American Idiot

pop punk’s last hurrah.

Dope

This is the album that earned my respect for this band. They’re no longer a bunch of entitled suburban derivative punk wannabes. This album made them rebels with a cause, and the noblest and most patriotic of causes. Because it’s Green Day, half of this album is still pretty one-star stupid (and derivative), but there are some five-star songs here, ten years into their career.

Of course I had heard a lot of this. Personally enjoy Dookie better but I think that’s because it means more to me in my personal life.

okay, day 2 i listen to this album my favorite song is american idiot, wake me up when sept end, whatsername,

Tykkäsin ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Lapsuuden yks kulutetuimmista. Hyvä lätty.

I’m not a pop punk fan but this really is worthy of its reputation. Similarly, ‘rock opera’ might not give you great cause for optimism, but it really does nail the experience of being a teenager in the politically charged times of the early 2000s. More than the typical emo/pop punk themes of arguing with your parents or having a wank, this feels genuinely substantive and important in giving a portrait of American suburban life at that moment. The Jesus of Suburbia and Wake Me Up When September Ends are the highlights in showing how that has genuine musical quality too. A bit long, but otherwise great.

Green Day are another album that represented something of a musical blindspot, though I was of course familiar with 'American Idiot' and 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams.' Overall, I was impressed with what I heard. The aforementioned two tracks are obvious highlights but my pick of the punch might be 'Holiday.' 'Jesus of Suburbia', 'Letterbomb' and 'Wake Me Up When September Ends' are other highlights.

I usually don’t get on with pop-punk, but this album is absolutely an exception. The lyrics perfectly capture a sense of teenage frustration and disillusionment with the politics and culture of 2000s America, and the music is brilliant too. It’s just banger after banger, but if forced to pick some highlights, I suppose I’d go for the obvious classics: ‘American Idiot’, ‘Jesus of Suburbia’ (perhaps my overall favourite), ‘Boulevard of Broken Dreams’, ‘Wake Me Up When September Ends’. I’m still not the biggest fan of Billie Joe’s voice, but it’s just too good to give anything less than 5 stars.

Green Day has always been a bit of a cringe band for me, going back to their Dookie days when my neighbor blasted it for what felt like 23 hours a day. Beyond that, they’ve long been the poster child for everything I dislike about commercial pop punk, especially their aggressive, punk driven tracks that just don’t click with me. Take American Idiot, the title track is so annoying I can hardly stand it. But once you get past that song, a lot of the other tracks on this album aren’t actually that bad. Over the years, I’ve found their more melodic songs, like some on this record, to be pretty catchy, and I think Green Day would’ve been much better as an alternative rock band than a punk band. On a side note, I’ll give them credit for their influences, particularly Devo, who inspired them so much that some members formed a synth-pop, new wave side project called The Network, which was a fun little venture for what it was. All that said, Green Day has always been, and probably always will be, a bittersweet band for me. Some moments I enjoy, but others I just can’t get behind.

Like it 3/5

Album : 18/1089 Songs known going in : 9/9 Favourite song : Jesus of Suburbia Cover Art : minimalist but cool Rating : 5/5 Notes : I can't pretend I don't already know and love this album. This is incredibly nostalgic for me. It was one of my mums favourite albums to play in the car when I was younger.

Perfect pop punk!

Very energetic, not the kind of music that I would hear a lot OR everyday, but a perfect album to hit the gym (some song of it at least).

Leuk. Iconisch

I went into this already very familiar with “American Idiot,” “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” and “Wake Me Up When September Ends,” and all three still sound great more than 20 years later. I’m pretty sure I’ve heard the full album before, but it never really stuck with me. It definitely did this time. There isn’t a weak song here. I love the music, the storytelling, and the message, which still feels remarkably relevant today. The album plays almost like a Broadway show, with “Jesus of Suburbia” introducing the main character and the story continuing through the rest of the record. Even the nine-minute songs never feel long because they move through different sections and musical ideas. The deeper I got into the album, the harder it became to pick a favorite discovery because I loved them all. “Are We the Waiting,” “St. Jimmy,” “Extraordinary Girl,” “Letterbomb,” “Homecoming”...every song brings something to the story while keeping the album moving. Twenty-two years later, this one absolutely holds up. No duds, no filler, and definitely one I want in my vinyl collection.

Being a millenial I am too overly familiary with the majority of these songs. The singles in particular are overproduced, however that was the style at the time of course. However there are a number of decent tracks that I wasn't familiar with beforehand like Are We The Waiting, Letterbomb and Whatshername

Este es el primero que de verdad me gusto muchisimo. cada cancion tenia un estilo que me encantaba y a pesar de ser larguisimas no se sentia. alfin se de donde salio ese tema de I walk on a lonely road. 10/10

I am very familiar with this album. It is one of my favorites. 5 stars all day long.

5/10, l'unica che mi è piaciuta circa è novacane qualcosa

I enjoyed most of it. Nostalgia bumps this up quite a bit.

Still relevant as it was when it came out. Songs are great on their own but really shine in the context of the album.

a rare punk rock concept and thematic album. Nice story about a band on the verge of breakup who reconcile and collaborate to make a great album.

One of the best bands of the 90s, some classics on this album.

Good album!

Maybe 3 1/2. I appreciate the anti-fascist lyrics, but too much drum crashing for me.

I like a good protest song! 💪

Algunas canciones me gustaron, otras no. Le doy 3 estrellas.

One of my favorite albums.

Ka es fuckoju ar teenage movie soundtrack tipa dziesmam

Man nepatīk pop-rock vai whatever šis rock žanrs saucas, bet šis albums ir labs

Lead single that gives the album its name is indeed as fun as it ever was. Lyrics do be hitting, too... 9 minute songs??? Pretty cool for what it was. Is that a saxophone?? Holiday and Boulevard are more pleasing sonically than I remember/expected. Governator for example is annoying, and it's kinda like the default I envision when someone mentions punk/punk rock. Too Much Too Soon is kinda similar, but in a better way (not annoying; neat; nothing that really moves me or stays any for a moment longer after it finishes playing). Letterbomb is a step up further for that, noice. I appreciate the inter-song references. --- As a whole, it's pretty good. Didn't deep dive into the lyrics but what I could "get" on the first few listens was good and helps provide more depth to the experience. About as good as it would get for my appreciate of punk rock, I think - unless there's some hidden gem I am not aware of - wherein I liked it musically/sonically more than The Black Parade. Interestingly, though, both the first listen of the album in order and the shuffle listen later on was quite more enjoyable than I expected - I genuinely enjoyed this more than Nirvana's In Utero and even Pantera's Vulgar Display Of Power, which is quite shocking for me. Perhaps I am indeed evolving my tastes through this experiment. Can't give this a 5 as ultimately this is an exercise in subjective listening, and this does not spark the same joy as some of the hidden gems we previously got in this experiment, nor as some of my favorite music, but it does do much better than I thought it would, and than I remembered it for. Strong 4+, or 4 with an upside. Probably better overall than most of my 4s and even some 5s, but lacked the extra spice I like.

I've gone back and forth on writing a review for this album a few times. It's one of my favorite albums and it made me want to be a rockstar as a kid (even if that never panned out), I can say that much without thinking about it. It can seem quite straightforward when it comes to concept rock operas coming off the back of stuff like Pink Floyd's The Wall (the last album the generator gave me) but even still I can't not love this more when I'm part of this album's generation. I do believe it really is a generation defining album owing to it's punk rock coming of age story with some general political sprinklings here and there, but it's really not about politics to the extent of direct criticisms to any political idea or party, at least in my interpretation. It's more about the general state of culture that Millenials and Gen Z were born into at the time and that still resonates today; to borrow a quote from The Sopranos: "It's good to be in something from the ground floor. I came too late for that and I know. But lately, I'm getting the feeling that I came in at the end. The best is over.". I feel like that's what the album is about. Are we the waiting? Of course we are - every generation is - but I don't think that until the new millenium came did we collectively become so pessimistic about the future. That's what the Jesus of Suburbia represents in my eyes. Whatsername represents the collective optimism that was previously had and the nostalgia and longing for it whereas St. Jimmy represents the carelessness that comes from hopelessness. When you're so saddled by the sins of the collective past, it's way too tempting to just numb yourself with Novacaine. Now of course, this is just my interpretation obviously, but I know there's plenty of others out there, and that's the beautiful part of how this album is written. Some see it as a political album, some see it as a punk rebel album, others see it as a coming of age story; all are equally valid really. Pair all of that with rocking punk riffs and delivery from Billie Joe, genuinely fantastic instrumentation from Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool, and Rob Cavallo's massive, arena-ready production, and I genuinely consider this required listening for anyone interested in rock music. The fact that it also marked such a massive comeback for Green Day only adds to the story behind the album.

Твердая 8.5-9/10, интересная история которая тянется на протяжении всего альбома, понравились переходы в песнях. Boulevard of broken dreams и Give me Novacain прямо в сердце.

Favorite Track: Are We the Waiting / St. Jimmy

Although not a huge fan, I think this is a great album, fun to listen too and has some great hits. I understood the importance of it when released but I think the world is worse than it was and now the protest sounds "vanilla" or tame

Охуенный концептуальник, 8/10 поскольку пока не фанат панка. Но зная саму суть альбома - 8 поскольку концетуальники я люблю.

- The title track is not a “bad” song, but I remember it being the best on the album and that is setting quite the low bar for me. - It’s not that I disagree with the politics of this album. I just don’t find this version of Green Day to be particularly listenable.

Не люблю Green Day. Але буду слухати.

It's enjoyable music. It's funny thinking back to the mid 2000s and how sure we were that things were awful and couldn't get worse.

I've never listened to the full album before, I was 20 when it came out. Knowing a few of the songs that were hits off the album, I enjoyed the nostalgia of it. I hadn't realized it was a punk-pop rock opera. Jesus of Suburbia was a highlight. A couple of songs went for too long, but I can imagine set to a storyline, it probably wouldn't feel that way watching it on stage. Not sure I want to own it, but I do think it deserves 4 stars.

Musically wasn't really my thing at the time, and that hasn't really changed. Points for committing to a concept album though

it was the modern concept album. some great songs

La verdad buen álbum pero no soy tan fan de green day

Green Day knocks it out of the park with more bangers. I loved the two long tracks on here, plus how most of the songs came in pairs and blended together. This was pretty much all of the same positives as Dookie, which I was given about a week ago, but even better. Favorite Track: Homecoming

Prinz horror Poppunk zeit. c

Already heard it. Not bad but not my style-too noisy.

Not particularly impressed - but then I never was. Not sure what all the fuss is about really, just the end of grunge.

American Idiot : 4 Jesus of Suburbia : 5 Holiday : 3,5 Boulevard of Broken Dreams : 3,5 Are we the Waiting : 4 St. Jimmy : 5 Give me Novocaine : 3 She’s a Rebel : 4 Extraordinarily Girl : 3,5 Letterbomb: 4 Wake Me Up When September Ends : 5 Homecoming : 2 Whatsername : 3,5 American Idiot is a good album. Problem is, I’m from that generation when it came out, and it was all over the place. Even today, Holiday and Boulevard of Broken Dreams are still heavily played. There’s a couple of songs that reminds me of the old Green Day, like She’s a Rebel and Letterbomb. Don’t get me wrong, that’s a solid album, but the second half isn’t as good as the first. 4/5. Been a while since I’ve listened to it, but probably my next listen will be in a while too.

Feels like college

I’m behind the ideas this album is built on, and GD always kills it on production, but no matter how epic BJ wants to be, he still writes with a rich guy’s caution (even when throwing in the F word completely unnecessarily). I think he thinks they can be The Who and Bad Religion at once, and I don’t think that’s possible, because The Who Sold Out. Dookie is an infinitely better Green Day record, and NOFX’s The War on Errorism is an infinitely better anti-capitalist concept album.

in a world of incredibly polarizing views on this record, i will maintain my Musical Objectivity and admit that my thoughts on this album are just "it's ok".

Wasn't looking forward to this but in the end... Not bad. I was just critical of Queen II for being guilty of "Excess" and I guess the same could be said of this but at the same time where Queen was yelling their story at me, Green Day here were actually narrating. I can understand the praise it got, and even though I won't go back to it myself it won't complain if someone else puts it on.

hay muy buenos hits pero se llega a hacer aburrido, aun asi creo que vale la pena 4

Pop punk and alternative rock feeling like being pulled into a protest march where everyone around me is shouting the same slogans, jumping, pushing forward, and feeding off the collective energy. The guitars, drums, and Billie Joe Armstrong’s forceful vocals make the music feel immediate and confrontational, while the album’s rock-opera structure turns the whole thing into a larger story of alienation, rebellion, and escape. I’m not standing outside the crowd here; the music keeps dragging me along with it, even when its slogans and repeated anthemic gestures start to feel almost too deliberate.

Bra album, men traff ikke helt stemingen i dag.

Another whiny classic. I like it.

I involuntarily heard enough of this album 20 years ago that I never want to hear it again. Hard pass.

For me it isn't a great album, a good one but it quite misses something. I feel like it tries to much to be sand 3/5

Leuk album en ik snap waar de hype vandaan is gekomen toen der tijd. Flinke stempel voor een hele generatie 2 bangers

I never really liked Green Day and after hearing this, I still don't really like Green Day. I can't believe they made a Broadway musical based on this album. That must have been hell.

It seems I know more songs from this album than I thought I did: I was singing along to quite a lot of it. Really enjoyable rock music.

I'm not a huge pop punk fan. I can appreciate the drumming, and it's got its catchy and iconic moments.

This is very much another case of. This album was so good everyone started copying it, making it retroactively worrse, or at least makes it feel overdone. The music is actually well made, and they do at least try to be punk in their lyrics and themes. But there exist another 100 (worse executed) post-punk rock albums from mid to late 00s. Which sadly do negatively affect this album.

Again not a bad listen but didn’t really blow me away either. I can appreciate it

Maybe I AM the faggot, America. 🤔

Good stuff, but not as good as Dookie

meh I only kind of liked Dookie so this is deffff gonna be a no from me dawg

Honestly I was wrong, pretty fly for millenialslop

Loads of tunes

Good

pretty good ngl 7 out of 10

I didn’t want to love it as it is one of my Dads favorite albums. Turns out my dad has taste. Sometimes. Shit rocks.

Is there more than 5

The mega melodic monster that reinvented this band. For a particularly effective example, see "Boulevard-" a song I'd offer as one of the greatest, most recognizable melodies of the century. Maximalist pop rock production with agreeable presentation and equally agreeable instrumental performances, especially by a three-piece.

Blast from the past. Absolute bangers from start to finish. Aged like fine wine, too. Some people think Green Day is lame for whatever reason, or that this album is too refined or blah blah blah whatever. This shit rules.

I’ll admit to having been a bit of a snob about Green Day - I mean I was already in my 40s when this record came out, so I’ve never really been their intended audience. But hey, I’m kinda enjoying this. It’s not very adventurous, musically or lyrically, and the social criticism is mild, but still, much of it is better than I’ve always assumed it would be. “St. Jimmy” is probably what I liked most on here. The music on this track is a little more frenzied, and the vocals not miked so prominently. To me the best punk rock is a bunch of short songs that are a big wall of noise and you have to work a little to figure out what they’re saying.

Always thought this album was great. After new listening I still feel that way.

Some bagers, Songs are really long but good

I can understand the popularity of Green Day’s album Dookie, the videos were on heavy rotation on MTV. What I can’t understand is the success of American Idiot, by 2004, MTV rarely played music videos. I enjoy the hits from this album, but I cannot endure a full album of Billie Joe Armstrong’s voice. It sounds like an imitation of a British punk singer with a cold.

American Idiot is not a perfect album about America. It’s a very good album about being young, angry, alienated and desperate to escape—with America serving as the environment that produces those feelings. And that’s why it has lasted. The politics date. The Bush-era references date. The pop-punk aesthetic dates. But the central feeling doesn’t: “Something is wrong with the world I’m inheriting, and I don’t know whether I should fight it, escape it, or become part of it.” That’s why American Idiot remains powerful.

I wonder if most Republicans are going to not like the message and give it 1 star and Democrats are going to give it 5. Rating it on just the music there are some really great songs on this album. I generally love concept albums but there are some not so great tracks. If l was rating based on enjoyment it probably would be 3 stars but the effort put in to making it a cohesive album earns a bit more respect from me.

Classic. Album from my childhood. Could be harsher.

Didn’t even need to listen to this to know it’s a 5. I listened to this album on repeat in high school when it came out. Such amazing memories. But I happily listened to it again today and it hit even deeper 20+ years later. Love Green Day so much!

This isn't bad. If I'd been in high school in 2004, I would've grooved on it. As it is, I appreciate the ambition, the multilayered production and the various rock 'n roll pastiches (especially on Homecoming). But if I'm being honest, if we're going to go for this level of theatricality, I prefer the batshit OTT-ness of My Chemical Romance.

This album surprised me. I’d always associated Green Day with corny 2000s punk rock, but there’s something genuinely nostalgic and melodic about this one. 7/10

Green Day were one of my first favourite bands. Dookie changed my life when I heard it as an 11 year old in '94. It was one of the handful of albums that set the trajectory for my tastes and identity for my entire teens and into my twenties. I was a very different 21 year old when I heard this for the first time. Much more jaded and into far heavier punk and hardcore. To that 21 year old this was at best a cutesy novelty and at worse a gross, overly commercial betrayal. It certainly signalled the end of Green Day being one of my favourite bands. Revisiting it for the first time my opinion has softened. It's a lot of fun! Billie Joe seems like a good guy, ambitious and earnest, more in the lineage of songwriters like Paul McCartney and Paul Simon than Lou Reed and Jello Biafra. He has a strong grasp of rock n roll structures and melody, and he swings for the fences here. The biggest touch points on this album are, of course, other rock operas, most notably Tommy, but there are little referneces and easter eggs littered throughout to classic rock. There are some moments that haven't held up, most notable the two 'balleds' the turgid Wake Me Up Before September Ends and Boullevard of Broken Dreams. The upbeat numbers are a lot of fun, and the multi song pieces are enjoyable in their composition without overstaying their welcome or being too clever. This album was definitely the moment Green Day left behind any remaining punk cred and fully embraced their theatre kid future. 21 year old me was furious, but I've changed. It's good to change. Green Day changed and acheived one of the most successful second acts in modern rock. Good job guys.

#424 Having not listened to this in a good 20 years, I kind of assumed I didn’t like it enough. I owned it at the time and even went to see them play on this tour but I probably drifted away from Green Day after this. I thought this would be a bit bloated and overlong, however, I enjoyed my listen today and it certainly didn’t outstay its welcome. I also don’t think I appreciated at the time that this was a bit of a concept album / rock opera, the latter would certainly put me off usually. Heard before? ✅ Would I revisit? ✅ Listen before you die? ✅ Fave track(s): Jesus of Surburbia Rating: 7/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

didnt age too hot. 2.5

Liked this way more than I expected. Good album.

As far as I am concerned this was the very peak of pop-punk 14 year old me would be outraged if I give this anything less than a 5. Luckily that's not who I am anymore. That said, I still know a not-insignificant chunk of the lyrics to Jesus of suburbia a full 22 years later, and probably at least 12 since I last listened to it. And the meme-status of boulevard of broken dreams & wake me up when September comes are worth at least some extra points. So maybe I return to a 5 regardless? Not because I strictly think so now, but because some tribute must be paid to the teenager I was.

One of my first experiences with the more counter culture side of music. Welcome to Paradise may not be on here but it is one of my favorite nostalgic songs

Eu achei que não conheci Green Day tão bem assim.. e esse disco me provou o contrário. É quase que uma trilha sonora da adolescência. Isso que na época em que esses caras explodiram eu tinha muito pouco acesso a música em geral, sem internet, sem celular, sem computador, apenas uma televisão e programas estilo MTV que passavam tudo aquilo que fazia mais sucesso. Mesmo assim bandas como Green Day, Simple Plan, Fall Out Boy sempre estiveram marcadas na mente com músicas e músicas que marcaram a época. Boulevard of Broken Dreams é uma das minhas músicas favoritas da infância, e é engraçado que cresci ouvindo mas demorou muito pra eu realmente entender o puta soco na cara que é a letra dessa música. Na verdade, muitas das músicas dessa época nós crescemos ouvindo sem saber que eram hinos repletos de críticas sociais. Holiday, Jesus of Suburbia, WMUWSE.. esse disco é praticamente uma coletânea de tão bom. É pesado, consistente, marcante. Uma obra prima que atravessou 2 décadas e continua sendo extremamente influente.

This wasn't it for me. Needs an editor, these songs don't need to be doubled up, and don't need to be more than 3 minutes. Get back to your punk roots.

didn't age as well as I'd hoped. very corporate punk, almost?

Green Day is a guilty pleasure for me. I generally don't like the "pop punk" genre. This album has a few longer, more ambitious songs, and some of the singles are pretty good. But it's not a good album start-to-finish. There's quite a few skipped songs on this album.

Bra punkskiva. Lättlyssnad. 7/10

Music is so formative. This album was everywhere when I was 16 and my mind instantly goes right back. The first half is a greatest hits album. I don’t really understand the stylistic choice to couple some of the songs up - makes listening unnecessarily cumbersome but otherwise I love it.

I have previously only heard the album "Dookie" by this band, and compared to that, this release is more mature both musically and lyrically, though that's not saying very much. The album's political and social commentary borders on superficial, but thankfully the music is good. The songs are diverse for punk rock, ranging from shortish, sub-three-minute tracks to minor epics approaching ten minutes in length and comprising multiple sections. The early tracks are particularly good, but the quality doesn't really drop towards the end, either.

A record stuffed with inescapable hit singles, I'll admit to having listener fatigue with many of the songs here due to how often I heard them as a youth. That does not mean they aren't great songs, as they blew up for a reason. Green Day could have just put out Dookie soundalikes and would still had a decent career but instead they choose to do something that is incredibly ambitious. The pop punk is still here, it's just more grandiose with songs like "Jesus Of Suburbia" hitting 9 minutes and featuring vastly different sounding sections. The album runs its course once the emotional ballad "Wake Me Up When September Ends" finishes up as I don't think the final two tracks added anything that wasn't already there and the generic "Whatshername" feels like a rather limp way to close such a bombastic record. I think that My Chemical Romance is did the whole pop punk rock opera thing better, but I will give Green Day credit for doing it first.

I knew this was a good album, and it is a little better than I thought. 4 stars or B+.

Can't stand it so boring

ist Green Day im perfekten Adrenalinrausch: politisch scharf, melodisch treffsicher, jede Hook sitzt wie ein Schlag ins Gesicht. Das Album hat denselben Generationen‑Punch wie Nirvana – nicht dieselbe Verzweiflung, aber dieselbe Wucht, denselben Abdruck im kollektiven Gedächtnis. Ein moderner Punk‑Rock‑Meilenstein und ich bin ein Jahr älter .. when September ends 😊.

The pop-punk opera we never knew we needed.

"American Idiot" and "I walk alone" are the ones I knew well. Hadn't really taken the time to listen to the entire album. It's good. Great, well I don't know. I think a four for being a great album, but nothing feels particularly innovative or original.

Easily one of the best rock operas written by one of my personal favorite bands. I’ve been listening to this album since its release and saw the stage show when it came through town years ago. Telling the story of Gen Xers/older millennials at the time of the illegal war with Afghanistan and Iraq perpetrated by the Bush administration. A true protest album to the state of affairs calling out the war and the folly of youth. Filled with themes of rebellion and regret, drug abuse, and tragedy. But, in the end, those that survive will move on with life, occasionally remembering those who were once a part of it. It’s such an incredible album that it was just recently featured at the Super Bowl over 20 years since its release. Impressive songs, impeccable pacing, and outstanding writing. I relish the excuse to listen to it again.

3.5

Одна из величайших рок-опер и наверное главный альбом Green Day. Не сказал бы что я огромный фанат группы, но отрицать величие этого альбома не могу. Он монументальный, с отличным развитием и динамикой песен. Особенно классно звучат монументальные композиции типа Jesus Of Suburbia. Вобще однозначно гениальное, но для меня не на 5/5

Listening session: august 19th, while getting ready in the morning Listened to before: heard two songs before Thoughts: fun album with a few recognizable songs, but I still like Dookie better Favourite tracks: American Idiot, Holiday / Boulevard of Broken Dreams & Wake Me up When September Ends

I'm glad it's been a while since I've listened to this. Gave me a clear mind to rate this. Their best album, hands down, even though Dookie was my thing in high school. Let this album pass me by in my early post-college years. Love it. 5/5

Absolutely a 5 star album! Love that this came up shortly after I saw the musical at the Straz.

I have never been a fan of Green Day. Not sure why. Boulevard of Broken Dreams is fun... other than that this is whatever. I just don't like Green Day that much.

Lekker

A pop-punk staple (and a formative record that I actually grew up with.) Hard to ignore the cultural impact of this one.

It's just great

First time listening on proper gear to this record. Pleasantly surprised by the production and details.

it has its appeal to a certain audience. this type of American rock is not really my cup of tea, but there are some ok songs that i could listen to. I have given it the service to give it a second objective listen and my opinion remains pretty consistent. There are a few notable songs, Whatsername was the best song. I was going to say Jesus of Suburbia was the worst song, but then Wake me up when September Ends came on. 3.5 stars, but not enough to make it a 4

Jesus of Suburbia better than I remembered

I liked it way more than i thought i would, but it still didn't blow my mind. I simply am not a very big fan of pop punk.

The album that put them back on the map as a big league rock band for the millennium. I'm sure John Lydon had a lot to say about a punk rock opera and it makes you think how powerful the satire and protest is compared to the political climate of now. It certainly is very tuneful and they do sound quite familiar at times, even having the character of the recent Scooby Doo TV theme! Although bits of it are a but clunky, I'm not a fan of the penultimate song, but many of my GCSE students have been assessed playing the title track, wake me up before September ends and Boulevard of broken dreams over recent years. A good effort and a grammy winner no less.....

I like Green Day when their songs are short. Good hooks nonetheless.

There's not a lot new songwriting here compared to the kerplunk to nimrod era, but it's still solid work

A frustrating album: there's plenty of fun but everywhere - from production to songwriting - things are flubby and unfocused. one 9 minute song in a pop-punk album is a fun dare; two is hubris, and falls on its face.

musically feels a bit like mcdonalds, tastes alright but devoid of anything interesting billie joe armstrong's voice is nails on a chalkboard unbearable i appreciate the whole political punk rock opera thing (theatre kid (derogatory)) but it does ends up feeling very cheesy

(4/5) This is the best Green Day album, IMO. The music is a bit more polished and mature and their songwriting is sublime, compared to earlier stuff. In fact, that's really the draw -- the earnest messaging and writing. Our list group chat for this project effectively pondered (.. I'm paraphrasing and adding a bit..) "Who would have known it was Green Day of all bands that would adequately predict our stupidest dystopia?". Plenty to like. So, the cons of this album? The sorta Green Day/pop-punk sameness of the arrangements, it's on the long side, and it was frankly overplayed in its time. I didn't get into and appreciate it until well after the hype died down. When it was on top of the world, I wasn't a fan. I didn't actively hate it, I just didn't care. That's why it's **good** (maybe really good) but not **great**.

I had Green Day fatigue by the time this came out, and the avalanche of pop-punk impersonators (Blink 182, Sum 41, Good Charlotte, etc...) didn't help. There's good material here, surely, but it also tends to sound like all of their other good material. Add in overplay, Broadway productions, talking heads jabbering about its optical messaging, and generally too much exposure, and you have an album I was happy to dodge when I could. Listening again more than twenty years later, it's good but not great, despite the messaging being predominantly in my wheelhouse. It rounds up to a 3/5, and you can wake me up when this album ends.

172. American Idiot - Green Day (2004) 8.13.26 Variety: 3 Adequacy: 5 Listenability: 3 Uniqueness: 2 Emotionality: 2 = 3.0 "He steals the image in her kiss/ From her heart's apocalypse" I've never been the biggest Green Day fan ( I gave Dookie a 3.2/5) but their hits were damn solid, and I liked them enough. After Dookie, the next few seemed to have diminishing returns as far as hits go, though "Good Riddance" was and still is pretty huge. By the time American Idiot came out the strongest reaction from me would have been something along the lines of "oh they're still making albums? Huh." When I heard the big single, and read some of the press about the thing, I was a bit more intrigued, but a train wreck sort of way. The idea of a concept album with such very earnest and seemingly well-intentioned but possibly naive ideas did momentarily fascinate me enough to realize I did not want to listen to it. The whole idea had the stink of a massive overreach, and seemed like the sort of clumsy, if admirable take that your average politically responsible highs school sophomore might have. If the term had been in style at the time, I might have said it seemed to be very cringe. It got a lot of critical acclaim though, and though I think I probably align pretty much politically with these guys, it seemed like maybe some of this positive reaction was focused more on the ideas, ambition, and less so on the actual music. When it later hot adapted for the stage, it turned me off even more from wanting to hear any of it, and aside form the two big singles, I'm not sure I've ever heard any more of it. Well into middle age, I find myself a lot more forgiving of this sort of blazenly earnest material, but I also place a lot more value on the quality of the songs as entertainment. Will the melodic content of this balance out the messaging? I like brussels sprouts just fine, but if someone is lecturing me about how good they are, and browbeating me for not eating more, it just makes me want to go eat a steak. THE TRACKS "American Idiot" - The opening track is just as catchy and energetic as I remember, and it's a fine distillation of the band's previous work, cleaned up and performed with a bit of slickness that I appreciate, but that I can't blame some fans for despising. The whole "they sold out" thing doesn't really exist anymore, but I think was probably still hanging on enough at the time. I'm sure the band had been dealing with that nonsense since Dookie though. As an added bonus we got the Weird Al parody "Canadian Idiot" out of this, so... "Jesus of Suburbia" - This was fine. It seemed like a pretty coherent and cohesive song suite instead of a Frankensteined cobbling together of leftovers which these things usually feel like. I noticed an apparent lift of or nod to Bryan Adam's "Summer of '69" near the beginning which was unexpected. I really liked the 50s and 60s throwback elements like the opening drum beat, and the harmonies and xylophones later on. Weirdly it seemed that the bass was VERY low in the mix here, which sucks as that's one of my favorite things about the band. The piano ballad ending was pretty awful, and while I won't be focusing on the lyrics too much ( maybe a little more than normal given the nature of the project) they are pretty uniformly awful. "Holiday" - This is one I do vaguely recall. This feels much closer to the sort of thing I like about the band. Very catchy and punchy, though still missing the giant bass sound I like so much. I tried playing this back at 1.25 speed and it sounds even more like their old sound. "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - I remember not caring for this when it came out. It seemed too nakedly self-absorbed and self-pitying, despite the undeniably catchiness. I think at the time I likened it to similarly bluntly oversharing stuff by Third Eye Blind. Listening to it now, the lyrical content does not bother that much, and is not that much clumsier than a lot of other very good "woe is me" tracks I could think of. "Are We the Waiting" - The pounding echoey drums on this put me in mind of something I might have heard on a Brice Springsteen album. The slow pace and the chanted chorus probably makes for a good excuse to get those phone lights out at the arena. It's ok, but has a bit too much "Rattle and Hum" U2 about it for my tastes. "St. Jimmy" - Another throwback number, this one's a blisteringly fast and full of that old punk energy. Unfortunately it's lacking in any memorable melodic hooks. Pints for the speed and vitality though. About two-thirds of the way through is gets a bit Who-esque with the harmonies and drumming which was nice. "Give Me Novacaine" - I appreciated the change up here with the acoustic sound at the beginning, and the contrast of the full on balls to the walls chorus work well enough. It's still pretty characterless aside from Armstrong stretching himself a bit in the vocal melody. "She's a Rebel" - Possibly the most generic song on the album so far, this one feels like the band got stuck on autopilot and just keep playing the bridge of another better song over and over again for the duration. I do hear what sounds to be some handclaps WAY down in the mix, barely audible. This could have used some more silly poppy touches like that. Imagining this as a 60s garage pop song and I could see it working. "Extraordinary Girl" - The opening of this one with it's world beat drum loop is unlike anything I've heard on any Green Day track. And wow... speaking of a 60s sound, this is maybe the most blatantly power pop the band has been. This is a sound I could really get behind, and it's a very successful take on the genre. Give me a whole album of stuff like this. Recognizably Green Day, but with a seemingly loving nod towards stuff like Matthew Sweet or maybe even the Exploding Hearts. And you can actually hear the handclaps on this one. Thumbs up. "Letterbomb" - Maybe I'm still coming off the high of the last song, but this worked incredibly well for me as well. Cleaner and poppier than their old stuff, but with the same level of energy and speed that I love. This is like if Weezer ( a band I mostly like) had some real balls. "Wake Me Up When September Ends" - oof. Sincere AND soft is not your strong suit, Mr. Armstrong. It only works on "Good Riddance" because of the nasty message buried within and the S-tier melodies. This kind of thing is best left to acts like the Goo Goo Dolls. It vastly improves when the guitars kick in, but loses none of the schmaltz. "Homecoming" - Where the earlier suite sounded more cohesive if a bit bloated and too long, this one does indeed sound like several partial song ideas that were cobbled together, and is far less successful as far as this sort of thing goes. It reminded me of a lot of the stuff I didn't like about the Who's Tommy. It makes the stage musical easier to understand I guess though. "Whatsername" - I did not expect Green Day to drop an 80s new wave rocker on us. This was pretty damned great. I was reminded a little of the Cars, a little of Weezer, and maybe a few other things. And yet it still sounds like Green Day, and not them trying to do a pale imitation. A great closer to a very uneven album. HIGHLIGHTS - "American Idiot" - "Holiday" - "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - "Extraordinary Girl" - "Letterbomb" - "Whatsername" MIDLIGHTS - "Jesus of Suburbia" - "Are We the Waiting" - "St. Jimmy" - "Give Me Novacaine" - "She's a Rebel" LOWLIGHTS - "Wake Me Up When September Ends" - "Homecoming" FINAL THOUGHTS Being a dyed in the wool progressive/leftist myself, I find the political messaging, and social commentary here to be on point, and still largely relevant. It's the rather blunt, and unartful packaging of that message that turns me off though. The thing that made the band great in my opinion was the slightly edgy, fuck you attitude that infused their super catchy, tightly played, hooky punk pop gems that got in and out quickly. They had a lot to say even on Dookie I'd argue, but they did a much better job of couching their views in great punchy songs that were enjoyable listens. While there were highlights, it mostly felt like a slog. I don't want to feel like I'm doing homework when listening to music, and this comes as close to that as anything we've had on here yet. Armstrong is no Bob Dylan ( not many are, including latter day Bob Dylan) but at least it's admirable that him and the other guys were willing to make their opinion heard, and it likely inspired a lot of young people to get be more politically motivated. Just in the years since then, my inner pessimist seems more and more willing to admit that this sort of thing, if it eve =n does mobilize or inspire, has a very limited shelf life as far as influence goes. The giant boot that's been stamping on the face of humanity seems to have just gotten bigger, and it's pressure much worse. Which makes something like this feel naive and ultimately pointless in the face of the ruthlessness, and aggressiveness, of the never ending push by the chuds in power to maintain that power. Protest music in general always seems like a great idea, and the best of it is full of the kind of subtle craft that implants ideas and makes you recognize hard truths. When I want to listen to a powerful screed against power, corruption, greed, I'll always choose someone like Stevie Wonder over something like this, as the medicine goes down so much easier. And seeing as I'm far too set in my middle class ways to ever help enact any sort of real, lasting change, I'd much rather spend my remaining years enjoying what few pleasures we have left. Musically, this is a mixed bag. The band is matured for sure, and it's very professionally put together, but it feels sapped of the raw energy and fun that Dookie-era Green Day had on a good half of the album, with some glaring missteps, and some very welcome unexpected treats. But I get why it's on the list as a cultural artifact. On a whim I played "Holiday" at 1.25 speed and was pretty surprised at how much better it sounded faster paced. Went back a relistened to the first four tracks that way, and had the same effect on me. Even "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" works really well like this. This is an album for young people who need the ideological reinforcement Armstrong and company can offer, and it entirely missed me when I would have theoretically been its target audience some 22 years ago. What I appreciated most about it was the great playing, and the willingness to occasionally venture outside their formula. It'll never be in rotation for me as an album, but there are several great tracks on here which I'll definitely be revisiting, and their strength, along with the ambition on display are enough to lift it up into a like for me. PLAYLIST ALTERATIONS - Those highlights make a pretty great EP's worth of tracks FURTHER LISTENING - Tommy by the Who - The Wall by Pink Floyd - Sandinista! by the Clash - Rattle and Hum by U2 - Guitar Romantic by The Exploding Hearts

“During the Vietnam War... every respectable artist in this country was against the war. It was like a laser beam. We were all aimed in the same direction. The power of this weapon turns out to be that of a custard pie dropped from a stepladder six feet high.” Here we have the face of the anit-Iraq War/ Bush Era music. This is essential listening for historical purposes no matter your opinion on Green Day. “Dookie” was the 5th album we had on this project and it got a 5 from me. I was a high schooler when that album dropped and it was custom made to appeal to me. Between “Dookie” and “American Idiot” was the graduation staple “Time of Your Life” and “Brain Stew (The Godzilla Remix)” off the soundtrack to 1998’s Godzilla. It was awesome in that they just took the regular Green Day song “Brain Stew” and added Godzilla roars to it. Best track on the album, believe me, I owned it. That stretch of years from teenager to middle 20s is one of the longer ones in your life, and Green Day had faded from my consciousness over that time. So believe me when I tell you I was not prepared for political commentary in the music of Green Day when they reemerged. I was prepared to enjoy the punk sound, and remember liking Green Day. But they surprised me. “American Idiot” is their “I didn’t know they had that in them.” album. I didn’t know they had it in them to address such weighty topics. (Boulevard of Broken Dreams) I didn’t know they had it in them to write 9 minutes songs. (Jesus of Suburbia; Homecoming) I didn’t know they had it in them to pull such pop psychedelic sounds. (Give Me Novacaine; Whatshername) I didn’t know the band best known for having mud fights with the Woodstock ‘94 crowd would become the face of popular resistance for my generation. (American Idiot; Holiday) And what does that say about us? I enjoy most of this album, but not as much as Dookie. Its a 4/5. Its a must listen but for me its too tied to its specific era of 2004 and all that was happening in the world at the time. Sadly, we’re still dealing with the consequences of that time period now. Wake me Up when September Ends.

You know what, I've never enjoyed pop punk, but this album is actually doing something, isn't it? Granted, it's got the typical pop punk curse of never having enough enough distinction to differentiate one song from another, but it makes some great choices, like pairing a few songs into these great medleys. Obviously there's no denying that the singles from this are solid, solid tracks, in spite of them being played to death in my childhood. Maybe my only issue with Green Day and this era of pop punk is that over exposure I had to endure before I really had a taste in music. Anyway, any album that's willing to do a fast "1-2-3-4!" In a tiny break of the drums is worthy of a three stars in my book. Take it or leave it, Billy Joe

Idk why I just don’t really care for Green Day, good music just don’t care much for the tone

my problem with the album is that although gatekeepers wont call it "Real Punk" like how they would not call linkin park "Real Metal", every part of this album is bombastic and grandoise and it perfectly functions as something that i would like. like, holiday and boulevard of broken dreams has went triple platinum in my household. 5/5!

So easy to listen to! Longer than I remember it being...I'm still a fan even if things start to blend together in the last few songs.

As someone who grew up in the 2000s, I cannot deny the crossover appeal American Idiot accumulated. Even before I formally got into rock music, I was enjoying singles like "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" and "Wake Me Up When September Ends" on mainstream radio. Then once I formally got into rock music and started going through Green Day's discography, I came to realize how well this record held up in their catalog, long after they first broke into the mainstream with Dookie. The neat part about a record like this garnering such mass appeal was that it was made without compromising the band's ambition here. Let's be clear, this was not the originally intended follow-up to Warning. That album was not well received at the time, even if in hindsight it's an underappreciated gem. But because of the reception at the time, the members of Green Day decided to make a more straightforward return to the fast-paced punk music they began with on what would have been known as Cigarettes & Valentines. But the master tapes for that follow-up were stolen, so after consulting with their longtime producer Rob Cavallo, the band ended up working on a new record from scratch. The new direction the band took would be to write a "punk rock opera", inspired by the rock operas that The Who and David Bowie had done before. Now, it's not the first time such a concept had been done for punk - Hüsker Dü's Zen Arcade springs to mind. But given the reach Green Day built and Billie Joe Armstrong's disdain of America when the Iraq War was underway, there was potential for such a format to ascend. Boy, did it ascend, right through the roof. I think what worked in American Idiot's favor is its accessibility. For as much as it is meant to be an "opera", the songs still maintain that approachable pop-punk songwriting that the band had fine-tuned up to this point. That much should be evident from the 3-minute fervent explosiveness of the opening title track. From there, the mood is set for the 9-minute "Jesus of Suburbia", introducing the antihero of the story through a series of movements that can go in some intriguing directions while being easily dissectible, like the jaunty piano-driven "City of the Damned", the almost ballad-like "Dearly Beloved", and the anthemic closer "Tales of Another Broken Home". Even when songs are paired together, like with "Are We the Waiting" into "St. Jimmy", or are multi-movement like "Jesus of Suburbia" and "Homecoming", the individual components can be enjoyed on their own and in unison. Also adding to the accessibility of this record is the story's intentional vagueness. Sure, there are characters in this narrative, with the aforementioned Jesus of Suburbia, St. Jimmy, and Whatsername. But those characters serve more as archetypes to resonate with. It's a risky move, but it allows the themes of this album to shine - the disenfranchisement, the isolation, the frustration towards what's going on in the modern world, and striving to survive in it; concepts that feel universal and managed to maintain relevance. The one exception to the loose narrative and theming would be the melancholic ballad "Wake Me Up When September Ends", chronicling Billie Joe's life after his father's death. It's a rather touching song, coming from a rather earnest place. If I had to nitpick, it would be in a manner that, weirdly enough, reminds me of how I felt about John Grant's "Jesus Hates F-----s". From the get-go on the title track, Billie Joe uses that f-word in his vulgar language toward the mass media's orchestration of public hysteria. But he did establish his bisexuality as far back as "Coming Clean" off of Dookie, and he directs that word unto himself, so he gets a pass in my book. That said, the use of that r-word in the "Dearly Beloved" segment of "Jesus of Suburbia" hasn't exactly aged well. But that's one bold word in a sea of them, so it's not enough to take me out of the experience. Finally, I'd be remiss if I didn't point out how largely subdued Mike Dirnt's basslines have become over the years. By this point, he more or less follows Billie Joe's guitar lines across the board, even when Dirnt's bass becomes noticeable, such as during the bridge on "Holiday". But considering the guitar parts are already amazing, I'll let it slide here. Overall, I adore American Idiot. This record has surprisingly held up over the years, as Green Day managed to reinvigorate themselves. The band would continue with the "punk rock opera" format for 21st Century Breakdown, before becoming creatively spent with the 2012 trilogy and subsequently returning to their straightforward punk roots with Revolution Radio and Saviors (the less said about Father of All..., the better). In any case, I'm glad that this album exists, as such a tenacious statement towards the modern era.

Yay

The titular track, "American Idiot" is just the song of an entire generation. Some songs are staples of their zeitgeist, this is definitely one of them for the early 00s. The iconic power chord set, the megaphone vocals... despite being political in nature, it is just super fun. Those telltale guitar chords associated with the band (and I think would be for many more years to come) are present in "Jesus of Surburbia", used in a cool way with the a triple slam of the chords prefacing the chorus. Despite all the variation with the piano sections and the more anthemic vocals around the 5min mark and beyond, this track was a little long in the tooth for me. Then comes the more depressively romantic "Boulevard of Broken Dreams". Between it's pianos, consistent bass, ringing guitar chords and Billie's vocals... it makes for something I've always found truly special. It's another track that definitely bears the mark of it's time, but it's still a great track. The way is breaks apart in the end with it's sinister guitar also delicious. "St. Jimmy" is arguably more punk than what came before, that machine gun guitar riff at the beginning and thrashy chords after really bring the energy. From memory, the rest of the album plays on these tone shifts from something fun and punky to melodically somber; from "Letterbomb" to "Wake Me Up when September Ends". Also really enjoyed: "Holiday", "Extraordinary Girl", "Shoplifter". Overall, it's hard to deny how much I loved it when I first heard it in 2004 when I was a teen; one of those gateway albums that delivered me from Eminem and Electronica into a world of modern guitar laden music. In many ways it still holds up for me, especially as it represents a sound I'm hearing less and less of with the release of new music from new artists.

Yep, definitely a classic and easy 5 star. If anything I don't listen to this album that much these days just because I've listened to it so much before and the songs were EVERYWHERE. But certainly not a fault of the album.

Hall of fame album that has a ton of bangers on it. 8.6/10

A lot of bangers. but for me, the lesser known songs hit hardest. the transition of Are we waiting/St. Jimmy was awesome. Great album.

Top tier pop punk… 3.9

Couldn’t believe how many hits there were on this album. It’s packed, and even the songs between the hits are pretty solid too. Helps that it was a big part of my late teens. 8/10 Most Excellent

7/10 There is no doubting BJ Armstrong can write a tune, and this features some great ones. Paired with the rather excellent punk sensibilities of the bass and drums, this is a top record. However, I care not for the medley nor a rock opera, and both of those have a strong presence here

green day = bad album day. 2

It’s a bit over-long, and a bit self-satisfied and self-important, but it’s a good record. The story in the concept doesn’t really hang together, or have any real direction, but that doesn’t really matter - it’s more of a mood piece imo, and as such it does display the anger and disaffection of the time. And, let’s be honest, that’s only got worse over time, hasn’t it?

So much of this is super heavy-handed, way moreso than I remembered from when I first heard it as a teen. I suppose that makes sense though, for a couple of reasons. First, the post-9/11 era caused everyone everywhere to become pretty stupid, and it really was that ridiculous. Second, I was a teen in the target audience, I highly doubt I would have picked up on any kind of subtlety, especially in music where I wasn't particularly looking for it. Still, it's good for what it is.

This was probably the biggest album of the time when it came out, it was everywhere. Everyone seemed to copy that whole black shirt red tie thing. Seemed to give Greenday a resurgence, and really elevated them beyond the usual pop punk status. I loved this at the time, but find it quite tedious now. I was never a huge Greenday fan anyway, but find this a bit more irritating than their other stuff. It’s still canny, decent pop punk classics on there; but it aint for me anymore.

This album landed at absolutely the right time for me to be obsessed with it, after listening to pop punk for a few years something just slightly different (also ese blink-182s self titled) was very interesting. Wore a few black shirts with red ties to college, good times. Haven't listened to it in a good few years but it was a lovely nostalgia trip. Jumped out to me how lacking in humour it is, which was a departure from Green Days previous stuff. Dead Kennedys (which GD clearly love) showed you can do political stuff and still be funny, so it's a shame they didn't take this a bit less seriously, think it would have benefitted. It's a bit too dramatic and musical, I definitely listen to dookie and Nimrod every so often so this definitely didn't stick with me as much. This was a great listen though and my younger self would be giving immediate 5s.

I don't think there's enough pop/punk/rock on the list. American Idiot was massive when I was younger, and I was the perfect age to be influenced by it. Hearing Holiday played from tinny old phones in the school canteen, and watching the video for Boulevard of Broken Dreams are two pretty strong memories from my youth. American Idiot is a great first track, would say it is more Blink-182 -esque. All the other tracks hit just right. Just a really, really good album. Big fan, I'd love to see them live. Fall Out Boy next, please!

This would've have been after my final Green day album, which was "Warning", so I've probably never heard this. I was surprised to see this on the list, but looking at the amount of plays some of these tracks have had on Spotify suggests this is their most successful album..... In my opinion, this is definitely past their peak and is catering for a much wider audience than their early (much better) stuff. That being said, I enjoyed it mostly. "American idiot" and "Holiday" are the best tracks. I can leave wake me up when September ends. 3.5, but probably closer to 3. Give me dookie over this any day

good album loved the song it can be my favorite

The music is still a little bubblegum-goes-punk, but I like it a little more than Dookie. There’s more edge. 3.5?

iconic

wake me up when september endssssssssss

I completely missed this when it came out (checks notes, lol) about a quarter century ago. Always kind of had my back up against these guys since they were so obviously being sold as The Next Big Thing in the early-mid 1990's, when I was most prone to getting my back about stuff like that. This was good - much better than I was expecting - though everything by them still sounds pretty much the same to me.

3.5

Top 3 of theirs .

I used to own some green day cds and have some sense of nostalgia for them, but this is just neutered pop punk. I listened to Nimrod after this one, and was reminded this band used to be better. Also their songs used to be like 3 minutes long

It was really difficult to decide on a rating for this album. It's definitely one of the more tolerable things that my mum plays in the car but I can only listen to so much Green Day. The first couple of songs are great to listen to after a long time though so its a 4.

I really like this album. It made me happy to see the cover when I woke up this morning. Green Day are pretty cool.

I was still a fan of Green Day when this album came out. I was with them on Dookie, I was with them after Warning, I left the ship when they wrapped themselves in the flag.

I was not allowed to listen to explicit music growing up, which meant owning this entire album was right out, so it probably took me a few years longer than it should've to discover it. The first time I heard any Green Day song, I was about 8, riding in a friend's car, and the song American Idiot came up on his mom's playlist. I was enthralled and found the whole album on YouTube as soon as I got home. Then I convinced my parents to take me to the American Idiot musical. For 10 years until I got Spotify I listened to this album over and over again on YouTube. Wake Me Up When September Ends later became the first song I asked to learn when I started taking guitar lessons, and the first song I asked to learn when I started taking singing lessons. This album is deeply ingrained in my life. I don't even need to re-listen to give it an instant 5 (but I will).

Don't love that they use the R-Slur in Jesus of Suburbia. Boulevard of Broken Dreams still gives me chills though. That opening feels so ominous and achy. One song left so I figured I'd wrap up my thoughts and as always, I enjoyed this album. It's truly a classic. I love anti-establishment in music. Its always a BOP.

Epitome of punk

Serious nostalgia! But the songs outstayed their welcome

Sad that we don’t learn the lessons from the Bush administration GD calls out and are repeating so many mistakes for the second time with Trump. Plus new insane corruption!

I have 100% heard this album. I had it on CD and listened to it non stop when I was a kid. Who doesn't love Green Day?! I am also obsessed with how they combined songs. I've only ever seen that one or two other times. It's basically a choice to say "you HAVE to listen to these songs back to back". What a cool way to pair some songs together. Makes me look more deeply into how they fit together or contrast against each other. The art is iconic, the songs are iconic. Somehow, as someone who hates long songs, I love the almost 10-minute insanity of Jesus of Suburbia. I also love how all the songs self-reference each other. It makes the album such a cohesive story. I am very grateful for the Green Day resurgence that has happened in the past few years. Also you know this album is iconic when it's what they titled the musical they wrote with their discography! That allll being said, there are real bangers on this album and then... there are others. Extraordinary Girl is so. boring. It's a 5/5 for me in terms of nostalgia but a 4/5 for me in terms of actual listenability. Then again, artistically I'd say it's a 5/5.

i thought i was prejudiced against green day until today. i really enjoyed it and would give 3.5/5.

a genuine treat. haven’t listened to this since i was a kid

I’m not a huge Green Day fan, but this is a solid album and I can see why it is so popular.

I’m not a Green Day fan, but I have to say that this is a well-produced album. Fun, high energy rock encapsulating the youth of the 90s era. I liked the Holiday to Boulevard of Broken Dreams transition. Also, the last song, Whatsername, is my favorite on the album

Amazing album, it's always been one of my favorites.

This album feels very strong from the start, but loses some magic halfway through.

Well put together

A good old classic album. Got nothing more to say.

A classic for me

I loved Dookie, but this album does nothing for me. Also, there are a few songs that have been so played out that I find them unlistenable.

A bit heavy for me but still an absolute vibe

I agree with everything Sebastian said and have nothing really to add. One minor note is I basically zero ear for production/mixing, but this one is kind of weird. On the one hand, that clean, crispy sound was a revelation to little me. It sounded like something from the future, and I just can’t shake that association. Nowadays, though, I’ll compare it to, like, Dookie, and it just sounds kind of bad.

7/10. rounded to 4

1. Jesus of Suburbia 2. Give me Novocaine / She’s a Rebel 3. Whatsername

Got bored after holiday

This album is loaded with hits. I get that the pop-punk (emphasis on punk) can get a little stale, but you cannot deny the staying power of the popular songs here. Plus, Jesus of Suburbia is an INCREDIBLE song. I'm gonna give this a solid 4 for those reasons.

Don't like it Too noisy

I'm incapable of rating this album without bias because, for me, it represents that period of time when the rose coloured glasses you wore as a child fall off and you’re forced to confront the idea that the world is kind of terrifying and unfair, actually (can you tell I'm a millennial whose defining historical memory of elementary school is 9/11?). I don't tend to listen to a lot of Green Day but this album is unique. It really captures this moment in time accurately and feels kind of haunting to listen to again in full so many years later.

I once enjoyed this type of punk rock but associate it to a particular boyfriend and as a result greenday now gives me the ick

Still amazed that this album one-shot like a third of my generation. I feel lucky that i had already gotten into better political music by the time this came out. Listenable for the most part, but really has not aged well. Was disappointed that so many of the reviews on here are either completely uncritical 5/5 best album ever from nostalgia addicts, or 1 or two stars from people still doing the "this isn't real punk, these guys are sell outs" discourse 20 years on (of course it's not, it's Green Day). Or people somehow missing that it's a (pretty weak) satire. I liked Dookie/Nimrod fine but this has never clicked for me and I don't think it ever will. I'd recommend Anti Flag's The Terror State for a better iteration of anthemic Bush era pop punk with an actual political stance instead of just vague suburban ennui. Or even My Chemical Romance if you want more of the theater kid/mall goth side of things. Although maybe the ennui and bad satire WAS the point.

I think this is the rock opera concept album for the millennial generation. So many bangers, the first 4 tracks are flawless.

A little more polished than my favourite Greenday Album (Dookie) however still adequately provocative and uncooperative to not feel like a sellout . 4 Segue songs on an album is surely unprecidented with Holiday/Boulevard of Broken Dreams generationally iconic

Green Day was my favorite band when I was 13. By the time American Idiot was released, I had moved on and I had never given this album a legitimate chance. I guess it’s true what they say about your favorite bands at age 13 being your favorite bands for the rest of your life. I can’t escape my love of Green Day. I’m actually a little surprised by how much I enjoyed listening to American Idiot. I was not expecting to fall in love with this album. Vocals are extremely fun to sing along with. Guitar absolutely rips. Rhythm is tight as always. Lyrics are very interesting. It’s certainly ambitious. It shouldn’t work as well as it does, but the individual pieces are so strong it makes up for the overall structure being a bit wobbly. It’s kind of like if The Decline by NOFX was an hour long. If Billie Joe Armstrong set out to write about coming of age in 2004, he wrote this album about my peers. I know these people. We’re a fucking mess.

A modern classic if you ask me, the best songs are superb and the rest ain't bad either.

'Now everybody do the propaganda / & sing along to the age of paranoia.' It's almost inconceivable to think of just how depressing W Bush's America had been given the current state of affairs, but if you need a reminder, this 'punk opera' is a good place to start. 9 tracks, but really closer to 14 or 15, American Idiot is a time capsule at the personal, national, & political level - it's pretty remarkable just how embedded in my unconscious each & every song here is, even tho I don't think I ever sat down & listened to the whole record. In that way, it's a rousing, almost disturbing, success. But it's also preachy, sophomoric, repetitive, &, for lack of a better phrase, it could be better. Anyway, for me, American rock from '01 to '05 is The White Stripes.

I thought I would dislike the soft moments on the album more, but I really enjoyed them. I've heard this album before and expected to enjoy it as a whole, but found new favorite moments than I'd previously found in listening to the song single by single. American Idiot and Jesus of Suburbia are of course excellent, but I loved Are we Waiting and Give me Novacaine were new favs. Homecoming is by far the weakest portion. Feels like a 7/10 project, maybe verging on an 8. Other than Homecoming it's very strong, it's just not necessarily the most engaging or interesting style to me.

Kjennskap: 80% Første album med en del sanger jeg har god kjennskap til. Vokste opp med dette. Mye bra, men litt tungt å høre på i lengden. Fav: Wake Me up When September Ends

Second go round with rock operas on the generator: I already got one of the earliest, now I’m reviewing one of the latest. I really enjoyed this album, I’ve heard it a few times before, and in my opinion it still holds up. I think one of the main things that makes this album feel timeless is how it feels like it has a universal message. It may have been written at a certain moment in time, but the themes still feel applicable to the modern day. The song Holiday, one of my standouts, was written overtly as a clapback to the Bush Administration, but still feels like it could be used as a rallying cry for a variety of political injustices. Another song that I believe captures this is Jesus of Suburbia, another standout track, which captures the egocentrism and frustration of adolescence without seeming whiny. Besides the story elements of the album, it also is impressive musically. A lot of the songs feel like the music fits the lyrics very well, such as the slide guitar and floaty atmosphere of Give Me Novacaine, my third standout, where our protagonist takes drugs to ease his declining mental health. It’s a tough choice to pick my final standout, but I’d have to go with the album closer, Whatsername, which uses both melancholy lyrics and music to depict Jesus’ emotional vulnerability at the end of his journey. Overall, I think this album resonates because it touches on a lot of things that are applicable years after the album was complete, and I would highly suggest checking out this album.

oh boy, this one is going to be a doozy. probably one of the biggest 00s rock albums ever, american idiot is green day's seventh studio album, and if this isn't the album that made their name known just about everywhere, then i don't know did. created as something much more dramatic than their previous work, american idiot presents itself as a pop punk rock opera album, the story involving a guy making some bad decisions and the intensity inspired from world events like 9/11 and the war in iraq. this album was made shortly after master tracks were stolen from an ultimately cancelled album by the group. this album represents the true pinnacle of the band i think. i think i might have discussed this in my review for dookie, but green day has a trademark sound that's unmistakable compared to other pop/punk rock artists, and the sound of this album ultimately is similar compared to the last one i heard. even with this in mind, this album essentially is a MUCH better set of songs using this same music style. i don't even need to yap about some of the most famous tracks in this album because most everybody, both young and old know just how catchy and memorable a lot of these songs are. it's a cultural staple of pop punk, and no rock CD collection should exist without it.

Such a classic and nostalgic album. My cousins introduced me to this as a tween so I've known the hits from the album for 15+ years. I actually had no idea this was a "punk opera" though - that adds another level to the listening experience. I did notice the recurring references to Jesus of Suburbia, so those make sense now that I know he is the main character. This should be a 4-star album for me, but I'm feeling 5 right now. I just really enjoyed listening through it today! The first half of the album is particularly filled with bangers.

Green Day definitely changed their sound to lean into the pop punk era for this album. Which clearly worked since this album exploded in popularity. Hands down it is my least favourite album of theirs. Though I cannot comment on any of their new music beyond this album. Kerri was psyched to hear this one this morning and I wish it was Nimrod

Honestly a much better album than I remembered. I wasn't big into Green Day as a kid. But, I had heard this album. It's honestly really good

Nostalgia bomb, owned this CD when I was just a little wee lad. I honestly must have just played the singles over and over, cause as much as I love the middle section of this album, I remember it way less than the first few songs. At this point American Idiot, has been re-played into the ground to the point where I don't think I can truly enjoy it anymore. I played the shit out of Holiday and Boulevard of Broken Dreams as well, but those two still hit hard. Favorites are definitely Jesus of Suburbia, Homecoming, and my all-timer, Wake me up When September Ends. Love belting out to it. ZERO filler on this album, every song is really fucking good imo, truly feels like Green Day captured lightning in a bottle here. I don't think any of the music they released after this was able to reach these heights again. The heights this album hit are truly impressive, feels like every millennial and their mom has listened to these tracks. Even gen Z are familiar with the hits off this one. 9.5/10

Fun!!

Very good if you like approachable pop punk. Some very memorable tracks, including a few I had forgotten about, and Green Day's sound is distinctive enough for them to be easily differentiated from other pop punk bands.

With Green Day I have a love and hate relationship. Sometimes when I hear a song I really love it but the most part of their discography doesn't anything to me. Also on this album a few great songs, for ezample the epic Jesus of Suburbia. But also some standard punk rock tracks, especially in the middle of the album

Basically ticked all the boxes I expected. Profoundly 2000s but in all the correct ways. Fun!

I have to give Green Day credit for their ambition here. An ultra-political punk rock opera is certainly an interesting idea, and they almost stick the landing. The music here ranges from good to excellent, but I felt the strongest portions were when they stuck closer to their punk roots, like Holiday and St. Jimmy. The longer 9 minute suites felt strangely repetitive, and I didn't think Billie Joe Armstrong's voice fit the ballads. The narrative aspect of this album starts out strong, but ends up falling apart by the end as they begin straying away from the core themes of the album. The political messaging didn't fully work for me, either; while I do believe the band had specific critiques of the American government, it hits a strangely individualistic note that ends up diluting the message. As I said, I respect the ambition, and most of it ends up working, but a lot of it doesn't fully land for me.

tried playing along with the album and it really was all power chords lol crazy and really fun experience, that being said listening gets a bit repetitive. boulevard of broken dreams and wake me up when september ends still the only songs id listen to again

Probably the best pop rock/punk band out there. This album is so by the book, but maybe that's what makes it so good? I love "Jesus of Suburbia".

This is not my type of music. But the album is catchy and quite driving. But it is very monotonous for me. It fits the background for the working process.

Classic

Classic

I didn't enjoy any of this. I think it's trying to be ironically idiotically American but actually it comes over as sincerely idiotic. Maybe in a different way to the most obvious stereotypical American idiocy but this is its own flavour

la sube

I love this LP!

I'm not typically one to enjoy theatre, but a rock opera this theatrical is nothing short of amazing. The immersion you get from this album into the world of St Jimmy is truly something else. I do love a concept album with characters, a narrative, and an overarching story. And this one honestly has me invested in the main character more than any other. And to go along with the masterful lyricism of this album, the amazing music is there to back it up too. Punchy and ripping guitar riffs are all over this project, and Billie Joe Armstrong's vocals are truly one of a kind with his passion and intensity. It's just such a well crafted and put together album that knows exactly how to pace itself. I really enjoyed revisiting this again today, it's been a few years since I went through a huge phase being obsessed with this so I'm really glad to know that it holds up just as well as I would have hoped.

Hit album from Green Day

This is what happens when punk rockers grow up. From the same kids who made Dookie this is an incredibly ambitious album with great songs. Run time is a touch long but the songs are good and never overstay their welcome. Crazy to think that this album inspired musicals. Frankly it’s a work of art.

i remember dancing to Holiday in my friend morgan's house when we were 10 years old, having no idea what the song meant, but rocking tf out. my best friend Marie and I were obsessed with Boulevard of Broken Dreams and we thought the "uh huh uh huh" refrain was really funny for some reason. I heard Wake Me Up When September Ends so incessantly on the radio that I grew to hate it, and still I really dislike that song. Otherwise, I always appreciate Green Day's ability to diagnose hypocrisy and flay the myth of American exceptionalism and while some may see this album as too pop, i was so young when Green Day were putting out their more punk albums that I just thought they were cool.

Some hits. A bit overrated

Been fucking WAITING for this one. Love it to pieces, hate that it's still so damn relevant. Absolute banger of an album with hit after hit, and my top 3 Green Day songs. I love Dookie, but American Idiot is my #1 from this group.

If this had been vinyl an amazing side killer after killer after killer. One or two tracks just bring this down a touch almost perfect.

I wasn't enjoying the sound of this album, but I understood there might be lyrical merit to it. I looked up the lyrics, and I liked the albums lyrical rejection of black-and-white thinking. This is the only artifact I can appreciate.

I mean it was better than DOOKIE

Absolute classic

This is really a great album. Green Day was a little after my era, but proof that the kids are alright. It rocks hard and the lyrics are terrific.

Favorite Track: Holiday/Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Me recordó al de The Clash: hacen mucho con poco, y si fuera la mitad de corto sería perfecto.

Oh Greenday! Greendayy are awesome. Easiest 5 star if my life, even though it's not my favourite Greenday album.

Feels strange to say that I'd never actually listened to this before, given how much I'd treasured everything from 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours, via Pinhead Gunpowder, and right up to Nimrod as a young'un. Don't really need to hear any of the singles again (especially 'Wake Me Up...'), but there's enough here in tracks like Letterbomb to make me want to merrily break out the Dookie guitar chordbook, so that's got to be worth a three, for the old days.

Heart says a solid 10/10 as my 17 year old self loved the album and I had the pleasure of seeing the album played in full a couple of years ago at Wembley. The album starts relentlessly and the drums, bass and guitar along with the solid vocal chanting out causing a euphoric atmosphere really drumming home why I love the album, the production on point and the seamless change of tracks really works. Every track even with the political line running through it can be forgiven. The Irish feel to some of the tracks and the constant natural joining in with the singing and chanting makes it such a great album. The two ballads are top notch amongst the rock opera that’s on show. My heart said 10/10 and so does my head despite the obvious flaws, I don’t care about the flaws as the good outweighs the bad. Best track- so hard to pick. ‘Holiday/Boulevard’ ‘Jesus of suburbia’ ‘Wake me up’ All in with a chance but today I’ll go with ‘are we the waiting/St Jimmy’ Worst track- ‘give me novacaine’ although once ‘she’s a rebel’ hits in I don’t care I’ve heard it! 10/10 (probably should be 8/10 but I don’t care!)

Green Day - American Idiot In small doses I quite enjoy Green Day but this was just too much pretend punk for me. The riffs are punchy without being in your gut punchy. The lyrics are typical US kid rock stuff. The musicianship is ok, but nothing more. It's just the right kind of 'punk' to take home to meet your parents. And I suppose that is why it has sold millions upon millions of copies. And I could kind of cope with the safeness of it all, if it wasn't for the horrible treated, pitch-corrected vocals. To me, that betrays what they really want which is success, not authenticity. Turning it into a Broadway show kind of says it all, really. Best Track - I liked the run grouped as `Homecoming' Worst Track - didn't have one. In the same way I still eat plastic cheese if the mood takes me. 5/10

It remembers me of tony hawk games, but even with the nostalgic stuff it bored me while listening.

I remember Green Day making a slash and their one song I recall hearing on the radio was “The Reason.”

Again, I am biased. I repeat, I am biased. This is better than Dookie at least

Fun to listen to the protest songs of yester year, quite sad they're licking the boot now

Lots of meaning, made into a musical for a reason. I didn't realize so many of the songs were paired together.

forgot how good this was

I'm too firmly millennial not to give this five stars.

I liked few songs, but in general this is not my style of music

Fantastic album!

What can I say? This is exactly what I want from an album. Loved it so much I relistened to the entire thing. Great energetic punk record with some fun guitars and lyrics, but doesn’t shy from getting emotional and slowing things down. Sounds so Green Day, but in the best way possible. Would be shocked if I never picked this up again. Also just becoming so relevant in regard to modern times 😬.

Jesus of Suburbia starts off decently but it's far too long imo

EL disco de Green Day. Voy a poner esto antes ni siquiera de ponerme a escucharlo. Si no hubiera escuchado cuando era adolescente no habría acabado escuchando la música que escucho, creo que ni siquiera tendría los mismos gustos, me ha moldeado de una forma increible. Le voy a dar 4 porque sé que los hay mejores pero vamos, en mi corazón le doy 20.

Bueno me lo escucho (tu abogada de confianza contestando demandas con american idiot de fondo) pero te puedo poner la reseña ya mismo porque me lo sé de memoria.

Me ha gustado bastante. Mucha cancion mitica. Me ha parecido guay lo de las canciones dobles

I like concept albums in general and I want to like this. I think maybe it would be a good album if literally any other band had made it. Billy Joe Armstrong’s proto-emo vocals just make it annoying to listen to.

I really thought I'd like this more. It's too angry punk, I was expecting more pop punk. There's just no singing...

Wake me up when September ends, es una canción perfecta para su época y para su estilo, después de ser unos locos hardcore se paran y te cuentan algo que importa. A partir de ahí un disco en su línea divertido, rockero, que pide ser joven y saltar en un bar o en un concierto con sus canciones. Me guardo esa canción y también Jesus of suburbia y Holiday/Boulevard of broken dreams.

I don’t rlly like greenday anymore

It was a very good listen, not much more to say but it kept me engaged.

I enjoyed that trip down memory lane

Great, but I appreciated Dookie's raw, unfiltered punkness much more than this: which is a tad more cleaner and more polished. I want some gritty punk, man!

Punk music can be split into two distinct eras: the early era where it was sped up 12-bar blues, and the later era where it became 4-chord songs. Oh how to rate this one. Love the political energy which hasn't aged a bit, but it's also steeped in that pop sound. So polished, a true punk rock opera, but with 4-chord songs... But it's only the radio hits that have that going for them. So is that really the album's fault or the audience?

Listens: very familiar I didn't really know what rebellion was in fourth grade (or honestly really at any point in my childhood), so it's kind of funny to look back and see what this meant to so many other kids my age or slightly older. Granted, I had liberal parents, so the liberal attitudes expressed by this album (Bush bad, war bad) didn't feel rebellious so much as simply righteous, even if I had no idea why Bush was bad or what we were supposed to be doing in Iraq or Afghanistan anyway. (I was nine!) The album offered plenty of edginess besides, from denouncing the tv-watching masses (thus allowing me to feel superior to my classmates) to calling Americans idiots (weren't my parents always saying that?). Of course, the majority of the edginess—and much of it is that, just edginess—was lost on my tiny brain. Kids being fed too much "ritalin"? Must be some sort of junk food. "Kill all the 'fags' that don't agree"? Just a mean word to call someone. Saint Jimmy "blew his brains out into the bay"? I was terrified to blow my nose after that, lest my own brains be blown out. That all aside, I was obsessed with this album. It maintained rotation on my little discman for years, and though much of its charm has worn off for me at this point in my life, several of its songs are still huge favorites of mine, "Holiday" and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" especially. To me, the joy of this album was less in its (honestly fairly shallow) political commentary than its many twists and turns, its perfect production, and its *coherence* as an album. All the track segues excited me so much as a kid, especially the two nine-minute song suites, which expertly weaved tiny punk song ideas into tight, polished entrees. In a time before I'd discovered Nine Inch Nails' The Fragile, it showed me what an album could do, what it could be. In general I detest pop-punk, but though there are definitely cheesy moments, this album never felt like the whining, cynically teenager-aimed music of Blink-182 and their ilk. Sure, it's a concept album built around the teenage "Jesus of Suburbia", but even today it feels more like an expression of concern for the youth rather than an attempt to court them. Green Day (already legendary by that point, of course) went on to continue to flirt with vapid radical symbolism, talking about "revolution" like it's nothing more than a metaphor, or a fun plot point in an RPG game. Anything they had to say, they said on this album. Sure, 2004 was a very different time politically, but even so it was not exactly a hot take that the Iraq War was unjustified. Nonetheless, the album's role as a rallying cry for liberals was culturally significant, even if it didn't help defeat Bush (alas), even if the messages stunningly went above many conservatives' heads as well.

Very nice

Punk opera. I've listening to these songs here and there because they were part of the mainstream, TV/movies. I enjoying reading a comment that this was just one long song. The transitions are not noticeable, and it doesn't get boring. As relevant today as in 2004 is a cliché but there you have it. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Now I can just enjoy the rest! Yes, this is top tier.

there were a couple of high points - the Who inflections, especially, and the band was extremely tight, but the hour long listen dragged by

Unlistenable garbage (in my opinion)

4.5 stars! Nostalgic, pop punk with some fantastic songwriting. Just a little too punk for me to give it a five. As close to five stars as you can get, I just don’t connect with it enough to give it a 10/10

Exactly what I needed today

Ok

Hyvä platta ja kai tätäkin voi jonkinnäköisenä "aikansa kuvana" pitää.

Hittibiisit on kyllä edelleen kovia, mutta ei niiden ulkopuolelta oikein löytynyt mitään uutta kivaa. Mutta mennään nyt nelosella silti.

Joo tätä on tullut joskus oikein kuunneltuakin. Ihan siinä hilkulla, ettei mee sietämättömäks saundien sun muun tuotannon osalta. Joku mai kemikal bromance sitten käytti samaa tuottajaa ja teki aika samankuulosta tavaraa viivottimen kanssa ja se on sitten jo ihan hirveetä ulostetta. Mutta tässä nyt sillain tää pumppu nyt loi nahkansa uusiks ja pysty työntään semmosen "hei kasvettiin aikuisex" -levyn. Semisti menee yliyrittämisen puolelle, mutta on tässä paljon hyvääkin biisiä. Osittain sitten kun niiton soiteltu helvetisti niin on sit ähkyt ja kai se on pakko kattoa homman ohi. Siinäkin mielessä tää on kans vähän JÄNSKÄ taitekohta, että tän jälkeen tulleet riin deit on niin epämiellyttävää, ettei niitä halua ees yrittää kuunnella. Eikä tää loppujen lopuks niin paljoa niistä eroa. Periaatteessa nelkun levyn, mut kyl tää "veden virtaamisen" jälkeen on kolkki, kun nää kaikki rokkioopperat sun muut vaikuttaa vähän semmoselta, että pitäs jotenkin uudistua mut ei sit kuitenkaan ihan osata. vaan menopunkki on leipälaji. Ihan hyvä yri kuitenkin.

Jahas, toinen Green Dayn levy ja toinen vitska Green Daylle. Tämä käy Dookien kanssa kovaa kisaa omasta Green Day -kakkossuosikkilevystä Insomniacin jälkeen. Todella paljon parempi rock-ooppera myös kun jo aikaisemmin tässä haasteessa vastaantullut Tommy. Onhan tää sillain varsinkin soundillisesti varmaan aika kaukana siitä visiosta mikä Green Dayn on pannut liikkeelle. Mutta onhan tämmöset loppuun asti hiotut rokkisoundit melkoista karkkia omalle korvalle. Vielä kun biisit kantaa ja sanomaakin on, niin ei voi muuta sanoo ku hattuu nostaa. Tässähän on ihan Green Dayn ykköskorin biisejä useampikin: Jesus of Suburbia, Holiday, Letterbomb, Are We the Waiting, Wake Me Up When September Ends... Muistan että aikanaan Boulevard of Broken Dreams ärsytti kovastikin kun se soi ihan kaikkialla, mutta vanhemmiten siitäkin ärsytyksestä on päässyt irti. Helppo vitska, ja yksi varmastikin kaikkien aikojen eniten kuuntelemiani kokonaisia albumeita.

6.5 / 10

4,6 Highlights: Holiday, Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

Love Green Day. 5 stars

It’s held up well.

I don’t waste my time with Green Day.

For some reason I always convince myself that I'm not a Green Day fan, but it turns out I'm wrong I'm not the biggest fan of the title track, but the album on the whole is ace. I thoroughly enjoyed it

I remember when this one came out. Found a lot of the singles enjoyable and catchy. That is until it got overplayed and it's brilliance was shoved down my throat. Revisiting it, in whole, it's okay. Still some fun, but a lot of my bitterness remains and I can't see it's brilliance

2000s teenage angst at it's biggest and loudest. Never been that crazy about concept albums/rock operas, and this doesn't move the dial for me. Some the band's strongest singles on this however, just a decent pop-punk record all around. Fav Songs: American Idiot Holiday Boulevard of Broken Dreams She's a Rebel Wake Me Up When September Ends

I like the singles from this album. I appreciate the band’s distinctive sound. I like the singer’s voice. What I found listening to this album—which is 57 minutes long but has only 9 songs—is that I don’t need a whole Green Day album. A couple songs is enough. ;)

A little frontloaded and cheesy, but still a total blast all these years later!

Не погано,але не моє,оцінка:6.5/12

I've enjoyed this album since teenagehood. Listening again, I've definitely grown in my tastes but it still is a nice listen.

2,5

1st album was cool, this was just overplayed on the radio.

Rico disco, tiene un par de temas medio olvidables así que se come 4 estrellas. Aguante Jesus of Suburbia vieja. Sape

Very high energy for sure.

Something familiar with enough unknown tracks to keep me interested throughout. This is the most thought I have given to the band to this point so reading about the journey that led to this album was very engaging. The theft of the masters, the band being on the brink of splitting and coming together to focus their attention on a punk rock political opera is quite a ride. I'm not into opera's or musicals due to my own limitations but I wasn't even aware there was a grander story being told here before now. I think the music works really well, they lean hard into those big booming sounds from the drums and bass guitar and it creates a lot of Anthemic sounding moments which is easy to listen to. Vocals are hard to parse on their own just due to how much ive heard it growing up but its got a hard punky edge when it needs to and doesn't bother me. I'd be happy to have most any song come up in a random playlist without skipping although some of the longer tracks can begin to overstay their welcome on repeat listens.

Bon, ben c'est clairement pas mon truc. L'espèce d'entre-deux entre du pop rock et du punk, non seulement ça ne me parle pas, mais en plus, ça me rappelle des mauvais souvenirs de mon stage où un de mes collègues mettait tout le temps du Pennywise. Heureusement, Green Day, c'est beaucoup mieux que Pennywise?

It's Green Day alright

It was such a full-circle moment when I had the opportunity to hear them play the entirety of this album live at a festival for its 20th anniversary after listening to it religiously when I was a teenager. This might actually be one of my favorite albums ever.

Alright not very exciting first album but there were some enjoyable parts didn’t listen through though

Great album, great entryway into punk.

reminds me of naomi. I thought the songs were good but i dont think id choose to listen to them myself.

It was fine a few great songs other were eh

Neprišiel som im nikdy na chuť. Niektoré piesne sú fajn, ale zvyšok má nechytá.

jao brate bas mi se ne slusa ovo

4.5

Dookie and Nimrod are the better albums, yeah? But honestly, I’m looking forward to this like a kid on Christmas. Too much mid-60’s again of late. Need a good palette cleanser. Man, I forgot how epic that opening is! And Jesus of Suburbia. What a song. The whole album works. Maybe it’s just my mood today, but I think it’s masterful and fully realized. 5 Boolean: TRUE so true

some ok songs

A big hit from my early teen years. Quite good. The rest of the album surprised me considering the first 2 songs are mega hits. I like the 2 song tracks, they make for seamless transitions.

A modern classic. Green Day had experienced an underwhelming response to 2000's Warning (actually a pretty good album -- 'Minority' and 'Warning' are total earworms), so they'd been written off by many. Part of that was due to a shift away from their California punk sound, a backlash first witnessed with their smash hit acoustic ballad, 'Good Riddance'. Billie Joe Armstrong has said before in interviews that he never intended to be a pure punk songwriter, that was just the scene they grew up in and where a lot of their early influences came from. American Idiot marks a natural evolution of their punk rock sound towards a less-punky alt rock. That's a fine distinction to make for those outside of California's punk community but there came a point where the jam/show/flop house that Green Day played their first shows in would no longer let them in the door. Punks are, almost as much as metalheads, obsessed with what is and isn't punk, so the distinction was meanginful to both Green Day and their longtime fans. It's a counterculture thing -- rejecting the mainstream is easy when the mainstream is rejecting you; when people start buying your records and you can just do what you want, there's a choice to be made and it has profound effects on your financial situation. The number of punk bands touring for gas money and subsisting on ramen declines sharply as those things start taking a physical toll as their twenties wane. Anyway, a concept rock album about the political decline in America was a real swing from these guys. It was also timely: 2004 was deep into the Bush II presidency and three years post-9/11, leaving a lot of people questioning whether the response to the September 11th attacks were right (spoiler: they weren't!). Wikipedia rightly notes that the only overtly political songs on the album are 'American Idiot' and 'Holiday' but the whole record is suffused with the sense of 'what the hell are we supposed to do?' Armstrong is 13 years my senior but this sense has been pervasive and lasting for my generation. Anyone who still thought that the Iraq invasion was a good thing in 2004 was probably a committed Toby Keith listener and not a part of Green Day's target market -- but that unease of cultural schism (the early days of alternative narratives which would morph into alternative facts) suffuses American Idiot. It has two medleys ('Jesus of Suburbia' and 'Homecoming'), a reprise (there's a 'St. Jimmy' callback in 'Homecoming'), a ballad and it even opens with a classic Green Day-style punk tune in the title track. The production is relentless, with medley arrangements flowing seamlessly into split tracks. It's also extremely clean. There's much more to the recording than just three instruments and three voices but the primary members and their respective specialties all shine the brightest -- and deservedly so, with all three sounding as good as ever. If you want to nitpick, Dirnt's very best basslines are found elsewhere (it's 'Longview') but that's not to say his playing is bad on American Idiot. It's very good, just less iconic. This is a 5/5 on its own merit, for the place it holds in Green Day's catalogue and because of its generational significance. But also, if you like this, go back and listen through Dookie, Nimrod and Warning.

Liked half of the two part songs

Ah, loved this album :) Turns out I still do too! Not that it’s actually been all that long since I heard it last, admittedly. Did send me down a bit of a Green Day hole though - which wasn’t a bad thing.

Really doesn't do anything for me but giving it a 2 feels harsh.

This was a pleasant surprise - I've always kind of avoided Green Day

classiqua mais pas trop mon truc

It’s an okay album. I remember all the hits being overplayed on radio. They were catchy. Green Day can write good pop punk tunes. This album isn’t amazing but I can understand why it’s on the list.