Cigarettes and Valentines

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Cigarettes and Valentines is an unreleased album by the American rock band Green Day. The album would have been the follow-up to Warning (2000). Sixteen tracks were written and recorded in six months. After turning in the record, the band composed two or three additional songs, and decided these were "worth chasing". Instead of releasing Cigarettes and Valentines, the band made a new album with those additional songs, which led to the creation of American Idiot (2004). However, the band has stated multiple times that in the summer of 2003, when the album was nearly finished, the master tapes were stolen from the band's studio, 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. On February 26, 2011, bassist Mike...

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