Audio CD review:
Green Day - Bullet In A Bible (CD/DVD, Jewel Case)

Green Day - Bullet In A Bible (CD/DVD, Jewel Case)

Band: Green Day Title: Bullet In A Bible (CD/DVD, Jewel Case) Rating: Release Date: 15 November, 2005 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: American Idiot 2: Jesus of Suburbia 3: Holiday 4: Are We The Waiting 5: St. Jimmy 6: Longview 7: Hitchin' A Ride 8: Brain Stew 9: Basket Case 10: King for a Day/Shout 11: Wake Me Up When September Ends 12: Minority 13: Boulevard of Broken Dreams 14: Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)

Editoral Review Recorded at their June 2005 two-night run at Milton Keynes National Bowl in England, this combined CD/DVD sees these former bong-hitting Californian dropouts embracing political activism, pantomime hilarity, and all the fripperies of a rock opera-–and excelling at all three. If you're wondering how Green Day managed to become the biggest punk band in the world, take a look at Bullet in a Bible. The first half is essentially a run-through of the group's 2004 album American Idiot, complete with anti-American rabble-rousing and a set of barbed insults tossed back at the "rednecks" across the pond. That out of the way, the band careen into a sort of greatest-hits set, with the likes of "Longview" and "Hitchin' a Ride" sharing space with a brass-laden "King for a Day" that sees Billie Joe Armstrong prancing around the stage in crown and ermine cape, singing snatches of Lulu's "Shout" and Eric Idle's "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. " Tremendously silly, but Green Day have managed to figure out how to play it like showmen without resorting to juvenile puerility or morphing into corporate yes-men, and that's a way harder trick than it looks. --Louis Pattison .. You can see a complete list of all Green Day discography, or go back to the Green Day tabs