Green Day- 21st Century Breakdown
American punk rock trio, Green Day, is scheduled for a worldwide release of their new eighth studio album, 21st Century Breakdown, on May 15, 2009. The new CD is under the label Reprise Records. The new CD is the first album by Green Day that is chiefly produced by the well-known producer and member of the band Garbage, Butch Vig.
In an interview with Kerrang!, Billie Joe Armstrong, the lead singer, stated that the album is more religious that previous albums and it was influenced by legends such as The Beatles, Queen, The Who, Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, The Clash, and Bruce Springsteen. He also said that the new CD would be more power pop instead of heavy punk rock like the bands previous albums. The album consists of the bands reflection of the past three years and creates melodies with bold statements. The album still continues the rock opera style that the band introduced in American Idiot. The lyrics of the new CD are pretty political with incorporation of anti-war statements.
21st Century Breakdown is separated into three acts: Heroes and Cons, Charlatans and Saints, and Horseshoes and Handgrenades. The album is similar to a story and follows Christian and Gloria, a young couple, through the challenges of the 21st century that have occurred during the reign of the 43rd president.
The first track of the new album Know Your Enemy, was released worldwide on April 16, 2009. A ninety second preview of the song was also used on April 6,2009 to introduce the 2009 NCAA Mens Basketball Tournament Championship game.
Other tracks on 21st Century Breakdown include: Song of the Century, “Viva la Gloria!, 21st Century Breakdown, “Before the Lobotomy, Last Night on Earth, “Christian’s Inferno, Peacemaker, East Jesus Nowhere, Murder City, Last of the American Girls, “”Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl)”, Horseshoes and Handgrenades, Restless Heart Syndrome, The Static Age, See the Light, American Eulogy, and 21 Guns. Billie Joe Armstrong wrote all of the songs.
Most of the songs can be heard on Green Days official website. Seven new tracks form the CD will also be played on radio stations across the US from May 4 to May 14, 2009. The title song; 21st Century Breakdown is Green Days most epic track according to Spin Magazine. The Observer Music Monthly praised Green Days 21st Century Breakdown and gave it four out of five stars.
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