Father of all Motherfuckers - What are your thoughts on the new album?

[BeachBum]

This thread is to share your thoughts and reviews of the new album.  It is to keep these posts and conversations from getting drowned out with all the news related posts in the main thread.

[paperlanterns22]

Best: Sugar youth, Graffitia, Stab you in the heart

Good: Father of all, Take the money and crawl,

Meh: oh yeah, Fire ready aim, Teenage Teenager, Junkies

[The Grohl]

I'm so tired but I can't stop grooving to this album. Even while lying down I'm dancing

[TaylorKlinke]

8 minutes ago, paperlanterns22 said:

Best: Sugar youth, Graffitia, Stab you in the heart

Good: Father of all, Take the money and crawl,

Meh: oh yeah, Fire ready aim, Teenage Teenager, Junkies

Junkies slowly grows on you

[FruitbasketCase]

Yay! It's on Spotify now!!

[BeachBum]

11 minutes ago, TheLastForgotten said:

Junkies slowly grows on you

It definitely does.  

I find the only songs I am skipping on occasion are the first three, there's just times I can be bothered to listen to them.

[Thatsername]

My CD got delivered one day early yesterday so I had some time to listen and digest. My feelings about it are mixed. For me it's not really a party record, it’s giving me very, very dark vibes („Rock’n’roll tragedy, I think the next one could be me“ – holy shit, Billie😨). The record sounds as if the trilogy, a touch of the Foxboro Hottubs, The Beatles, Prince and Billy Idol were put in a blender.

The strong trilogy vibe I already felt when they announced the album initensified, some songs (Sugar Youth, Take The Money And Crawl) sound like they could be straight off Dos, at least for my ears. The songs I like most - along with Oh Yeah - are Meet Me On The Roof, Junkies On A High and Graffitia. I don’t really understand the many reviews who say this doesn’t sound like Green Day. I think it sounds a lot like them.

So right now I'm still in a state of suspense whether I like it or not, it's definitely not love at first sight like I had it with most other GD records, but I have a feeling that this one is a grower. And so far I can say that there are definitely moments I enjoy.

[Alan86]

15 minutes ago, BeachBum said:

I find the only songs I am skipping on occasion are the first three, there's just times I can be bothered to listen to them.

I find that too but that usually happens to me for songs that have already been released before the full album drops. In time I’ll get back into the first 3 songs too.

[HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN]

Can we talk about Mike’s bass all over the fucking place in this record? ❤️

[JReevz]

Fuck. I love it :.)

[CherryBombs&Gasoline]

Ok, I'm gonna have to listen to this A LOT more to say whether I really like it or not. I wasn't instantly in love with it and I'd say that my initial reaction to RevRad was definitely much better BUT I'm pretty sure some of the songs will grow on me with repeated listens. So far I think it's decent, with not many lows, but also not that many highs. But like I said, that might very well change. 

[Josh100_3]

4 hours ago, Sheenius said:

I want them to buy Kool Aid. 

Only green Kool Aid now. 

I really believe Graffitia is good enough to fit on London Calling

Oh my lord imagine Joe Strummer singing Graffitia. That would be incredible 

[Jonny smith]

Just now, Josh100_3 said:

Oh my lord imagine Joe Strummer singing Graffitia. That would be incredible 

Yeah!! It definitely’borrows’ the melody of “bank robber” from the clash. A nice little nod and tip of the hat to strummer 

[Lacky]

Can we say that this is one of the best GD records in terms of production?
The quality of every instrument is just amazing. 
I was scared before FOAFM came out, but now you deserve my compliments, Butch Walker. 
Anyway, they have renewed their sound without changing it radically. 
My top 3: Teenage, Stab & Graffitia, but just because I've heard to the first singles too much, Father of all deserves a place in this chart.
Oh yeah is the only one I'd like to change in this record, but it's not a good problem 😎

[Platypus2000]

Sugar Youth and Stab You In the Heart 👍🏻

The rest 🤮🤮

[CocaColaX]

Alright, it’s no AI or 21CB, but after all the medium-ish to very low-ish expectations for this album, I’m loving it, on first listen too!  I would say Oh Yeah is probably my least favourite, well 2/3rd’s of it along with half of Junkies on a High. Only listened to the new tracks 4-10 through 3 times so far, so will give it a few more goes, but think Graffitia (whatever that means) is currently my fave.

Just noticed it’s currently no 1 on UK iTunes 😍

[Hey Oh]

5 hours ago, Matt. said:

My favorite set of lyrics so far is in “Junkies On a High” where Billie goes from using “Oh yeah” as filler to quoting the Kool-Aid man. And it fits with the song. Clever.

How did I not make that connection!?! 🤣

[MillenniumFan]

Wow, this album seems hella polarising. I don't get it, I mean I'd have every reason to get mad at them. I mean, yeah, they haven't released something that I REALLY like since 21CB, they're not even bothering to come to play in my country and the first few singles weren't incredible (didn't mind FOAM, Oh Yeah was mixed, FRA terrible). So I'd have every reason to hate this album.

However, I just can't get mad at them. Listening to the album it actually sounds genuine, like they're exploring these sounds, because they WANT to, not because of monetary incentives. I can respect that. It's not always my thing, though I quite like "Meet Me On the Roof", "Stab You In The Heart" and "Sugar Youth", but this is not "Green Day going pop", as one might have thought. 

I'll also disagree with the people criticising its length. That's a STRENGTH in my opinion. Short and sweet, non-offensive. People won't like to hear it, but it's what the trilogy should have been from the start. Rev-Rad has its place, I appreciate the time and effort that went into that album, but on some level it did seem a bit stale to me. I love the more classic Green Day sound, but to be honest, there are better records to listen to if that's what I want (Dookie, Insomniac, Nimrod, AI, 21CB). I also just didn't give this "album feeling" from it, but on FOAM I weirdly do get that feeling. People will disagree, that's fine. 

I think Rev Rad's songs are stronger individually, but this is narrowly a better album in my opinion.  

Not a masterpiece, but it is actually a fun album! 

[HAPPY ZOMBIE UNICORN]

3 minutes ago, MillenniumFan said:

Wow, this album seems hella polarising. I don't get it, I mean I'd have every reason to get met at them. I mean, yeah, they haven't released something that I REALLY like since 21CB, they're not even bothering to come to play in my country and the first few singles weren't incredible (didn't mind FOAM, Oh Yeah was mixed, FRA terrible). So I'd have every reason to hate this album.

However, I just can't get mad at them. Listening to the album it actually sounds genuine. Not always my thing, though I quite like "Meet Me On the Roof", "Stab You In The Heart" and "Sugar Youth". 

I'll also disagree with the people criticising its length. That's a STRENGTH in my opinion. Short and sweet, non-offensive. People won't like to hear it, but it's what the trilogy should have been from the start. Rev-Rad has its place, I appreciate the time and effort that went into that album, but on some level it did seem a bit stale to me. I also just didn't give this "album feeling" from it, not like on 21CB or AI anyway, but on this album I weirdly do get that feeling. People will disagree, that's fine. 

I think Rev Rad's songs are stronger individually, but this is narrowly a better album in my opinion.  

Not a masterpiece, but it is actually a fun album! 

I don’t think it’s VERY polarizing looking at the comment we have been having in here and social media. To me it looks like there’s a vast majority appreciating the work, with variations from just liking most of it to loving it, and just a few still hating it. Polarizing was what we had with the singles, I’m quite happy of the reception I’m seeing, considering how different this record is for the band, I am actually positively surprised. 

[purplebenny]

I genuinely don’t get the hate for this.

the mixing on stereo is so damn good, lyrically, I  prefer it (on the most part) to RevRad.

Mike is terrific throughout this also, while the vocal flow is outstanding!

Graffitia and Junkies on a high NEED to be added to a live setlsit and kept for eternity. 

One if the more complete GD albums in a long time 

[TaylorKlinke]

10 minutes ago, purplebenny said:

Graffitia and Junkies on a high NEED to be added to a live setlsit and kept for eternity.

I concur.

[MillenniumFan]

Anyone else getting kinda Weezer vibes with "I was a teenage teenager"? 

[jengd]

Ok, only listened once but WHAT A BLAST
not used to fade out endings from my boys but hey, that’s not a big issue although I really didn’t want Grafittia to end!

[Rumpelstiltskin2000]

1 minute ago, jengd said:

Ok, only listened once but WHAT A BLAST
not used to fade out endings from my boys but hey, that’s not a big issue although I really didn’t want Grafittia to end!

My copy has just arrived in the post. Waiting for @solongfromthestars so we can listen together!

[jengd]

2 minutes ago, Rumpelstiltskin2000 said:

My copy has just arrived in the post. Waiting for @solongfromthestars so we can listen together!

Leave plenty of space to dance 😂