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Green Day / American Idiot reissue

Expansive 20th anniversary box sets

By Paul Sinclair

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Green Day’s 2004 album American Idiot will be reissued for its 20th anniversary in October.

The band’s seventh record was a critical and commercial success – a concept album which features the singles ‘American Idiot’, ‘Jesus of Suburbia’, ‘Holiday’, ‘Wake Me Up When September Ends’, and ‘Boulevard of Broken Dreams’.

Two box sets share the same audio and video content, with a 4CD + 2 x blu-ray set and an 8LP vinyl + 2 x blu-ray super deluxe both offering 15 unreleased demos, a 15-song 2004 concert from Irving Plaza, NYC (9 songs previously unreleased), and 14 B-sides and bonus tracks.

4CD box set includes two blu-rays and some items of memorabilia (click image to enlarge)

The boxes are completed with two blu-rays that feature the film Heart Like A Hand Grenade, 35 minutes of Green Day live at the BBC, and a new, unreleased documentary: 20 Years of American Idiot

 The CD box comes with a 48-page book, an enamel pin set, sticker sheet, and cloth patch, whereas the vinyl box includes a 36-page book, large Green Day flag and an American Idiot red tie. David Fricke contributes sleeve notes.

A red splatter 2LP vinyl is also available via some indie retailers, such as Rough Trade (UK link, US link).

American Idiot is reissued on 25 October 2024, via Warner Records.

The vinyl version of the box set contains 8LPs and the two blu-rays (click image to enlarge)

Tracklisting

American Idiot Green Day / 20th annniversary reissue

    • CD 1 or LPs 1 & 2 Original Album
      1. American Idiot
      2. Jesus of Suburbia: I Jesus of Suburbia. II City of the Damned. III I Don’t Care. IV Dearly Beloved. V Tales of Another Broken Home
      3. Holiday
      4. Boulevard of Broken Dreams
      5. Are We the Waiting
      6. St. Jimmy
      7. Give Me Novacaine
      8. She’s A Rebel
      9. Extraordinary Girl
      10. Letterbomb
      11. Wake Me Up When September Ends
      12. Homecoming: I. The Death of St. Jimmy. II East 12th St. III Nobody Likes You. IV Rock and Roll Girlfriend. V We’re Coming Home Again
      13. Whatsername
    • CD 2 or LPs 3 & 4 : B-Sides & Bonus Tracks – previously released
      1. American Idiot (Live)
      2. Jesus of Suburbia (Live): I Jesus of Suburbia. II City of the Damned. III I Don’t Care. IV Dearly Beloved. V Tales of Another Broken Home
      3. Holiday (Live)
      4. Are We the Waiting (Live)
      5. St. Jimmy (Live)
      6. Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Live)
      7. Favorite Son
      8. Shoplifter
      9. Governator
      10. Too Much Too Soon
      11. Are the Waiting (VH1-Storytellers)
      12. St. Jimmy (VH1-Storytellers)
      13. Give Me Novacaine (VH1-Storytellers)
      14. Homecoming (VH1-Storytellers)
    • CD 3 or LPs 5 & 6 : Demos
      1. American Idiot
      2. American Idiot (Alt. Version)
      3. Jesus of Suburbia
      4. Holiday/Blvd. Of Broken Dreams
      5. Are We We Are/St. Jimmy Opera
      6. Novacaine
      7. She’s A Rebel
      8. Radio Baghdad
      9. Cluster Bomb
      10. Wake Me Up When September Ends
      11. Homecoming (Nobody Likes You)
      12. Everyone’s Breaking Down
      13. Just Another Year
      14. Lowlife
      15. What’s Her Name
    • CD 4 or LPs 7 & 8 : Live Irving Plaza, NYC, Sept 21 ’04
      1. American Idiot (Live)
      2. Jesus of Suburbia (Live)
      3. Holiday (Live)
      4. Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Live)
      5. Are We the Waiting (Live)
      6. St. Jimmy (Live)
      7. Give Me Novacaine (Live)
      8. She’s A Rebel (Live)
      9. Extraordinary Girl (Live)
      10. Letterbomb (Live)
      11. Wake Me Up When September Ends (Live)
      12. Homecoming (Live)
      13. Whatsername (Live)
      14. Minority (Live)
      15. We Are The Champions (Live)
    • Blu-ray 1
      1. Heart Like A Hand Grenade
    • Blu-ray 2
      New Documentary
      1. 20 Years of American Idiot
      BBC Live
      1. St. Jimmy (Live)
      2. Give Me Novacaine (Live)
      3. She’s A Rebel (Live)
      4. Welcome To Paradise (Live)
      5. Wake Me Up When September Ends (Live)
      6. Jesus of Suburbia (Live)
      7. American Idiot (Live in Studio)
      8. Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Live in Studio)

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