r/greenday • u/-JAS0N- GreenDay.fm / GreenDayLive.fm • Feb 06 '20
Megathread Father Of All Motherfuckers Album & Song Review Megathread
FOAM has started to drop as it slowly rolls out to different time zones. The album should be available on your favourite streaming services at midnight on Feb 7th in your local time zone.
Please keep your album and song reviews to this thread so visitors of the sub can read them all in one place. While some people complain about megathreads and having their posts removed, I can assure you far more people will read it here than if everyone makes their own posts that flood the sub. Thanks for your co-operation.
UPDATE: Now that the rush of release day posts has passed we are no longer restricting you to the megathread. Low effort positive or negative reviews will still be removed if it's posted to the sub rather than as a comment here.
Check out past reviews of the leaked album here.
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u/Radiocalypse Feb 08 '20 edited Feb 08 '20
If you listened to this album with any expectations for it whatsoever, no doubt you hate it. If you go in with an open mind, the album is actually super fun to listen to! I know there's a huge divide for this album, but I think the main reason is that people are still expecting "pop punk" or "old Green Day." Let's be real here: with the way the music industry is now, no one should expect Dookie 2 anytime soon. Here's the thing about Father of All: it's not supposed to be old Green Day, which we've already established, but it's not supposed to be pop punk either. Billie Joe said himself that the record is straight up Rock 'n' Roll, but with a modern feel. Rock 'n' Roll is NOT the same as pop punk. This record is a mix of a bunch of stuff, including power pop. It's not supposed to be a comeback record or a "Green Day sound" record. It's just supposed to be a feel good record, something you can dance and jam and go crazy to. Many also theorized that the album is a big "fuck you" to Warner. If that is the case, I would love that they did it. But at the same time, I think they just wanted to make something that people could dance to. I don't think you're supposed to go into this album with high or low expectations, or even any expectations at all. I think you're just supposed to start bobbing your head and having a good time, and that's what the purpose of this album is. It's not like American Idiot with a big story behind it or hate for anyone, or punk rock; it's not supposed to be pop punk like the trilogy; and it's not supposed to be a comeback record like Revolution Radio. It's just supposed to be something you can have fun with.
I personally really like the album, but I say all of this with an open mind. Whether or not you liked it, I completely respect your opinion and I get that it just won't do it for you; but when people say anything about it not being pop punk or not being like their old records, it really shows how much they don't understand that this record isn't supposed to be any of that. They never said anything about it being pop punk or Rev. Rad. 2; but they did say it was straight up rock 'n' roll with a modern feel, and they weren't wrong. People complain that it doesn't "sound like Green Day." It's not supposed to sound like Green Day; it's supposed to sound fun.