LISTED: 30 Best Albums of the Last Decade (2000 - 2009)
*As the year 2010 is about to draw its curtain close, it is the time of the year (of any year) for many music sites and blogs to come up with a top list of albums of the year. Yes indeed the year 2010 has seen many interesting releases worthy of at least a top 20 list. But here at The Genuine Mind Zine we decided to do things a bit different and take a look at some of the best (of the best) releases throughout the last decade. This may not be the most comprehensive list around, lack of hip hop records for one, but all the albums listed here are indeed the most precious of last decade's precious gems.
30. Green Day - American Idiot (2004)
Perhaps one of the scariest aspect of being in a punk rock band is 'growing up', because punk rock, for what it stands, is the ideals of rambunctious, free-spirited teenagehood. But people change over time, and so does punk rockers - but because the appeal of a punk rock band has been ingrained since its' early inception as being a bunch of wild youth living a carefree life, the thought of them ten years down the road suddenly embracing down to earth and matured thinking seemed disquieting (Blink 182 quickly come to mind). Which is why when Green Day released this mini punk rock opera called American Idiot, it was by all means a major victory for the band over their illustrious 90's career. Their last studio release prior to this one, Warning, though playing it safe by following the same old tried-and-tested formula, perhaps by accident was a warning to the band of the waning interest towards, what was during their heyday, the most successful punk rock band of all time. Something had to be done before Green Day ends up in the page of history.
What resulted from it though was not a defiant stand in fight from the Californian trio. Instead, they came up with a loose concept revolving one Jesus of Suburbia in which a whole album was crafted around it, taking their inspiration from The Who. It was an album-long single narration that blows your mind, not for its intensity, not for its melody, but for the strength in how each and every song (or suite, now that they are writing rock opera) supports and identifies with each other, and in how it all came together as a coherent single piece of art - except for the opener "American Idiot", which sticks out like a sore thumb and prevent this from making the album a true classic.
This album truly is among the best album released in the last decade for its ambitious sound.
*As the year 2010 is about to draw its curtain close, it is the time of the year (of any year) for many music sites and blogs to come up with a top list of albums of the year. Yes indeed the year 2010 has seen many interesting releases worthy of at least a top 20 list. But here at The Genuine Mind Zine we decided to do things a bit different and take a look at some of the best (of the best) releases throughout the last decade. This may not be the most comprehensive list around, lack of hip hop records for one, but all the albums listed here are indeed the most precious of last decade's precious gems.
30. Green Day - American Idiot (2004)
Perhaps one of the scariest aspect of being in a punk rock band is 'growing up', because punk rock, for what it stands, is the ideals of rambunctious, free-spirited teenagehood. But people change over time, and so does punk rockers - but because the appeal of a punk rock band has been ingrained since its' early inception as being a bunch of wild youth living a carefree life, the thought of them ten years down the road suddenly embracing down to earth and matured thinking seemed disquieting (Blink 182 quickly come to mind). Which is why when Green Day released this mini punk rock opera called American Idiot, it was by all means a major victory for the band over their illustrious 90's career. Their last studio release prior to this one, Warning, though playing it safe by following the same old tried-and-tested formula, perhaps by accident was a warning to the band of the waning interest towards, what was during their heyday, the most successful punk rock band of all time. Something had to be done before Green Day ends up in the page of history.
What resulted from it though was not a defiant stand in fight from the Californian trio. Instead, they came up with a loose concept revolving one Jesus of Suburbia in which a whole album was crafted around it, taking their inspiration from The Who. It was an album-long single narration that blows your mind, not for its intensity, not for its melody, but for the strength in how each and every song (or suite, now that they are writing rock opera) supports and identifies with each other, and in how it all came together as a coherent single piece of art - except for the opener "American Idiot", which sticks out like a sore thumb and prevent this from making the album a true classic.
This album truly is among the best album released in the last decade for its ambitious sound.
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