ias m , ▁which ▁is ▁enough ▁to ▁make ▁Aw esome ▁as ▁F ** k ▁fun , ▁if ▁not ▁quite ▁a ▁live ▁album ▁for ▁the ▁ages ." ▁David ▁F ric ke ▁of ▁Rol ling ▁Stone ▁commented ▁" This ▁set ▁is ▁a ▁cont ag ious ▁account ▁of ▁the ▁power - fun ▁stre ak ▁that ▁still ▁runs ▁through ▁the ▁band ▁even ▁after ▁the ▁two ▁punk ▁oper as ▁[...] ▁Bill ie ▁Joe ▁Arm strong ▁thoroughly ▁enjo ys ▁his ▁spot light : ▁shout ing , ▁curs ing ▁and ▁letting ▁aud ien ces ▁take ▁whole ▁vers es ▁of ▁' American ▁Id iot ' ▁and ▁' Good ▁R idd ance .' ▁And ▁drum mer ▁Tr é ▁C ool ▁is ▁way ▁up ▁in ▁the ▁mix , ▁channel ing ▁the ▁Cl ash ' s ▁To pper ▁Head on ▁and ▁the ▁Who ' s ▁Keith ▁Moon ▁with ▁precise ▁demon ic ▁g lee ." ▁ ▁Chris ▁Con aton ▁of ▁Pop Mat ters ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁album ▁" has ▁a ▁bit ▁of ▁the ▁od or ▁of ▁a ▁record - company ▁stop g ap ▁about ▁it ", ▁not ing ▁the ▁five - year ▁gap ▁between ▁the ▁band ' s ▁last ▁two ▁studio ▁albums , ▁American ▁Id iot ▁( 2 0 0 4 ) ▁and ▁ 2 1 st ▁Century ▁Break down ▁( 2 0 0 9 ), ▁that ▁was ▁filled ▁by ▁the ▁live ▁album ▁and ▁DVD ▁Bul let ▁in ▁a ▁Bible ▁( 2 0 0 5 ). ▁He ▁noted ▁that ▁the ▁band ▁was ▁" at ▁least ▁trying ▁to ▁do ▁something ▁different " ▁with ▁this ▁second ▁live