GREEN DAY 21st CENTURY BREAKDOWN LP BOX SET

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Disc: 1 1. Song Of The Century 2. 21st Century Breakdown 3. Know Your Enemy 4. ¡Viva La Gloria! 5. Before The Lobotomy See all 7 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2 1. East Jesus Nowhere 2. Peacemaker 3. Last Of The American Girls 4. Murder City 5. ¿Viva La Gloria? [Little Girl] See all 6 tracks on this disc
Disc: 3 1. Horseshoes And Handgrenades 2. The Static Age 3. 21 Guns 4. American Eulogy: Mass Hysteria/Modern World 5. See The Light Disc: 4 1. Song Of The Century 2. 21st Century Breakdown 3. Know Your Enemy 4. ¡Viva La Gloria! 5. Before The Lobotomy See all 18 tracks on this disc

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Over three years in the making, 21st Century Breakdown is the answer to the question Green Day are stuck with--exactly how do you follow up a twelve million selling rock opera? With more of the same, of course, just like the Who used to do. To be honest, the narrative line is largely incoherent, following the story of starstruck young lovers Christian and Gloria (as in G-L-O-R-I-A) as they confront The Man in a predictably dystopian world. But though plenty of bands have recently resuscitated this long discredited form--The Mars Volta and the excellent, not dissimilarThermals, to name but two--none can pack in so many decent tunes as Billie Jo Armstrong, Tre Cool and Mike Dirnt. Even as they approach middle age, they still sound trapped by their youth, whether it’s Armsrong describing himself (or maybe his character) as a child of the Nixon era or simply reviving the power-pop sound of Cheap Trick. Yet if the plot is murky, songs like single "Know Your Enemy", as reductive as AC/DC and as gleefully catchy as the latest Disney teen rock sensation, the shameless and resigned power ballad "21 Guns", "Before the Lobotomy", one part punk rock, one part melodramatic ballad, and the classic rock of the title track sound like radio staples on the very first hearing. Older listeners may be reminded of Husker Du’s equally impenetrable and ambitious song cycle Warehouse. But that was the work of a band actively seeking fans. 21st Century Breakdown is a wildly unfocussed collection seemingly set on confusing them. But it certainly features some great tunes.--Steve Jelbert

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GREEN DAY 21st Century Breakdown (2009 US exclusive strictly limited edition 18-track 3 x 10 vinyl set - the follow-up to 2004s American Idiot Green Days 8th studio album 21st Century Breakdown is divided into three acts: Heroes& Cons Charlatans & Saints and Horseshoes & Handgrenades and follows a young couple Christian and Gloria through the mess and promise of the century so far with highlights including the single Know Your Enemy 21 Guns East Jesus Nowhere Before The Lobotomy and Restless Heart Syndrome includes bonus CD of the entire album; superbly presented in sealed embossed steel-bolted hardback book package with 60 pages of 21st Century Breakdown art designed exclusively for this issue!) ** Limited to 3000 copies **

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