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Generally favorable reviews- based on 239 Ratings

  • Summary: The 12th full-length studio release for the Northern California punk trio was self-produced and includes songs about gun violence in the US as well as a track lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong wrote for the movie he stars in.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. Kerrang!
    Oct 6, 2016
    100
    The 12 songs that comprise the svelte but satiating Revolution Radio are among the finest to which Green Day Have put their name. [1 Oct 2016, p.50]
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  2. Alternative Press
    Oct 3, 2016
    80
    Radio also is the most intensely personal Green Day album in years; as much a celebration of life on the upside of 40 as it is a reminder of the choices, conflicts and contradictions that mark a life well-lived.
  3. Rolling Stone
    Oct 6, 2016
    80
    Revolution Radio isn't just hot nostalgia. It reflects decades of accrued emotional and musical wisdom.
  4. Uncut
    Sep 27, 2016
    70
    Revolution Radio, happily, shares more with the zestier (and earlier) likes of Nimrod. [Nov 2016, p.28]
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  5. musicOMH.com
    Oct 12, 2016
    60
    There is nothing groundbreaking among these 12 new tracks and it never reaches the heights of American Idiot--which remains the trio’s high-water mark--but there is much to be admired in the simplicity of Green Day’s return.
  6. The Guardian
    Oct 6, 2016
    60
    There’s still a tendency for things to get a little sixth-form common room, particularly in the empty sloganeering of the title track (“legalise the truth”; “anti-social media”), but it’s good to see that there’s life in the old punks yet.
  7. The Independent (UK)
    Oct 5, 2016
    40
    There’s a frustrating disjunction between intention and execution on Green Day’s Revolution Radio.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 52 out of 62
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 62
  3. Negative: 6 out of 62
  1. Firmamento
    Nov 3, 2016
    10
    Straight 10 score.
    Green Day was the first punk band that i fell in love with when i was in high school and god you have no idea how much i    Straight 10 score.
    Green Day was the first punk band that i fell in love with when i was in high school and god you have no idea how much i wanted to be them.
    After so many years, I was literally crying when this album was released. "Like a soldier coming home for the first time."    … Expand
  2. jacbaf
    Oct 7, 2016
    10
    An amazing album, Green Day at their best level.
    This record contains some of the best tracks they've ever written, with a powerful miscele    An amazing album, Green Day at their best level.
    This record contains some of the best tracks they've ever written, with a powerful miscele of different styles, from 70's rock to pure Punk Rock. If you want to label this record there's only one way to do so: this is pure Green Day.    … Expand
  4. DaveCoyote442
    Aug 20, 2018
    10
    We can't lie about it guys, Green Day didn't have anything going for them since American Idiot. Than this album was released, and everythingWe can't lie about it guys, Green Day didn't have anything going for them since American Idiot. Than this album was released, and everything seemed fine again. Still Breathing is still on the radio, and Bang Bang and Revolution Radio are some of my favourite songs. A really solid album and totally recommended for ages 10 and up.… Expand
  5. LoRevisor
    Jan 5, 2017
    10
    If You like the Trilogy ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré! as i do, you must be prepared for one amazing KNOCKOUT of PUNK ROCK.

    Green Day is Back at his    If You like the Trilogy ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré! as i do, you must be prepared for one amazing KNOCKOUT of PUNK ROCK.

    Green Day is Back at his Best!!!

    Revolution Radio is so Good!!! That makes you Wait for another album SOON..

    Best Tracks

    Forever Now, Outlaws, Troubled Times, Bang Bang, Too Dumb to Die, Somewhere Now, Revolution Radio, Youngblood, Say Goodbye & Still Breathing

    Ok!! Only missing the last track, that are amazing!!!

    Just To have a notion of HOW GOOD Is Revolution Radio!!!!! GREEN DAY RULES!!!!!

    BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG IS PURE GENIUS!!!!!! A TRULY ARTIST    … Expand
  6. gianluca1194
    Oct 8, 2016
    10
    Green Day's best album since American Idiot! Say Goodbye, Bouncing off the wall and Forever Now are the best songs on in, but also the othersGreen Day's best album since American Idiot! Say Goodbye, Bouncing off the wall and Forever Now are the best songs on in, but also the others are good. Very impressive… Expand
  7. BossCharn
    Dec 1, 2016
    8
    So much better than the previous Trilogy album but a large step back from '21st Century Breakdown'

    My Top 3 1. Bang Bang 2. Troubled    So much better than the previous Trilogy album but a large step back from '21st Century Breakdown'

    My Top 3
    1. Bang Bang
    2. Troubled Times
    3. Revolution Radio    … Expand
  8. MeeranQureshi
    Nov 23, 2019
    0
    Boring music and GreenDay has just got worse and worse with every record.I wish they'd stop.

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