Green Day Band • Page 93

I feel like we do this every couple months but

American Idiot
Nimrod

21st Century Breakdown
Insomniac
Dookie
Warning

Kerplunk
Revolution Radio
39/Smooth

Trilogy (though my one album version would be a bit higher)
FOAM

 

Dookie
American Idiot
Nimrod
Warning
Insomniac
Kerplunk!

Revolution Radio
1,039/Smoothed Slappy Hours

Trilogy
21CB
FOAM

Over time, I've grown to appreciate the simpler, pop-punk songs on the Trilogy. It doesn't excuse the duds. But I've enjoyed "X-Kid," "Stay the Night," and "Baby Eyes" far more than anything on 21CB which just kinda feels like a try-hard version of American Idiot.

 

Dookie
American idiot
Warning
Kerplunk
Nimrod
Insomniac

Unfamiliar with anything else

 

you guys are ranking fart sounds and shit hitting the water waaaay too low, let's be honest.

 

I heard they're pressing both on exclusive holographic 360 gram vinyl for Record Store Day 2023.

 

that would actually sell like crazy, i'm sure haha.

 

Theres a few misses sure but it's not a straight forward punk album or a big bloated anthem like idiot/21st. I like that it felt like a mix of their career in a way. Bang bang/rev radio as solid fast punk green day, Youngblood being a fun pop punk song, and then having somewhere now/forever now as their anthems.

Still breathing also acting like a very rare, somewhat "taking back Sunday" sounding song to make or different.

It has something for everyone and starts really strong and ends strong.

 

American Idiot
Dookie
Warning
Nimrod
21st Century
Revolution Radio
Insomniac
Tre
Kerplunk
39/Smooth
FOAM
Uno
Dos

The trilogy albums are all pretty distinct for me, so it makes more sense to rank them separately. Genuinely really like Tre. The other two, not so much.

 

Craig's is pretty close to my ranking, mostly because I wasn't alive when Dookie came out

 

American Idiot
Warning
Dookie
Nimrod
21CB
Insomniac
Rev Radio
Kerplunk

The rest are not worth ranking for me but FOAM is the bottom of that tier lol

 

Dookie aside, I'm a casual Green Day fan at best. American Idiot seems to have hit everyone other than me.

 

My local alt station is playing Roshambo right now and I was like... That sounds like Billie Joe, wtf is this?!

 

I'm dumb so I tried to give FOAM a second chance. Nope lol. I hate his vocals on so much of this on top of everything else bad. Sugar Youth is the only one I think is tolerable and that's cause it kind of reminds me of The Network

 

father of all, fire ready aim, meet you on the roof, stab you in the heart, and sugar youth all rule.

 

I dislike it because I’m not into super corny dad rock

 

I tried the trilogy today. Maybe two or three songs that are alright. The demos are better and still almost all suck.

Then I went back to the good albums. So much more fun thinking about and listening to those.

 

Mother Mary by Foxboro Hot Tubs is an absolutely amazing song, one of the best melodies BJ has ever written. I really love Roshambo by the Network too. All of their side projects fucking rule actually and I wish they were more willing to bring that experimentation into the main band

 

My ranking is

American Idiot
Warning
Nimrod
21CBD
Dookie
Kerplunk
Rev Rad
Insomniac
Trilogy
FOAM
39/Smooth

They're my favorite band so I'm allowed to have a weird ranking lol. I don't dislike any of their albums, I actually still really like the trilogy and have a lot of nostalgia for it since I was in high school when it came out. I love when they go pure power pop and those albums have that in spades (still quite a few misses though)

 

Beyond putting the trilogy and FOAM above 1039 your ranking isn’t weird at all.

 

39/Smooth has “Going to Pasalacqua,” which automatically puts it above FOAM/Trilogy.

 

tier 1: AI, nimrod, warning

tier 2: insomniac, dookie, 21CB, uno, superhits tracks, simpsons theme

tier 3: kerplunk, 1039, radio

tier 4: everything else.

 

I would also add At the Library, Disappearing Boy, Paper Lanterns, 409 in your Coffeemaker, and Only of You as absolute bangers.

 

i love insomniac, 21st century breakdown, and warning the most

 

Slappy EP
FOAM
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Everything else