American Idiot
| Green Day
American Idiot
American Idiot is the seventh studio album by American rock band Green Day. Produced by Rob Cavallo, the album was released in the UK on September 20, 2004 and in the US on September 21, 2004 by Reprise Records. Green Day first achieved popularity in the 1990s with a string of successful albums. Following disappointing sales of their sixth album, Warning (2000), the band took a break before recording their next album, titled Cigarettes and Valentines. The recording process was cut short when the album's master tapes were stolen. Rather than re-record that material, the group decided to start over. --Wikipedia
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Pitchfork
The band's most ambitious record to date, with a consistent narrative spun throughout its 13 tracks -- Life-changing? Not a bit, but there's something to be said for having the balls.
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Rolling Stone
Against all odds, Green Day have found a way to hit their thirties without either betraying their original spirit or falling on their faces.
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BBC
This is truly inventive and emotive stuff, and arguably Green Day's best work to date. Champions, indeed.
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Rockhaq
One thing that amazes me is the number of incredible lyrics on this album. It has everything, from the straight-forward, down to earth attacks on society in anthems such as “American Idiot”, to the barrage of metaphors you receive on songs like “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” or “Jesus of Suburbia”.
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Slant Magazine
For a band who burst onto the scene 10 years ago with a record called Dookie, the boys of Green Day, now in their 30s, sure have come a long way.
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All Music
In its musical muscle and sweeping, politically charged narrative, it's something of a masterpiece, and one of the few -- if not the only -- records of 2004 to convey what it feels like to live in the strange, bewildering America of the early 2000s.
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Contact Music
Greenday celebrate their homecoming and make a welcome return to the music scene with this, their seventh studio album, quite an achievement!
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Immortal Reviews
It reminds us that there are those just like us feeling the same way, and furthermore, that we have things to cling onto when everything seems lost.
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Beat
It is Green Day’s masterstroke, their saving grace.
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HTF Magazine
It may be ten long years since its release, but there is no doubt that American Idiot is still impressive, still relevant, and still amazing!
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Mind Equals Blown
It is an album that influenced a generation of rock music.
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Diamond In The Rock
From its superb guitar riffs to Armstrong’s well-suited vocals that perfectly match the tone and mood of each song, American Idiot surges with unruly fun, political opinion and sincere sentiment, making it the band’s defining album worthy of mainstream recognition.
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Scene Point Blank
When it all comes down to it, American Idiot is an album that has a steady balance between it's strengths and weaknesses. On one hand, it's a solid listen, and a nice addition to anyone's punk rock collection.
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Scene Point Blank
It is an ambitious record by a band who, thankfully, have realized that now they're 30 they can no longer get away with writing songs about high school and girls all the time.
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Drowned In Sound
I remember the prickle of excitement on my skin when listening to ‘Dookie’ in science class ten years ago; this very nearly brings it all back. A strong return to form.
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Paste Magazine
There’s nothing derivative about Green Day now; love ’em or hate ’em, they’ve crafted a unique brand of rock.
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AV Music Club
Green Day needed to make a smarter, better, more inspired pop-punk record this time around. American Idiot, in all its messy sprawling, is just that, functioning better as a whole than as a collection of would-be hit singles.
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Prefix Magazine
The lyrics aren’t revolutionary, the structure isn’t genre-bending, and no one will change their political affiliation over American Idiot. But just because a band takes itself seriously doesn’t mean you have to.
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