21st Century Breakdown

by Green Day

21st Century Breakdown cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 15 May 2009
  • Label: Reprise, Warner Bros.
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:09:07
  • Community rating: 2.52/5 from 14 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following the massive success of 'American Idiot', Green Day returned with an even grander rock opera. '21st Century Breakdown' is divided into three acts, following a young couple through the political and social turmoil of the Bush era. It is an ambitious, stadium-sized record filled with soaring anthems.

Genres

Descriptors: conscious, melodic, political, fast, gang-vocals, theatrical

Tracklist

  1. Song of the Century (00:57)
  2. 21st Century Breakdown (05:09)
  3. Know Your Enemy (03:10)
  4. 隆Viva La Gloria! (03:30)
  5. Before the Lobotomy (04:37)
  6. Christian's Inferno (03:07)
  7. Last Night on Earth (03:56)
  8. East Jesus Nowhere (04:34)
  9. Peacemaker (03:24)
  10. Last of the American Girls (03:51)
  11. Murder City (02:54)
  12. 驴Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl) (03:47)
  13. Restless Heart Syndrome (04:19)
  14. Horseshoes and Handgrenades (03:14)
  15. The Static Age (04:16)
  16. 21 Guns (05:21)
  17. American Eulogy: Mass Hysteria / Modern World (04:26)
  18. See the Light (04:35)

Credits

  • Tom Kitt - arranged by [string arrangements]
  • Andrew Black - artwork [stencil crew]
  • David Cooper - artwork [stencil crew]
  • Micah Chong - artwork [stencil crew]
  • Chris Bilheimer - artwork [stencils], design, photography by
  • Mike Dirnt - bass, vocals
  • Patrick Warren - conductor [string conductor]
  • Bill Schneider - coordinator [production coordinator]
  • Tre Cool - drums, percussion
  • Chris Dugan - engineer
  • Andrew Schubert - engineer [additional]
  • Brad Kobylczak - engineer [additional]
  • Brad Townsend - engineer [additional]
  • Joe McGrath - engineer [additional]
  • Keith Armstrong - engineer [assistant]
  • Nik Karpen - engineer [assistant]
  • Wesley Seidman - engineer [assistant]
  • Billie Joe Armstrong - guitar, piano, vocals
  • Ted Jensen - mastered by
  • Chris Lord-Alge - mixed by
  • Green Day - music by
  • Marina Chavez - photography by [back cover photo]
  • Jason Freese - piano
  • Butch Vig - producer
  • Kenny Butler - technician [drum tech]
  • Mike Fasano - technician [drum tech]

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