Reviews (page 12 of 15)
Standouts American Idiot Holiday Boulevard of Broken Dreams Wake Me Up When September Ends
I was familiar with most of this album. September ends is one of the most overplayed songs ever behind only Californication. Green Day debut album was right thing right time right place. This one not so much. 3/5
Solid, couple of bangers, great production. I'd forgotten how good green day are. (My god to I hate wake me up when September ends though).
This is one of the first albums I've received on 1001 Albums that I was already familiar with, and it's a tough one for me. I love early Green Day, but this album came out during a time of strong political opinion and issues (much like today). What differs for me personally is that I was much younger and didn't want to be involved in politics. The media was seemingly overbearing and I used music as an escape from it all, so to have an album like this come out from one of my favorite bands at the time felt frustrating to young me (oh the privilege). All this to say: I do not have fond memories of this album, and had to try and reset and give it a fair shake twenty years later. If there is one thing American Idiot is not, it's subtle. Very clear in their disdain for the American military involvement in the Middle East and the Republican leadership of the time (George W Bush), as well as the wave of xenophobia that swept the US after 9/11. With hindsight, hard for me to disagree with their take, and it's shocking that they are seemingly quieter with the current administration. Musically, I still don't think this is their strongest effort. In their desire to make their feelings known, they lost of a lot of the cleverness to their lyrics from previous albums. Some of the music feels derivative (I still, to this day, can't hear "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" without wanting to override the lyrics of "Wonderwall" by Oasis). A lot of the lyrics wouldn't fly today either, even when used intentionally to show the bad intent of others, and it's a bit jarring. It's not as bad of an album as my memory wants it to feel like, and I'm glad I gave it another shake, but still don't think "based on the quality of the music" that it's a fantastic album. It's not a bad album, and it has an important part in music history, but still think Green Day has done better.
Pretty overrated
man patika, bet biskin vienveidīgi
Classic punk, love the band.
I guess they call this pop-punk, but to me it's slickly-produced hard rock showtunes. It's even got a power ballad. I guess I see the charm but honestly it makes me laugh.
Good nostalgia hit. Damn those songs are long
I was somewhat hopeful that this would be the equivalent of the Clash doing the Who’s Quadrophenia. Instead, it was typical Green Day ranging from the great (“American Idiot”) to the mundane (“Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” “Wake Me Up When September Ends”). I’m sure the latter is what gives them the freedom to do the former. But it makes it difficult for me to call myself a fan. 2.5* rounding up.
at one point it seemed to me like it was all one very long 57 minute song, but it must have been the heat 3,5/5 💣
Starts out really strong but loses its footing in the latter half (outside of Wake Me Up When September Ends)
Thematically cohesive but it does kinda drag. Blvd of broken dreams will always be my favorite, and give me novocaine is the underrated gem in this album.
This is a decent pop rock album. I don’t love it, but I don’t hate it either. Maybe I like it a bit more now than I did when it was first released.
About half of this record is good pop punk. And that’s what Green Day is really best at. The rest, I get what they were trying for but it doesn’t appeal to me.
Despite being a decent fan of Green Day in the 90s -- especially Dookie and Nimrod -- I kind of felt like this album was a "jump the shark" moment for the band when it came out. I felt like they'd abandoned their punk ethos in favor of trying to be the punk Meat Loaf or something. Not to mention, while they were always sort of pop-punk, they were more pop then punk now. I was probably a little harsh on it when it came out because I do think there's some good stuff here. I think it particularly starts strong -- the title track, "Jesus of Suburbia", "Holiday", and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" are all pretty solid bangers. From there though, I think it's a bit of a mixed bag. I think the rest of the songs kind of range from just okay to not very good. And while the multi-part rock opera stuff is certainly ambitious, sometimes it works ("Jesus of Suburbia") and sometimes it's a flop ("Homecoming"). The album does end on a good note with "Whatsername", but overall, I don't think the album's execution quite matches its ambition. 3.5 stars.
3.5
Landmark 00s rock opera that at 57 minutes is more like an extended Nickelodeon TV special than a proper fully fledged Broadway piece. There are a trio of actual classic singles on this but outside of those three good songs, the album is more of a big tarpit of mediocre, melodically samey pop punk that oozes with a slightly different riff or time signature every two minutes. Lots of oppressively dull multi-part tracks and album experience is a bit like “fed up of this boring sludge now… ooh Boulevard Of Broken Dreams is on, yippee… fed up of this boring sludge now… ooh Wake Me Up When September Ends yippee!
Dookie is better. Unfortunately I have to subtract a point for this album containing one of my WOAT songs: Boulevards of Broken Dreams
I was 18 when this came out and I couldn't escape it. The songs were EVERYWHERE. I wasn't a fan of it back then mainly because I really loved early Green Day which thisbis a big departure from and the audio fatigue of the singles in this album. 20 years removed, this is a super catchy album with really no bad songs. Lyrically, much of this comes across as faux outrage from an angsty teen. Album is super polished and over produced which can be a selling point for some, but not my thing.
Bombastic but enjoyable
Some good moments on this but not really my cup of tea. I get the feeling that they were trying too hard to be radical
Hard to deny how culturally significant the album is (especially now more than ever) but I think Green Day bit off more than they can chew here. All the singles are great, but it quickly drowns in its own ambition to tell some kind of thematic story. If this was a 6-7 track EP it might be something close to a perfect record.
i would love this if i was 13 I mean that in the nicest way possible
I hated this when it first came out because it’s more Nickelback than punk rock but hearing it 20 years later it’s not that bad.
There’s a lot of love for this. People on this site seem to rate it highly. 3.76 as @ June 2025 is a strong score for an album…I’m just personally not feeling it as much as others. I get that it’s trying to say something, but ‘American Idiot’ just feels like it goes forever and after a while the songs all sound the same to me, diluting its message.
Ну, не слушаю такое
An enjoyable listening experience to a genre of music that I enjoyed once upon a time but the feeling has passed. Favorite Songs: American Idiot / Boulevard of Broken Dreams
One of the few albums I enjoyed as a kid that actually wasn't a flaming pile of garbage. It's not a magnum opus by any means. However, with what passes as marketable pop punk post-Green Day, this is a paragon of quality in comparison. Also, guys can we stop with the wake up this guy after September jokes. Homies dad literally died. 7/10 Favorite Song: Give Wake Me Up When September Ends
Bops but not ones I would feel the need to revisit
It is what it is.
I like the usual suspects that have been overplayed but I wasn't thrilled with the rest of the album.
loses a star for no bookmobile
It's a pretty good high energy album. I'm not particularly in to Green Day but I see the appeal and liked this album when it came out. Well arranged songs with good drum work, political, and good mix between heavier guitar and light rock/ folkyness. This app has now fed us "the idiot" and "American Idiot" albums. Is it sending us a message?
I was halfway through this album, not really enjoying it, until I remembered this was supposed to be a conceptual musical/play soundtrack. Once I locked in with that and created some imagery in my head, it became more enjoyable. “Know Your Enemy” is fun. What is it about Billie Joe’s voice that makes it ripe for Weird Al parodying in every song?
I struggled to determine how to rate this album. I still like the singles, they were the soundtrack to my adolescence. There is a familiarity to them that’s hard to shake. There is also something to be said about the creativity of a punk opera. But at the same time it makes some of these songs boring and makes the whole album kind of boring over all. The use of various words that are now considered slurs makes it a lot harder to talk about what a cultural touchstone. I understand they wanted to emphasize that they were the out group, but it just feels dated and uncomfortable now.
Solid album. 3 pieces bands are always super tight and interesting.
Aah, from a more innocent age when we thought the US electing George W. Bush was hitting rock bottom. Has anyone else noticed that the second half of Jesus of Suburbia sounds like a mash up of All the Young Dudes and Summer of 69?
Busy yesterday. Do not feel I gave this album the attention it deserved. I did like a couple of songs however
5/10 Listen, we all like the hits - boulevard of broken dreams & american idiot are iconic, I can't deny that. But i had higher hopes, they use a very samey structure to a lot of songs and it started to feel like a chore. Long live Dookie. Songs added to playlist: - American idiot - Boulevard of broken dreams
Based
It’s got some hits. Holiday is and will always be my fav. Didnt realize allllll their big singles were this album. Doesn’t age all that well for me but not offensive in any way and generally glad I revisited.
It was alright.
All down hill since dookie
Two Green Day albums in a row… I have nothing useful to say about them; it's not bad, just not something that I'd care to actually revisit, or even inspect more closely.
Weiss nüd rächt - hät scho gueti Lieder debii. Chami trotzdäm nüd rächt aafründe
Ik vond de nummers die ik kende wel leuk natuurlijk, maar de rest deed me niet heel veel. Was er ook naar aan het luisteren tijdens het werken aan mijn scriptie, dus dat zal ook niet geholpen hebben.
Surprised to like this more than when it came out originally.
Not on board with everything here but there’s a few bangers
Manchmal bisschen lame Lieblingslied: St.Jimmy Unliebstes Lied: Are we the waiting
7/10
Raising awareness about American idiocy. Unfortunately not able to stop the spread. Nice try though.
It was an interesting mix of a few hits or near misses. and some stuff that was very forgettable
Lots of recognizeable stuff here, and individually, it's not bad, but its all kinda the same and my ears got tired before the end of the album. High 3.
3.5/5
This album just never did it for me. Hot topic punk. That was the genre I loved the most back then too. I don't dislike all Green Day, but never got big into this album. All that being said, I respect the popularity they gained from this and the broadway show. 3/5.
4, 7, 11, 13
Green Day’s attempt at prog. Very front loaded. Some good songs but trails off in the back half. Ambitious but doesn’t 100% work. OK but could’ve been great.
Very nostalgic, 15 yo Ninske
Not nearly as fun as their early stuff
I remember when this album came out the discourse among my peers was that Green Day "sold out." This was no longer music for losers: Green Day is popular now - time to go back to Bad Religion, The Offspring, NOFX etc. It's funny the lines you draw in your teenage years. This is the first time I've listened through the entire album. I, of course, heard all of the singles. You couldn't avoid them - always clogging up Fuse's music video lineup. The sound aged exactly how I thought it would. It's very much of it's time, and I think that's what makes it an interesting listen. I still prefer Green Day's earlier work.
Harrowing political commentary and highly polished punk feel like such a strange combination to me, which might be part of why this album made such a big splash. It honestly always felt a twinge naïve to me, but maybe I'm even more jaded than most 😅
3 sterne
Några guldkorn
Okay
Iconic. Not, however, good.
Objectively great but there's something about the 200s emo rich sound that I just find off-putting. Good to listen to though.
My first selection from the aughts. I think of them as on the better end of radio alternative in the 90s. They are a minor artist. I appreciate them putting in this effort, it's pretty good. (Theme: I appreciate effort.) Another where Must Hear is not quite true. Top marks for the cover art.
56/1001 - Some cool melodies here and there but I wish it was played by better musicians.
The lyrics and theme feel kind of detached from me. Tones are good but something is somewhat sterile production-wise.
The world would not be worse of without this record as musically there's nothing here you wouldn't have heard elsewhere beforehand, albeit probably in a less watered down way. Then again every generation shall have their copycat history-repeating acts. Hey, there was a time I believed Sha Na Na were a relevant contribution to music history. Regarding their overal global pop market conquering strategies Green Day certainly proved themselves to be winners. It just doesn't make the music any more original. Well done and of relevance for quite a few people I guess so that#s an extra star from me for that.
it's good. too bad I'm bad at paying attention to lyrics and their meaning. I'm sick of hearing "Wake Me Up When September Ends"
someone once told me that I remind them of the song Holiday from this album and I don’t know how to feel about that honestly
I’m not going to pretend I’m a longtime Green Day hater, Dookie was one of the first CDs I bought. That said I don’t love this album, but it’s not that bad either. Classic 3 stars, I think Green Day’s best songs are their snotty punky stuff and there just isn’t enough of that on this album for me.
My wife loves this album. I’m lukewarm on it. But I’ve always been fairly lukewarm on Green Day in general. Y’all ever heard of Rancid? If not, go give them a listen…
I mean, I kinda hate to say this -- this is a pretty good album in my eyes.
Great album I think this is their best!
listened before, some good songs but not my favorite genre
Naim seems to like it
Liked mostly because of nostalgia but Dookie is better
The songs here just don’t do as much for me as the ones on Dookie. Certainly more conceptual and daring, but not particularly better.
12 year old me thought Dookie was the shit (pun intended) for its anger and punk sensibilities, by the time American Idiot appeared, 22 year old me thought this was pop punk at its most anodyne, bland and mainstream and i had nothing but youthful distain for it. Coming back now was a really interesting experience. It still is pop punk with every edge rounded off, its music a left wing politician claims to like when they dont like music and your mum would gladly sing along on Radio 2. However, i cant deny that they can write a jaunty pop tune with a decent hook. Most impressively, this album is littered with lyrics that resonate now (start of Trump 2) more than ever. For that reason im giving it a binus star and hope it gets more play.
This is pretty good, not really for me but there are a few really solid songs on here.
I’m more of a dookie fan but fun album.
Wasn’t hugely impressed by this, largely blended into one. However, Holiday / BoBD is still stunning, what a transition. For that reason it’s a 3/5
Expected to give this a 2 or lower, but it’s a 3. Had only heard the singles back in the day - didn’t even realise Holiday was from American Idiot. Managed to miss Greenday completely in my punk phase, I guess because the narrative was they’d already gone commercial? It’s an ok album, never really boring.
Only really enjoyed 2 of the 4 songs I knew. But can’t really deny the success of those 4 smash hits. Curious how I would’ve felt about them if I hadn’t heard them so many times on the radio before today. Dookie was the first album I ever bought with my own money, and will at least get 4 if not 5 stars if it comes up. This just seems way more commercially produced and frankly not as good. Still I can’t say it wasn’t listenable.
american idiots
I’m just glad Billie Joe and Dick Cheney made up and are now on the same team! Music - 3.75 How punk are they - 0.00
I like the record and obviously have added one song to my repeat list. But it doesn't register as a fantastic record to me.
Oh hey it's Green Day. Wow they are very popular. For me, this album is ok, I do enjoy a concept American Idiot is a great opener and I did enjoy Holiday / Boulevard of Broken Dreams. Wake Me up When September Ends has a nice vide but the rest of it is pretty mediocre.
Solid. Dependable, consistent enough.
Classe one at this point. Not as good as Dookie, but it’s still a good album 3 stars
A few slurs in this eh? I appreciate that I got this right before Trump’s 2nd inauguration and the launch of his shitty meme coin. Fuck Trump and the Oligarchy including his billionaire puppet masters. 3.23
Mainstream Punk at its best.
green day... altijd een twijfelgeval... vond ze altijd een bende posers met hier en daar een goeie song... dit album verandert mijn mening niet... rock operas zijn zo al een genre dat rap kan veranderen in een brij van middelmatige songs met te hoog gegrepen verbanden, laat staan lyrics... dit is zeker geen uitzondering op die regel
Fun, hot and reminds me of teenage times
As good as you can expect from a middle aged punk band.
an emo essential
not my fav green day album
I enjoyed much more while I was younger, still worth a listen, it's aged better than I have.
Solid song craft and power pop. They are no longer punk as far at this point. Sellouts.
I really liked whatshername
First listen. Not bad, just not my cup of tea.
Some nice melodies, but also some very cheesy lyrics. It's hard to take seriously at times.
One of my favorite albums to listen to from start to finish. The broadway musical is great as well!
I'll parrot Mic the Snare by saying that this album has lost a bit of its lustre with overplay, and personally it gets a bit sonically repetitive, but its lyrical ambitions are evident and still hit hard nowadays. I really need to listen to it more than once to fully get into it, but for now, it's a very well put-together pop punk album.
Not bad, some classics
Green Day again. Kings of pop punk, I guess. If Green Day is good at anything it’s bringing people with bad music taste together. Is this really what the people want? A pop punk band full of mediocre musicians making political statements? One bright spot is “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” with the cool guitar.
I do enjoy some Green Day and this is no exception. Credit for having a punk rock album where 4 songs are 7:30+ minutes long. Huge hits in American Idiot, Holiday, Wake Me up When September Ends. 6.5/10 (3.25/5)
When it comes to pop punk-operas, you could do worse. You could certainly do a lot better too.
Better than the sum of it's parts. I could go my life without hearing "Wake Me Up When September Ends" or "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" again, but the rest of the album fits together well.
Safe, commercial teenage angst
Album is not very musically interesting. I was growing sleepy by the end of it. The political commentary is milquetoast at best. I will grant it a 3 because it has some banger tracks: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", "Letterbomb", "American Idiot".
It’s good. I recognize and remember it’s importance, but just don’t like it that much.
A punk rock opera, huh? I think I might disagree. I applaud the ambitiousness of this album but, good god I can't stand the way Billie Joe Armstrong sings. Really most of the pop-punk bands from back in the day, the vocals are all trash. This album was huge when it came out. I mean didn't they make a Broadway show off of this? No comment on the irony of that.... As with a lot of the other stuff from Green Day, I actually like the music fairly well. It's interesting, decently recorded, varies from song to song. But the vocals are just tough for me. Lyrically I think it's ok, a little simple and on the nose but not bad I suppose. I appreciate the message at least. Green Day is a band that I wish I liked more, I just don't. Mostly because of the vocals, I just can't get on board. Generous 3/5
Holiday/Boulevard of Broken Dreams and Wake me up when September ends carried this for me. Honestly I expected to like it a little more than I did, this one just did not click with me as much as Dookie did. Solid but I wasn't floored
American Idiot 3.2 Jesus of Suburbia 3 Holiday 3.3 Boulevard of Broken Dreams 3.1 Are We the Waiting 3 St. Jimmy 2.8 Give Me Novacaine 3 She's a Rebel 3 Extraordinary Girl 3.1 Letterbomb 3.3 Wake Me Up When September Ends 3.3 Homecoming 3.4 Whatsername 3.1 Score: 3.123076923
Pretty good. Felt a bit repetitive at times though. Holiday/Boulevard of Broken Dreams is an all-timer
The production is too shiny for my taste. The songs too poppy, too earnest. BUT. This has heart and spirit. It has ambition. Will I listen to the whole thing again? No. Do I respect it for its heart, spirit and ambition. Yes.
I can see why this is a cultural touchstone for so many people, but it was not original in its commentary then, especially now. The songs are annoying at times, and the catchy hooks lose their pazazz after the constant repeating of them. the strongest point of this album is the start where all the big singles are and a couple more near the end.
This is a timely album, because Trump was re-elected 2 days ago and I also don’t want to be an American Idiot or a part of the “redneck agenda”. The pace is fun and the long pop-punk songs with movements have a soft spot in my heart. Unltimately, it doesn’t fit my taste these days, but I respect it.
Kind of better than I expected, but also just kind of OK. I did like how Spotify combined the tracks, I guess? It made things flow well.
Very well made. The production is top notch and the lead vocalist has very impressive vocal control, but its almost a little too clean. Best Song: Holiday / Boulevard of Broken Dreams Worst Song: Whatsername
A lot of bangers, it was a fun listen and the themes explored are interesting and engaging. The problem is that it gets too one dimentional and therefore bluring the line between many of the songs when the tempo and riffs are so similar. Best song: Holiday / Boulevard of Broken Dreams Worst song: Extraordinary Girl / Letterbomb
Expectations were so low after the last Green Day album but after the reaffirmation that they're a pop band (this is not punk), it began to make a bit of sense. Nothing great, but way better than Dookie, at least.
I don't normally consider myself a Green Day fan, but this album was quite good!
Favorite tracks: American Idiot, Holiday, Give me Novacaine. Angsty. Nostalgic. Not entirely my thing anymore.
This a strong three. I admire the ambition I just don't think it sticks the landing
Quite enjoyed this to be honest 7/10
Super
Flirts with pop punk line Banging out radio hits While still protesting
1) много слёров, хм, 2) он на удивление правильно интонирует, 3) панк и совсем не для меня, 4) но когда медляки начинаются это ещё ничего
Good vibes of rebellion. Enjoyed it a lot. Lots of popular unforgettable songs. Shifted my mood for the day!
I don't like this much, but I could at least tap my foot and hum along to it pleasantly. I don't want to like it, but it's had so much airplay that I know it. I want to give it one star because it's got the feel of something cynically manufactured for the teen buck, but somewhere there's someone like me for whom this is their Nevermind, London Calling or Appetite For Destruction.
This was a rock album that sold like a pop album. I listened to the CD on repeat back in the day, but I've grown up and it hasn't
fan of green day, not boulevard of broken dreams. i have trauma w that song also why is my guy moaning in my ear during it pls stop and just play the music bro.
I don’t really love Green Day a ton, but this album definitely holds up
Decent band, so unlikable as people
It’s ska
Not a big Green Day guy but this ones pretty alright
Political Punk!?!
Loved Dookie at the time but I've never actually sat all the way through American Idiot before. It's alright.
I found this to be pretty much just ok across the board. It’s perfectly acceptable, entertaining arena rock.
2,5
A little overplayed but it was a real statement when it was released.
Has some bangers, but I’m just not a greenday girl
it’s green day duhhh my teenage childhood!
I kind of get it, didn't do much for me.I did like american idiot when it came out but it's wild it inspired so many people.
They make me cringe so much Saying that, some rammers I really enjoyed: American idiot Jesus of suburbia Holiday Wake me up when September ends Will not be listening again but objectively good album !
By the time this album came out I had already soured on Green Day and the pop-punk/Gilbert and Sullivan hybrid was a big turn off for me. It’s still not my thing, but there is some strong songwriting on this.
This album reminds me of winter in Cannes when it came out it. Coincidentally I was in Cannes when it came up in the list. Some Jungian synchronicity shit going on there.... The music is alright like. The way the songs seamlessly meld into one another is a bit weird.... At the time it was a bit weird hearing Americans show any anti American sentiment, so that was cool.
Modern classic.
One of the songs was a bit long but these were highly enjoyable. A few iconic ones but the others are easily forgettable. I like the callbacks of some of the songs & also not a fan of “American idiot” the single
Classic. Can't help but think of Michael and David when I listen to green day ha
I liked it
Ok, I know several hits of this album and I like them, but listening to the whole album is to much, mainly because many of the other songs sound a bit the same to me. I listened the punk rock of the 70's, so most of the songs on this album don't sound 'new' to me.
Anytime this record comes up in conversation (with friends, strangers, my husband), I always say, "it was a landmark record for my sixth-grade class." It's true. Released by Green Day in 2004, 'American Idiot' was possibly the first time my peers and I were swept up in an album cycle that attempted to reflect The Times We Are Living In. Radio singles, interviews, a tour, and an overall buzz in the air, the look of the album serving as a signal of identity. As Robert Christgau says, the visual language on this album is probably the most essential factor in understanding it, especially during its release within a context of a burgeoning pop-punk emo scene that rendered style and artifice over any meaningful substance (be honest). A stark red, white, and black album cover (ostensibly an homage to Saul Bass' title sequence for 'The Man With The Golden Arm') and smoky music videos that played around with colour saturation settings. One such music video was basically a short film with a (pointless) prelude featuring scripted dialogue between Hollywood actors. The album was huge. Starting with the title track, it was anthemic, and operatic, with huge aspirations even if the actual message itself was vague and riddled with a few clichés. Still, Green Day was able to harness the genuine rage and despair of the time and make a song that was genuinely upbeat and fun while retaining subversion. As Christgau pointed out, it "makes being called 'f-----' something to aspire to, which in this terrible time it is." I credited Green Day with producing something with huge aspirations, but to me, most of those aspirations do fall flat. "Jesus of Suburbia" is a good example of this. Did you know that he is our main character in the Odyssey that is 'American Idiot?' Do you even care? Well let me tell you: I don't. And so, while I appreciate a punk band experimenting with a multi-movement song in 2004, it ultimately does not stick. "Holiday," on the other hand, is a fine song and certainly my favourite off the record. The opening guitar has such a sweet, crisp tone that reminds you of these guys SoCal punk bona fides. A great lyrical showcase from Billie Joe Armstrong, who I believe is especially powerful when writing about dogs (please see my review of 'Dookie'): "hear the dogs howl out of key/to a hymn called faith and misery" which is then followed by a well-timed and satisfying "hey!" The call-and-response on this song is a wonderful touch. "Can I get another amen? Amen!" Was there even a first one? No, not in the song at least, but you know everything Billie Joe is saying is true. Is so. Un fait accompli. What is meant by the use of the word 'holiday' here? The idea of being on holiday, or out to lunch, or just spiritually not there, particularly resonates in the Bush-era as our politics increasingly became devoid of facts and data. I wonder if the boys in Green Day stopped to consider whether "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" would be a mainstay in the waiting offices of doctors across the globe. The song has powerful soft-loud dynamics that beautifully channel angst and loneliness, even if the lyrics are a bit sophomoric and goofy. The final 40 seconds or so when guitars start to sound like gusts of wind are exceptional. I can't say that my attention remains as close for the rest of the record as it does here. The transition into "She's A Rebel" is a little bit awkward, but I appreciate Billie Joe's Westerbergian approach of creating complicated female characters that serve as a stand-in for the male author. You know, the production of "Wake Me Up When September Ends" is a bit too saccharine for my tastes, but I will concede that the song captures a beautiful idea about time - needing it to slow down, to speed up, mostly to avoid any suffering. But yeah, I don't know about that 12-minute music video, guys. Many flaws on this record for sure, and once I grew tired of Green Day, I then moved on to some of their influences: The Clash, the Sex Pistols, and the Ramones. So I can't hate it for that reason. B+
OK album. The album isn't really cohesive, but it has some really good songs. This brings me back to Junior High. ***
The very first CD I ever purchased was Green Day Dookie, and I was a huge fan on them at the time. However, by 2004 I was listening to so many different and new things I never found the time to put this album on. It is better than I expected, but it is no Dookie.
pros: it bops cons: activated an unskippable cutscene about the bush presidency 3.5
as a former green day girly who thought the worst in music were people like taylor swift who grew up to be a taylor swift fan this gave me flashbacks to my teenage years and teenage angst. I always thought this one was peak music and I like it very much but I will give this one a bad grade because I cannot bear the embarrasment of being an akward teen and this brought me right back.
78% Best: American Idiot, Holiday/Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Wake Me up When September Ends Must-Hear? No
I think this album was absolutely observant as to the trajectory things have since headed in the last 20 years. I also think it has a strong collection of tracks. However, it also seems a bit lacking in the raw emotion contained in a lot of more political/angry music which seems a bit at odds with the subject, and it did feel samey when I wasn't paying attention - Billie Joe doesn't deviate a lot in the way he sings. I liked the use of double songs. Green Day just don't hit quite right for me so I had to give this a high 3. Fave Track: Holiday/Boulevard of Broken Dreams Rating: 3
3.25
Preferred their older stuff
A solid album
The high points are truly high, and are certainly a mainstay in the cultural zeitgeist, but the rest of the album drags and is forgettable.
It’s non offensive
Not my cup of tea but some good tracks
the best part about this album was when NOFX came on after it'd finished. there was a time when i really liked these guys, but between their change in overall tone and it appearing more and more that billie joe is a dink, it's really hard for me to enjoy them like i used to. i don't want to be that guy, but i really did enjoy their older stuff more, even if they essentially wrote the same song over & over. see also: https://open.spotify.com/album/5xlutZ0sYfJQjVIBOkkeW8
It certainly has a pop charm, dated somewhat now I feel. If you like Green Day then this is one of the better ones otherwise 3*
its a good record with a good sound, suprising. i didnt care for the lyrics cuz i was like 4 when this came out, and the soundscape wasnt that interesting for another listen
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.