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Twelfth Green Day album "Father of All" (2020). Again, no complaints - pretty good album.

Eleventh Green Day album "Revolution Radio" (2016). Pretty good, just like every other album of theirs since American Idiot... nothing new to add,

Tenth Green Day album (well, technically, three albums called One, Two and Three) "Uno, Dos, Tre!" (2012). Ever since American Idiot, they are continuing on with the new alternative direction. This was pretty good.

A couple of days ago went to local folk metal band concert in a local theatre house. The band is called Thundertale, and they play mostly patriotic/guerilla warfare period songs. Anyway, it was an acoustic Christmas concert, and it did not differ at all from last year's (I think I posted it here, but can't seem to find it anymore, so maybe I'm wrong), but they did say that they are working on a new album, which in English would be called "The Blood of the Kings", so, it's nice to hear, considering they mostly play songs from their 2017 album "The Oath" (and, yeah, guerilla warfare period against USSR songs), so, maybe next year they will play some songs about Middle Ages... 🤘 😆 Anyway, would go again (but, probably not the fourth time, if they would play the same set-list).

Ninth Green Day album "21st Century Breakdown" (2009). I'd say this one is on par with American Idiot, though, probably, production wise, it wouldn't be my favourite work of theirs, but as an album, can't really find faults with it. I mean, this statement is full of contradictions, but it is what it is - either this album I'd rate good or bad, depending on my mood, because music wise, it shifts tonally from their previous works. It's less edgy, less fast, less punk, I guess, more mature and stuff, and, yeah... it's alright.

Eight Green Day album "American Idiot (Deluxe Version)" (2004). If my memory of personal rankings that I've made does not elude me, this is so far, their second best album. P.S. Also, I'm a stupid idiot or maybe Spotify's system is a stupid idiot. Finally figured out why, for example, all rappers and some songs in my playlists are greyed-out. It turns out that the app, which I've have on my PC and don't ever use, has disabled explicit content! So, now I've enabled it, and, voila, all songs are now normal on may internet spotify playlist 😆

Seventh Green Day album "Shenanigans" (2002). Yep, after the previous album they really did do shenanigans with this one, it's so jarring to hear such difference.

I personally liked this episode one whole lot better than Dexter: New Blood, but, then again, it was probably due to the fact that they took their own spin on that Harry versus killer nurse story during the original series way back when. So, now, I'm kinda sceptical of how Dexter will be stalking those that escape the law. Maybe, Harry will help him? I don't know, but ep 1 was, yah, for me, way better than the majority of New Blood.

Sixth Green Day album "Warning" (2000). Okey, with this, they changed-up their style. I would not categorize this as punk. And, quickly wikying it, yep, it has many styles. I'd call it alternative, though mostly it still has some punkish roots, but its night and day difference from their previous albums. I would even say that so far for me it is their best one.

Completed Hobbit: There and Back Again and thought of re-reading LOTR next, but a couple of days ago went to my local book-store and there was a discount for Beren and Luthien, so I bought it, and yesterday began reading. The first 20 or so pages are dedicated to how this book came-to-be, and are written by Christopher Tolkien, how, he for many years, tried to from various manuscripts that his father had left in his estate, piece together coherent stories. He was piecing together "History of Middle Earth" (for his own enjoyment, according to the author, and not meant for publishing, because that would never have been economically feasible since he talks about thousands of pages of text, which in many places contradicts itself), but he did manage to piece together a story for the legend of Beren and Luthien (which, IIRC, is briefly mentioned in LOTR, and in Children of Hurin and/or Silmarillion [have to re-read those some day as well]). And, yeah, as Chistopher mentions, the characters in the story are, how do I say this, archetypes that gradually evolve, because in places, for example, Beren is called a gnome, in other places an elf, while Luthien is a fae. So far, I'd say it's decent, it's more akin to Hobit, then LOTR, because it's more of a fairytale turned prose than straight up fantasy like LOTR.

Fifth Green Day album "Nimrod" (1997). Nothing new to say, decent, but lacks something for my tastes to call it good or recommended.

Fourth Green Day album "Insomniac" (1995). Eh, kinda like the rest of their albums. It's decent, but so far nothing wow for my tastes.

Yep, as One4 said, I believe this was their breakthrough album, and it clearly shows! That being said, so far, not really a fan.

Third Green Day album "Dookie" (1994). So far, I think it's their best work. Though, I have the same observations as with the Ramones (or maybe, it's the same with all punk bands) - majority of the album chords and riffs sound exactly f*cking same!

Second Green Day album "Kerplunk" (1992). More or less the same as the first one in terms of enjoyment and quality.