Green Day
American Idiot 2LP vinyl

For its first new set of music since 2000's Warning, Green Day tears up the blueprint and comes up with something unexpected: a punk rock concept album built around elaborate melodies, odd tempo changes, and a collection of songs that freely reference classic rock warhorses like the Beatles and Pink Floyd. 'She's a Rebel' and 'St Jimmy' might sound like vintage Green Day, but the rest of the disc finds the northern California trio trying on a variety of different guises: 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' is a cliche-strewn foo fighters-style power ballad; 'Extraordinary Girl' floats on indian strings; and the hushed 'Wake Me Up When September Ends' wouldn't sound entirely out of place on a Jessica Simpson record. It doesn't always work. 'Dearly Beloved' eerily resembles the Alarm's '68 Guns,' while the title track eerily resembles something Green Day has already done far too many times. but, overall, 'American Idiot' represents a massive step forward.

NEW / Released in 2004

Tracklist:

A1 American Idiot

Jesus Of Suburbia (9:07)

A2.I Jesus Of Suburbia

A2.II City Of The Damned

A2.III I Don't Care

A2.IV Dearly Beloved

A2.V Tales Of Another Broken Home

B3 Holiday

B4 Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

B5 Are We The Waiting

B6 St. Jimmy

C7 Give Me Novacaine

C8 She's A Rebel

C9 Extraordinary Girl

C10 Letterbomb

C11 Wake Me Up When September Ends

Homecoming (9:18)

D12.I The Death Of St. Jimmy

D12.II East 12th St.

D12.III Nobody Likes You

D12.IV Rock And Roll Girlfriend

D12.V We're Coming Home Again

D13 Whatsername