21st Century Breakdown — Wikipédia

21st Century Breakdown is the eighth studio album of the American punk rock group Green Day. He came out May 15, 2009 On the label taken up. He received, in February 2010 , the Grammy for the best rock album at the Grammy Awards ceremony.

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All the lyrics are written by Billie Joe Armstrong, all the music is composed by Green Day.

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Several songs having been revealed to journalists before the album released, forecast criticisms already classified the album Best than American Idiot , congratulating the group for having “evolved and ripening their music” and “won your bet” to make an album as epic and original as its predecessor. The American magazine Rolling Stone was particularly flattering, saying of Green Day that he is a part “From a group breed which is no longer supposed to exist” , placing the group as “Best current rock training” .

However, some punk rock sites tend to give more derogatory opinions on the subject, declaring that 21st Century Breakdown seems “In all respects, wanting to imitate your glorious predecessor. »» and where the songs would have “An air of deja vu” . The opinion would therefore remain shared despite the great success of this album with fans.

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21st Century Breakdown climbs in several international rankings. He reached the 5 ^{It is} place in the ranking of the best albums of 2009 according to the American magazine Rolling Stone ^{[ 55 ]} and the 16 ^{It is} place of the same ranking according to the online music store Rhapsody ^{[ 56 ]} . Readers of the British rock magazine Once !g! further classify the album in 2009 at the 17 ^{It is} place of the best albums of XXI ^{It is} century, the first album in this ranking being American Idiot de Green Day ^{[ 57 ]} .

The album is also offered for several awards around the world in 2009 and 2010. Green Day wins for this album a prize in 2010 at 52 ^{It is} Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in the Best Rock Album category, ahead of albums Black Ice by AC/DC, Clapton and Winwood: Live at Madison Square Garden d’Eric Clapton et Steve Winwood, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King they dave matthews band a No Line on the Horizon de U2.

The song 21 Guns Figure on the soundtrack of the film Transformers 2: Revenge . We can also hear Last of the American Girls in the movie.

Songs Christian’s Inferno & Last Night on Earth , Last of the American Girls & Murder City & ¿Viva la Gloria? [Little Girl] & Restless Heart Syndrome And The Static Age & 21 Guns & American Eulogy are “linked”, like Holiday & Boulevard of Broken Dreams , Are We the Waiting & St. Jimmy or Give Me Novacaine & She’s a Rebel of album American Idiot : The end of a song can be immediately followed from the start of the next one.

The song Know Your Enemy is the theme of WWE SmackDown , after the show was broadcast on the Syfy channel in the United States