 "Rolling Stone" also listed "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" and "American Idiot" among the 100 best songs of the 2000s, at number 65 and 47, respectively.In 2005, the album was ranked number 420 in "Rock Hard" magazine's book of "The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time".In 2012, the album was ranked number 225 on "Rolling Stone"'s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.