| Product Summary | | Label: Warner/reprise/maverick | | UPC: 00093624877721 | | Release Date: 9/21/2004 | | Buy.com Sku: 63792308 | | Item#: MULN4T | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 24898 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. American Idiot ~ Green Day |  | | 2. Jesus Of Suburbia: Jesus Of Suburbia / City Of The Damned / I Don't Care / Dearly Beloved / Tales Of Another Broken Home ~ Green Day | | | 3. Holiday ~ Green Day | | | 4. Boulevard of Broken Dreams ~ Green Day | | | 5. Are We The Waiting ~ Green Day | | | 6. St. Jimmy: Are We The Waiting / St. Jimmy ~ Green Day | | | 7. Give Me Novacaine ~ Green Day | | | 8. She's A Rebel ~ Green Day | | | 9. Extraordinary Girl ~ Green Day | | | 10. Letterbomb ~ Green Day | | | 11. Wake Me Up When September Ends ~ Green Day | | | 12. Homecoming: The Death Of St. Jimmy / East 12th St. / Nobody Likes You / Rock And Roll Girlfriend / We're Coming Home Again ~ Green Day | | | 13. Whatsername ~ Green Day | |
| The first original album since 2000 from modern rock superheroes Green Day. American Idiot is one of the most anticipated and controversial albums of the year. Scathing yet self-effacing as it tells the tale of Green Day'™s Billie Joe Armstrong, American Idiot is the punk rock epic. "A bold, polished punk opera." (Entertainment Weekly) "They're the biggest, most successful, punk band the world has ever seen. What's more, Green Day's next album may well be their masterpiece." (Kerrang!)
"It is exactly what the band needs to boost itself to the next level of pop-punk prowess." Billboard
"Against all odds, Green Day have found a way to hit their thirties without either betraying their original spirit or falling on their faces." Rolling Stone
"Green Day trumps any pretension with melody and sheer fervor." The New York Times
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. | | Green Day: Billie Joe Armstrong (vocals, guitar); Mike Dirnt (vocals, bass instrument); Tre Cool (drums). | | Recording information: Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood, California. | | 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. |
Producer: Rob Cavallo; Green Day |
Engineer: Doug McKean |
| | Artist Overview | | Coming out of the grass-roots Gilman St. punk scene of the early-1990s Bay Area, Green Day exploded into the mainstream with their third album, 1994's DOOKIE. The trio's punk energy and pop hooks, influenced by first-generation punks like the Buzzcocks, in turn inspired a huge legion of punk-pop followers. Their energy level flagged a bit following the smash success of DOOKIE, but the band's enormously successful 2004 Grammy-winning political concept album, AMERICAN IDIOT, proved they were mature artists and far from a one-trick pony. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 09/21/2004 | | Original Release Date : 2004 | | Catalog ID : 48777 | | Label : Reprise | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00093624877721 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | 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)
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- 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." Austin Chronicle 8 of 10
Even if it's not as catholic as Rock Against Bush, or as ideologically dependable as Ted Leo, Americ - Christopher Gray
Village Voice 7 of 10
Safe in the knowledge that one thing much of Green Day's audience can already do is navigate the BS - Piotr Orlov
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