American Idiot

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.

Timeless lyrics and concept for the disillusion of multiple generations of the empire

This was very good and very nostalgic as a listen. Great collection of songs that still feel as relevant today as they did 20 years ago, super energetic and very enjoyable.

In 2004, I was reviews editor of Punk Planet magazine. We had a policy not to review major-label releases, but Green Day's publicist pitched me anyway. I remember telling the editor, "Green Day is doing...a concept album? About politics or something?" It sounded like a terrible idea, but turned out to be their ticket back to relevance. They didn't have especially insightful things to say about post-9/11 Bushdom, but they captured the emotion of the moment, and I always appreciated their ambition. That they pulled into a cohesive sonic package is impressive, especially one this catchy. I wouldn't say you NEED to have three songs that are eight- or nine-minutes long, but good on three dopes from the East Bay for pulling it off.

5/5

Most influential album when you're in high school and you think Bush will be the worst president you'll ever have to put up with, nice try kid.

Not as much fun as Dookie but a return to form. A concept album that does get a bit weary towards the end, but is crammed full of good tracks.

I’m not the biggest fan of garagey punky stuff from 90s/00s. But these chaps are certainly top of the pile. They seem to pull out melody hooks very easily, and this album has its decent chunk of banger singles.

9/10, would listen to again; love love love Billie Joe Armstrong's voice, Whatshername is my favorite song off of it

This really is a blast if you're in the mood for the genre. Probably a 4.5 for me, rounding down because I'm just not often in the mood for the genre.

Favorite Track: American Idiot

00s kid. nostalgic. some boring parts

4/5. Very nice album

One of the first albums I bought as a kid so a lot of this is forever engrained into my memory. I would say it’s a great into to modern rock at the time, varied enough, some harder parts and some slower jams with a general anti gov tinge in response to Bush that resonated with me. Zoomed out, I appreciate Green Day being the only ones at the time to speak out against Bush and the War on Terror but it’s a bit muted and as an album it’s fine. The singles are so 2005 I can’t help but be teleported there in my mind but I don’t think they’re great songs? Holiday is alright enough but idk if I just want to ever listen to it really.

As good, and as relevant, today as it was when I were a student.

Cracking album. Some absolute standouts.

Green Day having 2 of the top 3 punk albums is ridiculous, but American Idiot still is pretty great at the end of the day. certainly a cultural touchstone that's aged surprisingly well. the big hits are overplayed but not without good reason. there's a reason why leagues of teenagers born after this album came out still rally behind it deserves to be one of the 1001? yes

What a fun album, full of bangers. There is definitely a nostalgia factor at play, and it is absolutely not perfect, there are duds, (like homecoming) but I'm sorry it's dancy, it's fun, and it still holds up. May be there are not enough ambition to be a five (it feels like they stumbled onto greatness a bit) but a very solid 4 it is.

Green Day puts out another punk-pop gem of angsty clean hooks and fuzz box tones. Stadium rock at it's core, but still filled with ear-worms. I can't quite get to 5 here, but it's a high 4, for sure.

Very solid rock - I like ballads and more energetic tracks equally

Classic!

Great wee album - was gently headbanging the way through

Bangers

Really enjoyed this one especially after a few dud albums from earlier in the week. That transition from holiday into boulevard of broken dreams gave me a similar level of satisfaction as watching a scoop of vanilla ice cream melting into a sticky toffee pudding.

pretty class. Couple classics on this

A good ‘ol rock album. Very much enjoyed but the songs being 5+ mins are slightly long if you aren’t loving them all.

Some absolute classic bangers, some less banging ones but a good album 7/10

Very nostalgic - some big tunes on this one :)

I didn't turn off a green day album

Vilken jävla platta det här är ändå. Tror mitt mest formativa moment var när jag fick Dookie på bränd CD av morsans kollega. Och som jag har NÖTT Holiday/Boulevard… på synth! I mitt svincoola band i typ 5an. Håller än!

Eu já conhecia esse álbum, comprei ele físico na época do ensino médio e escutei muito. Foi através dele inclusive que eu desenvolvi o meu inglês. Escutando hoje, quase 20 anos depois, percebo a importância do que o Green Day estava cantando na época, sobre o governo Bush e a guerra dos EUA contra o Iraque, o tanto que foi uma questão de ego que destruí sonhos adolescentes como o do personagem principal do álbum. O que eu mais gosto é que ele conta uma história do começo ao fim, de um garoto adolescente punk e rebelde que tem uma desilusão amorosa típica da idade e como a guerra acaba e destrói com a individualidade, a independência e os sonhos de alguém e as marcas e lacunas que ela consegue fazer na vida de um ser humano.

Really enjoyed this. Lots of good songs, nice vocals and a cool vibe. 4 stars

Really marked a formative period of time for me, holds up for the most part

Nostalgia overload.

Really good and iconic album with many great songs. Only a 4 as I think the final two tracks are quite weak compared to the rest. Favourite: Holidays, Boulevard of Broken Dreams and Give me Novacaine Least Favourite: Homecoming

Good

Ha, mislim, da sm mela ta cd? Možno, da se še nekje skriva. V bistvu kar fino, da je nekaj poznanega za zaključek tedna. I am pooped. Stari dobri "American Idiot" za začetek. Totalno sm pozabila, da je "Jesus of Suburbia" k nek 9 minutni medley. Alpa, da sta "Holiday" pa "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" tud en komad. (Wiki pravi, kar mi je zj k poslušam totalno jasno, da je konceptualen in mišljen k a punk rock opera.) Fak, v spominu mam, k da so mi bli kot najstnici ok, ampak nikol pa nism ful padla v njih, kljub temu, da sm imela ta cd. Zj k pa morm tkole cel album v kosu poslušat, me pa preseneča, kok mi je všeč? Ful mi je tud všeč zvok bobnov na albumu. V glavnem, a pleasant surprise. Nism mislila, da mi bo všeč.

Ok, I was not looking forward to this. American Idiot seemed like one of those fangless relics of Bush era discontent that was further watered down by endless radio and MTV exposure. It's actually pretty good minus songs like Boulevard of Broken Dreams, turning into a rousing rock opera by the end. However, it's a little too monotonous along the way... no Greenday album should be a full hour long.

Egentligen bara de fyra första låtarna + Wake Me Up som är bra, men de är så pass bra att det blir en fyra i betyg. Najs nostalgi, skulle nog inte ge så högt om jag hörde det för första gången nu.

vip-profil på playahead 2006… tolv år… har american idiot som profillåt… en annan tolvåring skriver att green day inte är riktig punk… mer relevant än någonsin??

Classic pop punk with good production.

Very nice i like this typemof Music and his blive is nice and there re lol 5 good songs

Make me feel the rage and angst I should've felt as a 3 year old towards George W. Bush. Homecoming was close to being a skip, but has a banger ending. Points off since the album feels done, but only retroactively, since many albums I've listened to since this released took inspiration. Favorite track: Jesus of Suburbia, love a good 10 minute rock ballad.

I own this one though didn't get into it when it came out like I did their earlier work.

Oh, this is why that guy on Top Gear hates Genesis

- tällä levyllä on minullekin jo nostalgia-arvoa - on erittäin kovia biisejä, ja hauska huomata miten eri biisit iskee 15 vuotiaaseen severiin ja 30 vuotiaaseen severiin - vähän alkaa levyn sama soundimaailma ja toisteisuus haittaamaan albumin loppupuolella mutta on tämä silti tuote

Always a classic

Interesting to see how this is structured as al album vs a collection of singles. Feel like I need to be listening to this while also reading the lyrics.

Classic album but far from my favorite they’ve made. This became the album they could never escape the success of with many later efforts calling back to American Idiot but never reaching its heights. Overall the album is catchy and has an interesting concept that keeps the narrative rolling. 4.5/5

I didn’t think I would like this but here we are. A little bit of background, I was in high school when this album released, it was everywhere, I didn’t give it a chance back then because I didn’t like either of the singles, I still don’t like them much, i don’t think they’re a good representation of the album as a whole but that’s just me. This is by no means an essential album for me now, just wanted to state that it was better than I expected.

kellemetes

Thoughtful lyrics and rockin music. What else could you want? Well I want BJ Armstrong to stop doing ballads. His nasally tone works so well with the punk and rock vibe, it sounds disingenuous during September or Boulevard. That’s always bothered me. WHEW got that off my chest. Great album

Tuvieron su exito

One of the most popular albums ever; never gotten around to listening it until now. Its pretty good even if I feel it was a bit long.

Digger dette. Første gang jeg har hørt ordentlig på Green day, dette overrasker og oppleves som et knallbra album!

Not quite on par with their best material, but if you can’t find joy in a pop punk opera you need to lighten up.

First half of this is awesome, does die off in the second.

A giant spectacle I have to give some pause to from a band I don't even really care about.

It's probably one of my most listened to albums anyway so didn't go back to it. It's currently standing the test of time with the state of politics in the UK and the US. In addition, a great musical if you haven't seen it.

Ah, the days when criticizing the government was so simple and uncontroversial; they literally call Bush a Nazi on ‘Holiday,’ something that wouldn’t even register to anyone today. This “rock opera” style album was a big shift for Green Day, and I think they pulled it off quite well. The tracks all flow together, but it doesn’t lose the pop-punk sound that they are known for. This album was in heavy rotation in my high school days when all my other peers were listening to Toby Keith & AC/DC, so it was fun revisiting this after I hadn’t listened to it in years. The messaging is still topical, and the riffs are good. I’m giving this a 4/5, I don’t care, I loved it.

Green Day’s American Idiot marks a slight bend toward rock-n-roll from their typical pop-punk tunes and it is a rock opera. I love this genre and while Green Day was never among my favorites, I’ve always like this album. Still do.

Classico

No body loves you everyone hates you

It the music of my early teenage years. Listening to them awakes that feeling in me I had back then - an immense energy that wants to unfold in the core of my body. There is something light and easy in the music. It welcomes us to shake our body and scream out loud the repetitive parts of the lyrics. They appear pubertal but in fact are deep and fundamental. After a few songs I nonetheless became bored and needed endurance. My teenage me would give it a 5, now I’m tending to 3

Van tenir el seu moment,bon disc,tres o quatre grans exits que sonaran sempre i punk per les masses...facil i divertit. Li dono un 7.

Brought me right back to middle school. Which, yikes, but at least I had good music taste.

a rock opera for the emo times

First time listening to it all the way through and it was an impressively good album. I couldn’t believe a band so big could make such a poignant political album and so I didn’t give it a chance back in the day, but it made me appreciate it even more. If KISS’s 1998 decidedly unpolitical album “Psycho Circus” had gone after this rock opera-esque style… well, it still would have been horrible. I’m pretty sure you can draw a straight line between the creation of “Psycho Circus” and 9/11. Which then inspired the Bush administration to strip away American liberties, and in turn inspired the writing and recording of “American Idiot”.

Fast American punk done well a little poppy but all good and a great band live Love the title track which has very relevant lyrics 20 years before trump 7 out of 10

Overhated Imo a good album

super cool, mal wieder in jugendzeiten einzutauchen. schiebt gut an

Joda, for all del. Ikke så ille!

Great punk rock opera that tells the story of what was happening in the US in the mid 2000s. Catchy tunes and strong messages made this a great album

o melhor ate agr

The album that put Green Day back on my radar. Fun to listen that brought me back to that specific time.

Enjoyable pop punk. I listened to this on a road trip and when Boulevard of Broken dreams came on my wife pointed at it and said "that's me!". I then told her she is "lonely edgy angsty teenage wolf meme". The use of the f-slur and the r-slur is sooooooo early 2000s I love it.

i was not expecting this album to be on here, but as a Green Day fan this was a pleasant surprise. every track was super nostalgic. truly one of my favorite childhood albums. rating: 4/5 vinyl? yes

This was surprisingly good. You have to get past the “punk” singing. But once you do the songwriting is so good

I spent my childhood listening to classic punk albums from my dad's collection and I was 12 years old when this came out. You can imagine the impact it had. Green Day bringing elements of a sub culture to the mainstream for a second time. It's a little cheesy now and the over compressed production is tiresome, but it's still absolutely chocked full of bangers. I teach American Idiot and Holiday to guitar and bass students all the time, and they love them. And that's the real marker.

Having heard a big chunk of this, I've grown quite tired of it. But since I use to appreciate this, I figured i'll bump this a point higher .

Good

For my money, this is the last great classic rock album. For an album from the mid 2000's, it definitely has that air of classic rock bombast that comes from bands like Led Zeppelin and especially The Who, even if it isn't really borrowing from the sound (But again, it does have some Who-like qualities, setting aside the rock opera aspect). I will admit, part of me giving this a perfect score is from nostalgia. I still vividly remember getting the CD for this album for Christmas, and absolutely running it into the ground playing it. But even aside from that, it's just a damn good record that still resonates today. American Idiot obviously is still the most applicable song on the record to today's political climate, but the record rattles off a string of classics after that with Jesus of Suburbia (Probably my favorite song on the album), Holiday, and Boulevard of Broken dreams. There are some songs that don't hit those highs such as Are We the Waiting, Give Me Novacaine, and Extraordinary Girl, but they're still fun enough to where I wouldn't consider them skips. Additionally, Wake Me Up When September Ends and Homecoming (With it's 50's vibes) are great tracks. Generally, when the album slows down is when the songs don't hit as well for me. The hardcore punk section of Are We the Waiting/St. Jimmy is great, but the slow part like I mentioned is what brings it down a little. Letterbox is better than Extraordinary Girl. So yeah, fantastic record, probably my favorite Green Day record and their most cohesive (Although it's definitely a generational thing, as a Millenial who grew up during the Bush years, I'm contractually obligated to prefer this album over Dookie). And I'll keep repeating this until I start hearing other people say it, Tre Cool is one of the most underrated drummers around. His work on this album is great. Also, side note, definitely one of those albums where the "PARENTAL ADVISORY EXPLICIT CONTENT" sticker is synonymous with the album, which is always fun, haha. The album art wouldn't be as good without it. Edit: Despite me going on about it being a 5 due to nostalgia, I am thinking back on this and just seeing the rest of the albums sitting in my 5 rank, and realizing it doesn't quite stack up to those. So yeah, whoops.

от holiday мурашки каждый раз.. иногда жалею, что не погрузилась в творчество группы в подростковом возрасте. столько свободы, веселья, очень хорошо.

особо нет претензий, но 5 очков не поставлю, извините любители панков.

Solid emo-punk album, defined an era.

En af de albums man skal høre flere gange. Er ikke så meget til rock så det her var en god overraskelse. Den har mange sange som man kender i forvejen og det er der en god grund til fordi hold da op de er gode. Hvis man lytter udelukkende til musikken og ikke teksterne er det meget samme stil der bliver spillet hele vejen igennem. Kan dog ikke sige mere fordi jeg valgte at høre det her album ret sent men kommer uden tvivl tilbage til det for lige nu er jeg træt og går i seng. 7-8/10

Never was Green day fan, nor could I label it punk music being a punk in the eighties. When they had their heyday with "Dookie" I could only smirk about it. But this album got me by surprise. Although I still would rather label it as poppy punk rock, rather than anything like punk, this is actually quite good. Of course I knew the songs "Boulevard of Broken dreams" and "Wake Me Up When September Ends" but never listened to this album as a whole. Never knew that it was written as a post punk rock opera neither, which made it an all the better listen. 4/5

Definitely top notch album here. Besides from hits like “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” and “Wake me Up When September Ends”, songs such as “Give Me Novacaine” really make this album great.

What a great album! Top to bottom, just killer rock’n’roll.

I keep saying I don’t like punk, but Sleater-Kinney and this album are proving me wrong. This is at least a 3, but it’s better than that. The singer actually sings and sings well. Plus, they’re the hometown band, which gets them a boost. A 4.

banger after banger! i love going back to green day. 4.5

Never been a huge fan of "newer" punk but this is pretty good and still somewhat timely

(89/100)

What to say that hasn't been said? It's very good pop punk. I can't think of a better pop punk album actually. 4 stars.

What more to say about this; a pop punk concept album that was a hugely popular across my early teens. Trying to listen to it now; well - of course some parts feel a bit a hackneyed, or on the nose political commentary. But who can write satire that stands the test of time, and Jesus of Suburbia remains a wonderful slice of excitement. Gas stations, parking lots, and romance - it's got a real sense of place. Of course I still listened to it all, and enjoyed nearly all.

I underrated this album when it came out. A shift in what Green Day became, hated it as a teen, but it aged really well and is much better than I gave it credit for

First or second wave ska? Where’s Ghost Town?

3.5 / 5.0 More bland than I remembered but it's fine background music and I appreciate any attempt at an album-length story. This album, along with the Blink-182 self-titled album and others, are those little looks at bands that are trying to do something more mature and developed than the simple pop songs they're known for. Not that it works out well all the time but it's better than making more of the same.

Third favorite green day album

YEAH PUNK ROCK ✊️🙏🗣🗣🗣🗣💪💪💪🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟

C'était super je me suis régalé, un bon classique du punk rock qui a fait bouger des générations. Je me rappelle de mon adolescence mouvementée. J'étais un jeune rebelle en quête de sens, je ne pouvais pas me mettre d"accord avec mes parents et je ne trouvais pas les mots pour leur adresser un grand "fuck" ! Eh bien cet album m'a permis de mettre des mots sur ce que je voulais dire. Maintenant, j'ai 35 ans. Je ne suis évidemment plus le jeune antisociété que j'étais, du moins physiquement. Mais dans mon coeur, je garde cet anticonformisme, cette joie de vivre, ce cri de passion, et chaque jour je remercie Green Day de m'avoir permis de grandir.

Terrific.

Nostalgia

Gawd 4 years after my graduation. #old balls. Hahaha great band, great album. Awesome 90’s, 00’s band that had there own unique sound/style.

A early 2000's classic. Growing up this was a popular album for my age group. I knew many friends who owned it. Full of classics like American Idiot and Wake Me Up When September Ends. Green Day has some strong themes and it comes off well. I was a fan of the double tracks that blend into each other. Great album

all time great

Pf, me ha gustado muchísimo y no me lo esperaba.

I never listened to this album in full before. I kind of liked it. It seems to move away from pop-punk toward something more straightforwardly rock and roll. And there's some very good songs on there.

Bursting with power chords, simmering with rage and filled with hooks, American Idiot is an impressive leap forward in ambition from a band that made its name from an album titled Dookie. I can easily hear how they turned this into a Broadway production. It’s a solid document of the political discontent of its era and a sobering reminder of what a shit show the first quarter of the 21st century has turned out to be.

I missed that one because I was too cool and too punk to listen to "sellout" green day..... this thing could have been written yesterday from a topical standpoint. That in and if itself is depressing, but things have devolved so far its making me nostalgic for the Bush era. ..God help us

Good.

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They've matured a bit but still have an edge.

8.5/10

Absolute classic, Holiday is the banger for me. Not the biggest Green Day fan but this album is iconic

Ok

Really strong throughout. It was kind of a comeback album, right? But it may be their best. They mastered that place where punk and pop meet.

Super Album , love it

Brings back memories, 4/5

80/100. Some of these tracks were on the radio 24/7 when I was younger. To be honest, I think nostalgia is giving this record a higher rating than I’d normally give it. Standouts are "Holiday," "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," and "Wake Me Up When September Ends." A good 2000s rock record.

Politically-charged, melancholic, defiant. Some absolute classic tracks on here.

An iconic album, with some of the classic Green Day bangers. I do think the “two songs on one track” tends to make the replay-ability a little frustrating. I’m not always in the mood for Holiday, but can get down to Boulevard of Broken Dreams - and I hate having to skip halfway through the song to listen to the one I wanted. 3.8/5

> The Beatles

classic album, i knew some song that are obviously really famous.

feels relevant to the times more than ever

Fantastisches Album mit tollen Songs. Hat die Zeit damals geprägt und war sowohl in der Szene als auch Mainstream beliebt. Auch heute noch ein gutes Album was man sich anhören kann. Ich fühl trotzdem nicht 5 Sterne zu geben.

Staying true to their style, American Idiot is a mature Green Day with a well-conceived album for the time.

Finally, I've got a great album. The title song remains as relevant today as it was 20 years ago. I just love "Boulevard of Broken Dreams". A few album tracks could have done better, though. This album is Green Day's best. 4 stars for "American Idiot".

This is like you asked Green Day to do Green Day but do it epic. There’s a lot to it, but it’s still a bunch of punks at heart.

Really solid first album pick. Lots of songs I know, not sure why I dont own it. 9/10

I never really liked Green Day back around the time of this album or before that, but on this listen I really enjoyed it for some reason. Maybe I just heard it enough back then that it's pulling in some nostalgia I didn't even know was there. Whatever the reason, I dug it this time.

Fun, entertaining, and sounds great

Iconic and timely. Kind of simple musically but relatable

Here for this. I loved Dookie, but I think this might be a better album, at least from a conceptual standpoint. Love the ABSOLUTE CINEMA of this thing. Just hits you in the face with a whole concept and goes for an hour of really big and boisterous highs, and depressing lows. It's a whole thing.

Nada que decir, la mayoría son temazos y estoy redescubriéndolos a través de las letras y la mirada de adulto. Nota: 4.0

I hadn’t listened to American Idiot in nearly two decades, and I’d honestly forgotten just how good it is. Coming back to it now, what really stands out is how bold and theatrical it feels—less like a typical punk album and more like a punk rock opera with flashes of prog rock ambition. Tracks like “Jesus of Suburbia” and “Homecoming” are sprawling, multi-part epics that wouldn’t feel out of place on a classic prog record. There’s a clear narrative arc, recurring motifs, and a sense of conceptual unity that elevates it beyond Green Day’s earlier work. It’s not prog in the traditional sense—there are no odd time signatures or extended instrumental solos—but it’s definitely progressive in spirit. Politically charged, emotionally raw, and musically adventurous, American Idiot still hits hard and feels surprisingly timeless.

Highlight Song/s: American Idiot, Jesus of Suburbia, Holiday, Boulevard of Broken Dreams and Are We the Waiting I am not a big Green Day fan, I like some songs here and there, but not all of them. I listened to 'Dookie' and wasn't a fan. I've been planning to listen to 'American Idiot' for a while and then I just FORGOT about it for some reason; but by the grace of god, 1001 reminded me that it existed. And it wasn't half bad. The song that shines the most is 'Jesus of Suburbia.' Literally perfect, 9 minute, 5 part song and which has a very progressive feel to it; not a second is wasted with this one. The only part that is just a smidge bad is his incorrect use of the phrase 'I could care less' (in Part II), where he uses it the same way you would use 'I couldn't care less.' Though I just dismiss it as an Americanism, so it fits with the rest of the album. Another song/s that stand out to me is 'Holiday' and 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' which are often paired together. I especially like the digital version where both of them are combined into one song. My favourite parts of each song is: "The Senator has the floor" and the guitar solo part (with the other instruments, as well) from Boulevard.

Great album nice and nostalgic

Its a classibmc imo

it was corny but fun, the singer has a great voice

flatout 2 ahh music

It has a few nice songs! Gives me MCR vibes. Some of the songs are quite aptly hyped.

Well, the title track has rang true every day since they wrote it. I kind of feel that the title is redundant. I like the double songs. This is a pleasant, well produced album. I'm still a bigger fan of their first few albums, but this one is solid. Some catchy tunes on here. 4

Not the best album but an enjoyable listen

Pretty flawed but very formative

deffinitely a classic at this point, with 2 or 3 bangers. Not as good as dookie though

4.5 i mean, there's a reason this is considered an iconic, ground-breaking album.

not bad

Prior to today, I’d never listened to American Idiot the entire way through. I know more than a few of the songs of course, but taken as a whole it’s an astounding piece of work.

A rousing if not very exceptional alt rock album. I did enjoy it...

Very well produced album and highly political considering where the USA was at that time, an album more known for the hits I do go back to it every now again but Jesus of suburbia I need to be in a mood to listen through all of it and the album feels a bit long

💥

Amazing album, so many memories. 4.5/5

A 3.5 star album for me but nostalgia made me bump it up. Captures the era very well.

https://clickhole.com/enough-time-has-passed-to-reveal-george-w-bush-was-the-1825124201/

I forgot what an interesting album this was. A punk rock, opera, in the midst of one of what was believed the worst presidents of our time.

Thought I had outgrown Green Day but American Idiot is their ‘masterpiece’ (if you can say that about a pop-punk band). Are some of the lyrics on the nose? Yes. Are some of the riffs samey? Yes. Should there be even more kickass Travis Barker drumming? Of course!! But man this album still slaps. I woulda run this album into the ground if it came out after Dookie. Instead a decade passed between this and Dookie and I became a corporate sellout. The band would be so disappointed 😆

Åttondelarnas mästare. Chugga chugga. Några helt fantastiska låtar - Boulevard of broken dreams. Fyra plus

Ugh probably my least favorite post-grunge band.

I haven't listened to this for probably 20 years and I don't know why, because it's absolutely epic. Perhaps my love for this album got obfuscated over the years by the singles being overplayed to death. Anyway. I don't know whether to laugh or cry that this is still so relevant and timely. Forgot how much I love Give Me Novocaine/She's a Rebel and Whatsername. 4.5 stars; can't quite justify the 5 given I forgot about this one for so many years.

Ich weiß nicht. Hat sich mir an manchen Stellen schon etwas gezogen, wurde auch mit der Thematik irgendwie nicht ganz warm. Trotzdem, die vier Songs, die ich schon kannte, sind Banger. Was soll man machen? 3 1/2, ich habe aber schon Alben mit weniger sehr sehr sehr guten Songs vier Sterne gegeben, also runde ich auf.

Some old jams and some new surprises. Never gave the album a full listen but pleasantly surprised by the breadth of styles on one album

Nicht das beste green day album, aber schon aus reiner Nostalgie ein banger. Ist halt 1h 2000er PopPunk. Meistens gute Texte und gute Performance. Musikalisch wahrscheinlich eher eine 3 aber für mein 12 jähriges ich eine 4/5

It is the definitive album of the entire ‘emo’ subculture. And probably the best album that can be considered ‘emo’. A bit too ‘emo’ for my tastes (compared to Dookie, for example), but I rate them higher than blink 182, and a lot of other rubbish American teen punk.

The composition is always fun and that's impressive, Jesus of Suburbia and Homecoming are so good. Great album n.n

Billed as a "rock opera", I hadn't sat down with this album for a number of years prior to this morning, and it's been a welcome nostalgia trip back towards my preteen and teen days. A bit of an overblown concept tying the album together perhaps, but the songs here are undeniable. I'm still of the opinion that this would only have stood to benefit if "Wake Me Up When September Ends" rounded off the album, but numbers such as the title track and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" have quite rightly earned their status as some of Green Day's most recognisable and widely renowned tracks.

sounds so much like 2004, great singles

Got to admit, you got me with this one. I was 33 or 34 when this was released, married with a couple kids. This missed me by at least 10 years. I know a lot of these songs, turns out that’s because they are great songs. I’m not a punk, or even a post-punk, but Billie Joe is a great singer and songwriter and this is a really good album.

Pretty impressively built and executed album. Good sequencing, varied song styles, catchy hooks, great instrumentals. The only thing holding it back it some of the middle tracks are a tad forgettable and have uninteresting concepts. All around a good album. 4/5

Was too much of a music snob who 'aged out' of Green Day to listen to this back in the day, although Idiot/Boulevard/September were virtually inescapable. Undeniably well-crafted pop punk.

Honestly one of my all time favorite rock albums!

This is a very nostalgic record for me, I remember this was the first CD I put onto my ipod. Still pretty solid.

Well, it's Green Day. What can I say. I'm not a huge fan or anything but I do like some stuff from them, and it's a band I admire quite a bit. This album grows on me the more I listen to it. Fave tracks: American idiot, jesus of suburbia, holiday, boulevard of broken dreams, whatsername. Would I revisit this: yes.

Beyond teenage nostalgia, it's better than I remembered.

hard to put this any lower than 4 - it's well made, distinct, good lyrics and culturally significant. the only thing that docks it for me is personal preference - while a unique voice is often good, for some reason, I don't gel with Armstrong's. but, thats a nitpick. wish i could put 4.5

The best Green Day album, I’ve got this one on CD. One of the best punk albums of all time, I really enjoy this one!