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Warning: contains catchy, intelligent hooks that’ll make you like Green Day! Their three-chord assaults had grown tiresome by the time of 1997’s prom-ready jingle “Good Riddance (The Time of Your Life).” Now the scruffy punks return, harboring a newfound maturity…and at least a few new chords. The result is their most accomplished record yet. “Waiting,” with its acoustic intro and fade, is both powerful and arresting, while the flamenco-flavored “Minority” evokes the Clash. Fans of Dookie-era Green Day will dig “Blood, Sex & Booze,” but even those who dismissed their breakthrough as elementary crap will find reasons to turn this one up.