No Fun Mondays
by Billie Joe Armstrong
  • Record Label: Reprise
  • Release Date: Nov 27, 2020
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68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
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  1. Uncut
    Dec 2, 2020
    60
    A spirited album that runs the gamut from pop to pop-punk to punk. Not everything works. [Jan 2021, p.23]
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  2. Clash Music
    Dec 2, 2020
    60
    For the most part, it’s actually pretty entertaining.
  3. New Musical Express (NME)
    Dec 2, 2020
    60
    There are some bangers that you’ll know, such as ‘Manic Monday’, which was written by Prince for The Bangles, whose singer Susanna Hoffs lends some warm guitar and vocals to match Armstrong’s silky sentimental side. It’s the perfect soundtrack to lazily whiling away the monotony of quarantine.

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  1. giovelliflowers
    Mar 22, 2021
    9
    Um álbum divertido e que cumpre seu papel, um músico isolado tocando clássicos do punk rock em uma releitura moderna. Parabéns Billie
  2. NolanLundgaard
    Jan 25, 2021
    8
    No Fun Mondays by Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day): 7.66

    I Think We’re Alone Now: 1 :) War Stories: 0.75 Manic Monday: 1 :) Corpus    No Fun Mondays by Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day): 7.66

    I Think We’re Alone Now: 1 :)
    War Stories: 0.75
    Manic Monday: 1 :)
    Corpus Christi: 0.75
    That Thing You Do!: 1 :)
    Amico: 1
    You Can’t Put Your Arms Round a Memory: 0.75
    Kids in America: 1 :)
    Not That Way Anymore: 1 :)
    That’s Rock ‘n’ Roll: 1 :)
    Gimme Some Truth: 0.5
    Whole Wide World: 0.75
    Police on My Back: 0.75
    A New England: 1 :)

    12.25/14 = .875 -> 7.66

    No Fun Mondays is a project of covers completed by the Green Day singer/guitarist, Billie Joe Armstrong. Since the trio’s 2020 album “Father Of All…”, they have said that they will be most likely shying away from full albums and producing more singles. A while after Father Of All… was released, the first single came out, and a pattern was formed that another track was released every one to two weeks until the entire 14-song project was completed. Instead of originals however, No Fun Mondays is different because it consists of covers of songs released decades ago. As a result, I tried to pay less attention to the quality of the lyrics (as Armstrong has no control over other artists’ lyric ability) and focus more on the actual music. For the most part, the punk band does a good job of giving these oldies but goodies a new sound that sounds totally Green Day. I wish I could give my entire song-by-song commentary, but that would go a frustratingly small bit beyond the character limit. Overall, this was a great attempt at a cover album. It must not have been easy to convert all of these to pop rock, but a good number of them ended up working pretty well. It was nice that Green Day decided to return; as they are one of my favorite bands, I was fearful that we would not get a lot of content after their latest. As a whole, I was pleased with No Fun Mondays and I would recommend it to Green Day fans. People who enjoyed Green Day’s previous four or five albums will like this outing. Highlights: I Think We’re Alone Now, Manic Monday, That Thing You Do!, Amico, Kids in America, Not That Way Anymore, That’s Rock ‘n’ Roll, and A New England.    … Full Review »
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