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| Released | August 2003 | |||
| Recorded | July-October 2002 | |||
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| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
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Cigarettes and Valentines is an unreleased studio album by American rock band Green Day. The album would have been the follow-up to Warning (2000).[2] The album was written and recorded in six months, and the official track list consisted of 16 songs.[3] Two or three additional songs were recorded, and were something "worth chasing" after turning in the record.[3] The band got together, and thought the additional songs were really good. Instead of releasing Cigarettes and Valentines, the band decided to make an album with those additional songs, which led to the creation of American Idiot (2004).[3]
However, the band has stated multiple times that in summer of 2003, when the album was nearly finished, the master tapes were stolen from the band's studio,[4] and instead of re-recording the album, they decided to start from scratch, leading to the creation of American Idiot.
To date, only the title track has been released in full form. However, the American Idiot track "Homecoming", including demo tracks "Everyone’s Breaking Down" and "Just Another Year", contain elements of the album.[5] In an interview the band did on New York radio station Q104.3 on March 28, 2010, Green Day confirmed "Too Much Too Soon", a bonus track of American Idiot, was originally a song recorded during the Cigarettes and Valentines sessions.
On February 26, 2011, bassist Mike Dirnt confirmed three other song titles that were originally recorded for the album: "Dropout", "Sleepyhead", and "Walk Away".[6] Notably, "Walk Away" is also the title of a song on the band's eleventh studio album, ¡Tré! (2012).
- ^ Winwood, Ian (15 August 2024). "How Green Day's 'lost' album put them on the path to greatness again". Kerrang!. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
- ^ "Lost Music: Green Day's Stolen Album, Kurt's Demos and Other Mythical Masterpieces". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
- ^ a b c Rosen, Steve (2004). "Mike Dirnt: The Lost Interview with Steve Rosen (2004)". YouTube. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ^ Hlavaty, Craig (June 14, 2007). "Lost Albums: CDs that deserve another listen". Houston Press. Archived from the original on January 11, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2010.
- ^ NME (23 January 2024). "Green Day on the "bummer" of their pre-American Idiot album Cigarettes & Valentines being stolen". NME. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "DJ Rossstar interviews Mike Dirnt @ Dr. Strange Records 26-02-2011". YouTube. February 27, 2011. Event occurs at 4:40. Retrieved June 9, 2024.