Do we really need multiple posts to review this album? Obviously we can all agree on one thing: the music is decent, but the meanings of the songs claim to be politically charged while upholding repetitive, melodic, manufactured, sanitized rants that only point out the obvious. It all seems pretty hypocritical to me, but who gives a fuck. With the releasing of American Idiot, Green Day made the jump to a pop band, therefore guaranteeing the fact that they'll always be viewed as amazing by everyone regardless of the shit that they produce while grumps like me sit back and mumble under our breath. It's a sad fact of life, but it happens, because anybody who is presented with fame will gladly take it and exploit it to its fullest extent.