21st Century Breakdown
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21st Century Breakdown | ||||
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Studio album by Green Day | ||||
Released | May 15, 2009 | |||
Recorded | January 2008 – April 2009 | |||
Studio | Ocean Way Recording, Hollywood; Studio 880, Oakland, California; Jel Studios, Newport Beach, California; Costa Mesa Studios, Costa Mesa, California | |||
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Length | 69:16 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
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Singles from 21st Century Breakdown | ||||
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21st Century Breakdown is the eighth studio album by the American punk rock band Green Day. It is the band's second rock opera, following American Idiot (2004), and their first album to be produced by Butch Vig. Green Day commenced work on the record in January 2006 and forty-five songs were written by vocalist/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong by October 2007, but the band members did not enter studio work until January 2008.[5][6]
The album was released May 15, 2009 through Reprise Records. Armstrong has described the album as a "snapshot of the era in which we live as we question and try to make sense of the selfish manipulation going on around us, whether it be the government, religion, media or frankly any form of authority".[7] The singles "Know Your Enemy" and "21 Guns" exemplify the themes of alienation and politically motivated anger present in the record.
Critical response to 21st Century Breakdown was generally positive. The record achieved Green Day's best chart performance to date, reaching number one on the album charts of various countries, including the United States Billboard 200, the European Top 100 Albums, and the United Kingdom Albums Chart. It was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album at the 52nd Grammy Awards held on January 31, 2010. As of December 2010, 21st Century Breakdown has sold 1,005,000 copies in the United States[8] and more than 4 million worldwide.
Contents
Writing and recording
Green Day began to write new songs for what would become 21st Century Breakdown in January 2006 after touring extensively in 2005 in support of their seventh studio album American Idiot.[9] At the time, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong stated: "We'll start with silence, and that's how we'll be able to find the inspiration to find another record."[10] The band did not release any details of the writing and recording process until October 2007, when Armstrong said in an interview with Rolling Stone that he had written "something like 45 songs".[5][6] The band members worked on the primitive conceptual stages of the album at their rehearsal studio in Oakland, California. Little was revealed on the themes or musical style of the album, but Armstrong stated: "I want to dig into who I am and what I'm feeling at this moment – which is middle-aged." He added that many of the 45 songs were written on piano rather than guitar.[5]
Green Day began the recording process for 21st Century Breakdown in January 2008.[11] Later that year, it was confirmed that the band worked with producer Butch Vig.[12] The album was recorded with Vig throughout 2008 and into early 2009 at four locations in California: Ocean Way Recording in Hollywood, Studio 880 in Oakland, Jel Studios in Newport Beach, and Costa Mesa Studios in Costa Mesa.[13] While recording in Hollywood, the band members bought cheap turntables from Amoeba Music and listened to many vinyl records for inspiration, including albums by The Beat and The Plimsouls.[14] Armstrong cited as inspiration the music of The Kinks' Ray Davies, The Pretty Things' S.F. Sorrow, The Doors' The Doors and Strange Days, and Meat Loaf's Bat Out of Hell.[14] Drummer Tré Cool noted the influence of Eddie Cochran and The Creation on Armstrong's writing.[14]
While writing at his home studio, Armstrong worked on a cover of The Who's 1966 mini-opera "A Quick One, While He's Away"; Green Day recorded a full-band version of the song during the album sessions.[15] Vig noted that frustrations would sometimes cause delays in the recording process for 21st Century Breakdown.[6] Armstrong kept his lyrics closely guarded and intentionally mixed his demos so that the vocals were low in the mix and thus unintelligible to the other band members.[14] It was not until late 2008 that he chose to share his words with Cool, Vig, and bassist Mike Dirnt by sitting down with them and reading the entire album's lyrics aloud in order.[14] The band members made the finishing touches on the album in early April 2009 and claimed that its release would lead to a "kind of... post-partum depression".[16]
Themes and composition
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"21 Guns" was released as the 2nd single off the album and discusses patriotism, Billie Joe said to Q magazine "It brings up 21st Century Breakdown in a lot of ways, and the 21 gun-salute for someone that's fallen, but done in an arena rock 'n' roll sort of way."
"21st Century Breakdown" was inspired by Billie Joe's personal life and the struggles he went though as a child.
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I look at Christian and Gloria, and it's me. Gloria is one side: this person trying to hold on to this sense of belief, still trying to do good. Whereas Christian is deep into his own demons and victimizing himself over that.[14]
Billie Joe Armstrong, on the link between the two main protagonists of 21st Century Breakdown and himself
21st Century Breakdown continues the rock opera style of its predecessor, American Idiot.[17] The album is set in Detroit, Michigan and is divided into three acts: "Heroes and Cons", "Charlatans and Saints", and "Horseshoes and Handgrenades".[18] Its loose narrative follows a young couple named Christian and Gloria through the challenges present in the U.S. following the presidency of George W. Bush.[19] Bassist Mike Dirnt has compared the relationships between the songs to those in Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run, saying that the themes are not as tightly interwoven as in a concept album, but that they are still connected.[20] Many of the record's themes and lyrics are drawn from Armstrong's personal life and he sings in the first-person narrative style about abandonment and vengeance in "Before the Lobotomy", "Christian's Inferno", and "Peacemaker".[14] Rolling Stone noted that the album is "the most personal, emotionally convulsive record Armstrong has ever written".[14]
The title track's opening lyric "Born into Nixon, I was raised in hell" references Armstrong's birth year of 1972, while "We are the class of '13" references the fact that his eldest son, Joseph, will graduate from high school in 2013.[14] Dirnt has expressed his belief that "Last of the American Girls" was written about Armstrong's wife Adrienne, who he claimed is steadfast in her beliefs and assertively defends them.[14] Armstrong has cited his "disconnected" childhood—he was raised by his five older siblings after their father's death, while their mother worked graveyard shifts as a waitress—as the roots of the discontent expressed on 21st Century Breakdown.[14] "East Jesus Nowhere" rebukes fundamentalist religion and was written after Armstrong attended a church service where a friend's baby was baptized.[14]
Musically, 21st Century Breakdown is similar to the punk rock style of American Idiot,[3][21] but many critics have claimed that Green Day's traditional sound has evolved in the five years since their last release to incorporate new influences such as heavier, louder pop rock and stadium rock on an epic scale.[22][23] Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone indicated that the album sports ballads that are Green Day's most polished; he claimed that the band "combine punk thrash with their newfound love of classic-rock grandiosity".[3] MTV compared the material to that of classic rockers like The Who,[24] while Spin called the title track "Green Day's most epic song yet".[25] Cool has remarked: "It's important to us that we're still looked at as a punk band. It was our religion, our higher education". However, he also noted that Armstrong had delved into the past in writing 21st Century Breakdown, gleaning inspiration from the artists who shaped rock music.[14] Armstrong himself has stated: "Ground zero for me is still punk rock. I like painting an ugly picture. I get something uplifting out of singing some of the most horrifying shit you can sing about. It's just my DNA."[14]
Promotion and release
Green Day commenced work on the record in January 2006. The writing and recording process spanned three years and four California recording studios, and it was finished in April 2009. On February 9, 2009, Green Day announced the album title and that the record would be split into three acts: "Heroes and Cons", "Charlatans and Saints", and "Horseshoes and Handgrenades".[26] On March 17, a teaser trailer for 21st Century Breakdown was posted on the band's website.[27] The international release date of May 15 was announced on March 25.[28] In early April 2009, Green Day premiered "Know Your Enemy" on television; a portion of the song was used as introductory music to the 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Championship game.[29] The band first performed 21st Century Breakdown in full during a string of California club shows in April 2009.[30][31] At each show, concertgoers were given programs containing all of the album's lyrics.[31] The first single, "Know Your Enemy", was released on April 16, 2009,[32] and soon after the world premiere of the song's music video occurred on April 24 on the MTV UK website.[33]
21st Century Breakdown was released internationally on May 15, 2009, through Reprise Records.[34] The special edition vinyl version was limited to 3,000 copies and consisted of three 10" records, one for each of the album's "acts", a CD copy of the album, a 60-page art booklet, and a code for the digital download of the full album.[35][36] The album artwork process was led by Chris Bilheimer and is based on a work from artist Sixten, who confirmed that the couple on the cover were "just friends of a friend at a party in Eskilstuna, Sweden" and explained that a mutual friend snapped a picture of the pair kissing.[37] He added: "I love their passion, and just had to make a stencil out of it to spread the love."[37] The cover art was noted for a marked similarity with that of Blur's 2003 album Think Tank, itself a stencil by artist Banksy.[38] Green Day showcased a collection of similarly themed art, called "The Art of Rock", at an art exhibition in London between October 23 and November 1, 2009.[39]
The record reached number one on the Billboard 200 in the U.S., where it sold 215,000 copies in its first week, which was a shortened three days.[40] The album remained at number one on the Billboard Top Rock Albums chart for three weeks.[41] In Canada, the album debuted at #1 on the Canadian Albums Chart, selling 30,000 copies in its first week.[42] The album debuted at the top of sales charts in twenty four total countries,[40] including a peak of number one on the European Top 100 Albums.[43] 21st Century Breakdown was only released in a Parental Advisory version containing explicit lyrics and content; Wal-Mart refuses to sell albums with a Parental Advisory sticker and requested that Green Day release a censored edition. The band members responded by stating: "There's nothing dirty about our record... They want artists to censor their records in order to be carried in there. We just said no. We've never done it before. You feel like you're in 1953 or something."[44] The second single, "21 Guns", was released to radio stations on May 25.[45] The band embarked on a world tour in July 2009; the North American leg lasted through September and the European leg ended in November.[30] "East Jesus Nowhere" was released as the album's third single on October 19, 2009.[46][47]
Critical reception
Professional ratings | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 70/100[48] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [49] |
Robert Christgau | C[50] |
Entertainment Weekly | B[51] |
The Guardian | [23] |
Los Angeles Times | [52] |
NME | [53] |
Pitchfork Media | 4.8/10[2] |
Rolling Stone | [3] |
Slant Magazine | [1] |
Spin | [54] |
Reception to 21st Century Breakdown has been generally favorable, according to aggregating website Metacritic, which reported a rating of 70/100 based on 30 critical reviews.[48] Dan Silver of The Observer awarded the record four stars out of five and likened it to both Bruce Springsteen's music and the avant-garde writing of Chuck Palahniuk.[55] Rolling Stone's David Fricke called 21st Century Breakdown "a compound bomb of classic-rock ecstasy, no-mercy punk assault and pop-song wiles; it's like The Clash's London Calling, The Who's Quadrophenia and Hüsker Dü's Zen Arcade all compressed into 18 songs".[6] Dan Cairns of The Times concluded: "Lyrically, it may succeed in capturing the contradictions, vulnerabilities and longing for harmony that thrum through Armstrong, Dirnt and Cool, their country, and humanity as a whole. But its real triumph, in an age of trimming, of market testing, of self-censorship and lowest common denominators, is not simply to aim insanely high, but to make it to the summit."[56]
Criticism centered on the concept of the record; BBC's Chris Jones said that it is "griping vaguely against 'authority'" and that "too many buzz words obscure incisive meaning".[57] Steve Kandell of Spin wrote that the humor of American Idiot was "sorely missed" and that the energy of the album seemed "directionless".[54] The Guardian's Alexis Petridis indicated that "the storyline becomes impossible to follow".[23] Adam Downer of Sputnikmusic was the most critical professional reviewer of the album; he questioned the clarity of the lyrics by calling 21st Century Breakdown "more conceptually vague/ridiculous than American Idiot", and he went on to say that it "spirals out of control in its own heroic glory and never regains focus, thus ending with a product that Green Day couldn't afford to produce: an average record".[58] Slant Magazine claims that "...an uncanny sense of familiarity hangs over too much of the album. The melodies of several tracks suggest ghosts of older Green Day songs."[1] Kyle Ryan at The A.V. Club gave the album a B+, noting it as "going [even] bolder" than American Idiot. Ryan also declared "21st Century Breakdown reinforces what American Idiot first revealed: Green Day should never be underestimated."[59]
Accolades
Publication | Country | Accolade | Year | Rank |
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Rolling Stone | United States | Best Albums of 2009[60] | 2009 | 5 |
Kerrang! | United Kingdom | Reader's Choice: Best 50 Albums of the 21st Century[61] | 2009 | 17 |
Rhapsody | United States | The 25 Best Albums of 2009[62] | 2009 | 16 |
Album awards
Year | Ceremony | Award | Result |
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2009 | Grammy Awards | Best Rock Album | Won |
Teen Choice Awards | Music Album Group | Nominated | |
TMF Awards | Best International Album | ||
Kerrang! Awards | Best Album | ||
2010 | MTV Video Music Awards Japan | Album of the Year | |
NME Awards | Best Album | ||
Worst Album |
Track listing
All lyrics written by Billie Joe Armstrong, all music composed by Green Day.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Song of the Century" | 0:57 |
Act I: Heroes and Cons | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
2. | "21st Century Breakdown" | 5:09 |
3. | "Know Your Enemy" | 3:11 |
4. | "¡Viva la Gloria!" | 3:31 |
5. | "Before the Lobotomy" | 4:37 |
6. | "Christian's Inferno" | 3:07 |
7. | "Last Night on Earth" | 3:57 |
Act II: Charlatans and Saints | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
8. | "East Jesus Nowhere" | 4:35 |
9. | "Peacemaker" | 3:24 |
10. | "Last of the American Girls" | 3:51 |
11. | "Murder City" | 2:54 |
12. | "¿Viva la Gloria? (Little Girl)" | 3:48 |
13. | "Restless Heart Syndrome" | 4:21 |
Act III: Horseshoes and Handgrenades | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
14. | "Horseshoes and Handgrenades" | 3:14 |
15. | "The Static Age" | 4:17 |
16. | "21 Guns" | 5:21 |
17. | "American Eulogy" (A. "Mass Hysteria" / B. "Modern World") | 4:26 |
18. | "See the Light" | 4:36 |
Total length:
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69:16 |
Bonus tracks
All lyrics written by Billie Joe Armstrong, all music composed by Green Day, except where noted.
Amazon.com MP3 version | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
19. | "Burnout" (live) | 2:21 |
iTunes deluxe edition | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
19. | "A Quick One, While He's Away" (originally performed by The Who) | Pete Townshend | 7:59 |
20. | "Another State of Mind" (originally performed by Social Distortion) | Mike Ness | 2:46 |
iTunes pre-order edition | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
21. | "That's All Right" (originally performed by Elvis Presley) | Arthur Crudup | 2:01 |
22. | "Like a Rolling Stone" (originally performed by Bob Dylan) | Bob Dylan | 6:10 |
Japanese edition | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
19. | "Lights Out" | 2:16 |
Rhapsody version | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
19. | "Know Your Enemy" (live) | 4:47 |
20. | "The Static Age" (live) | 4:30 |
Target version bonus CD (Live in Japan) | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
1. | "American Idiot" (live) | 4:18 |
2. | "Jesus of Suburbia" (live) | 9:22 |
3. | "Holiday" (live) | 4:34 |
4. | "Are We the Waiting" (live) | 2:49 |
5. | "St. Jimmy" (live) | 2:58 |
6. | "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (live) | 4:41 |
Personnel
Band
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Production
Artwork
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Release history
Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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World | May 15, 2009 | Warner Music | Digital download | — |
United States | Reprise | CD, double LP | 517153[49] | |
United Kingdom | Warner Music | CD | 9362-49802-1[63] | |
Europe | ||||
Australia | 9362498021[64] | |||
Deluxe CD | 9362497777[64] | |||
May 29, 2009 | LP | 9362497853[64] | ||
Japan | May 15, 2009 | Warner Music Japan | CD | WPCR-13377[65] |
January 20, 2010[66] | CD+DVD (Japan Tour Edition) | WPZR-30361 | ||
July 11, 2012[67] | CD (Japan Edition) | WPCR-75691 | ||
September 26, 2012[68] | SHM-CD | WPCR-14540 |
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Preceded by | UK Albums Chart number one album May 17–24, 2009 |
Succeeded by Relapse by Eminem |
Preceded by
We All by Hideaki Tokunaga
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Japanese Oricon Albums Chart number one albums May 25 – June 1, 2009 |
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Preceded by | Billboard 200 number-one album May 30, 2009 |
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Preceded by | European Top 100 Albums number-one album June 6–27, 2009 |
Succeeded by Battle for the Sun by Placebo |
Preceded by | Italian Albums Chart number-one album May 15–22, 2009 |
Succeeded by Ali e radici by Eros Ramazzotti |
Certifications
Region | Certification |
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Argentina (CAPIF)[108] | Gold |
Australia (ARIA)[109] | Platinum |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[110] | Platinum |
Brazil (ABPD)[111] | Gold |
Canada (Music Canada)[112] | 2× Platinum |
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[113] | Gold |
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[114] | Gold |
France (SNEP)[115] | Platinum |
GCC (IFPI Middle East)[116] | Platinum |
Germany (BVMI)[117] | 3× Gold |
Ireland (IRMA)[118] | Platinum |
Italy (FIMI)[119] | Platinum |
Japan (RIAJ)[120] | Gold |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[121] | Platinum |
Norway (IFPI Norway)[122] | Platinum |
Sweden (GLF)[123] | Gold |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[124] | Platinum |
United Kingdom (BPI)[125] | Platinum |
United States (RIAA)[126] | Platinum |
Summaries | |
Europe (IFPI)[127] | Platinum |
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Select Album e Compilation in the field Sezione. Enter Green Day in the field Filtra. The certification will load automatically
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Select 2009年5月 on the drop-down menu
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Enter 21st Century Breakdown in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- 21st Century Breakdown at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
- Articles with dead external links from February 2011
- Articles with dead external links from September 2010
- Articles with dead external links from October 2010
- Good articles
- Music infoboxes with deprecated parameters
- Certification Table Entry usages for Argentina
- Certification Table Entry usages for Australia
- Certification Table Entry usages for Austria
- Certification Table Entry usages for Brazil
- Certification Table Entry usages for Canada
- Certification Table Entry usages for Denmark
- Certification Table Entry usages for Finland
- Certification Table Entry usages for France
- Certification Table Entry usages for GCC
- Certification Table Entry usages for Germany
- Certification Table Entry usages for Ireland
- Certification Table Entry usages for Italy
- Certification Table Entry usages for Japan
- Certification Table Entry usages for New Zealand
- Certification Table Entry usages for Norway
- Certification Table Entry usages for Sweden
- Certification Table Entry usages for Switzerland
- Certification Table Entry usages for United Kingdom
- Certification Table Entry usages for United States
- Certification Table Entry usages for Europe
- 2009 albums
- Green Day albums
- Albums produced by Butch Vig
- Concept albums
- Rock operas
- Reprise Records albums
- Grammy Award for Best Rock Album
- English-language albums