At each show, spectators were given programs containing the lyrics. The band first preformed the album in full at a string of California club shows in April of 2009. A portion of the single was used as an introduction piece to the 2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Championship game. On March 25, the international release date of May 15 was announced.Įarly April of 2009, Green Day premiered ' Know Your Enemy' on television. On March 17, a teaser trailer for the album was posted on the band's website. On February 9, 2009, Green Day announced the album title the that the album would be split into three acts, those acts being 'Heroes and Cons', 'Charlatans and Saints', and 'Horseshoes and Handgrenades' The album was first announced by the band on the live broadcast of the 2009 Grammy Awards. As of December, 2010 21st Century Breakdown has sold 1,005,000 copies in the United States and more than 3.5 million worldwide. It was awarded the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album at the 52nd Grammy Awards held on January 31, 2010. The record achieved Green Day's best chart performance to date by reaching number one on the album charts of various countries, including the United States Billboard 200, the European Top 100 Albums, and the United Kingdom Albums Chart. Critics praising the album considered the composition and Armstrong's lyrics a success skeptical reviewers were critical of the album's concept, describing it as vague and directionless.

The singles, ' Know Your Enemy' and ' 21 Guns' exemplify the themes of alienation and politically-motivated anger present in the record.Ĭritical response to 21st Century Breakdown was generally positive. Armstrong has described the album as a 'snapshot of the era in which we live as we question and try to make sense of the selfish manipulation going on around us, whether it be the government, religion, media or frankly any form of authority'. The writing and recording process spanned three years and four California recording studios and was finished in April 2009.Ģ1st Century Breakdown was released through Reprise Records. Forty-five songs were written by singer and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong by May 2009, but the band members did not enter studio work with Vig until. Green Day commenced work on the record in January 2008. It is the band's second rock opera, following American Idiot (album), and their first album to be produced by Butch Vig. You feel like you're in 1953 or something.' - Billie Joe Armstrong on releasing a censored version to be released at Wal-MartĢ1st Century Breakdown is the eighth studio album by the American punk rock band Green Day.

They want artists to censor their records in order to be carried in there. Released: Ma' There's nothing dirty about our record.

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