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Explicit American Idiot | Green Day | 2:54 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Explicit Jesus of Suburbia | Green Day | 9:08 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Explicit Holiday / Boulevard of Broken Dreams | Green Day | 8:13 | Album Only | View In iTunes |
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Explicit Are We the Waiting / St. Jimmy | Green Day | 5:38 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Give Me Novacaine / She's a Rebel | Green Day | 5:26 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Explicit Extraordinary Girl / Letterbomb | Green Day | 7:40 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Wake Me Up When September Ends | Green Day | 4:45 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Explicit Homecoming | Green Day | 9:18 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Whatsername | Green Day | 4:12 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
| Total: 9 Songs |
iTunes Review
No one saw this one coming: three minute Berkeley punk rock heroes put together a compelling concept album (Punk Rock Opera) about a guy known as Jesus of Suburbia who suffers the rise and fall of the American Dream with a nine-minute track (“Jesus of Suburbia”) that splits into five parts as if it’s a tune from Rush. Other tracks follow in similar fashion, splitting into various parts. Characters such as St. Jimmy and Whatsername show up to advance a plotline that’s less important than the overall feeling that something’s going terribly wrong for everyone involved. Post 9/11, the world’s a mess and Billie Joe Armstrong summons up his inner Joe Strummer and Green Day’s Clash tendencies for the title track. But the most rewarding moments are when Armstrong lets his melodic firepower loose. “Holiday” and “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” use sweet choruses to express their fears and frustrations, with “Extraordinary Girl” and “Letterbomb” furthering the push for pure pop for the now concerned people.
Customer Reviews
My two cents...
Let me get this out of the way right now. I do not like pop-punk. The only real pop-punk albums I own are blink-182's last album and Green Day's Dookie (Both were quality stuff, but the rest is just garbage). I like to listen to either classic/hard rock (Led Zep, GnR, Rush, The Who), 90s alt/shoegaze (Catherine Wheel, My Bloody Valentine, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, The Boo Radleys), or 80s post-punk (Joy Division, U2). if I have to listen to modern stuff, it's never mainstream....Bloc Party, White Stripes, Flaming Lips, Arcade Fire, you get the picture.
So why did I buy this album? I was actually given it by a friend who knows I like music but doesn't really like music himself. He saw it on the best-sellers list and gave it to me as a birthday gift. I decided to give it a quick listen before selling it on ebay or something.
I was actually impressed. For those crying "sell-out", yeah, it's pretty glossy production, there are tons of melodic hooks, and most of the guitar parts are simple power-chord structures (and don't talk to me about the solos). However, Green Day has managed to create a very good pop-punk album, something I didn't think possible. I'm not a huge fan of the radio singles (Holiday, American Idiot, Wake Me Up When September Ends), but I truly think the 9-minute songs are both extremely creative. Green Day shows some great signs of breaking out of the pop-punk mold.
The "rock opera" part of it is pretty quality too. A wonderful story detailing modern angst, sort of a modern "Zen Arcade", or "Catcher In The Rye". The lyrics are far beyond anything you'd usually find today, though Billie Joe's flat vocals get annoying at times. The story delves deep into today's social and political issues deftly, and my favorite songs are the ones that do just that (Homecoming, Letterbomb, Jesus of Suburbia).
You know what? There are no virtuoso guitar parts, and the overall album has tons of radio-friendly hooks, but this could be one of the best rock albums of the year. You know why? There are some superb lyrics, a great coming-of-age/political story, some nice 9-minute pop-punk epics. In a day and age when Hannah Montana, Kelly Clarkson, and Soulja Boy rule the airwaves, this is a welcome departure. A very well-written pop album.
:A NOTE TO ALL GREEN DAY HATERS-(please everyone read it too!)
Look, most people I KNOW who hate Green Day hate them because they only heard one song. And that's American Idiot. Ok, so what if you don't like it, why don't you try listening to some of their old stuff too! So, to all haters, before you you click that "was this review helpful?" Think about it first. Listen to the old stuff. Oh, and about the album. It rocks. Every song. Buy it. NOW!!!!!!
WoW
Holiday, St.Jimmy,Wake Me Up When September Ends,American Idiot,Jesus Of Suburbia All Classics From the best Album of 04/05 Buy it you WILL LOVE IT
Biography
Formed: 1988 in Berkeley, CA
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s
Top Albums and Songs by Green Day
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21 Guns | 21st Century Breakdown (Deluxe Version) | 5:21 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) | International Superhits! | 2:33 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Know Your Enemy | 21st Century Breakdown (Deluxe Version) | 3:10 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Basket Case | Dookie | 3:01 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Wake Me Up When September Ends | American Idiot | 4:45 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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The Saints Are Coming (Live from New Orleans) | The Saints Are Coming (Live) - Single | 3:27 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
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I Fought the Law | I Fought the Law - Single | 2:47 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Wake Me Up When September Ends (Live At Foxboro, MA 9/3/05) | Wake Me Up When September Ends (Live) - Single | 5:40 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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Brain Stew | Insomniac | 3:13 | $1.29 | View In iTunes |
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- Genres: Alternative, Music, Rock, Adult Alternative, Punk
- Released: Sep 21, 2004
- ℗ 2004 Reprise Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the U.S.
