American Idiot
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Universal acclaim- based on 829 Ratings
- Summary: Structured as a rock opera complete with 9-minute-plus songs and a somewhat complicated storyline, 'American Idiot' is the Berkeley punk band's first album in over four years.
- Record Label: Reprise
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative
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| American Idiot | |
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| Don't want to be an American idiot Don't want a nation under the new mania And can you hear the sound of hysteria? The subliminal mind fuck... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 22 out of 26
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Mixed: 4 out of 26
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Negative: 0 out of 26
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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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An energetic, musically ambitious pop-rock record that employs its expanded vistas in the service of animating punk's well-worn thematic underpinnings.
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It is exactly what the band needs to boost itself to the next level of pop-punk prowess.
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If the forced lyrical growth is a little stunted, it’s more than made up for by the band’s newfound sonic ambitions.
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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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The observations don't always dig as deep as they're meant to, and buzzwords occasionally stand in for insights, but American Idiot finds Green Day both shaking up its formula and applying it in novel and unexpected ways.
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There's no economics, no race, hardly any compassion. Joe name-checks America as if his hometown of Berkeley was in the middle of it, then name-checks Jesus as if he's never met anyone who's attended church. And to lend his maunderings rock grandeur, he ties them together with devices that sunk under their own weight back when the Who invented them.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 309 out of 349
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Mixed: 10 out of 349
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Negative: 30 out of 349
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ChrisPOct 16, 2004Green Day's greatest album! I listened to it once and fell in love right away!
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patcOct 3, 2004its got it all. great album.
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DanielNMar 29, 2005This album is their best yet. I loved Dookie and appreciate the far more mature lyrics and outstanding music from this album. I'm hooked!
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ggjujuewqtqJan 12, 2007is exellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Aug 31, 2012
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JamiePMar 3, 2006bloody brilliant album
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PhillipRSep 24, 2004
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