To quote Green Day, “Well I ain’t got much time, so I’ll get to the point.”

After almost three and a half

years, the punk-rock trio, Green Day, has come up with not just one, but three albums, to make any true fan, such as myself, go nuts.

“¡UNO!” is the first of three albums to be released. The other two will be released within five months of each other. In this album, the band rewound time and took its sound back to the ‘90s.

The first single is “Oh Love,” which didn’t leave me craving  much more. It is a catchy song, but I didn’t think it had the appeal a prequel of three upcoming albums needed.

Compared to the rest of the album, “Oh Love” is very mellow, and I might be willing to skip over it if it were to pop up on shuffle.

When the album was released, I couldn’t help but go out and buy it immediately.

After hearing “Oh Love,” I was a little nervous the band might have lost their edge for a way to throw off some steam, but the rest of the album did impress me.

“¡UNO!” starts off with “Nuclear Family,” making me believe the band is still projecting a political message like it did in “American Idiot” and “21st Century Breakdown.”

The members of Green Day are far from where they were musically when they released their two previous albums.

The leading song brings catchy lyrics like, “Gonne ride the merry-go-round, like a Ferris wheel that is breaking down,” and “Like a nuclear bomb and it won’t be long ‘til I detonate.”

Hearing Billie Joe Armstrong’s lyrics proved how passionate he is about his music. “Nuclear Family” sucked me in to the album, making me want to hear more.

Most people can relate to the album’s second track, “Stay the Night,” because the song is about a guy wanting more time with his love.

“I got to know if you’re the one that got away, even though it was never meant to be.” It’s catchy, and made my heart ponder the loved ones I miss in my own life.

I can’t help but love the way Armstrong creates his lyrics, and the way the words are sung harmonically with the instrumentals made me fall in love with every line.

With lyrics like, “I want to crack your cranium delirium on the lower east side of your mind,” the song “Troublemaker” is a great example of this. The beating drum made my head bob along, and the guitar solo made my heart skip a beat.

I was very pleased to hear the band went back to their early styles of playing. They came up with an album that even their original fans will be happy to hear.

I can’t wait to see what the upcoming albums, “¡DOS!” and “¡TRE!” have in store.