• Record Label: Reprise
  • Release Date: Feb 7, 2020
Metascore
68

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 25
  2. Negative: 2 out of 25
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  1. Feb 6, 2020
    60
    Granted, it doesn’t always quite connect, and it probably won’t enter the Green Day canon, but it’s a bit of fun all the same.
  2. 42
    A derivative party foul, a spirited genre game that plays like a copy of a copy. [Feb 2020, p.104]
  3. Feb 18, 2020
    50
    Certain songs try to recapture their old glory, while others feel like an embarrassing pop ploy—but the most consistent feeling is pure disappointment. Even when Green Day is supposedly having fun here, they sound tired and overworked at best.
  4. Feb 6, 2020
    50
    It's another sequence full of common tropes and techniques (to the point of plagiarism in some cases), and at only 26 minutes in length, it rushes by without leaving much of an impression.
  5. Feb 7, 2020
    60
    Green Day’s 13th studio album set sees them step outside of their comfort zone, experimenting with a range of new sounds and styles. However, this leads to mixed results.
  6. 40
    Glam, anthemic and messy Father of All… may be, but “inspired” and “baddest” it is not.
  7. 60
    It's clear what they've wanted to do, and in some aspects have nailed it head-on, but to execute this properly, there needs to be more focus on wrapping that pure-as-fuck punk heart that beats in their chests in something more than a cartoon unicorn.
  8. Feb 10, 2020
    40
    Father of All... is fundamentally toothless and lacking in wit, originality, and invention. Armstrong decries "fakes" across this album without once acknowledging the irony that these songs represent exactly the sort of corporate rock he is supposedly standing against. Of course, Green Day remains a competent band to the point that this slickly produced record is not an all-out disaster. But it is certainly not worth remembering.
User Score
4.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 217 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 79 out of 217
  1. Feb 7, 2020
    3
    It's a really meh album. I do understand that they want to change up their sound, but it's still lacking.
  2. Feb 7, 2020
    2
    It takes a special kind of album to be less than 30 minutes, and still make me feel like it wasted my time. This is music that would fit inIt takes a special kind of album to be less than 30 minutes, and still make me feel like it wasted my time. This is music that would fit in perfectly in the next Kia or Apple commercial. It's boring, deflated, pointless and worst of all, just not fun. Full Review »
  3. Feb 7, 2020
    0
    Only one somehow listenable and original song on album and the rest is just a self-bait yet done so badly it literally hurts. I hopeOnly one somehow listenable and original song on album and the rest is just a self-bait yet done so badly it literally hurts. I hope everything's as it is because dudes just want to get away from label's obligations... Or I just don't know. The album is total nonsense. As a fan I'm t totally disappointed. Full Review »