Green Day
¡Trè!

THE REVIEW

As we near the end of the trilogy-era, Green Day releases the third installment of the trilogy, ¡Trè!. The album opens with a ballad titled "Brutal Love": ridiculous and boring. The second song is Missing You, a song for average teenagers recovering from listening to a Gigi D'Alessio album. 8th Avenue Serenade: the title says it all. It's a serenade, or almost: it begins with a guitar riff designed especially for children, danceable and naive. The album starts to get more serious: Drama Queen is proof, accompanied by an acoustic guitar and voice. The fifth track is X-Kid, perhaps the second-best on the album: it begins with a melancholic riff and then "explodes" literally during the middle part. Sex, Drugs And Violence, a clear reference to Ian Dury's Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll, is a terrible song. There's not much else to say, it's simply awful. The same judgment goes for A Little Boy Named Train, unbearable and useless. Amanda, the next track, is a whine in the style of Renato Zero, despite having a good solo at the end. Walk Away, on the other hand, is a soulless song. The chorus is identical to thousands of other Green Day songs. Dirty Rotten Bastards is only appreciated for the presence of the legendary solo in the middle part and the riff change in the style of American Idiot. The penultimate track, 99 Revolutions, is the best on the album: it begins with energetic drumming, accompanied by a compelling and catchy guitar base. The entire trilogy concludes with "The Forgotten," included in the last (hopefully) Breaking Down film, or whatever it's called. Accompanied by strings, it's appreciative but at times boring. Below are the scores for the individual songs:

Brutal Love.5

Missing You:6-

8th Avenue Serenade:3.5

Drama Queen:6

X-Kid:7.5

Sex, Drugs And Violence:3.5

A Little Boy Named Train:1

Amanda:5

Walk Away:4.5

Dirty Rotten Bastards:5

99 Revolutions:9

The Forgotten: 7

OVERALL SCORE:5

PASSED:NO

FINAL JUDGMENT: Definitely, the worst Green Day album.