Green Day rocks and so does their latest album

Green Day recently released their latest album "20th Century Breakdown" - coming off the heels of their smash "American Idiot" album, a tough act to follow. But let me tell you this - they have delivered.

There's a lot of great music on this CD, although not quite as good as "American Idiot" (it comes close). One thing this band has always been good at is writing good catchy rock songs and just like their last album they have stepped out of their comfort zone, experimenting with different tempo changes as well as fitting songs together that sound like 2 or 3 different songs - but it still works.

The music kicks in with the title track - nice catchy song that sounds like well - more than just one song, but it works. "Know your enemy", the bands first single - is next. This one grew on me, although I wasn't too crazy about it at first. There's plenty of variety on this album, with songs like "Before The Lobotomy" - one of my favorites (I know - strange title, but it's a cool song that starts of with some nice acoustic guitar).

Other standouts are "¡Viva la Gloria!", "Last of the American Girls", "Restless Heart Syndrome" (very Beatle-ish & another one of the album's best songs) & "21 Guns" - the band's newest single that you can hear in the new Transformers movie.

There are some songs that just don't work that well, like the quirky "Peacemaker" (kind of like a western -honky talk thing), yeah it just didn't impress me.

But overall there is plenty of music on this album that you will enjoy. Check this one out- especially if you liked "American Idiot" - at least give it a listen on iTunes, then buy it.