Green Day are reissuing American Idiot to celebrate the album’s 20th anniversary this autumn. The digital deluxe edition arrives October 25 and includes unreleased demos, B-sides, live versions, and bonus songs. The 8xLP box set edition also features a new documentary on the album, 20 Years of American Idiot, alongside the 2015 documentary Heart Like a Hand Grenade. Check out the tracklist in full—plus a demo version of “Holiday” and “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” bonus track “Favorite Son,” and a live version of “Minority”—below.
American Idiot is Green Day’s seventh studio album, and netted the trio its first No. 1 album and a Grammy Award for Best Rock Album at the 2005 ceremony. The band previously reissued its 1994 album, Dookie, as well as 1997’s Nimrod. Green Day’s most recent album was this year’s Saviors.
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American Idiot (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition):
01 American Idiot
02 Jesus of Suburbia
03 Holiday
04 Boulevard of Broken Dreams
05 Are We the Waiting
06 St. Jimmy
07 Give Me Novacine
08 She’s a Rebel
09 Extraordinary Girl
10 Letterbomb
11 Wake Me Up When September Ends
12 Homecoming
13 Whatsername
01 American Idiot (Live at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan, 3/19/05)
02 Jesus of Suburbia (Live at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan, 3/19/05)
03 Holiday (Live at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan, 3/19/05)
04 Are We the Waiting (Live at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan, 3/19/05)
05 St. Jimmy (Live at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan, 3/19/05)
06 Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Live at Makuhari Messe, Tokyo, Japan, 3/19/05)
07 Favorite Son
08 Shoplifter
09 Governator
10 Too Much Too Soon
11 Are We the Waiting (Live From VH1 Storytellers)
12 St. Jimmy (Live From VH1 Storytellers)
13 Give Me Novacaine (Live From VH1 Storytellers)
14 Homecoming (Live From VH1 Storytellers)
01 American Idiot (Demo)
02 American Idiot (Alt. Version) (Demo)
03 Jesus of Suburbia (Demo)
04 Holiday/Blvd. of Broken Dreams (Demo)
05 Are We We Are/St. Jimmy Opera (Demo)
06 Novacaine (Demo)
07 She’s a Rebel (Demo)
08 Radio Baghdad (Demo)
09 Cluster Bomb (Demo)
10 Wake Me Up When September Ends (Demo)
11 Homecoming (Nobody Likes You) (Demo)
12 Everyone’s Breaking Down (Demo)
13 Just Another Year (Demo)
14 Lowlife (Demo)
15 Whatsername (Demo)
01 American Idiot (Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04)
02 Jesus of Suburbia (Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04)
03 Holiday (Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04)
04 Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04)
05 Are We the Waiting (Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04)
06 St. Jimmy (Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04)
07 Give Me Novacaine (Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04)
08 She’s a Rebel (Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04)
09 Extraordinary Girl (Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04)
10 Letterbomb (Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04)
11 Wake Me Up When September Ends (Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04)
12 Homecoming (Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04)
13 Whatsername (Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04)
14 Minority (Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04)
15 We Are the Champions (Live at Irving Plaza, New York, NY, 9/21/04)
