Since 2009 when Green Day released their 8th album '21st Century Breakdown', they have done quite a lot. They've wrote a musical, wrote a greatest hits and they are the main inspiration for the 'Green Day Rock Band' video game. After 3 years of not making any new music Green Day are releasing 3 new albums that come out 2 months apart from each other. '¡UNO!', which was the first to come out last month on the 25th of September, is the album that this blog post is all about.
It is no secret that i am a huge Green Day fan, but even i was quite disappointed in their last album '21st Century Breakdown'. The fact they wrote a musical based on American Idiot annoyed me because in my opinion bands should focus on making new music rather than making musicals and milking songs and/or albums for all they can get out of it. However, When i got Green Day's '¡UNO!' i was excited to hear their hear new music.
My favourite songs on the album are 'Stay The Night' and 'Sweet 16' because both are typical Green Day love songs in one way or another. 'Stay The Night' is one of the only songs on the album that sounds fresh compared to their original writing style. Majority of the songs on the album sounds like it belongs on another album. In my opinion, 'Trouble Maker' sounds like 'Warning', 'Carpe Diem' is just basically 'Suffocate'. However, the reason why i can't argue with this is because they seem to be bringing back the original feeling that they gave when 'Dookie' (1994), the album that inspired me the most, was released and in my opinion it's better than '21st Century Breakdown' and their 2005 come back 'American Idiot', which seemed to have lost the original Green Day sound.
My least favourite songs on the '¡UNO!' album is 'Loss Of Control' and 'Let Yourself Go' because both have very little meaning. When i hear the songs both chorus' seem to just say the songs name. In my opinion i think Green Day just wrote the song to fill the album and not to put meaning into it.
To conclude this review, i believe that '¡UNO!' is a fantastic improvement from the previous album '21st Century Breakdown'. Despite it's minor faults, i would recommend this album to anyone.
Written by James Swift - AAA Member, Blogger, Songwriter.
Edited by Liam Blackburn - AAA Member, Blogger, Circuit Bender, DIY Synths, Springbok.
