Released: Dec 10, 2012
Genre: Pop Punk, Punk Rock, Alternative Rock
Label: Reprise
Number Of Tracks: 12
Coming to the end of their trilogy, Green Day sign off with an emotional conclusion.
There’s a natural climax here but, alas, we have two more songs. Quasi-political ditty "99 Revolutions" is entirely forgettable, which leaves us with "The Forgotten". Don’t be alarmed but this is a real "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" type effort – slow, plodding drums, orchestral backing and a nice big guitar solo to top it off. If you’ve gone along with everything so far then this will close proceedings nicely but, even if not, Green Day can get away with this sort of stuff. They’ve done stranger things. // 6
Lyrics and Singing: It seems strange to admit that at one time this was a band that were celebrated for having their finger on the pulse of an apathetic youth and, depending on who you asked, American politics as a whole. Not quite the case anymore. They’re still capable of tying together punk debauchery and pop sentiment nicely at times ("Meet me at the bathroom stall/meet me at the whispering wall") but generally speaking you’re better off ignoring the lyrics as they have a tendency to hit just wide of the mark. As an example I think "Drama Queen" sums it up quite well - it’s a twee, heartfelt bopper which intends well but the refrain of "she’s old enough to bleed now" may have needed redrafting. // 5
Tre!
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xBlaze96x, on december 10, 2012 6 of 8 people found this review helpful
Sound: This album right off the bat has a completely different mood then "Uno!" and "Dos!". When they said that "Tre!" would be "cleaning up the mess" from the two previous installments, and in a sense it does. The songs vary in sound from the slow, soulful "Brutal Love" to the regular Green Day sound on songs like "X-Kid" and "99 Revolutions". But there are also many songs that are more lackluster but it doesn't really make the album unbearable. As a huge Green Day fan, I think this album is one of the best out of the trilogy. // 9
Lyrics and Singing: The lyrics in this album seem to be more mature on some songs, but some are just fun and don't make sense. Some songs deal with missing someone, and getting old then some seem to be just senseless lyrics like an example from a track called "Dirty Rotten B-stards" ("Calling all demons/ this is the season/Next stop is therapy/We're the retarded and the broken hearted/The season of misery"). This song is in the vein of the epics from "American Idiot", "Jesus Of Suburbia" and "Homecoming" but what the song lacks is the seriousness that those song had and this one is also shorter then both songs. Although the lyrics aren't always the greatest, they fit the songs perfectly and that gives the album an even better appeal. Billie Joe Armstrong also does and great job on this album, the way he sings on some of these is something that you have never heard on a Green Day album, one song that really stands out is "Little Boy Named Train". // 7
Impression: This album as well as the other two are all fun and a nice return to Green Day's simpler style of songs. I personally think that this album is the one that stands out the most to me musically. This isn't not my favorite album by them that title is held by 1995's "Insomniac". Clearly the two albums are different in mostly every way so you can't really compare those two. The album most in common with this is "Nimrod" because they both have many different sounding songs on them. The most impressive songs on the album are "Brutal Love", "X-Kid", "Little Boy Named Train", "Walk Away", and "Dirty Rotten Bastards". What I love about this album is the fact it isn't so serious, it is light-hearted... Mostly. The songs are jump back and forth from sound to sound and it is a real trip, plus the harmonies on this album are pretty amazing and they really put alot of effort into getting them right it seems. If I lost this album or someone stole it, I would go right out and buy another copy when I had the chance. If you are a major Green Day fan, you will really love this album no doubt about it, but if you aren't a major Green Day fan, you might find songs that you like, and songs that you just flat out hate. // 8
Dos was the best in the trilogy for me... the UG review of Dos downplays it awfully... it's worth around an 8-ish... and Tre, well... it is rather forgettable... and they had to associate the best song in the album with the Twilight Saga... not that I'm anti-Twilight, but c'mon... Green Day and Twilight? nah...
Pre-teens?
No...seriously...have you ever been to any GD fanpage?
Most of the fans are 17-25 years old.
Green day being loved only by fangirls is a stupid and incorrect stereotype.
The only people I know who listen to Green Day in real life are my 13 year old brothers mates (who are also 13), scene kids who think BFMV are the pinnacle of music and the stereotypical nerds. Would you prefer these groups to be the stereotype instead?
two things xplosive59. how many people do you kno NOT in real life. u should stop hanging round your 13 year old brother and his friends and get out into the real world get a life and make some friends. just a suggestion.
13 aren't pre-teens... but in my experience, Green Day seems to generally appeal more to adolescents than adults. The same can be said for Twilight as well, but people shouldn't be offended by what younger people appreciate. Not that I like Green Day or Twilight.
Yeah I said the 13 thing mainly to see peoples reactions, but I agree with you that just because people are younger that there is no reason you should be offended by it, I would be quite impressed if I saw a kid listening to Charles Mingus.
I used to run a green day fan page back in the 90s when the internet was still "new" and more pure. Green day has maintained their 12-18 year old fan base for the last 20 years. I personally outgrew it in the last 90s when I also grew out of that 12-18 age group. The first 5 cd's were good, then they changed drastically which resulted in my website commiting suicide (by choice). Their new music is made for radio and covered in a thin layer of processed CHEESE.
Oh I dunno... people turned Linkin Park into a band for preteens... Green Day's lyrics are at-least cool... I used to be a huge LP fan before.. especially during their more grown-up music like in Minutes To Midnight (Love That Album!)and A Thousand Suns... their new album is just horrible.. they are back to depressing lyrics over cool but evident Joe Hahn-ing... piano riffs, Chester's unnecessary screaming (he can SING, and they can come up with awesome melodies too...)now THAT appeals to pre-teen guys... not GD...
I liked 21st century breakdown more than this trilogy. I liked Uno & Dos was alright, Tre I felt was the worst and I didn't feel like that many tracks on any of the 3 albums resonated with me very much. At least with 21st they were working toward "something" and it was kind of epic. This is average bubblegum pop with some "punk" lyrics... sometimes.
I agree 100%.Every song is just so middle of the road. It is just so disappointing that a band that was SO good and SO much fun are just limping to the end of their career.
Not fair, Green Day set it up that way, a warmup, the party, then the hangover. I don't see why everybody gives 21st Century Breakdown bad reviews, I thought it was a well complex album, and hell who gives 18 songs on an album these days? Green Day ****in did!
I'll assume you meant "viscious", but I really can't stop laughing at the thought of viscous poo. Spelling corrections and laughing at poop jokes? I really need to grow up
Why don't you look silly. Attempting to act big and correct someone...you're doing it wrong! The correct spelling is "vicious", retard. Next time, think before you embarass yourself.
My bad, but relax. If you're going to behave like a needlessly aggressive child, then I'm going to have to point out that you don't know how to spell the word 'embarrass'.
I know full well how to spell embarrass, it was a device I employed to intice a response and it worked. I'm going through a brutal period in my life right now which may make or break life. Relationships are a b***h. My sharp tongue is uncalled for but I couldn't think of anywhere else to post. Apologies.
Why separate the two??? They're the same band. I consider the Foxboro Hot Tubs album to be a Green Day album. It is!...the same with The Network.
Anybody who reads into the semantics of differentiating those "bands" is missing the point of the music.
I thought Dos was the best one. Tre was probably my least favourite but tbh they did make a point that it wouldn't be as upbeat as the other two. Some songs on here are good, this is better than 21CB, but I probably won't listen to this over and over.
If you didn't you would piss off people with OCD, they would be like "No! You gotta have the complete set otherwise it will effect the time space continuum"" or something, I dunno just rambling now...
It seems like UG is just hating on Green Day. they basicly reduced all 3 albums to dust in their reviews, just by comparing them to the times "green day was still good".... aka "Im getting too old for new music".
you should write a review about the albums. not about how bad the albums are compared to all their, in your opinion "good" albums.
idk if theyre the same reviewers but its just like each one contradicts the next. green day stick with rock opera it sucks...they should be more fun, this albums too fun sounding and not serious enough...this ones too serious...if you dont like green day as a band then fine but dont try to pick apart their styles as if them changing would actually change your mind about them
I've been a pretty hardcore Green Day fan since about 99. This album is definitely the worst of the trilogy, but it isn't necessarily a bad album. It sounds like a collection of lost tracks from Nimrod/Warning. Dirty Rotten Bastards is a great ****ing rock song, however. Uno, for me, was an incredible fresh breath of air, while Dos was a great, fun record. Tre, just couldn't live up to the standard set by the first two. It's a solid Meh+.
I liked it a lot, but now listening to all of their prior music and especially their newer music, it's kind of hard to believe that it was Green Day who did it. Yea, certain songs were definitely them (Know Your Enemy, See The Light, Horseshoes and Handgrenades), while others are a bit harder to believe (Before the Lobotomy, Peacemaker, or even 21st Century Breakdown). For some true Green Day fans, American Idiot was a shocker, and 21st Century Breakdown was anticipated.
The Trilogy albums aren't perfect stand-alone albums at all. In fact, I have trouble going through them entirely. However, I could probably make a playlist of about 13 songs from the trilogy that I really, really like a lot. They'll be 13 different songs for everyone.
That might have been the point: these albums aren't made to impress critics or to attract new fans, but they're made for the people who like Green Day already, giving them a lot of material. Listen to what you like, ignore the rest. Or not, maybe I'm wrong.
I wonder if they were cleaning out their collection of songs to go a new direction after this?
Brutal Love is such an amazing song. I could probably go as far to say it's my favourite song of the trilogy.
Loved the trilogy though. Every album was different and kickass!
It's an album of highs and lows. When it's good -- like "Brutal Love" and "Dirty Rotten Bastards" -- it's really good. But when it's bad -- like "8th Avenue Serenade" and "Drama Queen" -- it's really, really bad. "¡Uno!" is the best of the three albums. "¡Dos!" is the most experimental and intense. And "¡Tre!" is just average. Having heard all three, I have to say this was an interesting experiment that was mostly worth it.
It's an album of highs and lows. When it's good -- like "Brutal Love" and "Dirty Rotten Bastards" -- it's really good. But when it's bad -- like "8th Avenue Serenade" and "Drama Queen" -- it's really, really bad.
"¡Uno!" is the best of the three albums. "¡Dos!" is the most experimental and intense. And "¡Tre!" is just average.
Having heard all three, I have to say this was an interesting experiment that was mostly worth it. If Green Day had just released the 15 best songs of all three albums, it might have been its best album in years.
Honestly... In terms of greatness, my opinion is: Dos, Uno, Tre.
Uno is a great album. A lot of fun to sing to and play, lots of actually fun energy.
Dos is amazing. The garage feel mixed with the old-style of how rock (yes, rock. Not Punk.) used to be, is amazing. They really bring their talent out in this as musicians.
Tre, well.. It's good, but not great. Dirty Little Bastards is my favorite, listened to it over and over. It's not a terrible album, but it's nothing to listen to over and over like (for me) Uno and Dos were. It is however a great way to close out the trilogy.
I love any Green Day. It's all good. haters gonna hate on their sound, but that's just the listeners, not the fans. Any true fan IMO would appreciate the work they've put out regardless of sound. You can't compare any work together because Green Day (Still IMO) continues moving forward, American Idiot sounds different from previous. 21st Century Breakdown sounds different from American Idiot. Uno, Dos, and Tre are all different not only from each other, but also from 21st Century Breakdown and all their work combined.
So, honestly, you can't really compare their new to their old because their sound keeps changing.
I think Tre is the best in the trilogy, Uno second, Dos last. It's funny how much I love Tre... it reminds me of Warning which I also love, yet everyone seemed to hate on Warning at the time as well. Dos had some awesome tunes but I find it doesn't pick up until the 6th track.
I liked all three of them, they are pretty good albums. I mean it isn't lyrical genius but why does it have to be...is music not just for entertainment anymore? I think most music is good except for Rap...that stuff needs to go away so can Rock take over again.
Good to see my expectations of these albums were about right on the mark...looks like a lot of average to forgettable stuff with a handful of good songs tossed in.
I loved these guys growing up. Lets face it after American Idiot the standard has really dropped away. It's like they made a concious effort to target a more commercial market. I still love the early stuff, they need to bring back heavier guitars and a punk attitude. The trilogy has no standout songs, we need another jesus of serburbia or basketcase....
What these songs do for me is remind me of when I was a kid growing up in bay area. Green Day has a way of capturing the mood of those great times. Sneaking out late on a warm summer night, meeting up with some girls and other troublemakers and causing general mischief. I understand that a lot of young kids like this stuff but it still has plenty of appeal to a 33 year old geezer like me. I liked all of the albums in the trilogy and believe there are much more than just a few standout songs. I think all three are great and there will be something for everyone.
It's true, everyone saying "they should've just made one album of the best songs" is missing the point. Everyone has their own favorites out of the trilogy and this way they can just put ALL the music out there and let fans pick n mix what they want.
I think it's hilarious when UG bashes 21st Century Breakdown, because I had a look to see what the UG Team rated it in their review of it, and they gave it a 9. Anyone else notice that?
Ha, yeah. "It's a damn sight better than 21st Century Breakdown," yet it gets a 5.3 rating from UG, compared to 9 for 21stCB. Granted 21stCB didn't really have much longevity, it did wear thin very quickly, but it was still better than this trilogy on first listen.
I'm glad bands now are allowing people to listen to the album before they go out to purchase it. Saves me a lot of money. I picked up Uno and I dig it. Catchy riffs, good choruses, brought life back into Greenday. I just can't seem to get into Dos as all and this album just goes to show they have to put a little AI/21CB vibe into their stuff. Yea they gave us 3 records, 37 songs and not even half of them I would consider memorable Greenday songs. Like UG said, they can do whatever they want at this point in their career, if they have a career still. Releasing these records without concerts has sure damaged the wallets of Billie, Mike and Tre. I've moved on from many bands and Greenday being my first obsession I've always gone back to see how they've faired and I can say with certainty that I don't see them releasing anything relevant in the near future.
Uno & Dos had some pretty strong songs. 'The collection holds some of Green Day’s best songs from the last decade and certainly some of their worst'. That's probably a good some up, it's a decent trilogy (i've only heard the first two so far)
You guys for real? Tre is absolutely fantastic. Having listened to Uno and Dos a few times and only really liking the first 4 songs of Uno, and finding the rest a bit shit, I was seriously considering not even bothering with Tre. But my god, wow. Mind = blown.
Did I pick up the wrong ¡TRE! album or something cos the one I got absolutely kicks arse and is just brilliant! Obviously there will be songs people will dislike in this trilogy, but come on, I'm probably 100% sure everyone would have a favourite out of all 3 albums. How about we just embrace the fact that Green Day is keeping rock n roll alive in an ever worsening musical world.
¡UNO! ¡DOS! ¡TRE!
Ahhhh comon you die hard Green Day junkies look around so much more contagiously similar pop/rock muzic out there, me thinkin mmmm? Green Days had it's day maybe there musically stumbling down the dead end road of pop/punk/rocksters and sold there deflated talent to American bollywood sensationalism (Twi-b-light) to inhance what sounds to me like a death rattle, but no no...not as loud as the door closing behind them RIP Green Day
Nice review, definitely right about the trilogy having some of Green Day's best AND worst songs. Glad to have them back doing punk instead of concept albums, not that I didn't like American Idiot, I loved it actually, but that was there fifteen minutes of fame in the "rock opera" world.
I wouldn't say there is a rock opera world. I would just say they released a fantastic album that happened to have a story line. It was a great album and for most Green Day fans, they are still living those 15 minutes.
I am 14 and hate Greenday, I find them to be much too simplistic. My preference is Queen, Bowie and Muse. They have much more complex songs and their members are much better at their instruments. Matt Bellamy or Brian May could kick Billy Joe's arse any day!
Haha, that's cute, little boy. Sure, Queen is a great band, but Green Day is ridiculously talented and have left an impact on America. You've got a long life ahead of you to discover that there are other bands out there too.
Last week I went to the record store and found out they are being sold at 18€ each... if they're putting out three records in a year they should at least cut the price off, if I were a Green Day fan I'd be extremely pissed.
I’ll admit, I’m a bit biased when it comes to Green Day – I’ve been a huge fan since childhood. I think Uno gave us what we were expecting, which was a signature Green Day sound. Dos was a bit too much, but I still enjoyed many songs. Tre started out with Brutal Love, which was amazing, but as the album went on, I wondered if the entire album was about his wife. I mean, if that really is the case, that’s still great, but … isn’t there anything else to write about? I preferred the angry Green Day.
absolute garbage from this band since American Idiot. some need to know when to call it quits and just do solo projects this band is going the same direction metallica has been careening downward for years
21st Century Breakdown has been doing the best as of sales in the band's history, so you obviously don't speak for many people. Green Day is nothing like Metallica.
massive fan, the order of best to worst is clearly:
1.Tre 8/10
2.Dos 7/10
3.uno
5/10I just can't help thinking that if they had taken the best 12-14 songs off all three albums they would have had a very decent album instead of what they have now.
I absolutely love the song X-Kid. It's probably the best song lyrically from Uno, Dos, and Tre. It's really heart-felt. Though, I would love to learn how to play piano, just be able to play The Forgotten!
1) Green Day used to be pretty decent
2) Now they are not, in any way.
2.5) The words "Punk" and "Rock Opera" do not go together.
3) The faces they are making on these god damn album covers is infuriating.
I was recently discussing with other musicians how many bands seem to reach a certain pinnacle and then just go downwards in quality. One band goes faster than the other, but eventually they all fall. As if their "mission" has been completed with that one ultimate album and afterwards they lose their aim. It happened to U2, it happened to Muse and somehow I feel Green Day has had their pinnacle already too. I hope I'm wrong and they'll get back to some serious business for their following album and stop screwing around, cause I really loved them and American Idiot was a highlight for mainstream music.
I cannot beleive how poor each album and the the trilogy is. There isn't even one album's worth of good songs here. I have been into this band since '94, seen them countless times. 21st Century Breakdown was not a good album, but at least there were 3 or 4 decent songs on it. I will always go to their concerts, because they are the best live band ever, but I'm not buying their albums anymore.
I've been a huge Green Day fan since the age of 7. I'm 19 now. (just to throw that in the face of one of the previous comments saying all Green Day fans are 13. Bite me!)
I did really enjoy this album. Out of the whole trilogy, this was the one I preferred the most. I've heard a lot of mixed reviews about it but I understand its a bit different to the likes of American Idiot and 21st, but I think the trilogy does hint at pre 2000 Green Day, maybe not a great deal but I hear it.
But fans have to understand, the band can't keep doing albums like American Idiot, they don't want to be known as the band that continue to make music about politics. People need to give them a break, recently it seems they can't do anything right... I'm just sitting back enjoying the music they produce. Do you know they've given us 37 songs in a few months? To me that's something to be impressed with!
I dont care, i love all green day albums!
By the way,
1. Dos
2. Tre/Uno
3. blank
Also i dont get why everyone hates nightlife, i like it.
haters gonna hate.
It's a real shame, I was expecting a lot more from this trilogy, but I was only really into a few of the songs from each album at the most. Still, hopefully they'll come back fighting, they've had a rough year so maybe the best is yet to come??
and they had to associate the best song in the album with the Twilight Saga... not that I'm anti-Twilight, but c'mon... Green Day and Twilight? nah... 
