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Writing catchy songs is an under-appreciated skill. The songs here are so catchy and earnest.
Baby's first "political" album. Having been completely overexposed to the singles of this record back in Junior High I expected this to be a cringy snooze fest but I was pleasantly surprised how hard this thing still rips in 2026. Some of the tracks are too long but generally enjoyed it despite my misgivings.
clearly most of them are
I like this a lot, but something holds me back from giving it a full 5 stars. Just a gut feeling.
Not a massive Green Day fan but this album surely has some bangers. Highlights: boulevard of broken dreams and wake me up when September ends
There's something insanely poetic about a "punk" group that wrote an entire album raging and resisting against the Bush Administration only to turn right around years later to become bootlickers of the Bidens championing AGAINST Free Speech and bodily autonomy. Sooooo punk rock (insert eye roll here). Regardless, this album has one of the best 5 opening track runs of any album, and that segue from Holiday into Boulevard of Broken Dreams is an all-timer. They're posers, but I can still appreciate a good record when I hear it.
Green Day's rock opera, their concept album. I listened to this album 5 years ago and it was very good, and on this re-listen I find I only love it more as my love for concept albums grow. Fav Songs Jesus of Suburbia Homecoming Give Me Novacaine Is it Top 1001 Worthy (is it essential)? Yes, a impeccable early 2000's rock album with a very strong collection of songs; an incredibly enjoyable experience
Belting album This album means so much to me in terms of some friendships and times
Not for a second would I deny that this record is an iconic, era defining punk rock album. And for the most part I love it. The first half of the album reminds me of my teenage years and it's superbly well written. The downside for me though is that I do find the vocals quite jarring and I always have done with Green Day. I always come away from listening to their songs unsure how I feel about them and there are parts of this album that makes me feel conflicted. It's still a strong album though and gets a light 8/10 from me.
The Green Day record everybody knows. It's also, according to many fans, their worst album of their peak years. I feel that's revisionist history, given the musical marring a rather good discography. It's no dookie, and that's for the best. Green Day got a lot less one-note as the years wore on.
Un clásico. Todo el mundo conoce al menos 3 canciones de este álbum y las ha cantado a pleno pulmón.
No es mi favorito de GD Pero definitivamente extraño los tiempos de rock band, pizza y refrescos todos los viernes con mi hermano. 4.8
classic.
325/1001 Green Day - American Idiot Heard before? ✅ Revisit? ✅ I played this to death at the time of its release, but definitely less so now. It's an ambitious album, but also feels just a little too long. American Idiot and Holiday are such great tunes.
This is a classic for my generation. I have listened to the musical as well. Love the instruments, super catchy songs I really like Green Day and there are several iconic songs on this album
I still love this album, but not as much as I used to since I'm not angsty and young anymore.
Dunno if green day expected this one to be relevant 22 years later.
Biggest album of my generation, but on fresh listen through quite a lot fell flat, especially toward the end. Tough one to rate
One of my favorite albums when I was in high school. Grew up with my older brother's Dookie and Nimrod cassettes, and this definitely sounded different than what they'd played before. It's not as in-your-face as bands like SOAD, but it definitely reached a wider audience, and that was worth something. It only got worse when they started huffing their own farts and making musicals and shit based on the album. It still holds a place in my heart, and it's one of the few albums I know all the lyrics to heart because of how much I listened to it.
My brother hates this album & is an American…if only there was a term to call him…
PEDAZO DE DISCO. Obvio lo había escuchado ya. Muchos temas que escuché en la adolescencia. Es casi un no-skip. Me dio mucha curiosidad ver la cantidad de temas "dobles" que pusieron. Será porque no sabian si iban a ser exitosos por separado? Extraña decisión, pero quedó barbaro. Dsp los sacaron cada uno x separado en el disco 2. No recordaba que estaban tantos juntos. En fin, me encanta el disco. Green Day es un bandon. Me estaba fijando que el primer disco lo sacaron en el 91'. Tardaron casi 10 años en pegar un disco mega mega comercial. Y estamos hablando de Green Day!
Really enjoyed boulevard of broken dreams, would consider buying the vinyl
Good album the whole way through.
Enjoy the punk pop. It's not deep, it's not punk, but if it energizes some teen-bobbers into being politically aware and is a gateway into finding the punk era, then good. Great when old(er) farts can get the kids to follow them.
So not up my alley but this was one of the first non-Christian or country albums I was allowed to listen to for some reason??? Brings back a lot of memories. We were only allowed to listen to Boulevard of broken dreams and holiday though I’m pretty sure we had gotten a karaoke machine for Christmas one year and those two songs were both on it, which is why we are allowed to listen. The only other song I remember being on that karaoke machine was toxic by Britney Spears when I was alone, I would rock out to toxic, but when my family was around, I had to pretend to be more of a Green Day guy.
There’s idiots in America?!?!
A classic! Love it to death
I like Green Day a lot. High energy, happy, angry head banging sound. Remind me of the Dead Kennedys gone mainstream.
skibidi toilet yep 4.5
An interesting debut album filled with an abundance of short rock driven numbers. Refreshing after those boring long drawn out numbers of others. Reminds me of early rock n roll releses.
Was so so close to a 5 for this one, but a couple of weak songs and pretty bad mixing kept it a 4. So many anthems, imo their most cohesive record. These guys took the 4 power chords blueprint and ran with it to make such catchy pop /punk rock. Holiday is still one of my favourite songs to play on guitar, as well as one of the first. Good stuff.
Well this one's hard as hell. Im just over 30 at this point. This album was everything to me when I was young. But now I wouldn't say i like it that much. But it informed so much of my musical taste down the line. Its pop punk with the tiniest smidgen of punk. This is 99% a pop record. I see that ad i got more exposure to the genre. But I still get down to alot of it. Some of it is bad or has bad parts but Im so nostalgic for it that it almost doesnt matter. But it still matters. Im kinda stuck here. I like older green day well enough but this is the line in the sand where I kinda loose that love for them. After this I would say they just kinda suck. And this record ruined them for me at least. But I have to give it props for being the introduction to my favorite music. Without this silly melodramatic theatrical slop of a record I woulda been on whatever club music was poppin in the early 00s. I dont know. Old me would give this an easy 5. And new me probably gives it a 3. Still some good songs and alot of bad stuff too. Middle of the road. But I think I need to split the difference on it. Fell out of love but still cherish the time we had kinda thing. Like my ex girlfriend... your mom.
Something about the mid 2000's and Pop Punk in the cultural zeitgeist just helped make this decade one of the best for rock music for me. You had artists like Jimmy Eat World and Fall Out Boy cracking the mainstream with Paramore not far behind, and then you had My Chemical Romance and Green Day proving that punk rock could be artistic as well as rebellious and loud. American Idiot comes hot off the heels of the first George Dubbya term and boy has it got a lot to say. It's right in the name. This album is a rock opera of disillusionment and disenfranchised suburbanite youth bucking against a system that's making it increasingly clear that they aren't meant for greatness; or hell, comfortable living. I could delve into the various themes and characters, and the loose plot that follows the songs, but I think as of now that would be a waste of time. There's a freaking Broadway production of this album, and so many other more eloquent writers have dissected this record that I feel like I couldn't offer anything new to it really. What I will say though, is that this album shouldn't have worked as well as it did. You've got your loud and punky anthems with the title track and "Holiday", an ode to loneliness with "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", and several multi-suite tracks with "Jesus Of Suburbia", the "Are We The Waiting/St. Jimmy/Give Me Novacaine/She's a Rebel" medley and the penultimate "Homecoming". These songs really put proof to paper that even though Green Day built their career so far on the foundations of four chord skate punk and hardcore roots, that they could take those influences and stretch them into grandiose territory to make something that's epic and multigenerational. Now not every song on this record is as incredible as the highlights, I particularly feel kinda lukewarm on "Extraordinary Girl" and even though "Whatsername" is a cute song, as a closer it's rather underwhelming following "Homecoming". Oh and I didn't even MENTION the heart crushing ballad of "Wake Me Up". A song that; similar to "Chop Suey!" by SOAD, has been memed to death that the original emotional intention and impact has been so watered down. This powerful anthem to the memory of BJA's father passing away; coinciding with the tragedy of 9/11, is a generational cry of SOS. The weight of this song still carries heavy in today's world as it seems every month something horrible is happening in addition to the personal struggles we all face. It's pretty exhausting physically and emotionally and this song has aged wonderfully because of it. So yeah, this is a pretty damn fucking important record not just for the rock canon of the oughts and Green Day's career, but also for the jilted youth of America that keep returning to this music and singing it's songs of restlessness. BJA is no Bob Dylan or Woodie Guthrie, but he sure embodies that rebellious spirit that's not afraid to call out the harmful administrations and societies that continue to pursue harm and control. I'll be blasting this record till I die I'm afraid.
I like it generally, timeless classic like American idiot, wake me up when September ends and more are insane. I see why it's rated so so highly. Interesting having dual songs, not sure I like it because its not 'playlist worthy'; I'm not listening to an 8 minute dual song normally. But listening as an entire album at once is great. I guess its 20 years ago but all of of songs sound very similar. Overall cool tho
music that literally defined an era, and manages to maintain relevance, really couldn’t ask for more in a band.
Very good album.
I’ve been listening to a lot of Green Day recently. I didn’t mind the long songs on this one. Starts off very strong. Not as good as Dookie but still good.
lowkey I did not super enjoy listening to most of this but it'd feel like a fraud not rating this high because tween me was a Green Day listener. Whatshername I enjoyed and also boulevard of broken dreams too. idk if these are the best songs on the album or if its nostalgia bc those r def the songs I listened to most #backinmyday
Another solid green day album. Don't like quite as much as dookie
I can understand why my sister likes this album, its very driving sound and message of disenfranchisement work pretty well As an album it's quite one trick: it's raw, it's angry, and it's loud. You can argue all you like that it's inflammatory, exaggerative, and/or shallow, but I think as much as these are true I find the frustration lands for me. Nevertheless, I think it's good the album ended when it did — much more and I think the formulaic nature would probably start to wear me down The bass is better than I expected, does some nice counterpoint stuff and they give it breathing room which I appreciate The title track is a strong start, and the standout song on the album for me. It's no Fortunate Son but it certainly carries its anti-war message effectively anyhow
I've never actually listened to this, or went out of my way to listen to Green Day in general. I am pleasantly surprised. I have an aversion to this genre as I have bad expose to other bands that have extremely whiney vocals, and always found the music a bit corny, but I didnt feel that with this one. Was genuinly pretty good. I recognised a few songs that I didnt even know were Green Day songs in here too. Would listen again tbh.
Yasssssss Obviously most of these songs are very famous and maybe I've heard some so many times that they lose a little bit of their appeal (specifically "Wake Me Up When September Ends"... just makes me roll my eyes at this point). But they're still awesome.... I think to me, the ballads have worn a bit thin but the classic tracks like "American Idiot" and "Holiday" remain great. While most of this album is super familiar to me, I really enjoyed "Extraordinary Girl/Letterbomb" which I haven't listened to in YEEEEEEARs.... perhaps my favourite song on the album? dookie clears tho
Classic. When I was younger I didn’t like Green Day but I love them now. Great listen always.
1. American Idiot -- 8.3 Great. Classic. 2. Jesus of Suburbia -- 6.7 Holy moly this is a long song 3. Holiday / Boulevard of Broken Dreams -- 9.1 THE ONLY ROAD THAT I HAVE EVER KNOWNNN 4. Are We the Waiting / St. Jimmy -- 7.2 5. Give Me Novacaine / She's a Rebel -- 7.4 6. Extraordinary Girl / Letterbomb -- 7.4 7. Wake Me Up When September Ends -- 8.5 8. Homecoming -- 7.5 9. Whasername -- 7.7
I'll just have to let my nostalgia do the talking here, it's unavoidable. American Idiot is the first non-compilation album I've ever listened to, any and all objectivity goes out the window with that fact alone. Not to mention that they're the first band I've ever seen live and that I've learned how to play guitar almost exclusively with their songs. While I'm way more into their early work nowadays, there's a lot to love about this album as well. First of all, the hooks are consistently pretty good, and the mixing accentuates that perfectly. While the guitar is the most prominent part of every composition here, it's massively carried by Mike and Tré's tremendous energy. My biggest gripe with Green Day albums made after American Idiot is how little attention Mike gets in the mix, but that's not a problem here at all. In fact, I'd argue he's the star here. Billie Joe changes his vocal delivery and tone for this album pretty drastically. While I prefer his younger, sloppier, rawer delivery of the '90s, this change was a wise choice for this album and helps prop up some of the more emotional moments sprinkled throughout. Finally, the song structures are ambitious, well thought out and executed almost perfectly. I never agreed with the critique of American Idiot being too shallow in its presentation of political themes and emotional turmoil. Sure, Billie Joe has shown himself to be a lacklustre songwriter in this department for the last couple of Green Day albums, but those criticisms don't really apply to American Idiot, in my opinion. It's an attempt shove it in a particular punk sphere it just doesn't belong in. They're not Bad Religion. This is a rock-opera about an edgy, moody teenager, of course the songwriting has melodramatic tendencies and lacks nuance. I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm not gonna act like it's a flawless album, though. It has a couple of weak tracks, mainly She's a Rebel. Also, as I've already mentioned, I definitely prefer their more energetic and bratty albums, such as Dookie, Insomniac and Nimrod, that type of pop-punk is when they're at their best. Favourite track: Holiday
fun, got me reminiscing
This is an album from my childhood man. I remember looking at my older sister’s cd collection and her playing this for me on her computer.
A friend of mine once said that it's hard to believe that Green Day has two of the most important albums in our lifetimes, 20 years apart from one another. I do not disagree with him. Dookie kicked off the goofy pop punk movement of the 90s and then American Idiot went back to punk rocks and told a story of how the government loves to fuck us all over. This album his filled with hits and scathing commentary of the country we were at the time of release. What is mind blowing is now, in 2026, how much worse it is and maybe we are ready for a sequel? American Idiot 2: MAGA edition. I'd buy it. I'd listen to it. Anyways, this record is amazing and should be listened by everybody.
Great listen from a solid band, nostalgia certainly helps here
so many hits, was good to listen as a body of work rather than just singles
Alright album. I feel like it's technically punk but too mainstream for me to actually feel like it's a punk album. More like "pop punk" I guess. But it was still a nice listen and like how later tracks reference previous tracks St. Jimmy and Whatsherface. Overall good album but not something I would listen to again tbh.
The fact that the highest-rated review of this album is bashing it just shows how good the album is. I've never listened to anything past the singles and never really deeped the album before, but listening to this now in the state the world is currently in just solidifies the importance of education.
awesome album loved it
suna hai
First listen of this adventure through 1001 Albums and I was pleasantly surprised at the flow of this album and the lyrical content which seems timeless.
It is a really solid slice of highly polished stadium rock. The melodies and riffs are simplistic and catchy, though it does lack some of the energy of their earlier work.
This might be the greenest day. No song overstays it's welcome. It feels tight and doesn't feel too dated.
American Idiot was a weirdly emotional revisit. Back in the day I listened to this CD to death, heard the hits constantly on the radio, and even saw Green Day live a few times. I expected the album to feel boring now because these songs have been played into the earth’s crust, but surprisingly it still sounds really good. Jesus of Suburbia and Wake Me Up When September Ends still hit somewhere deep inside. Not every song survived equally well though — Holiday now feels more like mandatory mall punk cardio than an actual revelation. Still, the album has aged surprisingly good.
Always kinda shunned it, but this is a good record. Great songs, slightly too tight production for a punk record, but the anger and emotions are there.
Great!
Great album, really into this style of music right now so its a nice surprise from the generator. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams was my fav song of the album. Holiday and Letterbomb (my fav first listen) were my other highlights
Gut
Great guitar licks, the harmonies feels kinda 50s/60s lite. Kind of like pop-punk. It's good, but it gets dull after listening to it so many times.
I hate to admit it... I really do...
Green Day are about as main stream and big as punk can get and remain recognizable. Musically this stretches a little thin and it’s not exactly a master’s thesis conceptually. But it is a really good distillation of a current of thought from its time of release, so it’s certainly worth a listen for that, and it’s highlights are great for a revisit.
2000s alt-rock. Absolute classic of the genre. Rock opera concept album, very political, punk influence.
I'm not a huge Green Day fan, but they kick so much ass. I'm glad they made this record.
American Idiot, Holiday y Boulevard of Broken Dreams son las canciones de mi adolescencia, me levantan la energía al toque. Jesus of Suburbia, me aburre. Prefiero su alterego St. Jimmy que es para matarse en un pogo. Pierde sentido en mi casa. El resto son bastante olvidables. WMUWSE- me hace llorar siempre. Es hermosa. Todo el resto están bien pero es un poco más de lo mismo y no son canciones que escucharía a diario. Sé que me pierdo lo conceptual porque ni idea las letras, pero bueno.
I liked Green Day for their short songs. Dookie is part of my teenage soundtrack. I applaud them for taking punk and wxtending it to a 9 minute epos. I was never a fan of JoS, but on an album, it works
I already knew most of the album and had never listened to it before. I think I enjoyed the unreleased songs more than the ones that everyone knows. I’m not a big Green Day fan but this was a lot of fun and very inventive for a pop punk band.
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This is a pretty solid album. Boulevard & Wake me up have always been my top songs of theirs.
A punk rock concept album? Seems kinda silly now. But at the time this landed it was a huge re-start for a band that clearly couldn’t last on the Dookie model of making music. An ambitious effort that at times is pretty long in the tooth, and yet still sounds a lot newer than it actually is. Probably because the idiots being sung about are in full force today.
Really solid, but the whole rock opera thing is tough to pull off without occasionally feeling hokey. Even if that’s the point, warrants a downgrade from me
One of those albums I listened to a bunch when It came out, it got played into oblivion, and now I generally skip. That said, it is objectively a solid album with a bunch of hits. And really benefits from this country really growing into the American Idiot moniker over the years... sheesh. 4/5
Knew most of it, much easier to listen to than some Green Day albums good for time released
I feel like this is when Green Day got bigbig and all their true punk rock fans stopped thinking they were good because they were huge on the radio or MTV and little pop kiddies like me started singing along. I think they’re one of the few pop punk rock bands that stood the test of time and they’ll be remembered for the place they held in their genre and era. I’m glad they’re still sticking to their message, and giving a middle finger to the man, even as old men.
Es un album increíble de principio a fin. Sin duda no te aburres en ningun momento y sin ser amante de este género, son canciones que cada vez que la escucho, las disfruto al máximo.
I’m still not convinced a 9 minute punk song works, but the two on American Idiot are probably the closest anyone’s ever going to get. I was familiar with the bigger hits off this but the other songs are basically just as good too
This album is really excellent. Melodies are catchy and so well supported by the instrumentation. His voice is funny but fits the music so well.
Uber strong start that goes gradually downhill before rallying a little at the end. 3.5 stars really.....
When Green Day first appeared, they were a bit too poppy and commercial for snobby 19-year-old me. It's been strange to see them become elder statesmen of rock. These days, I like their politics and I can see that they make an impressive noise for a simple three-piece punk band. I enjoyed this, but only the singles really stood out for me.
A welcome evolution from their pop-punk sound in Dookie! Sad that I was born too late to really enjoy this album in its heyday. Really interesting to hear Green Day try out operatic-punk, which goes well with the heavy-handed topics it addresses.
I remember the boys listening to this album. Pretty good listen.
4.5. Cracker. Some songs less banging than others.
Interesting album, a couple of songs with various styles in the one song.
What a bangger
Top tier concept album that suffers from some individual tracks not being able to stand on their own, middling album without the concept and large scale songs that are on both sides
The first three songs + the first double track might be the best start to any poppunk album ever. Usually I don't have the patience to listen to long songs, but Jesus of Suburbia manages to keep my interest. The last three tracks are also of really high quality. It's those three couplets in the middle that make American Idiot lose one star, as they are mediocre at best. As a rock opera, it is much better executed than Tommy, in my opinion. Just to be controversial right at the end.
I think the stigma that's surrounded Green Day for decades is finally starting to fade away. for years within punk and underground music culture, this band was the poster child for the word "sellout", a once-beloved Bay Area punk trio that signed to a major label, became a ubiquitous, best-selling rock act, and lost all their cred in the process. now that Green Day are firmly in their legacy years, it's allowed for a more measured appraisal of their work by many, myself included. I've never really had that kind of smoke for these guys, to be honest; and in revisiting their first seven albums, I grew to appreciate their evolution and trajectory. sometime around the late 90s, Billie Joe Armstrong's strengths as a songwriter started to really come into focus; the batch of tracks on nimrod. show this off particularly well. with American Idiot, Green Day also did something fairly punk (as much as a major-label rock band could): they were one of the first artists of their stature to position themselves firmly against then-President George W. Bush and the war in Iraq. this is a concept album which, nominally, tells the story of a group of young people disillusioned by the "television dreams of tomorrow," a false hope of a bright future being propagated at the time by every sector of the U.S. media, with the supposedly righteous and just War on Terror being positioned as an unquestionable good. as they come of age, they realize that the world they were promised is gone, and they turn to drugs, sex and other vices to cope. the anti-Bush position has become much more popular over the years, but Green Day deserves the props for being early to the party. I said this album "nominally" tells a story because, if you've listened to this thing, you know that the plot kind of falls apart about two-thirds of the way through. the individual songs that make up American Idiot are often some of Green Day's finest; the title track and "Holiday" are the best political moments, and there's plenty of uptempo punk ragers counterbalanced with sentimental ballads, all of which the band pulls off really well. there's also the two 9-minute suites, easily some of the most ambitious material they ever recorded. where this album suffers most is in its weak narrative payoff. the songs on this album would later be combined with a few from 21st Century Breakdown (another concept LP with a half-baked narrative) to form a musical which gives the American Idiot story a more concrete narrative, but even then, it's still pretty loose. strong 7/10.
Biased as loved this album growing up. Still really enjoy a lot of the themes and the structure of the album
Emo stuff from 2000's. That one guy who's bulliied at the school.
It's weird being nostalgic for an album that I didn't really like at the time, but this feels like a soundtrack to such a big part of my life and I really didn't mind it at all.
Not my favorite green day album, but this album is undeniably great.
7.5/10, zeker als je bedenkt dat ze van bijna een decennium langzame neerwaartse spiraal gingen, naar een killer van een album. Niet het beste in losse genres, maar toch wel de beste punk-pop rock opera (weinig competitie). Laatste halve puntje krijgen ze voor hoe Billie Joe Armstrong als een verdwaalde worm op het podium lag soms
271/1089 Holiday/Boulevard of Broken Dreams is such a great track and such a classic the whole album is pretty decent imo, i think the middle section of Are We Waiting to Letterbomb is a bit of dip below the rest though 74/100
An iconic first half let down by a meandering second act. Still, it’s a hell of a record. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This album is way overhated in certain music circles, but I think it is Green Day's best. Over-the-top in the best way, the band abandoned the usual Pop Punk mold in favor of something grander and more mature. The Punk ethos isn't lost, particularly in the protest-riddled lyrics which criticised the Bush administration, but very well still apply to current times, over 20 years later. Which is a bit sad, but I digress. I remember seeing the band perform "Jesus of Suburbia" at some MTV award show and thinking they were playing for a long time. Cool song, cool album, and when was the last time a mainstream artist came out with a honest-to-god Rock Opera and pulled it off? I can't think of many. Key tracks: American Idiot Jesus of Suburbia Holiday Boulevard of Broken Dreams St. Jimmy She's a Rebel Wake Me Up When September Ends
A really good and loyal to-go since I was young!!! L O V E.
First lap on this one in a while. This was on the very first iPod I ever had, so I know it's in my top 10 most listened to albums ever. Embarrassing "fun" fact: I used to think Wake Me Up When September Ends was about having to go back to school. And I remember crying listening to it at Sheep Pond the last weekend before 8th grade. Now, let's get into it. The hits here are hits. They were inescapable in the radio/trl era of 2004. And, I didn't mind. I loved these songs. I always liked the 9 minute montage of St Jimmy. Loved Holiday. I forgot how much I liked Letterbomb. The things I didn't enoy are these: Extraordinary Girl stinks. Homecoming didn't need to be that long. And the whole record feels a little two shiny and overproduced. It feels like the beginning of the over-produced rock records from bands like Twenty One Pilots. 4/5
I listened to this repeatedly when it released -- big time moment for my middle school tastes releasing a career highlight to kick off high school. at the same time, this was probably the last "punk" or "punk pop" album that I paid attention to before my tastes shifted pretty hard in other directions. it's been nearly 20 years since I've listened to this front-to-back. some of these tracks I had completely forgotten about ("Extraordinary Girl / Letterbomb" and "Whatsername") and others I would be fine if I never heard again ("Boulevard of Broken Dreams" -- not cause it's bad but cause I've heard it enough times). they took some risks on this album and they paid off. loaded with hooks, makes statements without feeling ham-fisted, multi-suite song structures that are crucial to the song, and mostly stellar production/engineering (it's interesting listening now how many songs have guitar parts where it's difficult to distinguish individual downstrokes). also interesting that the version I listened to on Tidal (and that was released on CD) had many of these songs combined into single tracks. after listening, I found another version on Tidal that splits each song into distinct tracks. not sure which I prefer, though it would be cool to stream "Holiday" without having to commit to "Blvd of Broken Dreams" ultimately Green Day knocked this one out of the park and created a highlight of the genre in the process.
Hay temazos. Me termina cansando un toque el punk, pero disco de culto
It's a fun album with some recognizable hits. It's not all my favorite, but in general I had a good time listening to this. 4/5
easily one of the more complete albums i've encountered on this list - wall to wall classics, fun transitions, coherent concept. at times armstrong's voice is just a little annoying, and there's definitely something corporate/sanitized about this punk, but for some reason that's working in their favor here. at the end of the day it's just a great listen. (sentiments absolutely colored by the fact i saw them live while high as tits on molly. this album just exploded off the stage - straight air guitar and headbang fuel. won't ever forget it.)
Probably their best album. The energy keeps going till the end. Lyrics are a bit naive but still a decent listen
Halt DAS Album mit all ne Radio Hits.
Góð fløga, gloymi hvussu nógvar evergreens eru á henni.
3.7 I overplayed this within 6 months of it coming out, such that it's hard to rate it properly. The 4 main singles I now can't really do, though tbh apart from the title track I didn't really dig the rest at the time. The albums gems are the two longer tracks - Jesus and Homecoming. Apart from Tre's (in my opinion) unnecessary segment in the latter, these are some of Green Days finest moments. It's a shame they didn't push on from here, I didn't rate 21st century much and then I stopped listening despite loving the spell from Dookie to this. With the political fodder there now for the taking I would love a Trump update. If the Bush administration is evicerated this bad then surely Trumps is there for the taking...
Maybe their best album quite good
Me gustó algunos son muy nostálgicos , bonitas letras
AMOOOOO, green day è fd demais fazendo musica. emocionante e atual — adoro as críticas q esse álbum faz ao mesmo tempo que traz reflexões pra nós mesmos sabe
And here we are 22years later and America is still full of idiots, dangerous and deranged idiots. Not Green Day’s best album but still enjoyable
I once befriended a kid who grew up in a strict Christian Apostolic community. I’m talking women could only wear skirts type of community. We rode the bus together and I introduced him to A LOT of non biblical music on bus rides to and from school. He was my first kind of real friend in Kentucky so I overlooked a lot of red flags on a weirdo I probably otherwise should have seen. ANYWAY… His parents wouldn’t let him do normal stuff play call of duty or listen to music like Green Day (particularly this album). Sadly, I introduced him and his younger brother to both. I got to witness what a first person shooter tailor made for a PlayStation console and irate rock does to a guy. He went from like a silent/rebellious honor student who invited me to church to like full-on hanging out with D level students and bragging about getting into fights in the span of two months type of kid. I’m not kidding… His introduction to this album coincided with our grade reading The Outsiders. This kid LOVED American idiot. When we shared my iPod buds on the bus he’d always be like “Play that one American song man.” I also started noticing him bragging about going to fights against ‘socs’ to kids three levels younger on the bus. It was then I knew that maybe I had introduced this kid to too much. This guy reminded me a lot of Icarus and Green Day was his sun. After like two straight weeks of riding the bus together he kept requesting Green Day. That “play that American song man” request was starting to piss me off. Like, friends introduce each other to different music genres - they don’t make you constantly play Green Day 24/7. I started getting pissed and playing Don McLean and Bruce Springsteen when he made the “American song” request. But this album and particularly American Idiot had a weird withdrawal effect on him. It’s all he could crave. One day I silently deleted Green Day from my iPod and he couldn’t take it. I told him we could listen to other stuff. But after like a week of no Green Day (and particularly this album) he started sitting with other kids on the bus and our friendship never really recovered. Green Day was little more than a subtle paste that held us sitting together on a bus ride that lasted 20-25 minutes. Flash forward 15 years… I looked him up while listening to this album. He now has a couple of kids, didn’t maintain the apostolic lifestyle, and may or may not work. Wild to believe Green Day, this album, and maybe what American Idiot can do to a guy. Idk, maybe those weird republicans from the 90/00s railing against modern rock had a point. Was that all those republicans were trying to protect us from? Hell of an album though. I can still see this guy slapping his leg when American Idiot comes on. 4/5 stars, wouldn’t change a thing.
oh fuck yeah
Haven’t listened to this one all the way through in some time, but I loved it. 4-4.5
I bought this CD at Hot Topic in 2009, along with the then-new 21st Century Breakdown (which is basically just American Idiot but worse) and I thought the cashier was hot and she talked me into buying a deluxe edition of Let the Dominoes Fall by Rancid (an okay enough album) that came with a bunch of posters and guitar picks and a DVD and a second acoustic CD and then she wrote down a list of bands I should listen to and like half of them were ska bands that I don’t remember. Anyway, my grandma let me play American Idiot in the car on the way home and her review was “I guess it does have kind of a nice beat.” My grandma was the best.
Muy diferente de lo que estaba esperando, grandes temas!!
V good
Terrible álbum, me hace acordar a mi infancia
American Idiot is the first Rock album i was introduced to when i was 11 years old and completely hooked by it and after relistening it 9 years later, it still gave the nostalgia, sadness and abit rebel but some of it doesnt give the same energy or vibes that i once felt before. So, the rating is a 4 star
Punk/power pop with ballads. Some great songs and others not so much. Just learned that Boulevard of Broken Dreams, the one sing that's different than their others, has the same chord progression as Wonderwall. 😕
American Idiot is an album I listened to a lot when I was younger, and revisiting it now hit me much harder than I expected. Songs like Holiday, Wake Me Up When September Ends, and Whatsername feel deeply tied to my own memories, to the point where it’s difficult to separate the music from my past. It’s not something I can evaluate objectively, it’s more like confronting a part of my life I can’t fully detach from.
You know, it's a really good album. I get why it got so freaking popular.
Fine album.
The always overrated Green Day finally puts out an album that measures up to their big head reputation. The story of American Idiot is difficult to follow, but a few of the songs are well thought out and have insightful lyrics including; Holiday/Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Are We the Waiting, and Give Me Novacaine. (3.9*s) Who’d a thunk there could be a successful punk rock opera?
Even though I am a Green Day purest, this album is quite good. A rebranding of the band and one could say a bit of a sell out, but still got the punk roots that made them popular with Dookie. Much like U2 or RHCP, their work has slowly dwindled in quality but they have stayed relevant. I mean they just opened for the super bowl and still sounded pretty good. American Idiot is a solid concept album with themes that will probably always resonate with each generation...certainly do at the present in mid-2026. Lame government, dumb wars, over commercialization and consumerism will always be the US. Amongst the hit tracks are ones that have some deeper meaning and don't suck. The album wraps up perfectly with Jesus returning home and remembering "Whatsername" with a bit of scorn. I certainly liked this record now more than when it came out...ages well. 3.7 stars for these American idiots putting out a decent release mid-career (did they peak?).
I remember when this album dropped and hit the airwaves. It was definitely a tour de force as a handful of the singles were all over the place and it seemingly revitalized Green Day's career after fading a bit over the prior decade. Although I think you could argue they were already superstars in the wake of Dookie, American Idiot definitely re-catapulted them back to the top of the charts and cultural zeitgeist. American Idiot rips out of the gate with a handful of singles, many of which are still enjoyable today. It gets a little thinner as the album continues but the sum of its parts are greater than the individual tracks as you get through the album and all in all it wraps up pretty nicely. American Idiot made a statement in the wake of 9/11 and the political fallout. While I wasn't overly interested in the political message or the opus that was American Idiot back in 2004, it was a welcomed listen when it arrived on the list. I can't say I was surprised how well it held up as the world that it was commenting on has only leaned further into how ridiculous it can get. The overall storyline and message was enjoyable and the pop punk tunes that Green Day assembled remain very accesssible more than 20 years later. I can see why it is heralded as a solid pop punk opera as its appeal seems like it could range from teenager to people over their 50's. The work has taken on a new life as it was adapted into a musical and the title track has been used as an anthem in various ways. Pretty well deserving entry by Green Day. Enjoyed the listen and glad I was able to revisit it. 3.60 stars
I hate most concept albums (efforts from Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye aside), but this works even if you aren't paying attention to the narrative. A mix of the band's earlier punk rock with more of a classic rock Who/Kinks element that works (although sounds awful on paper). I like this album more than I love it, but appreciate the band's attempts to break out of the box, something they haven't tried again since.
Epitome of that 2000s pop-punk-rock-ish sound to me. Love this album and its politically charged lyrics, sick riffs, and goofy emo voice Billy. Heavy dose of nostalgia as well, soundtrack to a part of my childhood.
Favorite song: Jesus of Suburbia Least favorite: Are We the Waiting The quintessential pop punk album. It is successful both as cleanly mastered pop perfection and a piece of political media that still holds its weight today. American Idiot manages to avoid the trite, surface-level lyrics that often define others in this genre as extremely far removed from their “punk” roots. The album has something to say, but delivers it in a polished and catchy manner that still resonates 20 years after its release.
heard this tons of times as a kid, and tons more over the years from various sources. guess this was like "baby's first punk album" for me American Idiot - 5/5 Jesus of Suburbia - 4/5 Holiday - 5/5 Boulevard of Broken Dreams - 5/5 Are We the Waiting - 3/5 St. Jimmy - 4/5 Give Me Novacaine - 3/5 She's a Rebel - 4/5 Extraordinary Girl - 4/5 Letterbomb - 4/5 Wake Me Up When September Ends - 5/5 Homecoming - 3/5 Whatsername - 3/5 Average score: 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ i feel about the same about this album as i did about Dookie. the hit tracks are about as good as i remember. everything else... meh. having finally heard Dookie in full not too long ago, i think that's better than American Idiot by a razor-thin margin
12 year old me owes Mitchell Greer an apology. This album slaps ass. I think that the first half clears the second half, but the second half is still VERY good. The double track format is really interesting, particularly for a pop punk record. I don't really understand the sellout allegations. Is it because of how good the music is? Its still sonically gorgeous and complex. Its literally a concept album/rock opera. I loved this so much. 4.2 (but will likely get higher.)
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ganska absurt egentligen med en Rock-opera album från ett punkband men alltså det här albumet är så lättillgängligt. Det kanske inte är superavancerat och så punk är det väl inte men ibland vill man bara ha rak och enkel pop-rock. Det här albumet känns som en tidkapsel (fast Dookie är nog ändå mer så). Det är lätt att gilla, det är fullt med lättuggade spår som är svårt att inte gilla. Sista spåren Homecomming och Whatsername hade de kunnat skippa och då hade albumet också fått en lagom längd. Tycker albumet håller för en 4a. Bäst är Jesus of Suburbia, Give me Novacine/She's a rebel,
I gotta say, I feel like Green Day really finds the sweet spot between commercial Punk Opera for the disaffected suburban crowds and the low key callbacks to their early stuff for the heads and pop punk aficionados on this album. They’ve got the big anthems that everyone will remember while they were first exploring their suburban footprints and still make room for a few hits that will be remembered by the die hard fans.
This record is the most serious one to come out of the pop punk movement, has 4 of the biggest rock songs of all time, and was just performed at the Superbowl. Anything less than a 4 is criminal and above that is personal preference
Really loved listening to this albums very nice 9/10 very great and highly recommend
Really good, so close to a 5
Great album! Boulevard, Extraordinary girl and Wake me up were the standouts, but a really great flow
4.4/5 Favorite songs: Holiday/Boulevard of Broken Dreams Wake Me Up When September Ends Give Me Novacaine/Shes a Rebel
Anthemic punk rock that defined the 2000s. Some of the songs are still surprisingly relevant today.
6.5/10
4.5
8.0/10
They should make this into a musical.
Great album
Definitely one of my favs from Green Day, I love how 4 of the tracks in the middle are actually two songs. Fun album
Saved? ✅ Would listen again? ✅ Would recommend to anyone? ✅ Would buy on Vinyl? ✅
Green Day grows up on this record, eschewing the rude and crude...replaced with political banter and a punk rock opera.
Heard it a million times
Um.....wow...i thought it was noise and noise and noise...but then i used my headphones and 360 flip...it is quite nice. I am not much of a high production music fan but "wake me up when September ends", "are we waiting", 'bvld of broken dreams' are really good. But still it's not my thing or maybe i am just not in the right head space.
Good rock album. It comes across as punk, and the messaging seems to be in line with that. Doesn't quite have the grit that historically punk albums had, but perhaps this was the start of a new evolution of the genre. It was certainly more main stream. Overall, it's a good fare. Due to all enormity of radio play, I knew every word of the hits. But that doesn't take away from their goodness. They are done well and still have some meaning. I did enjoy it and might go back to it someday.
I already know and love this album so was so happy to listen to it.
Ambitious. I’ve never paid enough attention to follow the narrative, but the standout tunes are great.
The longer cuts on this thing I never listened to are actually the best! Suburban Jesus and Homecoming are some great anthems to listen to. Never knew this was a concept album which really helps tying things together not only lyrically but also sonically. Nice surprise
Awesome
My second favorite Green Day album. Nothing tops Dookie for me. This is like Green Day lite, and it's good don't get me wrong, its a bit more pop-y and I still enjoy the majority of the songs on this. I mean 'Jesus of Suburbia' has no business working as a 12 min epic but it does, the first 4 songs on this album are absolute perfection. This album could probably shave 3 songs off and be even tighter and better. Again it's good but can almost feel corny at points. Only further proven by the fact that this album led to a tony award winning musical. It's amazing how these musical responses to the Bush era have only gotten more relevant today.
Good for this genre. Lots of big tracks!
Alarmingly relevant to the times we live in today. America has always been awful, who knew?
To be 14 again…
love this one - on a scale of 1 to fun = Very fun! 4/5 #Musicsky #albumsky
Have already listened to this all the way through back in December 2024 Loved it, Green Day's best, still hits Top 3 Tracks 1. Boulevard of Broken Dreams 2. Wake Me Up When September Ends 3. Holiday Gave it an 8.8/10 previously, relisten today = 8.8/10 wow
Too longs songs, but the album have a punk pop rock energy very interesting, even cool for your decade.
used to listen to it as a pre-teen so it took me back to those times. I don't listen to music like that anymore but I realized that I still enjoy it. -1 star because I couldn't listen to it again today or the next few weeks ;)
Nice, a lot of classics, the reintroduction of green day to the new century
Banger after banger.
Still relevant today - captures that feeling post 9/11. Listening in order it tells a story.
Hot dog this is much better than I remember. It's not quite as fun as Dookie, but it makes up for it with the righteous anger and drive. Obviously the title track is one of the great openers, all stop-start, angular riffs and an absolutely banging chorus. The other singles are also really evocative and mature. The rest of the album is a tiny bit one paced in places, and I'm not sure every song should be as long as it is, but this was super strong.
Gran álbum, de lo poco que no se siente tan tan comercial de los años 2000 en mi opinión, no fue pesado de escuchar, este álbum tiene elementos de opera a lo que había visto antes y si hay un par de canciones que muestran eso en acción, tratan de tocar temas serios y crítica entonces les quita el aspecto de ser vacíos a mi parecer 3.7
Very nostalgic for 13 year old me
When to listen: feeling like raging against the man, millennial style. Can’t believe how many angsty teen hits were on this one. But was more impressed when I thought about the global influences, the lyrics, and the gestalt of it all. It sounds like a band the weird kids formed in their garage and they’re finally playing the school talent show… and I kinda love that?
Album 65 Top 3 favorites off the album: Jesus of Suburbia, Whatsername, Are We the Waiting/St. Jimmy We finally got it, folks. The very first album I ever listened to by choice, for myself. A completely legitimate copy on the CD rack and not a burned one from one of my parents' friends, of course, listened to on my mom's CD player that is now sitting on my dining room table. This feels like cheating, too, because I enjoyed it then and I enjoy it now. Maybe I'll reframe it in my head as a treat for getting through a bunch of albums I didn't enjoy so much. Now that we've gotten that out of the way, PUNK ROCK OPERA??? I totally missed the storyline that was going on until today. Perhaps I'm not the only one. Crazy what reading does for you, huh? I was maybe going to cheat and skip this one and just review based on my memories of it, but I'm glad I did a full listen. It sounds different than I remember it. I often forget just how many songs on this album have been played to death, but I still enjoy them. I've always liked Jesus of Suburbia, though. It was something of a life changing experience listening to that one for the first time with the variation in sound. I'd never heard a song quite like it. I think this album as a whole is their most successful for a reason. I'll wait to see if they prove me wrong, but Revolution Radio is the only one I own for maybe two songs total, and what I've listened to of their earlier stuff was okay-good, not my favorite. As with most things, my relationship to this album has changed a bit over time. The almost-emo middle schooler dealing with loneliness for the first time became a high schooler who had a small group of good friends but felt pulled in a lot of directions to be different for different people, went to college and stopped being good at being different selves away versus at home, kind of collapsed in and exploded all at once, and now we're here. All that purpleness to say: I still indulge in Boulevard of Broken Dreams sometimes, but more as a hug to the parts of my former self I still have that genuinely felt *that* disillusioned with human connection. I think everyone feels that at some point. This album is really, really good for being that age. It's one I still come back to at certain times, too, when I'm feeling like that kid again. My favorite songs have also changed some over the years. Jesus of Suburbia still clears easily, but I forgot Whatsername even existed until today. This was a fun revisit. I think I'm kinder to my younger self because of it.
мне нравится кантри звучаение, очень понравилась песня whatsername
ughhhh I respect Green Day so much, they're so important to me, I've listened to them a lot during my teenage years. I like some of the tracks and I like that the album is conceptual and conveys the message for all the rebellious kids to stay true to themselves. BUT the music itself is not very impressive if I listen to it objectively. However! I do like that it's stylised as a musical, because it enhances the story. And of course I should mention my appreciation of the pure emotion in Billie's voice, this is the thing that hypnotises you as a raging teenager.
1001 Albums Vol. 0024: American Idiot ============================================================ Introduction: Well now, this is one of the few albums that I knew I would eventually come across. And, on top of that, it's one of the few (probably) albums that I'm actually very familiar with. This isn't necessarily due to me listening to it from my own volition, however. Like with way too much music in my life, it was shoved down my throat when I was younger due to someone I know really liking a particular few songs on this album. It actually wasn't my dad though. If you actually understand why I wrote that last sentence then I actually love you by the way. Anyway, the point is, I"m pretty familiar with the more popularized material from this album. Songs like Boulevard, Holiday, and September, those kinds of songs. That being said, the less popularized, and arguably worse material, I am barely familiar with. I went through a brief phase in my life where I was independently into Green Day and tried to give this entire album a listen a few times, but all I would do is listen to the better songs and just let the stuff in the middle of the album play for a few seconds before scrolling to the next song. You could say this was due to my hyperactivity, but I personally just think it was because I found the songs boring. I mean, I know a lot of people who would likely agree with me on that stance. Either way, who the hell would say that Saint Jimmy is their favorite song off American Idiot? Nobody...nobody with a brain at least. Anyway, let's actually get into the album now. This album, released by Green Day in 2004, was a major, major release of the early to mid-2000's. Seriously, this album could genuinely be considered a cultural phenomenon due to how much of an impact it had upon its release. The influence that this album has on people now is still undoubtable as well. And I'm not talking about how pretty much any album can be considered "life-changing" to a specific group of people either. This album impacted fashion, musical taste, and just did so much for so many people. Now, impacting musical taste? I mean, that makes complete and total sense. What about fashion though? Well, Green Day had a very peculiar, one could even say avant-garde, fashion style in the early 2000s and even nowadays to an extent. Its members wore very alternative styles, borderline rebellious styles of clothing, wore heavy eye makeup, had very peculiar hairstyles, and were just all around different from what would have been considered the norm at the time. If this sounds at all familiar to a modern subgenre of fashion, that's because it is. While emo as a genre of music and fashion did exist before this album's release, this album brought both the genre of music and the fashion style to mainstream attention. Many people, specifically young people, felt as if this album resonated with them on a personal level. This resonation ultimately contributed to the massive rise of emo as a genre of music, fashion style, movement, and so on throughout the 2000s. And, of course, the effects on this can still be seen today. Overall, I'd say that this album had almost like a Ziggy Stardust effect upon its release. I will say already, regardless of the overall quality of the album or music, I appreciate how Green Day tried to frame their public image after what they had expressed in their release. It adds an undoubtable layer of depth to the music and makes it feel as if the album is a personal look into the mind of an artist. You could of course call it all an act. That being said, I'd still take an act over looking up the faces behind this album and realizing that the lead-singer is the most typical Joe-Schmoe that you can find on the street...like some other artists in the same genre...much like Pierce The Veil....Nevertheless, I like this aspect. If anything, you could compare this to metal artists having long hair in the 80s. Yeah, this does feel a bit more like an act than that did due to the sudden tonal shift from Punk Rock to Emo Anthems, but I still like it nonetheless. I thought that David Bowie was awesome whenever he turned into one of his characters from an album, and that was an act. You can't change my mind. You just can't. Now, with all that said, I've gone on long enough. Let's get into one of the most influential albums of the 2000's. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track 1: American Idiot Score: 8/10 Track 2: Jesus of Suburbia Score: 10/10 Track 3: Holiday Score: 9/10 Track 4: Boulevard of Broken Dreams Score: 9/10 Track 5: Are We the Waiting Score: 6/10 Track 6: Saint Jimmy Score: 8/10 Track 7: Give Me Novacaine Score: 7/10 Track 8: She's a Rebel Score: 6/10 Track 9: Extraordinary Girl Score: 5/10 Track 10: Letterbomb Score: 8/10 Track 11: Wake Me Up When September Ends Score: 9/10 Track 12: Homecoming Score: 7/10 Track 13: Whatsername Score: 8/10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Conclusion: Alright, I'll admit, listening to this thing in full was quite a strange experience. The highs were as high as I remembered them being and the lows were surprisingly low. I mean, it wasn't too terrible overall, just quite a strange experience listening to everything that I had been missing this entire time. That missing stuff obviously being songs like She's a Rebel, Letterbomb, Saint Jimmy, and all of the other lesser known songs off this album. Just have to get that out of the way Now, that being said, did that missing material change my opinion of this album? Well...it unfortunately kind of did. Not in a good way either. I mean, this album is still pretty great overall, but the quality is very mixed across the runtime. For starters, unless you're wanting the full experience of American Idiot, then I wouldn't say you're necessarily missing anything by just listening to the big songs. The big hits songs are where most of the quality went into this album. They're the best part of the album without a doubt. That being said....I'm here TO talk about the full experience of this album so...it's still pretty good overall. I mean, it has a pretty well-written story, its music is generally pretty good throughout most of the album, and there were genuinely moments on here that felt very unique to listen to at times. Firstly, I'll mention the music that this album has to offer. Obviously, as I went over in the intro, Green Day as a band had a major tonal shift with this album. They transitioned from a much more Punk Rock sound to a mix between Pop, Punk, and Emo. This mixture should already create a very distinct sound for this album, but Green Day's...honestly pretty good writing takes this personality of sound a lot further. They managed to create music that felt grandiose, edgy, rebellious, and distinct to this album all at the same time. It may have been because of certain production choices such as the layered vocals or loud guitars, but there are just so many melodies off of this album that simply feel rebellious in nature. And I mean that in nothing but a good way because that feel is exactly what this album was trying to capture. Through both the music and narrative this album presents, it attempts to capture the feeling of being carefree and reckless. It tries to capture a feeling that, to an extent, many of us can only wish we could experience. I'm not necessarily talking about the drug use, alcohol use, and potential violence that this album presents, but rather the carefree nature of it. This album's overall theme is very relatable to basic human nature, giving it, at least to me, a way to personally tie it back to myself and how I feel. This feeling is objectively a way to make good music. The listener should be able to feel and, on some level, relate what the album or song attempts to present to you. This album does exactly that throughout its runtime. Now, that being said, how does the story of this album tie into the rebellious nature of its music? Well, this story will be quite a doozy, but I'll try my best to explain it all. So, our unnamed protagonist, who is likely somewhere from his mid-teens to mid-twenties, realizes how crappy America post-9/11 truly is. Our unnamed protagonist creates the name "Jesus of Suburbia" for himself because he thinks that he's miserable and the world is a terrible place. He also reflects on his own insecurities and eventually decides to leave his home because of his hatred and spite. Holiday's purpose on the album is just to give us insight into Suburbia's political opinions and how he views the government. Nothing much more to say about it. Suburbia eventually realizes how lonely he is from simply living alone on the streets and decides to start hanging out with the wrong people. Suburbia then finds who he considered to be his people in Are We the Waiting. This then leads our protagonist to change his identity again to a rebel by the name of Saint Jimmy. Jimmy then starts to do alcohol and drugs because of the people he's hanging around. And now we get to a very central theme of the album. Love. Jimmy meets a rebellious girl who he considers to be a saint and extraordinary. Jimmy and this girl then start dating for an unspecified amount of time before they break up in a pretty cruel way in Letterbomb. Jimmy goes over the situation in his head and ultimately feels a sense of sorrow and grief from his breakup. It has a profound effect on him. So much so that he reflects on the direction that his life is going in a whole and comes to the conclusion that he's in a terrible situation. He eventually decides to return to his home which he had abandoned for however long by then, get a job, kill off his Jimmy persona, and so on. Now, this would be a cool enough album with a cool enough message about politics, society, rebellion, and so on. However, the last song adds a whole other layer of depth to this album. Our protagonist, who now doesn't have a name anymore, reflects on his time with the girl he was with in a pretty nostalgic and somber way. He questions whether she is married, admits to himself that he will never forget her, and so on. This song is honestly pretty bittersweet and adds a whole new layer of emotional vulnerability to the album. Yes, this album tackles many themes across its runtime. It tackles people's rebellious nature, how society can influence one, drug use and its potential effects, politics, which, especially in modern America, I do not want to get into at all, and many more themes. However, the message of love is this album's most personal and relatable message to anyone no matter who they are or where they live. In my opinion, it's trying to say that no matter where you are in life, however good or bad, love is a profound feeling that can stick with you throughout life. You can create an entire fake persona for yourself and decide to throw it away later, but love is something that can stick with you no matter what you are. That message is very profound and thought-provoking. It's honestly a great message and the overall best part of this entire album. Now, that being said, why am I just giving this album an eight out of ten if it had a very profound effect on me? Well...firstly, it took the entire damn album to have a profound effect on me. It wouldn't have had the same effect either had it not been for the inclusion of the final song. Other songs that I've listened to have managed to achieve a similar effect in much less time than this album took. On top of this, the music that this album presents can be a bit thin at times as well. There's a very Progressive sense across most songs on this album, but it can still get a bit thin at times, especially on songs in the middle. Some songs are simply a bit forgettable as well. Nothing more to say about that. Now, with all that said, would I consider this album to be a masterpiece? Not quite. It's definitely great. I don't think a lot of people give it nearly as much credit as it deserves, and to be fair, that may be due to how mainstream this album was upon its release. I mean, really anything being too overplayed or too mainstream will eventually cause someone not to like it. It's inevitable. That being said, this album is still quite great. It has a good message, good music for the most part, and had a major impact on society upon its release. I like it. Everyone who gave it a one of five will just have to kill me to change my mind. ============================================================ American Idiot Score: 8/10 Song Average: 7.7/10
Good but all their songs sound the same to me
This surprised me as I didn't really take notice beyond the singles when it came out. I think the second half isn't quite as strong but it still has energy all the way through. The start of Boulevard over the end of Holiday was a nice touch.
Concise, loud. This plays like a mission statement.
American Idiot was released at the perfect moment for me, just as I was getting into music. Unfortunately, I was getting into completely different music and was ideologically opposed to all forms of pop punk and emo. This meant that I wasn’t able to appreciate the classics released across my childhood. As I’ve aged I’ve matured enough to appreciate the music from my adolescence. Looking back, it was audacious for Green Day to channel their creativity into multi-stage, prog-like song structures with clear political messaging. These songs are nothing like the super short nihilistic ones that made up Dookie. They are linear, longform and operatic. I would love to know if they took any nods from NOFX’s War on Errorism, released the previous year. Even when American Idiot is not overtly political, it sums up the experience of a young person in Bush’s post-9/11 America. Both bands proved that pop punk could handle themes more complex than teenage angst and skateboarding. Although they remained indispensable in soundtracking a PlayStation 2 rendered Tony Hawk. American Idiot is possibly the most memorable and iconic pop punk record of all time with crossover appeal that spilled into mainstream, non-teenage angstridden culture. These big pop songs pleasingly still hold up.
Mid to high 4 for me on american idiot, we both remember it v fondly, the singles still hit hard, but it sags in the second half - still, iconic moment for pop punk and pop rock
American Idiot Jesus of Suburbia Holiday Give me Novacaine/She’s a Rebel Letterbomb
American Idiot Jesus of Suburbia Holiday/Boulevard of Broken Dreams Are We the Waiting Homecoming
A*
An album I don’t think I’ve ever listened to in full but have been meaning to! Iconic singles on here and ones that I remember loving in year 4. Christmas 2005 I was so disappointed to be given the Green Day International Superhits album because it didn’t have any songs from this album (I would later learn that their early career songs were also great). Lots to love here: the ambition, the storytelling, the dynamics and also the brazen political messaging. Also, songs like Boulevard of Broken Dreams and Holiday still sound so good. I love Jesus of Suburbia even though I have to brace myself for the r-word every time I listen to it. 4 stars only because the second half did not really live up to that opening run. However, Whatsername is a great closer and now one of my favourites
3.5
dookie הכי טוב
Fine although very classified in that era, 2 good songs
He escuchado este álbum, conozco al grupo, Green day es una de las bandas que escuche cuando era adolescente. La canción que más me gusta de este álbum es Wake Me up When September Ends y Whatsername, creo que son unas de las canciones más emblemáticas para mí.
Highlights: St Jimmy, American Idiot, Holiday, Jesus of Suburbia. In a nutshell: the Millennial Quadrophenia. Overall: 7/10
like, ok, it’s basically Green Day doing a worse Bad Religion, and it can be overly earnest, and it’s still obviously a big political rock opera concept album from the guys who got big writing a song about the tedium of masturbation but I’ve got a soft spot for Green Day. I like when bands are probably reaching a little too far, ambitions over honest appraisal of their abilities. I love concept albums (that aren’t Tommy or Kilroy Was Here or Music From the Elder). It’s hard not to like an album trying this hard, when it jams basically a summary of itself into a nine minute song with five acts like some kind of concept album inception. There’s also just some great tracks on here. Holiday, Whatsername, Give Me Novacaine. Holiday in particular feels like an old sneering Green Day song with some Bad Religion edge to it. They’ve also got one of my genuinely favorite bassists. Mike Dirnt has been putting out secretly killer bass lines since Dookie, punching way above the band’s weight class, and that does a lot for this album. Is this a real four or am I being a little too charitable? Man, I don’t know. 100+ albums in I’ve given up on caring about how objective or consistent I am in my review criteria. Sorry other albums that are probably better than this and still got threes
Classic Album. my childhood haha
Enjoyed this, felt vital throughout, very full sound
We listened to "Wake Me Up When September Ends" in World Music. Green Day performed "American Idiot" - I'm not apart of a MAGA agenda! - for the superbowl something. Over 20 years later still remains ridiculously relevant.
Good one. 4 stars
I like this. 4 *
Surprisingly good. Nostalgia for a time i was barely concious.
1: American Idiot 2: Wake Me Up When September Ends 3: Holiday/ Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Their best record since Dookie, bursting with purpose…and sadly relevant again. The longer medleys don’t necessarily work so well but the overall impact remains.
Great album, young or old you should enjoy this
reminds me of car rides with my mom
Huge album full of hits. When it's good it's great.
Loved it
Did not expect to love this as much as I did! Thought I would think the hits were overplayed but they still hit and the other songs do too! A bit nostalgic but didn’t seem dated - 4.5
War nie der größte Green Day Fan und finde auch hier vieles zu lang, aber ehrlich, dem die 4 Punkte abzusprechen fällt auch schwer
Not bad at all, 3 straight bangers that everyone would know but doesn’t dip much after those
Long songs, great vibe though.
Too nostalgic for this to not rate it on enjoyment alone. Jesus of suburbia has to be one of the quickest feeling long songs ever, and it's packed full of catchy riffs
Some proper bangers on here, I forget how many good songs are on this album. Without checking I would’ve said “American idiot” and “wake me up when September ends” but holiday, boulevard of broken dreams and Jesus of suburbia (I forget every time how long this song actually is lol) also all slap Second half definitely does fall off a bit though, after give me novocaine, September is like the only non forgettable song imo 4
Альбом, поразивший своей концептуальностью. Зная несколько популярных треков из альбома, я бы никогда не представил, насколько здесь связанная история, в которой каждый найдёт для себя что-то свой. По исполнению мне всё же не так близко, хоть Wake Me up When September Ends является эталонным треком группы для меня, именно он не связан с историей Иисуса/Джимми, на которой держится весь альбом. Меня правда погрузили в интереснейшую историю, так ещё и с полностью закрытой концовкой без недосказанности. Но музыкально это всё же не поразило меня наповал. Лишь из-за этого альбом получит 4, но уверенных балла
Ok. This one caught me off guard. I wasn’t looking forward to the listen, but came away with a new appreciation. The political observations are wonderful.
Absolute classic. Their last good album IMO
It's good, but almost every song reminds me of a different song from someone else. I don't care for this album, but I can't deny it's good... If that makes any sense.
More rock than punk which suits my taste
It’s great. I love Holiday.
tragicomedic timing to get this album recommended today tbh. it's pretty good overall
banger and "bankers" album! takeaways: jesus of suburbia, whatsername
Album kind of trails off at the end, but has some absolute classics of the generation.
Awesome stuff
Another album I grew up on. So there’s a lot of sentimental value to this rating but the opening run of American idiot, Jesus of suburbia, holiday and boulevard of broken dreams is a near perfect run of music.
Cool
"Jesus of Suburbia, a lower-middle-class American adolescent anti-hero" is just awesome. Maybe it's my nostalgia, but this holds up. Among the litany of major bleh punk-rock in the early 2000's, this stands out. Also, green day! weed day! cmon. love that
Really respect this bad for bringing punk music into the ears of mainstream listeners. Definitely prefer their earlier work (lol this album is >20 years old), but this is good nonetheless!
Good album
Бодрый и записан точно.
Pourquoi Americana de The Offspring c'est un chef d'oeuvre et ça c'est mid+ ? Probablement parce que j'ai découvert le premier à 12 ans et le second à 37 ans.
Remember this well, though not listened in many years. You can really see how this became a musical.
Me at 13 would give this a 5 out of 5, but modern day me has such a hard time revisiting this teenage classic simply due to the endless amount I once played it. I’m not even including the incessant amount of plays the singles garnered at the time, which are all songs I am basically incapable of enjoying at this point. I still think they’re good songs, and this is a great album (Jesus of Suburbia still kid of blows me away), but it’s also one I have zero desire to revisit at this point in my life.
Spent the better part of my teens and twenties in denial of this album. Clout chasing the classics like Dookie and Insomniac. But when my 30s came knocking and the pangs of the 9-5 dread, anxiexty surrounding bills, and the permenant sense that nothing will ever get better in this country American Idiot has gained a new place in my mind. It is as good as everyone says and deserves it spot in the pantheon of classic pop punk albums (and great albums of all time). Truly and openly explores life in the economic hellscape of late stage capitalism through the lense of an '04 punk. Without smartphones or content creators. It's still a cycle of dread and anxiety until you make like Jimmy and blow your fucking brains out. Or die with grace like the rest of us. It also explores themes of love, loss and growing up against a dynamite oughts pop punk sound. Nothing to be upset about here. Go figure.
What a great album, makes me think of my brother and playing video games with him. This album is full of hits like the title track, American idiot, boulevard of broken dreams, and wake me up with September ends. Green Day is a great example of early 2000s punk rock. I would gladly listen to parts of this album again and again.
Dit was (samen met death of a bachelor) de eerste cd die ik gekocht heb hihi. Na eeuwen niet te hebben geluisterd, was het zo leuk om het toch weer te horen. Het zit echt wel gewoon goed in elkaar! We hebben nu ook meer toegankelijke punk nodig, want de wereld is bizar.
Maybe I am indeed the faggot, America...? (How did they know??)
Great songs
Despite this feeling very much like a diluted version of earlier Green Day, it is a rock solid album and an enjoyable listen.
did i come of age around this time? no. technically im too young but it was still pivotal in childhood development
oh HELL yeah brother
Tracks meander and blend a bit, but still slaps thematically and sonically
The sweet spot between punk band and arena behemoth. I'm old enough to find the former much more formative and interesting, but there's no denying the cultural impact of this record or the way it single-handedly solidified the band's iconic status. Hardly a wasted moment in this nearly hour-long collection of vitriol, vulnerability, and effortless pop hooks.
Not my favourite Green Day album by any means, but an interesting artifact of a very particular moment in time.
Very pointed and artistically deeper than most of their work. It was a great album to come out in 2004. I remember playing this when it came out in high school. I preferred and still prefer their earlier output but this is a great piece of work.
LOVE
82/100. Fav Song: Are We the Waiting/St. Jimmy. Pretty good, very dad music.
Please note that I can't rank this from the counterfactual universe where it wasn't the most important album in my life at the age of 13. I basically never listen to this anymore, but when I do I'm reminded that it's actually really good. If it were a 40 minute record containing just the singles, Homecoming, and maybe one other song to preserve narrative continuity, I think I'd be lying by giving it anything other than a 5. It flags in the middle in a big way though. It's also quaint—almost cute—in the Year of our Lord 2026 to listen to a record that is in large part about how George W. Bush is a fascist and the American apparatus of the time is basically Nazi Germany (Kristallnacht is invoked for instance). Not to excuse GWB of anything, but it sure hits different today!
I claimed I would give a 5 to this before listening because it was my favourite album in middle school, which means it's one of my favourites period on nostalgia alone. I did listen again for due diligence and I will say, it definitely is not perfect - the choice to end the album on Whatshername is baffling, I forgot the r slur and the multiple f slurs (I mean I knew they used it but forgot it was more than in American Idiot), and it's not as cohesive as I thought it was. However, I do still think it's a great album and I will always get turnt at Emo nights when they blast American Idiot or Holiday.
4 ½ soundtrack to my youth. Still sounds great today.
good vibes anni 2000
Hold up really well in the political climate we have in 2026 with the US continuing to act like a bully on our planet.
As someone who skipped American Idiot in favor of Green Day's earlier albums, it's an interesting listen: they dial up the pop-punk but also drive home stronger, more pointed messaging in their songwriting. I've always heard of AI as being the album where Green Day veered harder into pop than punk but, listening to the album cover to cover, I think that's not entirely fair. This is a transformative album and either you like what they become or you don't, but it isn't less punk for the glossy production.
Mnie też brzydzi imperializm USA i czekam aż spłonie, czego tu nie lubić. I nawet są biseksualni. Nie no, tak zupełnie poważnie, co mam oceniać? To jak bardzo mi się podoba na mój dzisiejszy gust? Czy to że pamiętam jak wyszedł i robił furorę i mój stary podcinał sobie żyły, ale w złą stronę, więc niewiele z tego wyszło oprócz zamieszania, a ja słuchałem Boulevard of Broken Dreams i słucham nadal i od tego czasu 20 lat jak słyszę gdzieś American Idiot albo Holiday to prymitywna część mojego mózgu niezmieniona ewolucyjnie od czasów kiedy życie wyszło z wody na ląd (woda reference dla Julka) zaczyna wydzielać endorfiny zanim się zdążę zastanowić, czy ja to właściwie w ogóle lubię? (jakby ktoś pytał to for sure wiem czym są emocje i jakie można mieć, btw) Pewnie, że jest zbyt banalny i zbyt popowy jak na to, czym twierdzi, że jest (a dla mnie osobiście jeszcze zbyt yyyy upbeat żeby słuchać na codzień). Ale życie też jest zbyt banalne i co zrobisz. To nie jest punk i to nie jest nawet początek pop punku, a w ogóle to Billie Joe był w moim obecnym wieku jak to pisał, więc mogłoby być nieco bardziej wnikliwe i mniej nastoletnie (ja rozumiem, że podmiot liryczny jest nastolatkiem, ale zamysł był taki, żeby teksty były świadome politycznie, a ta świadomość polityczna ogranicza się w sumie do stwierdzenia, że wojna jest słaba a Bush chujowy, a woda mokra), ale może wtedy nie byłoby tak popularne wśród nastolatków i 13-letnie córki kolegów moich rodziców z którymi mieszkaliśmy przez zakładam że najgorsze kilka tygodni w życiu mojej mamy (która swoją drogą jest z tego samego rocznika, co BJA, więc też była wtedy w moim obecnym wieku) nie musiałyby uciekać z domu bo poszły sobie bez pozwolenia wydziarać na kostce ten granat w kształcie serca i ojciec im groził że im to wypali i nie miałbym do tego takiego sentymentu jak mam. No i lubię, jak album stanowi całość, a nie tylko zbiór losowo dobranych utworów, chociaż jeśli o tę całość chodzi, to końcówka nie wjeżdża tak dobrze, jak początek — ale to znowu też ma sens, bo proces dorastania zabija oba, i rage, i love, i summa summarum ten główny bohater okazuje się po prostu zwyczajny. Jak masz te emocje których potrzeba, ale nie ugruntujesz ich edukacją i nie ukierunkujesz działaniem, to zamiast zmienić świat rozpłyną się w niewyraźne wspomnienia, rzewne albo wstydliwe, zależy jak bardzo teraz próbujesz być normalnym członkiem społeczeństwa. I tak jest najprościej. Choose life. A Green Day po 22 latach sprzedaje ekologiczną kawę w ziarnach, jak Nergal, lol. Nic dziwnego, że rewolucja należy do młodych: starsi są zbyt wrażliwi na syreni śpiew Zakładania Firmy. THIS is the dawning of the rest of our lives. A USA robi kolejny syf na globalnym południu, a Green Day tylko zmienia nazwiska jak na koncertach śpiewają w American Idiot, czyjej agendy nie są częścią. I można kupić ekspres do kawy z tym granatem w kształcie serca, i te trzydziestoparolatki z dawno wyblakłymi dziarami na kostkach mogą sobie zrobić w nim kawę po pracy i powspominać. O ile dożyły zwyczajności.
Nostalgia super i z tego powodu daje 4. No skips album? Właśnie niektóre troszkę skip. I te których nie znam na pamięć były takie nieporywające dla mnie mimo że były upbeat. Wake me up when September ends
A strong 4. Green Day do what they do better than anyone, and the theme/concept/callbacks are well done. The multiple song parts are all great - it was fun, rather than life changing - but then I was already in ny 20s when it came out. Maybe if I was 15 it would have been my RATM, or Nevermind, or NMTB. That said, you can't fault the quality of the singles...
I was never a fan of Green Day and I don’t like American Nu-metal or shite college boy punk. But I really enjoyed this- there are some great songs and enough variation to lift the whole. Good surprise.
Je comprends mieux la hype envers Green Day: du «grunge» dilué avec de la pop rend tout ça très catchy et accessible au grand public, en plus d’être extrêmement radio friendly. En vrai, moi même j’ai bien aimé mon écoute, l’album est tight et dépourvu de fillers, ça vaut bien un 4!
I wanted to dislike this! But I couldn’t - bar the odd acid flashback of manga haired guitarists jumping off speaker stacks, there was lots to like here. Weird song title mash-ups means loving and hating the same song. Jesus of Suburbia was very enjoyable.
Great album. Well put together. I was a fan of Greenday before but this album really shot them into super stardom.
Favourites: 1. Jesus Of Suburbia 2. Whatsernam 3. Holiday Least Favourite: Homecoming
8/10 Favorite: Holiday / Boulevard of Broken Dreams
An album that has aged surprisingly well. The title track's lyrics are even more appropriate today than in the Bush era. Definitely is channeling The Who's Tommy vibe into a modern punk rock opera. Could have used a solid LBJ shout-out, though.
Good rock album
great punk album
Appropriate album for January 2026. Ugh.
This was a fun album with some catchy tunes. Some of the songs dragged a little but still enjoyable.
The 90s had some incredible music and I am a big fan of the alternative rock of that decade, but not a big fan of Green Day. This record has a lot to like about it, but it isn’t a cover to cover listen for me. Yeah, there are some great songs on here. You still hear Holiday, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Wake Me Up When September Ends, and the title track on the radio today, and all are excellent tracks. I really liked Jesus of Suburbia as well, sprawling with a lot of different pieces to it, this really speaks to what Green Day was capable of. That said, there were songs on here that didn’t work for me at all, chief among them was Are We the Waiting, a song that so desperately wants to be an anthem that it comes off as incredibly cliche. There were a few others which miss as well. All rolled up, it’s hard to make this anything other than a 4 star album for me. The highs are undeniably very high, even if I am not seeking them out at any point. But with a few holes in the album, it can’t be a five star record.
Great album. Makes you wonder what they used to play at graduations before When September Comes.
3/12 bekannt 7/10 Beste Songs: wake me up when September ends, homecoming, boulevard of broken dreams
An iconic punk rock record driven by Armstrong's nasal singing and prominent guitars. Has a signature rebellious and sarcastic feel running throughout the album, but musically is capable of being reflective as well as aggressive, even if this cannot be said the same lyrically.
Just really good song after really good song. Billie Joe is a hook machine. Certainly different than the Green Day that released Dookie - the punk is pretty much gone, but that leaves an amazing Power Pop band.
I genuinely love this album. It’s such a powerful mix of punk rock and storytelling. Every song feels like it’s telling a part of a bigger story, and the energy is insane. Songs like Holiday/Boulevard of Broken Dreams hit every time. It’s crazy how it captures so much emotion and rebellion all at once. Listening to it always brings back memories. American Idiot is definitely one of those albums that never gets old.
fun vibes and good message
really liked
not something that i usually listen to but it wasn’t bad!! i enjoyed holiday, boulevard of broken dreams, and homecoming
loved the first half.
Very nostalgic album for me. It was the first album I ever bought of my now 300+ CD collection and it shaped my taste in music back in high school. I was even lucky enough to see Green Day perform live alongside Weezer, and Fall Out Boy back in 2021. They were one of the first bands I really fell in love with all thanks to this album. Since high school ended I'd say that I am not as big of a Green Day fan as I once was. I think they're a good gateway punk band, but there are definitely much better bands out there. Regardless, Green Day and American Idiot will always have a place in my heart. It was nice to revisit this album after all these years. Hot take: I like this more than Dookie... Favorite track: Holiday
Wow, this brought me back to my childhood. I don't know if I am just being overly nostalgic but this is so fucking good.
Hell yeah. This was like my favorite album in middle school. I’m ready for this one. 1. American idiot - wow this takes me back. A great song. 2. Jesus of suburbia - Another great song. This was one of my faves back in the day. I didn’t realize this song has like 3 songs in it. 3. Holiday - is this a no skip album? Don’t love the talking in this. Always comes off cheesy 4. Boulevard of broken dream - a classic 5. Are we the waiting - loved this one as a kid 6. St jimmy - eh 7. Give novacane - loved this one 8. She’s a rebel - I feel like I liked this one but it didn’t really hold up 9. Extraordinary girl - this one always seemed out of place to me. Feels week to me on the album 10. Letter bomb - omg the beginning of this song. Idk what it has to do with the song tho 11. Wake me up when september ends - the amount of times I listened to this song while moping in my room… Favorite song: Holiday or Give me Novacaine ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 4.5 stars Big nostalgia factor. But overall it’s a great album. Very strong overall.
Love this album. Strong throughout with excellent singles.
I mean!!! Some of the most formative albums of our time! 4/5
It's like 8th grade all over again
I already enjoy green day and this one was a fun time
Classic
This album is much better than what I expected. However, it's still far from being completely of my like. There are two songs that are great, that I loved listening to. But the rest is more or less the same upbeat 2000's rock that, at some point, becomes repetitive and irrelevant (which doesn't imply that it's not part of the songs I liked, but they have some touch that distances them from the other songs, which, for me, are blander and more generic). But it's a nice one. I've liked listening to it (and it isn't what I thought when I saw this was today's album). The music is good (even though not my cup of tea all the time), there are some nice lyrics, musical changes and diversity on the songs (which is something I love, specially in the songs in which they switch to an acoustic sound), so I guess for me this album deserves four stars; not a masterpiece but for sure a great one that I would listen to again.
Mõne jaoks kindlasti oma kujunemisaastate põhiline muusika. Asjalik pop-punk, mille hulgas on ka ajatuid hitte. Aga kindlasti ka mitte-nii-pihta-laske.
Biased because this used to be a daily play on my iTunes rotation. Absolute classic Green Day album and such good tunes. So far one of the best albums in the 1001 albums list. 9/10
Classic. One of 3 good albums they have
I have already heard of this album, I enjoy greenday quite a lot. It’s definitely an amazing album, i only got into it a couple months ago. I mean, listening to greenday is a staple if you enjoy rock and alternative songs.
Masterwork 4.5
Excellent album. Very fresh sounds for de Day's.
This album is very bold and loud with both its sound and clear political message. The songs are all very cohesive and purposeful. This album is absolutely iconic as it both reshaped and redefined the punk rock era pushing it into the mainstream without losing its edge.
Good catchy well known songs
Whether or not you like it, it's impossible to quantity the impact this album had on popular perception of punk rock. It for sure launched Green Day into the stratosphere and made way for pop punk bands to be touring stadiums and headlining festivals, which had not happened before this. Green Day had already topped out with Good Riddance and were on the downward slide when they totally reinvented themselves for this.
Holds up well, even after 20 years.
Classic
8/10
wake me up when december ends
I remember a time way back in my youth when a friend of mine was wearing a Green Day shirt and I thought it was from a festival or something. I asked ‘what’s the Green Day?’ Now, probably because of American Idiot, I feel like an idiot for ever having asked that.
Excellent album, and it's American Idiot (the song) that introduced me to Greenday way back in 03/04 - good times. I was surprised to see hardcore Greenday fans say it is not really punk rather more emo. In a way, I agree but this is a fantastic album and listening to it again in 2025 is even more relevant thanks to the political lunacy.
top 3 impossibile perché questo album è stato su ogni mio ipod PERÓ are we the waiting/st jimmy, give me novacaine/she’s a rebel, homecoming (yaris, a4)
I liked this more than i thought i would
Great nostalgic bangers
Loved it when I was in my early teens. I have a small disdain for green day and other pseudo punk bands, yet I must admit that this is a really good record.
Great record, and prescient. "I'm not a part of a redneck agenda," indeed. Fuck Trump and the oligarchs.