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21st Century Breakdown

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21st Century Breakdown

Producer Butch Vig, Green Day
Label Reprise Records
Released 5/15/2009

21st Century Breakdown is the title of Green Day's 8th studio album. The album was announced by the band on the live broadcast of the 2009 Grammy awards. The album was released on May 15, 2009. Like "American Idiot" the album is a Rock Opera. 21st Century Breakdown is divided into three acts "Heroes and Cons", "Charlatans and Saints", and "Horseshoes and Handgrenades" that follow a young couple Christian and Gloria having to deal with the mess our 43rd President left behind. The first sign of Green Day recording a new album was in October 2008 when two videos on Youtube showed the band in a studio recording the new material. On February 10, 2009 on the bands website a one minute teaser was released. The first single of the album "Know Your Enemy" was released on April 16th, and the official music video was released on April 24th on MTV UK. VH1 and MTV announced they would leak the album on May 8th, a week before the release date.

Contents

Track listing

  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"
    I. Mass Hysteria
    II. Modern World
  18. "See the Light"
  • Tracks 2-7 belong to Act I - Heroes and Cons
  • Tracks 8-13 belong to Act II - Charlatans and Saints
  • Tracks 14-18 belong to Act III - Horseshoes and Handgrenades

Singles

"Know Your Enemy" - Released 16th April 2009

"21 Guns" - Released 25th May 2009 (digital download) and 14th July 2009 (CD single)

"East Jesus Nowhere" - Released 19th October 2009  

"21st Century Breakdown"

Bonus Tracks

iTunes Deluxe Edition bonus tracks
  1. "A Quick One While He's Away" (Originally by The Who)
  2. "Another State of Mind" (Originally by Social Distortion)
iTunes preorder bonus tracks
  1. "That's Alright Mama" (Originally by Arthur Crudup; Popularized by Elvis Presley)
  2. "Like a Rolling Stone" (Originally by Bob Dylan)

B-sides

  1. "Lights Out" (B-side of "Know Your Enemy")
  2. "Hearts Collide" (B-side of "Know Your Enemy")
  3. "Favorite Son" (B-side of "21 Guns")


Record
Records
Records 39/Smooth / Kerplunk / Dookie / Insomniac / Nimrod / Warning / International Superhits! / Shenanigans / American Idiot / 21st Century Breakdown
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