4 which surprised me a lot. Second half was a little too inspired by Black Parade imo
I was 16 when this album came out, and a big fan of Greenday, especially Dookie, and for some reason I just hated this album. Probably that hipster thing of hating how popular greenday became with casual fans and being that guy who kept raving about their older stuff. Listening back as a more mature adult, this album is better than my 16 year old self gave it credit for. Probably deserves its place on the list, but won’t be making my frequent rotation anytime soon.
holiday is my go to song to play on the drums
Des hits, évidemment, mais aussi des morceaux de 9 minutes un peu relou. Pas trop mon truc.
a guilty pleasure. one complaint- shorten the songs!! a 3.2
Great at what it is but dated
Puerile pop punk in which you can actually hear Billie Joe’s god complex. More Radio 1 than rebellion, but some catchy tunes here and there.
First half is great, second half not so much - can't stand "wake me up when September ends". It's like a bat out of hell, rock opera type affair. I enjoyed it Jesus of Suburbia is the highlight.
A more polished Green Day than earlier albums. They know their audience - this is still pop punk targeted towards tweens & teens. No hidden gems; the hits were already overplayed on radio.
I remember everyone flipping out over this album. I feel like this album could've been half the length because they're just repeating the chorus like 6 times. What the fuck, man.
I remember this being a big departure from the "REAL" green day back in the day and listening back to it I feel as if it's trying to be inflammatory but not too much so as to not offend people for real.
Ok. I generally like the genre and 'Boulevard of broken dreams' is good, but on the whole I prefer Blink-182.
Bra men kort
Was quite something when this album came out - Green Day being political and ambitious artistically - however, it has aged and it hasn't helped that it was way overplayed. What's left is a decent album, with nods to the who, and a little brainier than Green Day's other outings, yet not as earnest and fun.
There were some wonderful moments in the 90s, but some of the 90s make me think we shouldn't do them again. Green day sound like a leftover of that part of the 90s. I'm not sure how this style of music earned the moniker of punk, highly processed and produced it doesn't relate to original punk music, from either the UK or the US. I gritted my teeth and listended attently, I even thought some of it was OK but there's nothing here that I thought was a breakthrough, musically or culturally, just a band doing their thing for as long as someone is still listening. Not me, I'm not playing this album again.
Started to lose interest in Green Day around this point, possibly their last decent album. Cliché I know, but preferred their earlier works.
First few songs were too dissonant for me. Liked some of the later songs but probably not enough to buy the album.
3.6 - While I don't love this record I can appreciate how it helped to rekindle Green Day's career. With their mall-punk blend of processed power chords and melodic hooks, they've managed to swipe broadly at American politics. Mostly it's too bombastic for my taste - the songs trail on for too long, the arena-filling slogans are too on-the-nose (e.g. "She's A Rebel") - but I do like the two big hits on here ("Boulevard of Broken Dreams", "Wake Me Up..."). "Good for them!" I consistently say to myself as I listen. With this record, I imagine Green Day managed to please their die-hard fans, and also capture legions of disaffected younger fans.
68.46
Reminds me of highschool, teenage angst favorite song is either wake me up when September ends or holiday. Interesting how almost all the tracks are double.
Lots of good parts on it
Good album
I enjoyed the first half, but it really starts to drag
Listened to this the other week and rather enjoyed it
Heard it before?: Yes Enjoy it?: Yeah definitely, it’s one of the first albums I listened to as a child, just great rock all round and I’d rather entertaining from start to finish, just wish the tracks were separated and not conjoined? Favourite song: Track 3 - Holdiay/Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
Solid, if unspectacular. Outranked by Dookie
Would have definitely enjoyed it more during my Panic! At the Disco phase. It’s fun to listen to and I liked some of the songs, but a lot of them are way too long for no reason. BJ’s voice is a bit too overwhelming for me. Will probably listen to some songs separately, when I’m in a mood for some teenage angst.
Very samey, sounds like a petulant bunch of adolescents. Not really enjoying over much
It has its moments.
Decent singles but that's it
Still a good listen. Has dated pretty rapidly. Fairly poptastic
Generous 3 saved by some good singles. Feels dated now.
Like, it’s fine. This is probably the Apex of Green Day.
I must be getting old this is catchy AF and I didn't hate it.
There’s a lot of hits on this one but imma play it down a lil cause I’m a hater and some of this shit corny. Honestly a good album and stuff
Some really good songs, lots of really mid songs. Therefore, MID
The first half of this album is by far the best part of it, the back half seems like a lot of samey filler. I don't mind political messages, but to say the politics on this album are ham-fisted is an understatement. Also, this albums mastering is a victim of the loudness wars, it was honestly fatiguing listening to this album all the way through at a normally very tolerable listening volume. This teeters between a 2 and a 3 for me, I'll be nice and give it a 3.
A pivotal moment in my having musical taste while entering highschool. Now? It’s alright. But I’ll always appreciate this album.
not as good as I expected - lack of catchy hooks, lacklustre lyrics, and an uneven focus of an overarching concept (contrary to its status as a concept album). standouts were pretty great though
Was okay, but made my ears wanna bleed when they start jamming too hard
Classic!
Mostly pretty middling to me, a couple great songs though.
Simple and understandable melody. Rhythm is not felt. Bit i can read the lyrics.
Interesting at times, especially with the longer song lengths. Includes some classic songs from the era. Didn't find it to be consistently great.
Mitähän tästä kirjoittaisi? Kiistattomasti maailman isoimpia pop punk levyjä Dookien ja Offspringin Smash:in kanssa. Se on sinällään jo ihan hienoa. Mulla on vähän ristiriitainen suhde koko GD bändiin. Tavallaan sillä on ollut kiistaton vaikutus muhun, mutta myös äärimmäiseen kaupallisuuteen menevä bändi saa jotenkin kulahtaneen oksennuksen nousemaan huulille. Samalla tavalla tällä levyllä on ollut iso merkitys siihen miten itse kirjotan musaa ja mistä ne meidän PYU:n poppijutut lopulta kumpuaa. Tavallaan tämä levy on hyvä ja hieno. Jos Queen tekis punkkii niin se kuulostais varmaan tällaselta punkkioopperalta. Näille hiteille on altistunut niin monta kertaa että ne on aika rajua kuulla läpi mutta muut biisit pelastaa. Kaipaisin levylle lisää räkää ja paskaa sen sijaan että soundi on ultrahiottua studiomenoa. Toisaalta jos tehdään poppia niin tehdään sit kunnolla — siinä tässä onnistutaan ja se tavallaan tekee tästä hyvän levyn. On ihan turhaa että mä raivoon että ”ei oo oikeeta punkkia” kun kyseessä on oikeesti hyvä pop levy. Levy on täynnä toinen toistaan isompia hittejä, mutta kyllä st.Jimmy on ehkä se terävintä poppiksen ja rokin sekotusta. Vaikee arvostella. Tavallaan haluaisin antaa 3 tai vaan 2 pistettä mutta ehkä tää korvamatoisuus ja sit tosiaan se kiistaton vaikutus oman musan tekemiseen aina sieltä 10-vuotiaan Kallen maailmasta asti hilaa pistehanat enemmän auki. Vetäkää käteen! Annan mä sen 3 pongoo 3/5
Yläasteella taas. Oman aikansa kuva, ja edelleen toimii ihan hyvin! 3/5
Punk rock opera. It's such an interesting phrase, and one that fits Green Day's massive album, "American Idiot". Apparently, more than just signing with a major label and being one of the biggest "pop-punk" act of the early 2000's, they made a CONCEPT ALBUM. With tracks as long as 9 minutes, complex structure, and big guitar and production tricks. Perhaps the only common thing between Green Day's sound and punk's general sound it the political and teenage angst dimension of it. That being said, it's a more demanding listen than I expected. Some tunes and lyrics are fire, but some are too messy to follow. I might listen to it again with more focus, but as of now, I'm not in a mood for some overblown punk rock.
The Dookie/American Idiot dichotomy sums up my issues with aughts-era angst and protest; where the 90s were a relatively peaceful and prosperous time, the youth were angry, didn't know why, and were ready to aim it at everything. With the destabilization of the 00s, the warmongering and conservative-christian values sinking their teeth into a weakened US, musicians descended into a brand of toothless, commercial protest music. There was so much going on at this time, yet the most trenchant observation most of these groups could muster was "the president is pretty dumb, and by proxy so are we Americans." However, there's a whole generation of people who were in middle or high school when this album came out, and it was their first and most accessible expression of anger and dissent. But to me this sounds like a collection of zippy singalongs, peppering in midsong reminders to go hit up the festival's voter registration tent.
Better than I expected!
Nostalgic but not my favorite Green Day although I like that it’s a concept album
I was surprised by the depth of this albums tracks, I only remember the titular track as being from this album, and thought the rest were from earlier albums. Pretty surface level commentary. I think this album got turned into a musical and I can see why you could really thread a narrative of a despondent youth through the songs.
Bold and fun. A great ensemble of songs. Loud for me.
I was a big fan of early Green Day. This album was good, but too poppy for me.
Having heard this album plenty of times already, I'll pass on listening to it again... forever.
Overrated, but solid. I can't fairly give this any less than a 3.
I’m not that into Green Day, their brand of punk always felt too suburban and tame. No real danger, it’s watered down for the mildly rebellious teen. But I can’t deny that this album is full of hits, it’s very easy to listen to, and it takes me back to a specific nostalgic point in my life. This album dropped when I started the 12th grade and it was HUGE at school. Everyone had it on rotation for the better part of that year. I started to really hate Wake Me Up When September Ends with all the airplay it got.
Yet another group I totally missed in their hey-day, and I’m glad this project helped introduce me more thoroughly to their music. They play so super-tight, which I know from experience is very difficult to do, and I like their mix of pop sensibility and punk and rock ethos. Their sound can get a little repetitive at times, but it’s not to the level of repetition that I’m too bothered by it. It’s a small number of people in the band so one does need to accept a certain amount of limitations. Overall, some pretty good work here.
Enjoyable, but I think they would be better live than on a recording.
Shite…… Or not actually somewhat good
Ah it's okay. Reminds me of my German exchange in 2005 and of girls I used to be friends with. Chris was driving me and Sinead down from skipton when we listened to it and he enjoyed it. I was never that fussed at the time and I remain unfussed now.
Prima te luisteren
Leuk, energiek, maar ook wel erg veel van hetzelfde.
nostalgia boner
Goede eerste paar nummers, de rest matig
I like green day but listening to this album helps me make sense of why I never owned one of their cd's in the 90s
Fave
Generic pop punk. Has some good moments, but most of the songs drag. I do like the political message off of the song american idiot. The type of album I'd enjoy more if I was 15/16, think I'm too old to enjoy it now (22).
Better than expected - but not the greatest....it's green day!
It can surprise you by some of the melodic lines, harmonies, or lyrics, but overall pretty straightforward punk music, which only fans of the genre would enjoy
Nostalgicno, najbolje pesme koje sam prvi put cula Holiday i Give Me Novacaine
Great album. I used to just see this as an edgy pop punk album, but the album is much more interesting when you think about what was going on in the US at the time of this release (9/11, iraq war, etc). First half of the album is much stronger than the second in my opinion. Favorite tracks: Jesus of Suburbia Boulevard of Broken Dreams
The well known songs are bangers, but The lyrics feel pretty dated and empty. The slurs used don’t add anything while really ruining my immersion
Never been a Green Day fan even though they create catchy songs with good melodies and hooks. I've heard many of these songs at nauseum on the radio over the last 18 years.
Most iconic punk rock album. Better than i would have rated it. Best: when september ends Worst: undecided
not good as their first
The album has a bit of sentimental value, but it can get rather repetitive. I still like (or love, depending on my mood) American Idiot, Holiday, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, and Wake Me Up When September Ends.
Pretty good and has two of my least favorite green day songs
I can see why this was groundbreaking when American Idiot was released. If I were born a generation earlier, this album would probably be up there with my favourites or at least be remembered fondly when reflecting on the mid 2000s with the anti Bush themes, protests against Iraq and conservative culture. But as I was only 5 when it came out, its political significance has wained and is now viewed as a pop punk rock and concept album classic. In terms of music, not a fan of Green Day but have to admit they have some great riffs and liked half of the songs. The first half of Jesus of Surburbia goes hard, Whatshername is a great closer, and although stolen by Wonderwall, Boulevard Of Broken Dreams is a great pop song. Was disappointed that the one song I liked back in 2005 which was Wake Me Up When September Ends, wasn't as great as I remembered.
Well this is kind of my childhood. I'm very tired of most Green Day songs, but it does have a special place in my heart. 3 I don't understand why half the songs are combined with another one though. It makes for bad songs to put on playlists. Dammit I don't want to like, but there are so many good songs on this one. This album is iconic. 4 I would rather not listen to it though. 3
Good. They aren't really a favorite but most of the songs are good.
Much better when they ditch the 1977 punk styles, although I understand that that’s a lot of fun to play. The “proper” melodic songs are pretty good, which makes for a superior listen than Dookie for me.
There was a big late 90s nouveau punk scene in Wollongong when I was in a band. They represent the antithesis if what my band did. Fast, treble, whining lyrics and that silly fast snare drum tonk. Anyhoo, this was good at what it tries to do. I feel BJ Armstrong was a real driving force behind the scene.
Un album punk(pop) qui a bueaucoup joué à l'époque. J'ai beaucoup de souvenirs des hits de cet album et ils sont bons. C'Est original mais très commercial pour un album punk. 3.10
Thought I would hate this because I remember hating it in 2004. Instead, it's a mix of good songs and bad ballads. Overall it's a meh. Good attempt though. 3/5
I always used to hate Green Day, like most mainstreamy rock bands, but I have warmed up to some of their stuff, mostly pre-AI. I prefer when they pretend to be punk than emo, which is why this does so little for me. At the day they’re just trend changers, and this isn’t a trend I vibe with. D
Never been a big Green Day fan. I think of them as "punk lite" - basically punk music without the danger or rebelliousness, good for suburban, angsty teens. Having said that, this was pretty good. 3 stars.
Poppy punk fun. I wish it was a little smarter but still has solid entertainment value all these years later. More than I expected, actually, haven't visited with Green Day for quite some time. Also solid album art.
Pretty good musically. Lyrically it doesn't connect with me. It's like YA music. It's well done but it's not quite for me.
This came out when I was a teenager and being a massive fan of the Dookie era Green Day I absolutely hated it as it felt like they massively sold out. Listening 20 years later and it's not actually that bad. Ideally the album would be a couple of songs shorter. Far from a classic.
the first 8 songs are like a compilation of their greatest hits 3.5
Jesus of Suburbia is amazing. There are some surprisingly good tunes on this album.
First album suggested to me. Truth be told I only listened to the first song. Seems alright, but as someone who doesn’t really listen rock, it was just average.
Those three chords get old
I liked it better when it came out. I think I’m too old for an hour of punk anthems.