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Generally favorable reviews- based on 391 Ratings
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Positive: 323 out of 391
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Mixed: 31 out of 391
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MichaelCMay 16, 2009Green Day has lost complete focus and direction. This isn't even Green Day. They need to drop the make up, and the demographic of 12 year old rich girls who are angry at their parents. Furthermore, rolling stone gave this a 90 and Merriweather post pavilion only got a 70 from them? Total faith lost in rolling stone.
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GerogeSMay 16, 2009
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PBMay 16, 2009Not only is 21st Century Breakdown more ambitious than American Idiot, but genuinely a better album in general, with more ambition, more accessibility, and more depth than it's slightly 2D predecessors. An truly excellent album of stellar proportions, it blew away my scepticisms and exceeded all expectations.
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GreenHeadMay 16, 2009Remarkable Album and ambitiously delivered. Those who say this album is subpar need a history lesson in rock music. Go back to school kids. Green Day rocks with this album. Truely one of their best.
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JoeTMay 16, 2009American Idiot + higher production value - musical and lyrical hooks & overall Omph! = this album It took all these years to come up with this?!
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MichaelMay 16, 2009
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MarcWMay 15, 2009Great, ambitious album. Better than American Idiot. Impressive stuff.
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LoveMusicMay 15, 2009
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SeanRMay 15, 2009
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KevinMay 15, 2009I'm enjoying this album right from the first listen. Does stay along the same vein as American Idiot but if it ain't broke, why fix it? Worth picking up if your a fan of the band for sure.
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EddMMay 15, 2009A masterful album! A brilliant narrative throughout the album and hugely enjoyable from start to finish!
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The performances are blandly professional, because any major-label rock band of Green Day's abilities could shit this stuff out in their sleep, and emotionally inert. This is the crafting of a modern epic as a dreary day-job routine.
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21st Century Breakdown is far from a bad album, and, like Idiot, will likely be the best release this year from such a popular band.
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It could have easily gone any of several wrong ways, but Green Day's punk has long since been tempered with pop's most attractive attributes, and 21stCentury Breakdown, like its predecessor, is unapologetically accessible and relentlessly exhilarating.