Greenday | Nimrod
"Nimrod" is Green Days 5th album to date, their 3rd Major label album with two more left in their contract at Reprise Records. It sees Green Day expanding thier bounderies and experimenting with new sounds. Many people could say they are straying from their punk roots, but if it means that all of their albums turn out like this, I could not care less.

This in my personal opinion is Green Day's best overal album to date, with 18 solid songs. Even the b-sides to singles are faultless. The album is also home to Green Day's biggest hit to date, Good Riddance (Time of Your Life). Even though it didnt reach no.1 in the UK ( it reached no.11) or USA it got played in E.R , Sienfield, when England got knocked out of the World Cup to Argentina plus loads more. Other classics include the single 'Hitchin a Ride' and 'Scattered'. 'Hitchin' a Ride' is about one of the bands favorite passtimes - drinking, and 'Scattered' is about leaving behind people you care about, The standard throughout this album makes it very hard to single out perticular songs.

The lyrical standard, I believe, has always been strong on the previous albums has been at a high standard and this album is no exception, with clever lines like "come together like a foot in a shoe only this time I think I stuck my foot in my mouth"- From 'Walking Alone', and the blunt opening line to 'Jinx', "I Fucked up again its all my fault".

Like most Green Day albums (particularly Insomniac) the lyrics are some what pesimistic even though the music is classic, bouncey, pop-punk rock. numero uno!

RATING: 93%