Green Day - "21st Century Breakdown" (2009)

[trustypepper]

Green Day's 8th studio album was released in May 2009. It hit No. 1 on the BB200 and was the 25th-best selling album of 2009 in the USA. It also won "Best Rock Album" at the 52nd Grammy Awards.

Track Listing (singles in bold):
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
18. See the Light

[Cody]

Better album than many give it credit for. It was unfairly compared to "American Idiot" as if the fools doing so expected something as good as that once-in-a-lifetime masterpiece or better. I like it quite a bit!

[H.]

Great album. My favorite song on it is Know Your Enemy.

[someguy]

I liked this album a lot, and thought it was a lot better than people give it credit for. The title track, "21 Guns" and "Viva La Gloria" are some of my favourite Green Day songs.

[Web]

I really enjoy this album. Not as much as American Idiot (though that's the album that first got me into music in 5th grade so that's pretty hard to top) but it stands on its own and is a solid record. 18 tracks is a pretty monumental feat, especially with very little filler. There are some fantastic tracks on here (East Jesus Nowhere, Horseshoes and Handgrenades, The Static Age, etc.). I just wish the trilogy hadn't been such a disappointment in comparison.