Good Charlotte Band • Page 18

My bad! Im totally with you though. You would think they have something planned for this year.

 

I would think every band would considering they had nothing to do in over a year.

 

I have been on a massive Good Charlotte kick this week.

The Young and the Hopeless remains my favorite. Chronicles is such an interesting album. Some great songs on there, but the whole thing is a touch too melodramatic.

Good Morning Revival is also interesting. I HATED it when it came out and I can see why, but there's some very interesting songwriting choices mixed with terrible but interesting lyrics. Overall it holds together as a more cohesive album that I realized in my youth.

 

I just listened to Youth Authority yesterday. Love that album.

 

I have a hard time going back to their early stuff but I've found their last two albums very enjoyable

 

I still bump the self-titled somewhat regularly. So much nostalgia wrapped up in that record

 

Was surprised by the obvious rap influences on that album

 

Would love if they put out something new this year. Unfortunately the only thing i see from them lately is nft related stuff…

 

The twins always seemed into rap

 

I could listen to the self titles and TY&TH any time, love those first two records. Still have trouble getting into Chronicles and Good Morning Revival outside of a few songs. I remember not really loving Cardiology but it really aged well especially the back half of the album.

Yes we need a new GC this year for sure.

 

TY&TH is one of the best pop-punk albums of that era imo

 

I adore The Chronicles of Life and Death and The Young and the Hopeless and also really liked Self Titled and Youth Authority. I also enjoyed Greetings From California a lot and wish it would come to streaming.

As far as the rest goes, I really like some songs on them but I do not love them as a whole. Cardiology comes closest to me liking the whole album, but Good Morning Revival has the biggest standouts. Genereation Rx is probably good, but somehow it just didn't click for me.

Ranking:

The Chronicles of Life and Death
The Young and the Hopeless
Good Charlotte
Youth Authority
(Greetings From California)
Cardiology
Good Morning Revival
Generation Rx
Greatest Remixes

I think it's definitely the peak of what you could call the major label pop punk sound.

 

The Chronicles Of Life And Death remains one of my favorite albums to come out of this era. The diversity of sounds of it, in the context of the more traditional pop-punk they were putting out until then, still astounds me. I know it seems to have more of a mixed reception but for me they pulled it off and I wish they would’ve remained this adventurous (for the lack of a better word) later in their career. It definitely deserves more credit than it gets.

 

I agree. I still listen to it a lot. I feel like a lot people hated on this album that definitely would have praised this album if a different band name would have been on the cover.

I do however think that wasn't the last time they experimented. Good Morning Revival was very experimental I think. It just didn't work out in many cases, in my opinion.

 

Yeah I thought after that album their experiments were hit or miss. I dislike half of Good Morning Revival because it just doesn’t seem to commit to a direction. I wish they would’ve went harder on the electronic/dancey influences and not reverted back to a ballad or a more early GC sounding traditional song in between.

 

Little Things is one that is connected to another great music memory for me. My wife and I went to see Mixtapes play at Mahalls in Lakewood, OH a few years back and between songs Ryan just started playing quick covers - and ended up on the guitar part for Little Things. The full band kind of joined in, Ryan starts doing the rap parts and the crowd is shouting all the responses- “FIFTY FIIIIIVVE”. Just a fun night at a great venue with a band that doesn’t exist anymore unfortunately.

 

I actually think the more traditional songs ended up being the better ones on that record

 

Every song on The Young and the Hopeless is good, but The Anthem through Girls & Boys is a run of pop punk brilliance.

 

Good Morning Revival might have been better received if it was released a few years later. Side note, Broken Hearts Parade is still such a good song (you either love or hate the horns).

 

Rankings based on how I feel today:

The Young and the Hopeless
The Chronicles of Life and Death
Generation Rx
Youth Authority
Cardiology
Good Morning Revival
Good Charlotte

It sucks to put GMR so low since there are a few songs I really like.

 

Amazing song

 

First album will always be my fave. As much as I loved Y&H at the time it doesn't hold up as much when I try to listen to it now, idk.

 

Never heard of Greetings from California. What is it?

 

The brothers put out that album as The Madden Brothers