Revolution Radio
by Green Day
  • Record Label: Reprise
  • Release Date: Oct 7, 2016
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 239 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 191 out of 239
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 239
  3. Negative: 24 out of 239
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  1. YT_Guyyy
    Dec 11, 2016
    2
    I don't have much to say about this album. It has good songs, like Bang Bang, but it's just so **** horrible that I don't even want to describe it. Just don't listen to this disgrace to the Green Day name. They should just stop, as everything since American Idiot is absolute garbage.
  2. ACSlater
    Nov 7, 2016
    0
    This music is Really odd. You can tell the industry is going to **** its like they have no material and are trying to revert back to something that still isn't working. This is not an album that was needed.
  3. Lobbyist3
    Mar 25, 2017
    0
    Old Billy Joe would have beat the **** out of this guy. This album can hardly even be considered rock. It's one-liner pop trash not worthy of the Green Day brand.
  4. StevenSeagull
    Oct 7, 2016
    0
    Following the innovative albums ¡Uno! ¡Dos! and ¡Tre! Green Day went to the wrong direction. Instead of upgrading what they did great with the Trilogy they went into a complete different direction with Revolution Radio. The album sounds exactly the same as American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown and falls into the same category of their worst albums. As an old school Green Day fan IFollowing the innovative albums ¡Uno! ¡Dos! and ¡Tre! Green Day went to the wrong direction. Instead of upgrading what they did great with the Trilogy they went into a complete different direction with Revolution Radio. The album sounds exactly the same as American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown and falls into the same category of their worst albums. As an old school Green Day fan I expected something more like Dookie, Insomniac, Nimrod and Kerplunk. There are a few good songs on the album. Ordinary World is probably the highlight of the album. Still Breathing is another good song even though it couldn't get even more poppy. Too Dumb Too Die sounds like Fashion Victim rip off from their album Warning and Bouncing Off The Wall has that Trilogy feeling in it. Song like Outlaws, Somewhere Now, Bang Bang, Forever Now are really average and sound like filler songs. The mastering of the album is horrible. You can hear so much buzzing on the songs, not to mention the extreme clipping. 75% of the track is always too loud. The dynamics between quiet and loud parts are also horrible. To sum everything up. This is probably one of their worst albums.… Expand
  5. MeeranQureshi
    Nov 23, 2019
    0
    Boring music and GreenDay has just got worse and worse with every record.I wish they'd stop.
  6. All_ButTrU4
    Jun 14, 2022
    2
    Green day has never sounded right to me. Everything about them from their image to their over-all sound just feels...juvenile. Like a demo Smashing Pumpkin. I did like a few of their singles such as "know your enemy " ," boulevard of broken dreams" ,"when September ends" " American idiot" and most recently "revolution radio". But my plight remains the same as im consistently unable toGreen day has never sounded right to me. Everything about them from their image to their over-all sound just feels...juvenile. Like a demo Smashing Pumpkin. I did like a few of their singles such as "know your enemy " ," boulevard of broken dreams" ,"when September ends" " American idiot" and most recently "revolution radio". But my plight remains the same as im consistently unable to enjoy a single body of work. This is no exception ass this album aspire for more than it's capable of and often results in a frustrating joyless record made with a lot of spirit.… Expand

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#21 Most Discussed Album of 2016
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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. Magnet
    Nov 16, 2016
    70
    Perhaps both the best and worst you can say about Revolution Radio is that it sounds exactly like Green Day. [No. 137, p.55]
  2. No Ripcord
    Nov 14, 2016
    50
    Aside from Billie Joe’s willingness to open up on more troubling personal issues, of which he only hints, the majority of Revolution Radio is all sheen and no spark.
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  3. Classic Rock Magazine
    Oct 25, 2016
    70
    The engrossing full-album reprise Forever Now gives an insight into frontman Billie Joe Armstrong’s booze and pills-induced 2012 meltdown, but otherwise Revolution Radio is more melodic air-punching about guns, gas and the American nightmare. File under: Ain’t Broke.
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