I’m guessing after the frontmen’s recently acquired double act stint on the X- Factor, these mentors have decided to show that they’ve still got it.

These guys are cool, I will not argue, but I can not see any songs off Youth Authority even coming close to the success of tracks like Girls and Boys, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous or even Dance Floor Anthem.

A stand-out track would be Makeshift Love: it has some nice, classic Good Charlotte riffs, which are always fun – it definitely helps improve the quality of the album.

Songs like 40 oz. Dream show they are playing on the fact that times have changed in the music scene: it’s no longer 2003 (which is around the time Good Charlotte were at their prime) and it kind of shows that they know they are a little past their use-by date.

Track 12 Moving On has a similar theme. It appears to be a reflection of their lives and their views – being older and wiser now than they were in 2003.

It is not a bad album by any means, but it does not live up to some of the great albums Good Charlotte have produced in the past, and I think they realise this. This album does tell a story though, about their lives now and how far they have come.