21st Century Breakdown - Green Day

It has been 5 years since the American punk band Green Day released their last album entitled American Idiot, which followed the life of one character who calls himself Saint Jimmy or the Jesus of Suburbia. Nearly 6 million copies had been sold and a worldwide sell out tour followed in 2005. 2009 saw a new turn for Green Day to come back with their new album 21st Century Breakdown. It was going to be the biggest thing they have ever done since the years of Dookie. The album itself is divided into three parts, Heroes and Cons, Charlatans and Saints and Horseshoes and Handgrenades. In American Idiot they had 2 songs over reaching the 9 minute mark where as in 21st Century ...  Read the complete review

After the raging success of "American Idiot" there was always going to be a lot of expectation in terms of the next Green Day album. With 18 tracks and a running time of just over 69 minutes you certainly get value for money. I also like the idea of splitting the album into three "acts". The album opens with the very short but punchy "Song Of The Century" before we move into Act I - "Heroes And Cons" and the title track itself. At just over 5 minutes it is pretty much what we've come to expect from GD. Next up is "Know Your Enemy". The first single from the album. Although it failed to ...  Read the complete review

21st century breakdown is green days 8th full studio album and also their most recent only being released last month, and as iv been reviewing green days past albums recently I only thought it right to give this one a listen too and review their new album. The first track off the album, if you can call it that is song of the century. Its 57 seconds long and its kind of just Billie Joe singing through what sounds like an old radio. Its just a opening to the album why isn't anything special but I suppose its okay. The second song off the album is 21st century breakdown. It starts off very slow but builds up into a great song by the end the chorus is a ...  Read the complete review

Green Day.. a band that I 'discovered' at school when 'Basket Case' was the song of the Sixth Form. Back then they were all about loud anthemic punk songs about hating your parents, masterbation and practical jokes! Nowadays their music maintains their unique sound but is all grown up, as is the subject matter. Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, Bassist Tre Cool and Drummer Mike Dirnt are still angry and protesting against the establishment, but this time it's not parents and teachers they're attacking but the government. The highly political 'American Idiot', the band's 2004 epic rock opera, earned them two Grammys and countless other awards so the ...  Read the complete review

21st Century Breakdown (2009) Green Day. Having only just bought this on download in the last two weeks, it is quite unusual for me to review an album so quickly. Though as I have listened to it probably 20 times already it seems appropriate to review now, though I have to say, I already have a feeling that my opinion may change on some of these tracks given time....and if I remember them. What I mean by this is that 'American Idiot' a previous album was raw, fresh and this album, well, you'll see from my review. Now according to Wikipedia, this is their 8th album, yet I have only heard 'American Idiot' in it's entirety before ...  Read the complete review