Album · Released 15 May 2009
21st Century Breakdown
The piano on 21st Century Breakdown is not there to offer a quiet break between punk songs. It helps set the scale of the whole album. Green Day build a broad rock record around grand entrances, sudden accelerations and choruses that aim well beyond the front row. There are strong songs inside that approach, even when the surrounding story becomes less clear. The title track is an effective introduction to those ambitions. Its changes of pace…
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21st Century BreakdownOur album review · 8 March 2026
7.5 