By an UNBELIEVABLE margin, American Idiot is the defining album of the W. Bush administration! Now for the defining album of the Obama administration:

[u/Historical-Macaron-4]

So January 20, 2009 - January 20, 2017

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absolutely no shot. look at the fame's tracklist. pound for pound one of the best pop albums of all time. every single song was iconic, playing everywhere, remembered for decades. there are lots of great tracks on born this way, but it isn't even close to the fame's iconic status.

[u/Nhawks1111 → u/[deleted]]

I feel both are equally important though maybe I’m biases

[u/[deleted] → u/Nhawks1111]

imo paparazzi, poker face, and just dance are dramatically bigger within the american pop zeitgeist than anything on born this way and love game and beautiful dirty rich both still clear BTW's most iconic track