21st Century Breakdown is structured as a complete work, not just a handful of songs put together. Armstrong says that albums still matter and "I think about records like Revolver, Ziggy Stardust, Dark Side Of The Moon, London Calling…anything that felt like a complete piece of work. You need to be that ambitious and dream up these crazy concepts and albums. When you’re a kid, that’s the ultimate dream that you want… You want to create those monumental moments. In the past five years we’ve written the best songs of our career so far."
The 4 bonus tracks on iTunes have been announced, they are all covers:
- A Quick One While He's Away (Originally by The Who)
- Another State of Mind (Originally by Social Distortion)
- That's Alright Mama (Originally by Elvis) (pre-order only)
- Like a Rolling Stone (Originally by Bob Dylan) (pre-order only)
put that in your pipe and smoke it!