LABEL: WARNER
VINYL RELEASE DATE: 10/25/2024
ALBUM RELEASE DATE: 09/21/2004
VARIANT: Green/Black & Red/Black 8LP + 2Blu-Ray Box Set 20th Anniversary Edition
Green Day’s seventh studio album American Idiot was released in September 2004 and has since sold over 23 million copies worldwide. The album is a punk rock opera masterpiece that won the Best Rock Album at the 2005 Grammy Awards©. Five hit singles were released from the album: “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”, “Holiday”, “Wake Me Up When September Ends”, “Jesus of Suburbia”, and the title track, “American Idiot”.
The deluxe vinyl box features eight LPs pressed on different colour vinyl, 2 Blu Ray Discs plus a 36-page book, a large Green Day flag, and the iconic American Idiot red tie. The LPs feature the original album and also include 15 unreleased demos, a 15-song 2004 concert from Irving Plaza, NYC (9 songs previously unreleased), and 14 tracks that were released as B-Sides and bonus tracks. The blu-rays 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”.
