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Green Day have created a great punk-meets-rock album.
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The Day's trademark bubblegum punk rock guitars have all been turned down in favour of a less electric, more organic sound. Where once they rocked out, now they polka on the awful Levellers-like 'Fashion Victim' - a song about Gianni Versace. Please.... 'Warning' is the sound of a band losing its way.
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Q MagazineHugely likeable, terribly noisy and cute, as well as being jammed with proper pop songs... [Nov. 2000, p.102]
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The once-giddy melodies now settle for midtempo jangle or novelty...
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SelectGreen Day remain the ultimate big-shorts party band. [Nov. 2000, p.116]
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Green Day's melodies are as delicious as ever, and the band continues to integrate acoustic guitar into its sound without getting all granola on us. But as a songwriter, Armstrong's neither here nor there, unable to fully abandon his goofball roots but not stretching far enough to score the breakaway great album he's always seemed capable of writing.
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SpinBy design, the band doesn't rock as hard as it used to. Doesn't punk as hard as it used to, either. [12/2000, p.215]
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You're going to have to dig through a barrage of radio-ready songs to find the excitement of previous albums.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 104 out of 115
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Mixed: 8 out of 115
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Negative: 3 out of 115
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May 1, 2016
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Feb 11, 2020Its OK. Some solid songs just hard to love this album for me. Fave tracks: Church on Sunday, Blood Sex & Booze, Waiting
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Aug 29, 2019