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American Idiot track ranking

13. Extraordinary Girl (Track #9)
Score: 67 (Average Rank: 9.81/13)
Biggest Fan(s): darkx (#5)
Biggest Detractor(s): Johnbobb, ZaziGuado (#13)

12. She's a Rebel (Track #8)
Score: 79 (Average Rank: 9.06/13)
Biggest Fan(s): Seanchan (#5)
Biggest Detractor(s): firefdr, darkx, HBJDubs (#13)

SeabassDebeste: Catchy and upbeat and inoffensive; I like the chorus of it a decent amount. Best part of this is "She sings, the revolution, the dawning of our lives" hook of the chorus.

11. St. Jimmy (Track #6)
Score: 83 (Average Rank: 9.19/13)
Biggest Fan(s): firefdr (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): BlueCrystalTear, MetalmindStats (#13)

10. Are We the Waiting (Track #5)
Score: 84 (Average Rank: 8.94/13)
Biggest Fan(s): Raetsel_Lapin (#2)
Biggest Detractor(s): ChichiriMuyo, jcgamer107, Seanchan (#13)

9. Give Me Novacaine (Track #7)
Score: 106 (Average Rank: 7.69/13)
Biggest Fan(s): Raetsel_Lapin, BlueCrystalTear, StifledSilence, Great_Paul, Seanchan (#3)
Biggest Detractor(s): firefdr, darkx, Johnbobb (#12)

SeabassDebeste: Fun middle-of-the-album track; I enjoy the "floaty," almost tropical sounds and love the way the chorus goes from heavy downbeats and rising tension to the easy, melodic resolution of Give me novaca-aine.

8. Whatsername (Track #13)
Score: 108 (Average Rank: 7.63/13)
Biggest Fan(s): ZaziGuado (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): FoolFantastic, Great_Paul (#12)

darkx: This would DEFINITELY be higher if we were rating the Broadway Cast version. A much better build-up to the finale.

SeabassDebeste: Real simple, lyrical piece to close out a weaker second half of the album. Has a timeless sound to it. jcgamer107: I hadn't heard this one before but damn

7. Homecoming (Track #12)
Score: 112 (Average Rank: 7.69/13)
Biggest Fan(s): StifledSilence, Great_Paul (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): FoolFantastic, SeabassDebeste, Raetsel_Lapin (#13)

jcgamer107: Well that was long. Lol the saxophone.

6. Letterbomb (Track #10)
Score: 126 (Average Rank: 6.44/13)
Biggest Fan(s): darkx, Great_Paul (#2)
Biggest Detractor(s): BlueCrystalTear, MetalmindStats (#12)

darkx: What an underrated banger.

SeabassDebeste: This song "rocks" the hardest on this album. I'm not huge on the chorus, but the opening verses and , and especially that middling Where will all the martyrs go when the virus kills itself are near-chills level. I keep thinking that I'm overrating this song because it comes in the middle of a bunch of mediocre/bad songs but it only gets better when I repeatedly listen to it - it's a standout from beginning to end.

jcgamer107: Well the opening lyrics didn't have to be so ACCURATE geez

5. American Idiot (Track #1)
Score: 140 (Average Rank: 5.81/13)
Biggest Fan(s): ChichiriMuyo (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): Snake5555555555 (#13)

darkx: This would probably be higher if we were rating the Broadway Cast version. Great harmonies in there.

SeabassDebeste: Angry, catchy, great stuff.

jcgamer107: I think I might like Canadian Idiot better

4. Holiday (Track #3)
Score: 143 (Average Rank: 5.88/13)
Biggest Fan(s): Snake5555555555, Seanchan (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): StifledSilence, Great_Paul (#13)

SeabassDebeste: Simple and awesome. Love the riff, the verses, the melody. This song and American Idiot most encapsulate the "punk sound" of the album to me.

3. Wake Me Up When September Ends (Track #11)
Score: 168 (Average Rank: 4.63/13)
Biggest Fan(s): SeabassDebeste, BlueCrystalTear, jcgamer107, MetalmindStats (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): Johnbobb (#9)

SeabassDebeste: When I first heard this song, I already really enjoyed its clean, soft, simple melody and mournful, nostalgic tone - even if I found parts of it cheesy with some wonky lyrics and frustrating off-rhymes (rests/lost?) Well over a decade later, after a major September breakup, losing a parent, and a September wedding, this song has never left my mind. it's kind of impossible to me not to have this one at the top.

jcgamer107: In the 2nd verse, when the full guitar riff & drum groove come in for the first time - that's probably the best moment on the album. I had a pretty rough time towards the end of this September, and was thinking about this song a lot.

2. Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Track #4)
Score: 175 (Average Rank: 4.25/13)
Biggest Fan(s): Raetsel_Lapin, HBJDubs (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): Seanchan (#11)

SeabassDebeste: It's just so accessible, almost an ideal pop-rock type of song. Could do without the lengthy outro though. I was entering this album thinking that this might be likely one of my top songs, but I put off listening to it for a while. But the moment it actually hit, so, so good.

Raetsel_Lapin: One of my favorite songs. I love this track and I'm so happy that we didn't pair it with Holiday as one giant track... Holiday is fine, but I do *not* enjoy having to sit through it to get to the track I really want to hear.

1. Jesus of Suburbia (Track #2)
Score: 177 (Average Rank: 4/13)
Biggest Fan(s): FoolFantastic, darkx, Johnbobb (#1)
Biggest Detractor(s): jcgamer107 (#11)

darkx: Maybe my favorite Green Day track. So much great stuff in here.

SeabassDebeste: Feels like Green Day's version of Bohemian Rhapsody. I like/love about 90% of it and for a song that's this long, ambitious, and varied, that's incredible.