Number 12
Green Day
"American Idiot"
Released: September 21st 2004
Key Tracks: "American Idiot" / "Jesus of Suburbia" / "Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
Green Day's big 2004 comeback consisted of a fifty-seven minute rock opera about the anti-hero "Jesus of Suburbia". "American Idiot" was born, and it stands up as one of the best records the band has released.
No longer punk, but still unmistakably rock, the record opens with the three minute blast that is "American Idiot" and what follows is a glorious mix of hard rock and supreme balladry from one of the finest bands of their generation.
"American Idiot" set the standard for mid-noughties rock albums, and can be listened to again today and enjoyed every bit as much as the first time.
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