Good Charlotte
Generation Rx
Release Date: Sep 14, 2018
Genre(s): Pop/Rock
Record label: BMG
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Album Review: Generation Rx by Good Charlotte
Fairly Good, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 6/10
As they must to all men, the years have caught up to Good Charlotte, the punk-pop band who made their bones as snotty young brats. Facing their forties, Joel and Benji Madden turn both inward and outward on Generation Rx, a swift LP teeming with affirmations and anthems. Perhaps its title is a jab at a medicated generation, but the record also seems to be designed as healing: punk-pop as self-help.
Based on rating 6/10
After performing at the memorial for emo rap icon Lil Peep, who died from a drug overdose at 21, Good Charlotte were inspired to step up as "older brothers in the scene" and tackle the opioid crisis, self-medication and the underlying battle with mental illness on Generation RX. It's the kind of focus they needed after comeback album Youth Authority, which at times felt scattershot, especially on the out-of-touch "Old Man Yells At Cloud" song "40 oz. Dream." It's helped along by the short runtime (nine songs, one of which is an intro ….
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