Every Good Charlotte Album Ranked Worst To Best
5. Good Charlotte
'Good Charlotte' was released in 2000 - apologies, 30-somethings who now feel extra old! - when albums like Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, Toxicity and All Killer No Filler assaulted our ears with an abundance of angst as '00s metal and pop punk set course to take over the world.
22 years on and the eponymous offering dates really well when you consider how it was received at the time.
Little Things is the first song in the chronology of Good Charlotte, and its low sales almost got the band dropped by their label - but is now a live staple and has been in many films!
This album understandably lacks production value, but it's raw and packed with enough energy to make up for the lack of experience. As Benji Madden told Kerrang:
“That was us at our brightest and most innocent, when we were just wanting to make a really good record and be in a big band. We weren’t really a great band yet, but we were on our way.”
Having the three strongest songs - Little Things, Motivation Proclamation and Festival Song - near the start means the album tails off.
The skip button won't get worn out, but this isn't the polished masterpiece some of its successors turned out to be. Thank You Mom nicely ends the album with a glimpse into Good Charlotte's trademark ballads.
The true charm is realising how far the band have come, and recognising their penchant for writing catchy melodies, even in their infancy.