buffyleigh
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I guess it's supposed to be something like their most mature album to date when it was released? All I can hear is that irritating crisp/bright guitar sound so typical of pop punk of that era and these dull melodies. Oh and now they're grown up so they even use accoustic guitars and have freakin' ballads. And of course pseudo-political lyrics. I hated it when it came out, I still hate it.
There comes a time in every band’s career when someone mentions the C word - the concept album. For a punk band known for three minute pop bangers this is a risky move. However the opening salvo of American Idiot still hits home, relevant today just by changing one word. The album looks American society at the turn of the millennium but not much has changed. Jesus of Suburbia sends shivers down my spine with the final ‘Are you leaving home?’. A punk classic.