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- Summary: The eighth studio album for the band was produced by Butch Vig.
- Record Label: Reprise
- Genre(s): Rock, Pop, Alternative
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Top Track
21 Guns | |
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Do you know what's worth fighting for When it's not worth dying for? Does it take your breath away And you feel yourself suffocating? Does the pain... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 16 out of 30
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Mixed: 13 out of 30
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Negative: 1 out of 30
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21st Century Breakdown is even better, so masterful and confident it makes Idiot seem like a warm-up.
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Green Day took small steps out of its comfort zone on American Idiot, but Breakdown finds the band going bolder, mixing in elements of mariachi ('Peacemaker') and klezmer ('¡Viva La Gloria!'). Still, the band members never spend too much time away from their bread and butter: heavily melodic punk.
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It's a state of the union address, an apocalyptic protest album. It also sounds phenomenal.
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While the disc does get bogged down with a little too much force-feeding of the Christian and Gloria characters (just like Idiot's Jimmy and Whatshername), it's a safe bet that the listener will come out the other end having largely enjoyed the last 70 minutes and 18 tracks.
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Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tré Cool push Idiot's conceits even further on 21st Century Breakdown, a slick, class-obsessed, 70-minute, 18-song, three-act cycle that trades Bush-era indignation for Obama-era resignation.
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Such quality care is evident throughout most of Breakdown, and, as such, individual moments positively glisten, even if the widescreen view of Breakdown feels a bit muddled and confused, the whole actually being less than the sum of its parts.
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Mostly, the overkill of professionalism just makes me yearn for the early Green Day material I grew up with: sloppy, abrasive, and most importantly, aware of what they can and can't pull off.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 89 out of 111
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Mixed: 13 out of 111
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Negative: 9 out of 111
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StefanoAug 29, 2009Great album for one major's rock band in the world!!!!
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Nov 6, 2012
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Jul 29, 2011
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Jun 7, 2022Definitely underrated, maybe not as good as American Idiot, but still provides good music and an entertaining experience
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Aug 27, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Aug 29, 2019
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MichaelCMay 16, 2009
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