According to a recent Rolling Stone article based on reader responses and their own nominations, Green Day‘s multi-gajillion-platinum selling record, American Idiot, has been named the “best comeback record ever”.
American Idiot was the highly successful follow-up to their 2000 release, Warning. Though it did not share the same mainstream success as American Idiot, Warning is viewed by many as a groundbreaking, yet honest approach by a band that many in the independent music scene had written-off. Our own former reviews editor, and current Alternative Press editor, Scott Heisel, awarded the album a perfect score. What do you think? Is American Idiot a better album than Warning? What are the great “comeback albums” in your collection? Let us know your thoughts below.
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American Idiot was the highly successful follow-up to their 2000 release, Warning. Though it did not share the same mainstream success as American Idiot, Warning is viewed by many as a groundbreaking, yet honest approach by a band that many in the independent music scene had written-off. Our own former reviews editor, and current Alternative Press editor, Scott Heisel, awarded the album a perfect score. What do you think? Is American Idiot a better album than Warning? What are the great “comeback albums” in your collection? Let us know your thoughts below.
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