[lifeismusic5]

I haven’t followed Green Day since 21st Century Breakdown, so I haven’t listened to the record and can’t leave a comment.

Have you checked out Revolution Radio? Its probably my favorite album of theirs outside of Dookie & Nimrod.

[Anonymous]

Trash.

damn… 🤣

[Atruejedi]

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Then I shall elaborate.

 

As I’ve drunkenly told my friends 8,259 times over the years, “Dookie was my first album [that I ever purchased] “

 

Thankfully, it is something to brag about, because I was, like, 11 years old when I got it and it absolutely holds up. I guess I’ve always had good taste. Dookie is arguably Green Day’s best and/or most iconic album. I say arguably because I really think American Idiot is equal with Dookie, even though they are such different beasts.

 

My full exploration of Green Day didn’t begin until the early 2000s, in the years of Napster. That route taught me that I liked Insomniac a lot. I also liked Nimrod a lot. At the time, I was pretty meh on Warning and with the arrival of Shenanigans I had written Green Day off. I graduated high school and moved on.

 

Then came college, George W. Bush, and the Iraq War. American Idiot arrived like a sonic savior, hitting all the right notes in all the right ways. I didn’t think Green Day could top Dookie, and certainly not like this, but… it worked. It worked so well. But this was before the dark times.

 

Before 21st Century Breakdown.

 

The successor to American Idiot was a huge disappointment. Where American Idiot was new and original and just plain awesome, musically, lyrically, and thematically, 21st Century Breakdown feels like a copy of a copy of a copy… very uninspired in all previously mentioned aspects and also somehow “forced.” I feel like the unexpected success of American Idiot, especially with the younger preteen crowd (which almost ruined the album for me), forced Green Day to aim for a repeat and purposely try to please said crowd.

 

…Well, it didn’t please me. That isn’t to say there aren’t some decent songs. About a third of the album is enjoyable. Many of the songs are catchy, but nowhere near what I’d classify as “good” songs. The album on the whole is simply mediocre for Green Day and bad for anyone else. Tracks 8, 9, 11, and 14 (East Jesus Nowhere, Peacemaker, Murder City, and Horseshoes and Handgrenades) are the only ones worth anything on the album.

 

I figured Green Day had hit the bottom of the barrel, but Uno, Dos, and Tre were hardly improvements. A ton of fluff and filler with barely a memorable tune to be heard. The one exception I’d make is X-Kid, which I inexplicably and unironically really enjoy. I feel like I shouldn’t, but it works for me.

 

Revolution Radio was mediocre, inoffensive to the ears, but forgettable. It isn’t bad, it isn’t great. It’s… somewhere. I think I’ll actually end up judging Revolution Radio (more) favorably as time passes. But at the time of this post, it’s just a vanilla release that was a step in the right direction but nothing special.

 

Which leads us to Father of All Motherfuckers:

 

Trash.

 

So, to rank them!

1. Dookie/American Idiot
2. American Idiot/Dookie
3. Insomniac
4. Nimrod
5. Kerplunk
6. 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours
7. Warning
8. Revolution Radio
9. 21st Century Breakdown (even though I loathe it, it’s got a handful of good songs)
10. Dos
11. Uno
12. Tre
13. Father of All Motherfuckers

[Anonymous]

 

Then I shall elaborate.

 

As I’ve drunkenly told my friends 8,259 times over the years, “Dookie was my first album [that I ever purchased] “

 

Thankfully, it is something to brag about, because I was, like, 11 years old when I got it and it absolutely holds up. I guess I’ve always had good taste. Dookie is arguably Green Day’s best and/or most iconic album. I say arguably because I really think American Idiot is equal with Dookie, even though they are such different beasts.

 

My full exploration of Green Day didn’t begin until the early 2000s, in the years of Napster. That route taught me that I liked Insomniac a lot. I also liked Nimrod a lot. At the time, I was pretty meh on Warning and with the arrival of Shenanigans I had written Green Day off. I graduated high school and moved on.

 

Then came college, George W. Bush, and the Iraq War. American Idiot arrived like a sonic savior, hitting all the right notes in all the right ways. I didn’t think Green Day could top Dookie, and certainly not like this, but… it worked. It worked so well. But this was before the dark times.

 

Before 21st Century Breakdown.

 

The successor to American Idiot was a huge disappointment. Where American Idiot was new and original and just plain awesome, musically, lyrically, and thematically, 21st Century Breakdown feels like a copy of a copy of a copy… very uninspired in all previously mentioned aspects and also somehow “forced.” I feel like the unexpected success of American Idiot, especially with the younger preteen crowd (which almost ruined the album for me), forced Green Day to aim for a repeat and purposely try to please said crowd.

 

…Well, it didn’t please me. That isn’t to say there aren’t some decent songs. About a third of the album is enjoyable. Many of the songs are catchy, but nowhere near what I’d classify as “good” songs. The album on the whole is simply mediocre for Green Day and bad for anyone else. Tracks 8, 9, 11, and 14 (East Jesus Nowhere, Peacemaker, Murder City, and Horseshoes and Handgrenades) are the only ones worth anything on the album.

 

I figured Green Day had hit the bottom of the barrel, but Uno, Dos, and Tre were hardly improvements. A ton of fluff and filler with barely a memorable tune to be heard. The one exception I’d make is X-Kid, which I inexplicably and unironically really enjoy. I feel like I shouldn’t, but it works for me.

 

Revolution Radio was mediocre, inoffensive to the ears, but forgettable. It isn’t bad, it isn’t great. It’s… somewhere. I think I’ll actually end up judging Revolution Radio (more) favorably as time passes. But at the time of this post, it’s just a vanilla release that was a step in the right direction but nothing special.

 

Which leads us to Father of All Motherfuckers:

 

Trash.

 

So, to rank them!

• Dookie/American Idiot
• American Idiot/Dookie
• Insomniac
• Nimrod
• Kerplunk
• 1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hours
• Warning
• Revolution Radio
• 21st Century Breakdown (even though I loathe it, it’s got a handful of good songs)
• Dos
• Uno
• Tre
• Father of All Motherfuckers

hahahahaha – that last one MOTHERF******!!!

[Dangus]

I’d give it a 1.5/10.

I think “Stab You In The Heart” is good. But it’s definitely not a traditional Green Day song at all.

It’s way overproduced and don’t get me started on most of the lyrics and the destruction of a great song by Joan Jett.

[Anonymous]

I’d give it a 1.5/10.

I think “Stab You In The Heart” is good. But it’s definitely not a traditional Green Day song at all.

It’s way overproduced and don’t get me started on most of the lyrics and the destruction of a great song by Joan Jett.

What the heck? 😮

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