Green Day - American Idiot (2LP, 1STEP)
ORDER LIMITED TO ONE ITEM PER CUSTOMER
20th Anniversary Edition
Lead Vocals, Guitar: Billie Joe Armstrong
Bass, Backing Vocals: Mike Dirnt
Drums, Backing Vocals: Tré Cool
Additional Guitar, Backing Vocals: Jason White
Saxophone, Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals: Jason Freese
Timpani: Ron Blake
Arranged by Green Day
Written by Joe Armstrong
2 LP, Gatefold jacket
One STEP
Limited to 3,000 numbered copies
Original Master Tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record Color : Black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12''
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Record Technology Incoporated
Label : Warner
Original label : Reprise Records
Engineered by Doug McKean
Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge
Mastered by Levi Seitz at Blackbelt Studios
One-Step Process by Dorin Sauerbier
Originally released in 2004
Reissued in 2024
Tracks:
Side A :
- American Idiot
- Jesus of Suburbia
Side B :
- Holiday
- Boulevard of Broken Dreams
- Are We the Waiting
- St. Jimmy
Side C :
- Give Me Novocaine
- She's a Rebel
- Extraordinary Girl
- Letterbomb
- Wake Me Up When September Ends
Side D :
- Homecoming
- Whatsername
Awards :
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 248/500
2005 Grammy Award Winner: Best Rock Album: American Idiot
Reviews :
“A rich, multi-faceted work, one that is bracing upon the first spin and grows in stature and becomes more addictive with each repeated play. In its musical muscle and sweeping, politically charged narrative, it's something of a masterpiece, and one of the few — if not the only — records of 2004 to convey what it feels like to live in the strange, bewildering America of the early 2000s.” AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
One Step. Instead of utilizing the industry-standard three-step lacquer process, one-step plating uses only one step, bypassing two processes of generational loss. One-step plating skip the regular father-mother process, going right to a single convert and then pressing. Though this dramatically increases mastering and production costs, it also assures each run is more consistent from disc to disc, with less noise, clearer details and deeper bass. Reducing production complexity to just a single "convert" disc between the lacquer and the press greatly improves groove integrity, diminishes non-fill anomalies and increases signal integrity from the master tape to your system.
Ratings :
AllMusic : 5 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.5 / 5 ; Michael Fremer : 9/10 Music, 9/10 Sound