Cigarettes and Valentines

Cigarettes and Valentines
Studio album (unreleased) by
Green Day
ReleasedCancelled; intended for 2003
RecordedPossibly Spring 2003
StudioStudio 880 in Oakland, California
GenrePunk rock[1]
LabelReprise
ProducerRob Cavallo
Green Day chronology
Shenanigans
(2002) 		Cigarettes and Valentines
(2003) 		American Idiot
(2004)

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] In 2003, the album was nearly finished when the master tapes were mysteriously stolen from the band's studio.[3] Instead of re-recording the album, the band decided to start from scratch, leading to the creation of American Idiot (2004). To date, only the title track has been released in full form, although American Idiot track "Homecoming" contains elements of the album.[4] In an interview the band did on the New York radio station Q104.3 on March 28, 2010, Green Day confirmed "Too Much Too Soon" was 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".[5] Notably, "Walk Away" is also the title of a song on the band's eleventh studio album, ¡Tré! (2012).

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Nobody Likes You was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "DJ Rossstar interviews Mike Dirnt @ Dr. Strange Records 26-02-2011". YouTube. February 27, 2011. Event occurs at 4:40. Retrieved June 9, 2024.