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21st Century Breakdown (2009) - Green Day

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Another rock-opera-esque album from Green Day, but in a different style from American Idiot. No concatenated mega epics like "Jesus of Suburbia" - at least not in the original tracks. Each song stands alone in a 3-to-4 minute span.

Some of the sounds are closer to classic pop than punk. There are echoes of The Beatles in parts of this record as well as in-your-face slamming rock.

One of my favorite pieces is an iTunes bonus track - the mega-concatenated cover of The Who's "A Quick One While He's Away at the Army." This song was The Who's first mini-rock-opera. Catch The Who's live performance of "A Quick One" in the 1968 film The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus. You can find it on YouTube.

• A Quick One While He's Away [The Who cover]

-- March 14, 2011 (DDT)

Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown Original Album Tracks

Song of the Century 21st Century Breakdown Know Your Enemy ¡Viva La Gloria! Before the Lobotomy Christian's Inferno Last Night on Earth East Jesus Nowhere Peacemaker Last of the American Girls Murder City ¿Viva La Gloria? [Little Girl] Restless Heart Syndrome Horseshoes and Handgrenades The Static Age 21 Guns American Eulogy: A. Mass Hysteria/B. Modern World See the Light Order CD/DVD, CD/Blu-ray, Vinyl LP »

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