It's worth a listen. Let me clear a few things up here though. I am currently listening to the record for the second time and I have some different thoughts on a few tracks. I dig the first Viva la Gloria track and Peacemaker a little more now but more importantly, I'm really excited to listen to American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown back to back. They are going to go hand in hand pretty well I think. I said the record wasn't better than American Idiot, but I now realize that they are so different that it's hard to say one is better than the other. 21st Century Breakdown is more layered and more orchestrated than the straight down gritty punk rock opera that American Idiot was. I'm excited to listen to this record more because it's FANTASTIC. I said American Idiot was my favorite record of all-time, this one could jump up pretty close really.

Ryan