American Idiot

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

OK, I'm maybe a bit biased in my score, as Green Day come from my hometown, Oakland. You have to realize how big it was for them to win a Grammy, considering where they started. The same band that would typically write in-your-face, snotty, ironic pop-punk was now experimenting with song structures and socially contentious themes and lyrics? Seriously? Yes, indeed—and they did it in true form. This book has one of the biggest omissions in rock music: Hüsker Dü's Zen Arcade. THAT album showed us all what rock and punk music could be: a vehicle for experimentation, thematic sociopolitical concepts, filled with noise and emotion that people would find appealing—not just a way of writing simple songs. So, I'll take American Idiot as a replacement, as much as it hurts. It's what Green Day managed to do here, while still breaking into the mainstream like never before. "Jesus of Suburbia" is far from a radio-friendly format, yet it's as perfect a pop song as anything made before it. The other singles are, of course, good (ESPECIALLY "Holiday"), but this album works best as a concept and should be listened to in a single sitting. It sometimes gets a bit repetitive, but I still love it to this day and have massive respect for the band for becoming successful while continuing to do their own thing.

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!

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

It feels insane listening to this again after more than twenty years. Conceptually, it's a great album with biting and clever lyricism. A lot of memories come back to me listening to this and I can't help but think, given how insanely popular this is, how did we end up here exactly? I really do not like pop punk, it is one of my least favourite genres. I have my problems with this album but I do love it, and not just because it evokes a lot of memories for me (if anything, that should bring the score down). It's a fantastic album with massive hits and the songs that weren't singles are great. I can't bring myself to give it a 5 but this was a LOT better than I expected it to be or remember it being. Highlights: American Idiot, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Wake Me Up When September Ends

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.

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