Green Day - Father of all Motherfuckers (February 7, 2020) Album • Page 10

Revolution Radio is dope

Somewhere Now, Bang Bang, the title track, Say Goodbye, Still Breathing, Outlaws and Forever Now are all great

 

I really like this song and it has me interested in their new album. And this is coming from someone who hasn’t really cared about this band since 21st Century Breakdown.

 

I still like Revolution Radio. Not as much as I did when it came out, but there are a lot of good songs on there. I'm a big fan of "Outlaws" and "Too Dumb to Die," which don't get talked about as much. "Still Breathing" and "Forever Now" are some of their best songs period. Biggest problem with it is that the production is really flat and muddled.

 

New song is decent and I’ll give the album a spin but, like their last 5 albums, I have a feeling I won’t revisit it.

 

Might have been posted elsewhere -- but Green Day and the NHL are teaming up.

AP --

 

I'm actually pretty on board with this idea. let's get foo fighters next year haha

 

Lol can you imagine the execs hoping the song isn't wack

 

I wish I cared about hockey. It would be rad knowing I would be heading lots of Green Day.

 

Disappointed they couldn’t get Rob Cavallo to produce on that one. That dude makes records sound perfect

 

I think if he had produced it, that record would have been another classic.

 

Rob Cavallo produced the trilogy and then they decided to work on their own with RevRad and it was 10x better lol

 

Except it sounds like shit? The songs are good, but it’s super hampered by bad mixing and production choices. There are so many times on that record where it goes from really quiet to just blazingly loud instantaneously, in a way that makes it hard to listen without adjusting the volume multiple times per song.

Trilogy sounds a lot better than RevRad, the songs just are not, for the most part, very good.

 

I like Rev Rad’s production, sounds like they did it themselves

 

They kinda did

Chris Dugan - Wikipedia

 

I know they self produced. I meant that you can tell.

 

I assume they mean the songwriting, which is also within the producer's realmml.

 

I mean, sometimes. Depends on the producer how much they actually play a role in shaping the songs.

 

I'm sure it varies from artist to artist, but Roger from LTJ has talked about their experience working with Rob:

Less Than Jake rank their albums, from worst to best | Louder

 

Chris Dugan has been quite active in the punk scene (particularly for Bay Area bands), and I think his track record is pretty damn good myself (Nothington and Swingin Utters, for example). Then again, I'm not in the boat that RevRad sounds that bad. Point is, might be more about how the band likes things to sound -- there are certainly similar production moments of "excessive loudness" on 21stCB, too ("Horseshoes & Hand Grenades" in particular).

 

"excessive loudness" is a byproduct of mastering not production

 

Fair enough -- my point still stands: BJ likes that giant wall of sound, and you can hear that aspect on their records released this century so far. Mastering might emphasize that, but listen to "H&HG" and you hear that giant wave of guitars kick in on the chorus, which is what I was initially referencing.

 

"excessive loudness" is a byproduct of excess loudness, mastering or production. Very often mastering, but not always.


I think the murkier/claustrophobic sound of RevRadio prolly has a lot to do with recording at OTIS. It's not a very large space, as you can see in this video:

Take A Video Tour Of Green Day’s Recording Studio — Kerrang!

 

Also Chris Dugan rules! Lots of cool records, I'm a big fan of this one:

 

I’ve never taken issue with the production on Revolution Radio. Record sounds just fine to my ears.

 

Same. I actually much prefer the production in comparison to a lot the trilogy. Certainly prefer it over Uno's production.