Green Day - American Idiot

8.2

middle-class, conservative idiocy, Gen Y, liberating truth, decay

Standouts:

"American Idiot"

"Homecoming/The Death of St. Jimmy/East 12th St./Nobody Likes You/Rock and Roll Girlfriend/We're Coming Home Again"

"Jesus of Suburbia/City of the Damned/I Don't Care/Dearly Beloved/Tales of Another Broken Home"

The Beatles - Help!

9.4

life's troubles, difficult romance, forlorn, reflective, coming-of-age

Standouts:

"Help!"

"You've Got to Hide Your Love Away"

"Yesterday"

Animal Collective - Centipede Hz

8.4

radio, reminiscence, wiggly, Peter Pan syndrome, extraterrestrial

Standouts:

"Applesauce"

"New Town Burnout"

"Monkey Riches"

Nick Drake - Bryter Layter

9.5

authentic self, missed opportunities, meditations, regeneration, the wonder of the sky

Standouts:

"Fly"

"One of These Things First"

"Northern Sky"