Emmo’s Blog

 Well how do you follow a mega selling album like American Idiot? You release 21st Century Breakdown that’s how.
If you thought that American Idiot was big, overblown and that Green Day had reached a peak from which down was the only way then you were wrong. 21st Century Breakdown is bigger, louder and might be even better than American Idiot.

5 years in the making Green Day have again gone for the concept album which served them well with AI.
21CB is again based on 2 characters called Gloria and Christian. The album follows them on their journey in 21st century America following the mess that George W Bush left behind.

The album is broke down into 3 sections, Heroes & Cons, Charlatans & Saints the third being Horseshoes & Hand grenades and conatains 18 songs that have a running time of just under 70 minutes.

Green Day have made this concept album in a way that you can listen to any song and like it for what it is. You don’t have to listen to the whole album all the time. 

Song highlights include 21 Guns, East Jesus Nowhere, The Static Age, American Eulogy and the single Know Your Enemy.

Expect Green Day to become the worlds biggest band again very soon.

Tracklisting:

Song of the Century
   
Act I: Heroes and Cons

21st Century Breakdown         
Know Your Enemy
¡Viva la Gloria!
Before The Labotomy         
Christian’s Inferno          
Last Night on Earth          

Act II: Charlatans and Saints
        
East Jesus Nowhere          
Peacemaker         
Last of the American Girls         
Murder City         
¿Viva la Gloria? (Little Girl)          
Restless Heart Syndrome
          
Act III: Horseshoes and Handgrenades
        
Horseshoes and Handgrenades          
The Static Age         
21 Guns          
American Eulogy (A. “Mass Hysteria / B. “Modern World)        
See the Light   

My rating: 8.5/10