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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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Negative: 37 out of 391
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Sep 21, 2011Sounds like b-sides of American Idiot and Warning. Complete lackluster display of songs.from such a great band.
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Nov 8, 2011Green day seems to have grown up too much I preferred green days old material like their unproffessional childish style like Older albums Kerplunk and Dookie and the more hardcore sound in American idiot and Warning. Good stuff back then but this album is very weak, winey, and mellow-dramatic.
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Aug 18, 2010Eh, could have been better..I only liked three songs out of the whole album. Sooo, this album was kinda disappointing. but the songs were good..only the thee I liked. Good rock n roll, but not good enough.
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Mar 1, 2012
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Dec 14, 2010
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Aug 23, 2011
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Feb 19, 2011A thoroughly lackluster and unoriginal effort from a band who've outstayed their welcome.
American Idiot was the only thing that was passable everything before and since then has been complete trash -
Aug 26, 2011
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Jan 4, 2014I wasn't exactly sure how to feel about this album. Sure, some of the songs in it were hits that i still listen to, like '21 Guns' or 'See The Light' but I felt that Green Day slipped a bit on this album. It's not good, but it's not bad either. It's not American Idiot for sure, but it still deserves recognition.
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TruterRJul 1, 2009Well, it's nothing I haven't heard. Same riffs, but if you're new to Green Day you should try it...I feel a fan of the band would be disappointed. To compare it to American Idiot is harsh. You're either gonna love this album or hate it.
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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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AaronYJul 9, 2009
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RudeBoyAug 28, 2009Class of 13? WTF? Basically i was in the class of 2007 and this CD makes me feel like an old fart. Aren't the guys who made this 40 or something so theyd be in the class of 1989, yet by goin on and on about the class of 2013 all the time they make anybody over the age of about 14 feel like an old fart. This annoys me Musically this album is a bit pretentious, sum41 and blink 182 are better.
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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.