American Idiot
Released: September 21, 2004
Green Day's seventh studio album was recorded April 2003 - March 2004 at Studio 880 in Oakland, CA, USA. Work on the album began after the master tapes were stolen for another album the band was working on titled Cigarettes and Valentines. American Idiot was released on September 21, 2004 and gave Green Day a resurgence of popularity as it sold over 15 million copies worldwide, making it Green Day's second most popular album. In 2009 the album was released as musical.
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