December Day: Willie's Stash 1 (180 Gram Vinyl) (2 Lp's) 9/15/1998 AMERICAN IDIOT is melodically driven

AMERICAN IDIOT is melodically driven

a straight-up re-recording of the band's iconic 1982 high-water mark

Part of the reason the quality is so high is the fact his supporting quartet is so strong

Parsons also discovered that rare artist with whom he can be said to have genuinely collaborated (rather than played beside)

clap-along "Youngblood" -- but the mini-epic of "Forever Now" shows they've retained the flair for the dramatic that they developed on American Idiot

December Day: Willie's Stash 1 (180 Gram Vinyl) (2 Lp's) 9/15/1998 AMERICAN IDIOT is melodically drivenTracks 1 Alexander's Ragtime Band 2 Permanently Lonely 3 What'll I Do 4 Summer of Roses December Day 5 Nuages 6 Mona Lisa 7 I Don't Know Where I Am Today 8 Amnesia 9 Who'll Buy My Memories 10 The Anniversary Song 11 Laws of Nature 12 Walkin' 13 Always 14 I Let My Mind Wander 15 Is the Better Part Over 16 My Own Peculiar Way 17 Sad Songs and Waltzes 18 Ou Es Tu, Mon Amour I Never Cared for You