Album sounds great and was in perfect condition when it arrived. Would recommend for any Green Day fans!
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Album sounds great and was in perfect condition when it arrived. Would recommend for any Green Day fans!
Green Day’s long-loved rock opera, American Idiot, is getting a new vinyl pressing.
Rock opera and punk are usually two mutually exclusive musical styles. Then
again, Green Day has never followed any rock rulebook, so it's not entirely
surprising that the trio crafted a punk-rock opera that takes the Bush
administration and its policies to task. It doesn't get any more pointed than a
couplet from the frenetic title cut that states, “I'm not a part of a redneck
agenda/Now everybody do the propaganda!”
Under the guidance of any other group of agitated punks, the results of such an
undertaking could easily become didactic. But with creative spearhead Billie Joe
Armstrong at the helm, AMERICAN IDIOT is melodically driven, with the kind of
intellectual bent that allows for a pair of mini-operas, “Jesus of Suburbia”
and “Homecoming.” Trimmed with a light sprinkling of piano and a big guitar
sound occasionally reminiscent of Mott the Hoople, the former skewers the
hypocrisy that can pervade small-town life. The latter is equally effective, as
clever time changes and sonic flourishes (glockenspiel, doo-wop harmonies,
honking saxophone) serve as an intriguing counterpoint to the band's hook-laced
riffs.
What the critics say…
Rolling Stone (p.186) – 3 1/2 stars out of 5 – “On AMERICAN IDIOT, the
thirteen tracks segue together, expanding into piano balladry and acoustic
country shuffle….Green Day have found a way to hit their thirties without
either betraying their original spirit or falling on their faces.”
Uncut (p.119) – 3 stars out of 5 – “The Berkeley trio's upbeat poppy
punk – equally indebted to The Kinks as The Ramones – shows no signs of
fatigue, but has now been put to blatantly political use.”
Mojo (Publisher) (p.106) – 4 stars out of 5 – “[I]n AMERICAN IDIOT,
they've recorded what could be their masterpiece, a 13-song, hour-long set
that's both ambitious and expertly original.”
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