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Green Day has always been telling stories with their music, and their newest album 21st Century Breakdown doesn't break the trend. It tells the tale of two people, Gloria and Christian. But storytelling aside, the music delivers in standard Green Day form. In your face, memorable, and thought inducing. The lyrics of Know Your Enemy were written to be chanted by the masses, and the instrumentals behind it are simple yet elegant, one of Green Day's trademark features. Horseshoes and Hand-grenades jumps from the sound of a marching army straight into a distorted glory of guitar and vocals shouting "I'm not F***ing around" that is quite unexpected but readily welcomed. The album is cleverly sectioned into three acts Act 1- Heroes and Cons Act 2- Charlatans and Saints Act 3- Horseshoes and Hand-grenades. Once again Ill look a this from a guitarists stand point and say that this is a fun album to play with, and there are a few riffs in here that a rocker can pull out of this and use. this is a fantastic new album from GreenDay, and hopefully not the last.
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The Punk trio's long-awaited eighth studio album was released on May 15, 2009. The album is their first studio album since 2004's two-time Grammy Award-winning Punk Rock opera American Idiot, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard chart, generated five hit singles, and went on to sell more than 12 million copies worldwide. 21st Century Breakdown is divided into three acts: "Heroes and Cons," "Charlatans and Saints," and "Horseshoes and Handgrenades." It follows a young couple, Christian and Gloria, through the mess and promise of the century so far.
Track Listing:
1. Song of the Century
2. 21st Century Breakdown
3. Know Your Enemy
4. ¡Viva La Gloria!
5. Before the Lobotomy
6. Christian's Inferno
7. Last Night on Earth
8. East Jesus Nowhere
9. Peacemaker
10. Last of the American Girls
11. Murder City
12. ¿Viva La Gloria? [Little Girl]
13. Restless Heart Syndrome
14. Horseshoes and Handgrenades
15. The Static Age
16. 21 Guns
17. American Eulogy: A. Mass Hysteria/B. Modern World
18. See the Light
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