Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown

Green Day's 8th studio album, that's right folks they have 8 total now not just 2. Its almost been 5 years since we had a new c.d. from the punk gang from Cali who taught us how it was cool to wear olive green sweatshirts with horizontal strips back in 94. That is at least under the name Green Day. I did hear something about the gang getting into a hot tub somewhere near Foxboro but thats another article.

21st Century Breakdown starts off with a little bit less of a bang then American Idiot did. However they keep the c.d. close to the their seventh c.d.'s roots. But lets all do ourselves a favor and skip the first three songs. Viva La Gloria is not exactly a Cold Play track (thank god!) however I'm sure they appreciate the piano at the start. Thankfully Billy Joe adds his signature punk riffs in the middle of the song giving it a little umph! "Before the Lobotomy" is one of my favorite tracks off the new album. Its fun! just like most of the album is from here on out.
Like American Idiot the album has several long tracks that consist of about three to four punk songs meshed into one which keeps us all on our toes and wondering whats going to come next and of course what they will have us singing along to for the next few months. The song "Peacemaker," sounds like it could be apart of their Nimrod album but with a little twist of Idiot involved. When we hit the song "Restless Heart Syndrome" I started realizing that Green Day is making their mark on Rock n' Roll and speaking for the 21st century again.

It seems like Green Day has found their touch on how to make back to back good albums. It worries me however to see what they do next in their career. Will they go the route of making another so called "Rock Opera" or will they try something else, something new? Time will only tell and I can only hope that we don't have a three-peat next album. Nevertheless we all know Green Day will keep having fun with their music and that is something we can all look forward to. One last thing If you have an opportunity to hear their new cover of Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone" please do its FUN!

1 - Listen Start to finish - 17
2 - Listen Again within a week - 18
3 - Originality - 6
4 - Advancement - 11
5 - Remorse - 17

Album total rating: 69