American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording (featuring Green Day) [2CD, 2010] RESTORED

American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording follows the exhilarating journey of a new generation of young Americans as they struggle to find meaning in a post-9/11 world, borne along by Green Day's electrifying score. This high-octane show includes every song from the acclaimed album American Idiot, as well as several songs from the band's Grammy-nominated new release, 21st Century Breakdown.

Unlike most albums adapted from rock Broadway musicals, American Idiot isn’t a jukebox musical, it’s a genuine rock opera based on Green Day’s modern-day 2004 classic and its 2009 sequel, 21st Century Breakdown, and that’s not the only way it differs, either. Unique among rock musicals, the original cast recording actually feels like rock & roll, no doubt because Green Day functioned as the house band for this original cast recording, lending muscle so heavy it’s disarming, particularly when it’s paired with the cast’s ready-for-the-stage vocals. Inevitably, there’s a disconnect between the stage-seasoned singers and Green Day’s persistent growl, but it actually makes for a convincing translation from album to stage, at least as far as the record goes: the drama and themes are pumped up without losing the subversive spirit…if anything, it could be argued that the subversiveness has been increased, since there’s never been a Broadway cast album that sounds as nasty as this.

~ 4 stars review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, all media guide

Tracklist, CD 1

01. American Idiot
02. Jesus Of Suburbia
03. Holiday
04. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
05. Favorite Son
06. Are We The Waiting
07. St. Jimmy
08. Give Me Novacaine
09. Last Of The American Girls / She's A Rebel
10. Last Night On Earth
11. Too Much Too Soon



Tracklist, CD 2

12. Before The Lobotomy
13. Extraordinary Girl
14. Before The Lobotomy (Reprise)
15. When It's Time
16. Know Your Enemy
17. 21 Guns
18. Letterbomb
19. Wake Me Up When September Ends
20. Homecoming
21. Whatsername
22. When It's Time [Green Day Version]


all music and lyrics written by Green Day
Musical supervision, arrangements and orchestration by Tom Kitt

Produced by Billie Joe Armstrong except "22" by Rob Cavallo & Green Day
Engineered & Recorded by Chris Dugan. Mixed by Chris Lord-Alge.

More about the Musical, cast and staff, read HERE

Release Date: April 20, 2010
Released in Japan: June 23, 2010
Number of Discs: 2
Label: Warner Music Japan
Catalog No.: WPCR-13876~7