21st Century Breakdown (studio album)
by Green Day

21st Century Breakdown by Green Day
Year: 2009
Release date: 2009-05-19
Overall rank: 2,003rd   
Average Rating: 
63/100 (from 484 votes)
     
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Award Top albums of the 2000s (327th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,003rd)

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21st Century Breakdown is ranked 5th best out of 26 albums by Green Day on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Green Day is American Idiot which is ranked number 152 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 9,249.

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21st Century Breakdown track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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21st Century Breakdown rankings

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Overall rank: 2,003rd | 2000s rank: 327th | 2009 rank: 26th

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63/100 (from 484 votes)
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From 01/10/2025 04:35 | #306886
My second favorite Green Day album after American Idiot. I much prefer 2000’s Green Day over 90’s Green Day.
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From 10/13/2023 05:52 | #299465
The bonus track for the iTunes pre-order edition included a cover of Dylan's 'Like A Rolling Stone' - and they did a mighty fine job.
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90/100
From 07/12/2022 08:34 | #287309
Doesn't have the sure fire hits of it's predecessor but the overall quality remains. An excellent album in it's own right although could do with being a bit shorter
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From 12/30/2020 17:17 | #263492
When this album was released I think it failed to get out from under the massive shadow cast by its predecessor, and was largely seen as an inferior attempt to recreate it (see my earlier comment as an example). But over a decade later it really feels like it stands on it's own as another great Green Day album. It's much better than I gave it credit for at the time. Although I hope I'm proven wrong, this is perhaps the last great Green Day album.
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75/100
From 11/12/2020 10:30 | #260695
Ambitious, quite consistent if you take into account its length, but not as memorable as their best albums. Overall, 75/100.
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From 06/21/2020 00:38 | #254009
To me it's really good, definitely has an American Idiot vibe, but dare I say momentarily feels even better though overall it's not kinda masterpiece like AI. Actually and unfortunately, their last really good album.
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From 08/24/2019 22:24 | #241642
Eficiente opera rock, apesar fraca.
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90/100
From 01/26/2018 17:50 | #206553
This album is pretty good, maybe a little long, but I would say it is almost the same level as American Idiot.
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