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Track Listings
1 | Song of the Century |
2 | 21st Century Breakdown |
3 | Know Your Enemy |
4 | ¡Viva La Gloria! |
5 | Before the Lobotomy |
6 | Christian's Inferno |
7 | Last Night on Earth |
8 | East Jesus Nowhere |
9 | Peacemaker |
10 | Last of the American Girls |
11 | Murder City |
12 | ¿Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl) |
13 | Restless Heart Syndrome |
14 | Horseshoes and Handgrenades |
15 | The Static Age |
16 | 21 Guns |
17 | American Eulogy: Mass Hysteria / Modern World |
18 | See the Light |
Editorial Reviews
Green Day's long-awaited eighth studio album, 21st Century breakdown, is the trio's first studio disc since 2004's Grammy-winning Best Rock Album American Idiot, which debuted at #1, spawned five hit singles, and sold more than 12 million copies world-wide (quintuple platinum in the U.S.). Produced by Butch Vig (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage) 21st Century Breakdown continues American Idiot's punk-rock opera format. Divided into three acts - Heroes and Cons, Charlatans And Saints, and Horseshoes And Handgrenades - the songs follow a young couple, Christian and Gloria, as they experience the disappointment and promise of the new millennium.
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 5.16 x 5.67 x 0.39 inches; 4.02 ounces
- Manufacturer : Reprise
- Item model number : 5323695
- Original Release Date : 2009
- Date First Available : February 10, 2009
- Label : Reprise
- ASIN : B001SAQVDQ
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #4,629 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #77 in Adult Alternative (CDs & Vinyl)
- #455 in Alternative Rock (CDs & Vinyl)
- #2,241 in Rock (CDs & Vinyl)
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A few notes: I didn't even notice the "Christian and Gloria" theme for quite some time. The lyrics are somewhat hard to understand at first, and I listen in the car, so reading the liner as it plays is not really an option. Finally, while waiting for someone in a parking lot, I got to read the titles and lyrics and realized that there was an operatic quality to this album, like American Idiot. Now, I come from the age of Pink Floyd's The Wall, and was exposed to Tommy during my teen years. I love the idea of a whole integrated collection of songs which make a story. In the early '80's, I spent hours imagining what Pink looked like (Pink the character in The Wall, not the pink-haired diva)and imagining what it all meant. I'd love to see a Green Day movie, with Jimmy or Christian, which would play at the midnight movie for decades.
Secondly, the sound of the album is often scratchy and sometimes sounds like it was recorded at the bottom of a well. I know this is intentional, but it was really bothersome at first; seemed to be used too much. Oddly, now I don't even notice it, but I play it louder as I've come to know the words.
Billie Joe fights the establishment with his lyrics, and this album is no exception. The lyrics are well thought out, if not somewhat repetitive in places(I agree with the reviewer who states that _Know Your Enemy_ is one of the weaker offerings), but definitely gives listeners the famous Green Day attitude. Again, if you don't get the first time, give it a couple more tries and I think you'll be hooked on an album you can listen to without interruption...
If Amazon had a rating of more than five stars, I'd give Green Day at least 10 or more for this album. Keep up the great music Green Day and I hope you come to Hawaii someday, since that's where I live. I can't wait to see what their next album will bring us, I just hope they don't wait so darn long this time.
This is an incredible work. Recognizing that, as a 50+ rocker weaned on the Beatles, the Who and Pink Floyd among others, my lens on this album is probably quite different from devoted Green Day fans who have followed them for years. I have little basis of comparison with their past (and note that in reviews I have sensed that some pine for Green Day's punkier roots, but I am comfortable saying I have not heard such a complete CD in nearly 30 years.
I find it engagingly melodic, jarringly surprising and, above all, wholly original. Here, Green Day moves effortlessly between pop, wall-of-sound rock, and beautfilu ballads. The album's richness is its diversity and its cohesion despite moving deftly across (even within, as with "Before the Lobotomy") styles.
Musically, this is a worthy successor to loosely themed albums like "Abbey Road" (listen for Lennon in the pretty "Last Night on Earth" and the frenetic "Restless Heart Syndrome")and "Dark Side of the Moon."
I also enjoyed he transposition of dark-as-night lyrics with poppy melodies ("Last of the American Girls"). Is there such a thing as a whimsical apocalypse? I can almost see Billy Joe Armstrong smiling wryly.
I tend to believe that, if there is a message in this, it is that in the jumble of modern (or any) socirty, only love makes sense. Maybe in making such a statement, Green Day has grown up, philosophically as well as musically.
Open yourself to that journey.
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Alors non, décidément non ! Ce "21th Century Breakdown" n'est certainement le copié/collé d'une recette déjà éprouvée et approuvée par le grand frère Ameican Idiot. Juste la preuve indéniable et irréfutable que le gigantesque succès d'hier de Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt et Tré Cool n'était pas le fait du hasard.
Sacré groupe, pour de nouveau un sacré disque.
19/20