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American Idiot
For its first new set of music since 2000's Warning, Green Day tears up the blueprint and comes up with something unexpected: a punk rock concept album built around elaborate melodies, odd tempo changes, and a collection of songs that freely reference classic rock warhorses like the Beatles and Pink Floyd. "She's a Rebel" and "St. Jimmy" might sound like vintage Green Day, but the rest of the disc finds the Northern California trio trying on a variety of different guises: "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" is a clich?-strewn Foo Fighters-style power ballad; "Extraordinary Girl" floats on Indian strings; and the hushed "Wake Me Up When September Ends" wouldn't sound entirely out of place on a Jessica Simpson record. It doesn't always work. "Dearly Beloved" eerily resembles the Alarm's "68 Guns," while the title track eerily resembles something Green Day has already done far too many times. But, overall, American Idiot represents a promising step forward. --Aidin Vaziri
The first original album since 2000 from modern rock superheroes Green Day, American Idiot is one of the most anticipated and controversial albums of the year. Scathing yet self-effacing as it tells the tale of Green Day?€™s Billie Joe Armstrong, American Idiot is the punk rock epic. "A bold, polished punk opera." (Entertainment Weekly) "They're the biggest, most successful, punk band the world has ever seen. What's more, Green Day's next album may well be their masterpiece." (Kerrang!)
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2068 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 18, 2008 Type: User Review |
Best Green Day CD.
I have heard all the songs on Insomniac and Dookie and loved them.When I got this I was expecting kind of the same music but got totaly different and I like it.They kinda got away from their punk roots but that's fine by me.I love all the songs on...
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 5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 21, 2008 Type: User Review |
An unfortunate imitation of actual punk / hardcore.
When your band has hit the skids and you want to be taken seriously as an "artist" (after ripping off the Ramones for years), you can always do what Green Day does here - create an anti-American "concept" hardcore/punk album. The media will help...
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 1.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 17, 2008 Type: User Review |
New Sound, and New Fans...
I remember rushing to Target to buy this album when it was first released, playing it over and over again till the songs were imbedded into my brain and than went to school to discover that everybody else was listening to it. It really annoyed me,...
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 4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 13, 2008 Type: User Review |
almost forces you to grab your guitar and blast away
completely deserving of every accolade. Just a rock tour de force that makes you want to grab your guitar and blast away. not one false note here, changing tempos, walls of crunching riffs, great vibes that escalate as you get deeper into the...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 06, 2008 Type: User Review |
New Favorite of an Old School Rocker
I've been listening to rock of various stripes since my teens in the mid-60's. While I still get a kick out of the classics, my greatest thrill (musically speaking) is finding a fresh twist on rock traditions...a sound that doesn't simply...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 25, 2008 Type: User Review |
THIS ALBUM SAVED ME FROM SUICIDE!!!
You're probably thinking I'm some sort of psycho now, but I was going through a lot. Pink Floyd's the Wall and the Donnas' Gold Medal were also albums that helped, but at that time, I thought it was just American Idiot.
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 21, 2008 Type: User Review |
The Revival of Punk
First of all, let me begin this review by saying that I'm not a diehard Green Day fan. I've always been more of an "old school" punk fan. And Green Day's usually too commercially accessible for my taste. However their 2004 album, American Idiot is...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: May 27, 2008 Type: User Review |
A polished blend of bland
I love how many levels of stupidity are at play on this dummy projectile. It's bad enough that this uninspired, self-congratulatory cacaphony is closing in on 15 million units sold worldwide and has fooled scores of itchy, calloused critics into...
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1.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 30, 2008 Type: User Review |
1 Step Forward, 2 Steps Back
Artistically this band takes a huge stride forward with this album, and I applaud them for that. I've been a fan of Green Day's since there were 5 members (and Billy Joe wasn't yet with them) back in their early days in the Bay Area in the mid...
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 2.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 26, 2008 Type: User Review |
BEST GREEN DAY CD EVER!!!
i use two not listen two GREEN DAY but i seen AMERICAN IDIOT i said ok so get home and listend and i loved it and now i listen two it all the time best cd ever!!! so you need two buy it today BOUIEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS is the best song on the cd
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5.00/5 |
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