Islands (The Band album) Islands (The Band album) Islands is the seventh studio album by the Canadian-American rock group the Band. Released in 1977 to mixed reviews, it is the final studio album from the group's original lineup. Primarily composed of previously unreleased songs from the Band's career (including their 1976 cover of "Georgia on My Mind", which was recorded to aid Jimmy Carter in his presidential bid), "Islands" was released to fulfill the group's contract with Capitol Records, so that the soundtrack to their film "The Last Waltz" could be released on Warner Bros. Records. In the CD liner notes, Robbie Robertson compares
Last of the American Girls with the band, following "21 Guns", "Wake Me Up When September Ends" and "Working Class Hero". Last of the American Girls "Last of the American Girls" is a song written and recorded by the American punk rock band Green Day and is the fifth and last single from their eighth studio album "21st Century Breakdown". It peaked at number 26 on the US alternative rock chart. The song impacted radio on May 11, 2010. In its album review, "Rolling Stone" wrote: "'Last of the American Girls' comes on as a fabulous left-wing love song to a rebel girl — when