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Mid
Yeah classic. Love it.
hahaha green day
friggin' classic! Grew up on this album. simple but great songs that make you feel angsty like you did when you were a kid!
Tres cool.
deserves a star for the bookmobile
One of the best rock albums of 1994
Kick ass, Greenday at their best
Great album by one of the best 👍🏻
The singles were chosen well by MR. RECORD EXECUTIVE. The rest of it is pretty meh. But the singles are fine. Not sure I can do 3, however. But these guys are so edgy they'll take it as a compliment
Wow sticking with shit I used to listen to in the mid-90's. So the punk purists say this isn't punk, fuck them if you're actually punk you wouldn't give a fuck. I'm not a purist of any damn thing as far as I know and like this album so fuck you!
Classic genre influencing
I like American Idiot as much as the other person. But this album? Thought I'd like it, but uhhh it's very repetitive... and just plain whiney. "When I Come Around" is ripping off a famous riff but I can't remember which one Saved tracks: Chump, When I Come Around
Awesome radio songs, awesome non-radio songs, 90s punk at its absolute best!
Classic pop-punk-rock Green Day jams, a bit cheesy/repetitive at times but you can't deny this thing BANGS. Think the ending tracks weren't as strong as the rest of the album but awesome listen throughout.
Not a band or album that gained my attention
Green Day’s best album. Jesus of suburbia has some major hits but that was after they were established. This bum out greenday on the map and a lot of talk was had about them. So many good songs on this album too. Now people call them pop punk but I don’t think at anytime they felt poppy. It’s not your typical 70s/80s punk but it’s 90s punk that went mainstream. Well made music will go mainstream. Green Day made punk likeable which is against what most punk artists believe but I like it and so do many others. Solid stuff. 8.2/10
A requirement when learning the history of punk.
Burnout: 2,5/5 Having A Blast: 2,5/5 Chump: 2,5/5 Longview: 3/5 Welcome to Paradise: 3/5 Pulling Teeth: 2,5/5 Basket Case: 3,5/5 She: 3,5/5 Sassafras Roots: 2,5/5 When I Come Around: 4/5 Coming Clean: 2,5/5 Emenius Sleepus: 3/5 In The End: 2,5/5 F.O.D.: 2,5/5 All By Myself: 1/5 Totaal: 2,7/5
Nostalgisen kuulloista skeitti punkkia. Aina niin nostalgisen kuullosta vaikka en nuorempana kuunnellutkaan
Primer álbum completo que escucho de Green Day, más allá de eso tiene temas que ya escuché por ser clásicos como Basket Case. Bien logrado este álbum de pop-punk, logra ser divertido y energético a la vez que habla de diversas temáticas corte amistad, relaciones, sexualidad y demás (aunque no diría que la lírica es su punto fuerte). Eso si, F.O.D. me parece una chota y All by Myself no me gusta para nada y menos como outro. Al bajista le chupo la pija porque la presencia que tiene en las canciones está muy buena.
No me sorprendería ser un pibe en los 90, escuchar esto y volverme punk. Es un excelente disco. Lamentablemente todo Green Day suena así. Es un debut que muestra lo mejor y lo peor del pop punk. Homogeneidad de principio a fin, temas icónicos y en general un aire de euforia que resulta contagiosa. Tarareaba las canciones que conocía y movía la cabeza al ritmo de las que no. Es pegadizo, movido y animado. Destaco, por lo malo, una sola canción: All By Myself, que considero un bodrio y pésima manera de cerrar un disco. De resto, quizás resulta muy largo para tan poca sustancia que termina teniendo.
Si bien es un disco escuchado hasta el hartazgo donde mínimo conoces 4 o 5 temas de los 15 que tiene, lo veo como un mérito porque es un buen album de "pop"-punk. Miles de personas habrán aprendido a tocar un instrumento gracias a uno de estos riffs para después generarle un cringe tremendo recordar que les gustaba tocarlos(?
I liked it for you the most part, but it also felt a bit repetitive as far as the sound of the music.
I remember the massive hype around this album back in my highschool (which I did not understand). Haven't listened to it since, tried to avoid pop-punk as I could. Still, not bad at all.
More melodic and musically varied than I remember and it’s no wonder the album transcended the punk label and got mainstream pickup
I don't understand why anyone likes this band or the punk genre in general.
3.75
Great album. When I come around is one of those that has always drawn my attention. It’s a “feel good” song for me.
Every song sounds the same. Overrated.
A punk rock classic from the late 1900s.
Good
Ah, dookie. The soundtrack to my life right now. I mean no contest, this is a hell of an album. So good. I knew it before but came to love it very much when my uncle showed me how much he loves it too. It loud, energetic and optimistic. It shows how fucked up things are sometimes, but it is also completely cool about it. The songs reach from good to absolute bangers. And its jam-packed with absolute bangers. I'm also glad it's that short. Would it be longer it would be way too repetitive. But you can pop it in for half an hour and feel great afterwards. I love it. 5/5
I’m not a Green Day hater, in fact I think good Green Day can be really great, I just didn’t think that this album was all that special
I always like the energy of Green Day music but ultimately almost all their songs sound the same to me and the lyrics are indistinguishable for all but like two songs. A fun listen but it becomes just a homogeneous vibe to me
I absolutely love this album. There isn't a song I don't like on here. There isn't any fluff in here, it's just great song after great song.
When I think 90s pop alt rock Dookie is always the first album that comes to mind. Still today it’s Green Day’s best and one of the best albums of the 90s.
Enjoyable, don't know if it's really my sort of thing
I mean, it’s a good punk album.
common green day w, absolute banger after banger, was the perfect soundtrack for my teenage angst and obviously still holds up 💃
one of my favourite us pop punk albums, this is peak green day, love the guitar work, drumming and vibe 7.5/10 Best songs Burnout Longview Welcome to paradise
Buen disco. No es de mi estilo. Ni el mejor del grupo.
Classic nostalgia catchy songs
mid day (kinda hurts to say but it’s not there)
Classic for this era and part of my childhood
3.5 stars
One of the great Pop-Punk albums ever made. Songs that seem juvenile on the surface but after a few listens you'll see there's more going on here than just wanking and getting stoned - but that's here too so at least it never takes itself too seriously. Best Tracks: Longview; Basket Case; When I Come Around
Punk rock
Ta bueno dalalai
A bit unexciting considering how "influential" it was, not bad tunes though
it’s j so stagnant
4* purely out of nostalgia
Listening to the album was a nostalgic trip to the '90s punk rock.
I was not a big fan of Green Day, but then saw them in concert with all my family. Concert was loud, non-stop energy and good entertainment. Much like this album. Did not realize how many hits are on this album. Enjoyed all the radio hits, Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Basket case, She and When I come around, but my personal favorite is FOD. Just loved the lyrics and thought of a quite a few people I have wanted to say this to. Some I have have. Good times, man. Good times. Good album all the way through. You have really search for a reason not to enjoy. Surprise song that makes me smile - All by Myself. Good solid 4
I've been avoiding this review because I'm not exactly sure what to say about Dookie. I came to the conclusion that I'll never be able to properly verbalize how I feel about this album so there's no point in trying so hard. While this isn't my favorite Green Day album (S/O 21st Century Breakdown) but it was one of the first albums that I listened to because of its history. I know it was the first album that my brother had to hide from my mom (back in the CD days lmao) and he passed it down to me. It was one of the albums that helped me appreciate punk music and through that, most other forms of music I listen to as an adult. Dookie changed music for me and apparently everyone else. The Led Zeppelin I of crappy punk rock. 5.
5 Was saving my review for this one until I could properly appreciate it. Every time I listen to this album, a wave of feelings comes over me with memories of high school, first love, summer nights, and most importantly, good times with good people. Sure, the album was already 20 years old when these memories were made, but great music is timeless, and even as this album approaches 30 years, it’s still my ultimate feel-good record. No record has ever quite captured the feeling of being young, dumb, reckless, lazy, and loving every minute of it like this one has for me (though Enema of the State is very close). It’s fun from front to back, and there’s not a single dull moment to be had in its 38 minute runtime - and yes, that includes All By Myself. Never has a band since The Ramones used the three power chord song structure so effectively, to the point where the music is so goddamn catchy you don’t even notice the simplicity of the structure. There’s not a ton of versatility, but it never once feels like any more is needed, it’s like you’re having the time of your life on a high-speed roller coaster without any signs of it slowing down. There’s probably a bit I could say about each individual song, but to avoid making this review too overly long, I’ll just say every song fits perfectly both within the confines of the album and on its own, and while I adore each and every one, She is my personal favorite (my #2 GD song of all-time after Whatsername on American Idiot). One of the best ever for me. The second I start it, I know I’m in for a great time. Whether you agree or disagree, I hope you all have an album that makes you feel the way this one does me.
It's Green Day, and I'm a pop punk fan. Self explanatory.
I enjoyed this more than when I was in middle school.
Good album with lots of solid songs. Nothing to crazy but definitely solid.
Fun album! 👍
Very power chord heavy. Standard Green Day sound but less refined than on Boulevard of Broken Dreams. Basket Case definitely the best song, then When I Come Around.
Crazy cool album but only cause I have listened 8/15 of the tracks
Hard to rate this aside from the memories and nostalgia. This hit big sophomore year of high school. This was a happy time of making new friends and finding out who I was and this music (along with a lot more) goes along with that. The music itself is pretty simple, but way more polished than pure punk. It’s fun, easy to listen to. But at the same time captures something more deeply meaningful. I’m attached to it and will love it forever.
4.2
green day good! i like it.
I already really love American Idiot, but hadn't heard another Green Day album before. Pop punk is generally very hit or miss for me, and I can definitely see how significant Green Day are to this genre. Ultimately as a whole album this ended feeling a bit samey to me. There was nothing bad though and I feel like I could come to appreciate individual songs the more i listened to them, but I don't know if I would sit through the whole album front to back again.
not really a fan of this band... its cute i think?
The greatest pop punk record of all time. Full stop. 5 stars. What started with The Ramones in 1976 and evolved through the CA beach-side ecosystem of hardcore acts like The Descendents and Bad Religion in the 1980s, finally matured in the mid-90s with fresh CA acts like Green Day, The Offspring, and Blink-182. Yes, "matured." For in this era of pop punk, potty humor and songs about masturbation where as vital to these band's exploration of their humanity as were their explosive, catchy, angst-driven, marijuana-fused, riffs. Such humor was a direct way to point out the irony in so much overbearing bureaucracy and modernity in the American world. There was seriously a moment in the 90s where potty humor ruled only because there was an audience for it and people truly connected to that irony. It was all comedians like Adam Sandler and albums like Dookie. But Dookie, I'd argue, rises above the rest. It really capitalizes the angst, modern malaise, and suffocated frustration at the heart of such poo jokes. To "throw?" is to exercise some command over the uncommandable bodily functions that bind us to these bodies, this planet; an exercise in freewill. But more than that, it's a reminder to those bureaucrats, over-bearing parents, politicians, religious zealots, insurance salesmen, and corporate marketing systems that, "This stuff comes out of you too, you know. Don't act like it doesn't. We know it does. You had this coming." No other pop punk band before or after achieved such political and existential resonance with such "silly nonsense" as Green Day did here. The other thing that makes this record great is that it represents a watershed moment in the history of punk rock. This era of pop punk was incredibly short-lived in much the same way second-wave emo of the same mid-90s period was incredibly short-lived.* Those two genres, in part thanks to the success of this album and Green Day's career trajectory post Dookie—what with their "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)"s and their "American Idiot"s—were subsumed by the corporate machine of "Pop Punk" and "Emo" in the Hot Topic, Scene Kid era along with acts like Paramore, Panic! at the Disco, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, Avril Lavigne, and so on. Dookie sits right on the fence of the moment that pop punk became more pop than punk. Musically, in the sense that these songs very much share a lineage with the earliest of the aforementioned pop-punk rockers but achieved radio viability in a way none of those artists ever had, and politically, in that this album very much maintains a punk ideology that, because of Dookie's success, was hereafter corpratized, sought after by record labels, and made more pop than punk. That moment would come to fruition, truly, with Blink-182's Enema of the State ("All the Small Things," "What's My Age Again?") five years later, but it begins here with Green Day's Dookie. So in summary, this is a great record of a short-lived era in which there aren't many records quite like it. And certainly none that dominated the radio waves quite the way this did. It's a watershed moment that would go on to change both punk and pop punk hugely in the 21st century, for better or for worse. And it's also just front-to-back full of great, catchy bangers. Songs that are simultaneously pleasant fun to shout along to, and that hold deep witticisms born of profoundly bored, horrifically dark, uncertain, anxiety-ridden, satirical, truly American, suburban places. I listen to it every month. *A scene that Green Day connects to via fellow SF act Jawbreaker. You can even hear a bit of second-wave, mid-west emo in Green Day—albeit tongue-in-cheek—via Dookie closer "All By Myself," which reminds me hugely of some Cap'n Jazz recordings.
Undeniably a good album. There are just too many hit songs, it’s hard to believe given how short it is! I love the fun childish energy of the Band all over this… it feels like they’re really leaning in to their strengths. Unfortunately for me, I grew up after Green Day had already come and gone through the halls of my high school… really, in Green Day’s wake. That unfortunately means that I remember one or two kids who seemed to base their entire whiny personality on Billy Joe Armstrong’s most tortured vocals. So it’s no fault of the band that I have this strong association between their lead singer and some bullies from 2006, but there ya go. 4 stars, without a doubt a classic. Thank you Billy Joel Armstrong for inviting the whole front section onto the stage at the Tweeter Center in 2009, sorry Billy Joe Armstrong if I offended you in an unflattering connection to our high school “punk scene.”
Banger
When this came out, I had a big chip on my shoulder that it was not punk. It was not Sex Pistols, it was not shocking. Listening to it now I care less about that, it's fine. This album has some decent pop punk tunes but probably be about 3 songs shorter. When it finished, Nirvana came up on Spotify auto play and the comparison was stark. Green Day are soulless in comparison - even to overproduced Nevermind Nirvana.
Pretty solid, pretty pivotal record for the realm of pop punk
dookie hehe
Memories of the year I became a father! 1994! 4.5 "And I smell like shit"
If there was a Spotify wrapped for your whole life, this would def be top 3 most listened to. Just over and over and over and over in my CD player during the summer in middle school at Nina's house. 4.5 for sweet nostalgia
8/15, 53%
This is the best album ever written. The best song on it is Longview. Alright, time to listen to the album several hundred times
Legendary stuff. Fav track: Welcome to Paradise
Every song is a banger. It was quick and easy to listen to.
God this is the pits. Generic, dreary, it all sounds the same rock. Awful.
Album nije dookie
Na ovom albumu ima hitova.
https://youtu.be/_b8O_zfN_eE
Terrific album!!!
Fantastic album, tight sound and all great tracks. Captures the sound of the 90s. 4/5
fun. fluffy. 3? 4? overplayed i think and v straight.
Straight from East Bay, California, a ragtag trio of snotty stoners records one of the pillars of pop punk. It’s full of adolescent angst and jagged guitars, and it captures its era perfectly.
Basically perfect, one of my favourite albums ever
Still a great listen start to finish.
p751. 1994. 2 stars. Rehashed punk/New Wave for the early 90s, with a couple of radio friendly tunes. The Undertones did this first and much better. And Billie Joe Armstrong sounds like he has a bad cold.
Green Day's major label debut, Dookie, in my opinion was one of their best records. The band was already "well seasoned" with several releases on the indie label, Lookout Records and they were able to convey the energy and catchy pop-punk of their earlier albums to a larger audience. The release of this record in many ways was just as important as, Nirvana's, Nevermind, bringing alt rock- punk/grunge to mainstream audiences that so desperately needed better music.
1 unmemorable
Loved.
Great little slice of punk-pop
Nostalgiatron
What a shot of nostalgia today's album was! I discovered Green Day with the release of their album Nimrod, then listened to a lot of their back catalog, and they quickly became one of my favourite bands in my teen years. Every song on this album is fantastic! Green Day is an amazing pop punk band. They were always featured on Much Music in the 90's and 00's so I became very familiar with their work. The songs were fast and loud, and the drums sounded amazing on this record. Basket Case is one of those songs you hear and immediately start singing, and the bass groove in Longview is so recognizable. Favourite songs: Basket Case, Longview, When I Come Around, Welcome to Paradise, Sassafras Roots, Burnout, Having a Blast Least favourite song: All By Myself (which is just a short nonsensical song added to the end of the album) 5/5
It's a fun pop punk album. The only real masterpiece i think is basket case, but this is really good as far as pop punk goes.
But boring couldn’t finish it. Only boring cause It sounds generic to the music from my childhood.
The rarity within 1001 Albums You Must Hear… in that it is an album I’m already quite familiar with. Nothing new to be discovered for me today, but it definitely makes for an enjoyable listen and an easy review. Songs I already knew: all of them Favourites: Basket Case, She Well what can I say? It’s the album that shot Green Day to stardom. There is a definite charm to the simplicity of this album - drums, bass, layered guitar, vocals, done. This is where I feel Green Day have become less interesting with subsequent albums (aside from American Idiot which was incredible), but then again they’d be considered boring if nothing changed. Regardless, this is a punk rock album with plenty of punch, but without the hard-to-listen vocals of the more hardcore punk bands out there. This is likely why they’ve been considered to be more pop-punk, but whatever you want to call it, it’s a great album and an easy recommendation.
All-time favorite album. This was my introduction to being a teenager. I felt these were the coolest people on the planet. Punk to the core but appeals to the masses and it is executed perfectly. Great engineering, great musicianship, and still feels authentic. Sure, American Idiot is probably their best work (commercially, especially), but this still holds its own and half the album is still in rotation on rock radio stations and streaming playlists to this day. And for great reason. 5/5 no question.
I've always liked these guys despite what everyone else says and it makes me happy. Not the most inventive, varied or original but they're good at what they set out to be and that's ok by me.
They named an album after poop and then sung about jerking off. Grow up, Green Day!
I mean cmon. where it all started man. absolute rips front to back. no skip andy. love this album
Classic. Green Day was great up until American Idiot really. This album is wonderful and even though I hate saying the word "dookie" in any context it doesn't take away from anything.
A catchy pop punk album. Kids will love it, but it's not really for grown ups. Rating: 2.5/5 Playlist track: Basket Case Date listened: 18/10/22
Today was Green Nostalgic but not as good as i remember hahahaha
All time classic
Shmeh. Don't like Greenday. Skimmed through. All their songs sound the same.
Great fun. This album sounds exactly like how it felt to be an angsty teenager in the 90s. "Basket Case" and "Welcome to Paradise" are bangers, of course.
Great nouveau punk album. 4 stars
Suprisingly underwhelming. Too many basic punk songs with little inspiration. Obviously Basket Case stands out amongst the chaff. I had expected something better, but I don't know why. No real signs of what was to come. The production is more than a little dodgy.
A classic.
Dookieee porraa!
Worth it for basket case and when i come around alone
I never had a chance to look closely at this album cover and I'm loving monkey questioning his purpose with the dookie. This is a classic Green Day album, not my favorite, but has some awesome songs on it.
Here's a familiar face! Our second from Green Day, and whether it's blasphemous or not, I prefer American Idiot. This album has a couple classic hits and some deeper cuts I liked too, but overall not as exciting as some of their other albums. Still quite good, just not as memorable as I'd hoped. Favorite tracks: Basket Case, When I Come Around, Welcome to Paradise, All By Myself. Album art: Definitely a classic here, I love seeing this in large form because there's a ton of minute detail in the illustration. Like a wacky political cartoon, love that the missiles are labeled "DOOKIE" like a horrible Ben Garrison cartoon. Never knew or noticed before that a dog is flying the plane, and dogs are dumping dookie all over the place. Big fan of this one. 3.5/5
So playful, colorful, and energetic. It's fast and memorable with domineering basslines and punchy drums. The muddled vocals really fit with their aesthetic and immature and childlike subject matter. It's 15 bangers in under 40 minutes, with the longest tracks being some of the biggest songs of the 90s, so the album really does fly by without any weak points. In the last third, only one song goes over 2 minutes and is arguably the best of the bunch. It also gets a million brownie points for being the first mainstream pop punk record, setting the stage for the explosion that would come at the end of the decade. With the sequence of Chump, Longview, and Welcome to Paradise, I almost thought this was a concept album. Of course, the 5 singles are everyone's favorites, but almost every other track is incredible. We have the opener "Burnout" setting up the themes, the jangly sunshine pop of "Pulling Teeth", and the skate punk "Emenius Sleepus" among other highlights make each track special. Only songs I didn't like much were "Sassafras Roots" and the bonus "All By Myself."
Surprise: Basket Case is in the middle of the album; it sounds so much like an intro. Not too many surprises afterward (from the 11 songs I didn’t know) but the limited musical palette means some real catchy hooks come in loud & clear.
I was thrilled to see this album pop up - it was the first CD I bought myself, and it was the only album I could play straight through without skipping any tracks. It’s still incredible, and just looking at the cover art made me remember hours of studying the liner notes and scrubbed out lyrics included in the CD.
100% fire from start to finish. Best complete album of this experiment so far. I think this was the third CD I ever owned. Listened to it start to finish without skipping a track countless times, and it was amazing to do it again. I'm sure nostalgia plays big into this one, but can't deny how awesome this album is.
09/27/22 Nostalgic. Some good songs. Kinda meshed together because I accidentally had on shuffle.
Green Day are another band the NME made me hate. This is great, raw and aggressive, and I feel sad that I missed out.
Classic, not my favorite.
Fantasilöst. Allt låter nästan likadant.
Welcome to Paradise - Basket Case - When I come Around.
Puto.
Heard this a million times.
Incredibly fun album with great energy
Solid punk pop
I’m not a big Green Day fan but this was actually a solid album
This brings back all sorts of memories… and for that reason alone this is getting an artificially inflated star rating!
First cd I ever bought. Still mostly holds up and there are a couple songs that are still iconic.
Overall good, but I find that the songs mostly sound the same.
i love it
As far as pop-punk goes, it's solid. It's just not quite my thing
Welcome to paradise, baby
Todo un disco que conjuga perfectamente rock y punk. Divertido de escuchar y con melodías muy auténticas
Finally the real man’s Green Day album. These songs sound so “Green Day” if that makes sense? This is the high water mark of this sort of sound.
Green Day the group that introduced faux punk music to everyone. Many of the songs were familiar and definitely overplayed in all aspects movies, TV, radio, etc. As I have stated before I am not a big Green Day fan. I am not sure I had actually listened to the entire album previously. Overall it is alright. It is better than American Idiot. It is better than a 3 but not really a 4. I will round up.
Classic nice bit of f&@k it when working
wonderful memories from my teenage years
Good enough for those who like their pop punky or their punk poppy.
This was one of my top 5 albums as a teen
Great fun listen! Sick cover art and timeless classic!
Very good, but I prefer Blink-182
A classic from my younger years
1994, the halcyon days of my youth… I’m reminded of summer nights playing “Manhunt” in my suburban neighborhood. Manhunt was basically a teen version of hide and seek, spread out across a wide swath of residential housing on half-acre lots. In actuality, it was just an excuse for us teenagers in the neighborhood to get together for the night and see what kind of mischief we could get into. It usually went something like this: We’d meet up a predetermined time and place, usually between 730 and 8pm. Discussions would ensue about what sort of teenage contraband had been acquired during the day: “I stole a half-pack of cigarettes from my dad”, ”I stashed 3 wine coolers behind my fence, we’ll go and grab them once it gets dark”, “I’ve got some firecrackers”…that sort of thing. Once we were all assembled and dusk drew near, Manhunt captains were chosen and we’d break up into two teams. Ideally, you wanted to end up on the same team as the person you had a crush on: Manhunt was the perfect opportunity for the two of you to find someplace secluded to make out. The people chosen as captains could make or break your night. We’d play Manhunt for about 30 minutes to keep up the facade that we were just innocent kids having fun. At that point, it would be dark enough that anyone paying attention couldn’t really keep tabs on what was going on. It was then, thoroughly bored with the facade, that we’d turn to the streets: a pack of chain-smoking, wine cooler aficionados roaming the backroads and backyards of suburban America looking for fun. It never amounted to much: the occasional stolen street sign or fireworks set off in sewer grates. One time, we figured out that if you shook the soda machine at the baseball field hard enough, it would dispense free sodas, usually ginger ale. It was petty mischief; the kind you get into when you’re 14 and miles away from anything interesting. As long as we were home by 11 and didn’t arrive by police car, our parents didn’t care… Welcome to Paradise.
Throwback to teenagehood
4.5 stars. Surprisingly timeless. Birth of pop punk. Billie Joe Armstrong's moody vocals, Dirnt's memorable bassline make this a great listen. Nothing special instrumentally but it works well for what it does. Standouts are "Basket Case", "Longview", "Welcome to Paradise", "When I Come Around".
Not bad, too poppy for punk
Definitely green days best album, but feels very dated now
Classic middle school nostalgia
First time hearing it. Hit machine. Only criticism is that there’s a formula they never ever stray from, so feels repetitive. They even say something to that effect in FOB: “Let's nuke the bridge we torched two thousand times before.”
Fond memories of this album.
Great music, great lyrics, influential, still so relevant. Launched an absolutely incandescent band into their mainstream.
Enjoyable
I remember when this album came out, it was huge. It was unlike anything that was in the pop music space. It's influence is undeniable. That said, I haven't listened to this album in 20 years.... and to tell you the truth, it'll probably be another 20 before I listen to it again. Even the hits haven't aged well, and the filler even less so.
Love this! Although more for notorious reasons...it was 1 of the first 2 CDs I received as a Christmas gift from mom & dad in high school. They gifted me and Brianne a disc-man and 2 CDs (this one and Blink 182) that we were to share. For some reason, I loved the song Basketcase haha. Brings back good memories from that time.
“Nd’eurotic to the bone, no doubt about it”… And suddenly I’m 14 again. One of the first albums that my best friend owned on CD. I was never really a huge punk fan, but it definitely brings back memories of being in middle school. This album is the epitome of teenagers in the 90’s. I’d give it 3.5 stars if I could.
Absolutely legendary and iconic decade defining album. While not as ambitious and jam packed with mega hits as American Idiot later it, this is the formula that led to 2000s rock. A great run time with several radio pop punk hits that inspired everyone. The production is simple, yet raw and live, and you feel the tightness of the band that made them one of the best live bands ever.
Great entertaining album with fast paced songs and a good runtime. Definitely on the good side of the 4 star rating but lacking just one or two more big songs that stick out from the masses to get a 5 star rating from me
classic
One of the best pop punk albums
Not a big fan. Only song I liked was When I come around.
15 songs 38:22
Rosa margar svona plötur í röð. Um flest get ég nánast skrifað sömu lýsingu og um Lemonheads, nema Green Day hafði vit á því að covera ekki Simon og Garfunkel. Og nokkur lög eru ekki leiðinleg. Tæpur þristur.
not as much nostalgia as other Green Day albums
A pop punk masterstroke, a true demonstration of all killer and no filler. With sheer exuberance and ebullient charisma that blasts throughout, Dookie sees Green Day come to terms with their potential and its use to fill in a vaccum that was occupying the alternative scene. Every note was played perfectly and its positions were well crafted as some songs transitioned into another with ease. No wonder why Green Day took off with this era and career defining album, one of the best of the 90s.
This album stood up better than it had any right to
What a great punk album that still holds up so well today!
Energetic but repetitive.
I used to be pretty anti-Green Day. I saw them as derivative, punk-lite posers. I still have a bit of that feeling, but I've mostly grown to respect them over the years. I have to admit that they have written and recorded some catchy songs, and this album is chock full of them. Still not their biggest fan, but I did enjoy this overall. 3 stars.
Sharp and to the point like a dead-eyeing rook. Many good songs and probably their peak before sliding into mediocrity. American Idiot wasn’t bad either. The seamless transition into Long View was marvelous
A very fun listen. Armstrong writes pretty relatable lyrics about anxiety and self-doubt, but without a lot of depth. The self-deprecating humor is great here and the music is fun and fast, but there's not a whole lot else.
Green Day's third album and major label debut is probably the most fundamental pop/punk album. The album is tight, short, and retains its energy to the last rather tongue in cheek track. Green Day is often the subject of debate when it comes to true punk, but that is not really the point here. This band has an incredible sense of melody and their influences are too broad to pigeonhole them into either pop or punk. 'dookie' takes us through themes of boredom and loneliness that typify the 90s suburban experience. Green Day seeks to break out of that existence, as best seen in 'Welcome to Paradise,' a song about the band finding refuge in the gritty warehouse art/music scene in Oakland, a scene that has largely been priced out with the rise of the tech industry. The music itself draws from hardcore, garage rock, surf rock, and pop to create something that is instantly identifiable as Green Day.
Familiarity bias
Such a great album and I love that I got to see them live last year
takes me back to my childhood. What a record!
Bit of a struggle this one. It’s not that it’s bad exactly, just not that remarkable. Maybe if I’d heard it at a formative age? But listening now it just sounds like so many other bands pop-punking it up. Maybe these guys nailed the sound that others have copied? I don’t know but don’t really care enough to find out.
although there were a number of songs from this album that were single releases, I didn't much care for the rest. Music was similar song to song
Surprisingly fun! Never listened to Green Day before and thoroughly enjoyed it
I love this album so much. A nostalgic punch that puts me in an immediately great mood. 5 stars forever!
Green Day is one of those bands that reminds me too much of my youth and my liking of them will always be judged through that. I remember American Idiot coming out in high school and I just never dug the pop-punk sound that was dominant at the time. Even though this album is from a decade earlier, it still reminds me of that pop punk sound from my youth that I, even after all this years, still have issues with. Still this isn't offensive and it is perfectly fine music with a few bangers here and there so I can't punish it too much. Plus it's short and doesn't overstay its welcome so that's always a huge plus for me.
This was the album that changed my mind about pop-punk. I always thought it was too silly and carefree and childish to the point of being annoying. And... well, I wasn't entirely wrong, but this album taught me how to enjoy that for what it was!
Iconic original Green Day, this is raw and rough. I think people have a pastime of shitting on Green Day for American Idiot era and beyond, but I think these roots point in the direction clearly, and nothing is wrong with that direction in my opinion.
Intense. Punk rock at it's finest. Groovy bass lines for days. Simple but effective guitar work. Never gets stale. Vocals perfect for the context they're in. Rude and kinda vulgar lyrics. Perfect. Already very familiar with the album but Pulling Teeth, F.O.D. and All By Myself really caught me by surprise. All By Myself really did a good job of leaving me wanting more at the end of the album.
Birth of pop-punk? Pretty familiar with this album since I'm a 90s kid. Already had Basket Case and Welcome To Paradise added in Spotify. Another record I enjoy but maybe not quite enough to go out and buy it to add to the collection. I think the album works because of how short all the songs are because they are so similar. If the songs were any longer it would start to get a little tedious, but it's super easy to listen to the album from front to back.
Great
Not for me. Found it neither punk or pop punk, and other than Basket Case nothing really stood out to me
Dookie is Green Day's third album and it's their best-selling one. The album brought punk rock to main stream popularity, won the Grammy for Best Alternative Album in 1995, and was certified diamond in the US for over 10 million units sold in 1999. This album has been described as one of the best punk rock albums of all time; many have tried to emulate this album, but they don't quite cut it. Almost every song on this album is great by itself, but when all together they're a masterpiece wrapped up in a jewel case. This is the first time I have listened to this album in its entirety and now I feel like I was missing something all these years. I highly recommend this album to everyone - not just punk rock lovers.
Pop punk classic still holds up
Masturbation has never lost its fun with me so I really couldn't relate to this album.
Green Day's "Pablo Honey".
PeterSprinkler loves Dookie
Not bad. I knew two songs already and I like them. The rest of the album is okay but the songs kind of all sound the same.
The best 90s album from Green Day. It is lined with hits from longview to basketcase and welcome to paradise to when I come around. The songs in between the hits are mostly just as good, filled with 90s alt rock punk vibes and lyrics about drug use and feeling like a deadbeat. "Pullin teeth" is the one track that seems out of place. The guitar tones and vocal melody are straight out of a 50s rock song which was probably the idea but it seems strange in contrast to the rest of the album. The last song "All by myself" is a silly short song that encapsulates the feelings of joking around with your friends while struggling with going through early adulthood.
In its 90s pop-punk genre, *Dookie* is simply put, THE quintessential album. Offering earworms after earworms (such as obvious examples "Longview", "Basket Case" or "Welcome To Paradise"), and far more subtle in their tunes and arrangements than other so-called household names of said genre (from The Offspring to Blink 41/Sum 182 nonsense), Green Day just simply released a perfect record, one that also aged far better than the half-baked "operatic" pretensions of *American Idiot* a few albums later. Of course, behind Green Day and the likes, there's a large constellation of other, less famous melodic punk acts that are worth a detour as you and your skate are rolling from one spot to the next throughout the city. NOFX especially comes to mind, thanks to their brilliant and sardonic songwriting. Green Day is not as fast and furious as the latter, admittedly, yet both bands still share many skills when it comes to memorable melodies and snarling words. And since NOFX will never be part of such lists for some reason, you gotta give a 5-star award to the closest thing to them, at least. It's finally done. Hope others do too, here. Number of albums left to review or just listen to: 869 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 73 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 31 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): 28
Loved basket case of course. Nice early punk music.
J'ai failli être nostalgique du collège, c'est fort.
étonnamment j'ai passé un plutôt bon moment à écouter leurs morceaux dynamiques et concis
I obsessed over this album back when, eventually wearing out the cassette tape. But it's been a while since I listened to it through. Still a collection of well-crafted, poppy punk songs. It is what it is.
I remember seeing Green Day at the Red Dog Saloon in Santa Barbara, CA like a week after this album was released. Green Day was supposed to open for the Counting Crows but for some reason the Counting Crows cancelled and Green Day played at a smaller venue, to our benefit. They were fantastic (no thoughts of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at this point though). Nothing against the Counting Crows, I kind of liked them at the time (still do actually to some extent). This is the third Green Day album and first on a major label. That was a big deal at the time. The student poulation of UCSB was pretty much split 50/50 between Northern and Southern Cali and Green Day was a very big Bay area punk band. Lots of Green Day stickers on cars and VW vans (no kiddin) and tons of concern of them selling out. Selling out or not, this is one of the best punk-pop records ever. No. Not political. Not making a statement. Not changing the shape of music...well, maybe actually. This album still sounds great and rocks. At the core, songs with great melodies, a punk base and about being bored, masturation, anxiety, former girlfriends and going crazy. What else do you need? Really no bad songs. Most short and to the point. "Longview" was the first single and is an outstanding example of how to do the soft-loud-soft-loud dynamic. Take note Emo people. When I think of Green Day, I hear the opening lyrics of "Basket Case" for some reason. Maybe it is the most Green Day song they have. "When I Come Around" may be my favorite Green Day song just a great guitar chorus and vibe to this song. For some reason, you know Green Day is a great example of a band my generation (50's) and the current generation (teens/20's) both seem to like...a lot. And, it's not the later Green Day; it's songs from this album. There must be a reason for that.
Not a Green Day fan, their live shows are cool though.
solid
Well, that was fun!
Not a huge fan of West coast pop punk, but this was a fun album
I can only give this album 5 stars. The amount of teenagers this album was important to demands it. I was obsessed with this album ever since I first heard "Basket Case" as a homesick 12 year old in a new school. I saved up my pocket money and went and bought it from my local music shop. I had most of the lyrics memorised in a few weeks and when I took up the guitar I could play all the songs pretty quickly. I can remember the scrawling font of the lyrics in the cd booklet and examining the photos of the band which provided a glimpse into a world which is depicted so well in the music. Musically this album is simple but great, every song is catchy and tells a short story of part of life as a teenager. There is something special about this era of Green Day. Despite this being in the very broad genere of "Pop Punk" there is something really raw about the sound. It is certainly miles away from the sound of bands they are sometimes lumped in with like Blink 182, Sum 41 etc and I think are more commonly thought of as "Pop Punk". These bands were clearly influenced by Green Day and specifically Dookie but no one in 90s & 00s pop punk has ever managed to equal or top it. The sound and the lyrics are darker, cleverer and more evocative than anything else in that genre. Often when looking back at lyrics from this era you are sometimes left disappointed but this album stands up to that test. There is a feminist song ("She") inspired by a poem shown to Billie Joe by his then girlfriend. There is also a song about coming out as bi ("Coming Clean"). "Basketcase" is about Billie Joe struggling with his anxiety. It's just great, even 30 years on none of the lyrics have aged too badly and it still does a great job of evoking a world which can be escaped into for 40 minutes.
This is a four star album. It has amazing breakouts, fantastic b tracks and has an astounding energy that I love. It gets five stars because of the history I share with it.
Not my cup of tea
This album is iconic. I remember how big it was when it first came out.
Du bon Pop-punk, tellement populaire dnas mon temsp, cependant, je n'avais jamais entendu l'album au complet. Ca fit vraiment avec l'époque et c'est dans ce qui se faisait de mieux dans le genre. 3.5
I have never been a big fan of Green Day, or "pop punk," as it were. To me, "punk" is not popular. In its rawest form, it is a sign of rebellion against the norm, against conformity. Against popularity, "pop." So the two together is an oxymoron, like jumbo shrimp, or military intelligence. Anyway, there were four songs on here that we've all heard, but what was interesting is how much the non-hits blended together for me. Billie Joe's vocals just blended into the same kind of wanker-y voice. And the guitar sounded... blah. Flat, nothing piercing through the wall of sound. The drummer didn't bring much to the table either. If you're in a trio, all three really have to be able to shine at their instruments, and really only the bass player stood out. So this is one of those "I know the hits, kinda like them, but the non-hits are non-hits for a reason." So nothing exciting here for me.
One of those rare albums that is good cover to cover. Not a single throwaway song on here. And there are 15 songs. Sure, not every one is the pinnacle of musical ability and complexity but so what? Sometimes you got to give credit to musicians who can combine a reasonable level of instrumental, lyrical, musical, and harmonial ability plus energy to write catchy songs that flat out rock. I don't care for the criticism that they sullied punk. They are pioneers of new punk. Good for them. A classic, trailblazing album.
Maybe nostalgia, maybe the singles. Got some kicks
One my favs.
Does every song have to be the same? But never mind me, I also dislike Weezer.
Never been a Green Day fan. They've got some hits and good rock hooks, but it never felt as authentic to me as some of the other acts at this time who helped revive punk in the 90's, like Bad Religion or Rancid. It's Punk-Lite for spoiled suburban kids who want to feel edgy and have a revolution without ever leaving the comfort of their entitled lives.
Amazing album! I loved this when it was released
Remembered this a lot more than I thought I would. Compared to what Green Day end up as this is still really enjoyable. Deep as a puddle.
This put me on a marathon of the next 3 albums. Absolute classic.
Another album that is impossible for me to be objective about
A good album but not really my thing
Short, sharp, and to the point. Good stuff.
Bem legal
Green Day’s got better shit than this It’s not really my genre, idk 5/10
This is an album that we have a CD copy of so it's gotten a lot of airplay over the years. A lot of good tracks on here that make it a 5, a lot of mediocre tracks that bring it back to 4, but +1 for nostalgia.
Punk-rock. Sólo por Basket case ya se merece un 5...
i liked green day! i wasn’t expecting much since the album is literally called dookie but i was pleasantly surprised. they sound a little basic and high schooly, but it was good!
I've heard the big songs on this roughly 800,000 times but never put the entire album on. I get why people might love this - it's definitely engineered (both literally and figuratively/songwriting-wise) to be catchy as hell; fast-paced power chords in a major key, with very melodic vocal lines. It's generally not my cup of tea (I hate tea) overall; I'm not really a fan of punk and although this is more pop-punk along the lines of a more melodic Ramones or early Goo Goo Dolls it still has that non-stop intensity that again - I get, but I just like a little more instrumentation and/or tempo variety. Having said that, it's such a representation of the mid-90s and really is a good sounding record, will put it right up the middle as a 3 even if it's not something I'm putting on. 7/10 3 stars
Green day write brilliant songs for teenagers. But when you grow up they just feel like a nostalgic band. I had international super hits when I was younger so familiar with a lot of these songs. It is one of the best pop punk albums. But not music I’d listen to now Iv grown up.
I tried, really
so many hits
Synthetic punk, They were to the nineties what The Foo Fighters are to today. At one point you couldn't turn on your radio, T.V. without seeing or hearing them somewhere. Urban punk for those that wouldn't invest the time in listening to real punk bands. Billie Joe Armstrong as some kind of spokesman? I think not. Perhaps the dumbest move made by the R&R Hall Of Fame was having Mr. Armstrong giving the inauguration speech for The Stooges.
At the time this album came out, I had zero interest in Green Day, and have mostly managed avoided listening to them too much all these years. Looking at it now, I don't remember what my aversion to the band was. This is an excellent album and it kind of suits my mood today. The songs are short and sweet, punchy but melodic, polished but with a bit of an edge. The band's pop sensibility is second to none and I'm impressed how many hits came out of this album. I generally don't dig Billy Joe Armstrong's vocal style, but he's able to toe a line between insouciant and irritating, something most of Armstrong's peers can't do. Okay Green Day, I'm willing to admit when I'm wrong. Good show. Fave Songs: When I Come Around, Pulling Teeth, She, Longview, Welcome to Paradise, In the End, Coming Clean
alright except his voice is hard to listen to.
always cool
Personally I didn’t love this album but I understand why’d it’s so popular
I'm biased and nostalgic. Its my damn rating so I m giving it a 5!
90s punk pop classic
Listened to on 4/19/22 4.5/5 Favorite song: Basket case, She I love Green Day and it’s 90s nostalgia - this album did not disappoint and i bopped all day
Couple of classic pop punk songs but the rest of the album sounds pretty similar to each other
4/25/22 I loved this album! Such a fun listen, and my heart will always be with punk rock and Green Day is such a classic. Already knew a few songs on the album and Basket Case is one of my favorite punk rock songs! The entire album could be the soundtrack of an amazing 90s movie which I love. Sure, many songs do sound very similar, but I like the sound so no problem with me! Favorite song: Basket Case
excellent alternative album with lots of hits
8/10
6/10. Basket Case is great, but half the album just sounds like Basket Case but lamer.
Pretty solid, not a lot of variety. 8/10
"Chump" is good. All other tracks would benefit from Billie Joe shutting up for 2 minutes. Everything past like the first couple of tracks is very samey. Also, maybe it's my mediocre headphones, but the production is kind of weird - the vocals are super quiet, it's like they're drowning in the instrumental. I would have possibly enjoyed it when I was 15, but this just isn't for me.
Loaded with classics. 3.5/5 because I don't know the entire album that well.
Pretty flawless pop punk
All the songs kinda sound the same
Great album, great energy. Favorite songs were the ones I already knew and loved, like When I Come Around and Basket Case (as well as Longview and Welcome to Paradise), but I especially liked the transition from Chump into Longview, which I hadn't heard before listening in singles style.
Já conhecia, muito bom, fazia tempo que não ouvia. Bom revisitar. Melhores músicas: When I Come around, She e Basket Case.
An absolute classic. This album's secret weapons are both the strong, memorable basslines and presence throughout + Billy Joel's intuitive sense of melodic rhythm and harmony. Pushing and pulling against the instrumental, Armstrong's verses elevate this LP from standard punk to a deserving classic.
I wonder if Green Day liked the Ramones
Two great things came out in 1994: me and Dookie
Classic pop punk defining album. A lot of relatable things in here about anxiety, jealousy, confusion, loneliness. Same song structure used throughout the entire album, and the songs sound very similar. Favorite songs - Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case
In my top 5 albums of all time. Incredible mixing on this thing. You can clearly hear each instruments part and they all get their own time to shine. From the opening bass line to She, to the drums that kick off Longview, to the iconic vocals in Basket Case that waste no time in firing you up. I’m a big pop punk guy but I can admit some albums in the genre have a tough time making each song feel different. This is not one of those albums
Great album from the 90’s punk classics
First album I ever bought and I was in sixth grade and I listened to this religiously everyday. Brought back some memories
they were opened mind
The album has too much energy and every song sounds the same. "Do you have the time, to listen to me whine". I took the time yes, but I will not take it again.
Terrific Green Day.
Awesome album with great tunes.
This is the first album I thought of as ‘cool’. I remember when it came out none of my friends had it (we were 8) but their older siblings were huge into it. What a masterpiece. This is the ideal for pop punk and so many bands have been chasing this high since.
Re inventing punk?!? Njaa not really
Bad album...sleepy, all the songs sound the same
Heard this when it first dropped, always a great listen.
Rating: 8/10 Bests songs: Love galore, Doves in the wind, Drew Barrymore, Prom, The weekend, Normal girl, Pretty little birds
A very lively punk/pop/thrash album, it does have it's moments and loads of energy. On the downside, it does get a bit samey - it could probably go with a track or two that experiment a bit. There's a few classics here (Basket Case, Long View and Welcome To Paradise) that are instantly recognizable. Music is probably a 7/10 but I do like the LP cover art so I've bumped it up to a 4 star.
Classic
The last album with Guitars I bought before I fell head first into electronica and a green vynal as well. Like all green day albums a great lead song and a load of mush. These guys made this whole american punk pop sound that seemed to go on forever. It kinda takes the edge of punk and has these annoying vocals. Basket case is a good song though
Basket case is great but the rest just fades into sub-par same-sounding filler
I took the time to listen to you whine about everything. Now go and tidy your room and tell your little friends it's time to go because their mum's will be expecting them back for tea.
Nostalgia overload! Pop-punk at its finest. Helped me through many adolescent misadventures.
Another one that I grew up with. Defined a period of my life.
Redelijk
Bepalende plaat voor skatepunk uit de 90s, maar zelfs toen vond ik 't al niet echt briljant en inmiddels is het eigenlijk nog minder leuk.
Jaa, classic. Grijs gedraaid!
Geinig om weer een keer te horen. Lekker energiek maar veel diepgang heeft het niet.
Als tiener was ik groot fan en vond ik dit briljant. Maar dat is het niet, hè? 😅
Solid. I suspect they did pick the best tracks for single release (and what fine singles, too), and it tapers off a bit in the last third or so, but if you're going to do pop-punk this is how to do it. Not surprising it was such a hit.
One of Green Day's best. Amazing older hits, lesser known tracks still rock. Great stuff.
F.O.D. We live in paradise and we don’t wanna go back home. Adolescent period, age 16, you’re in High School, stuff like skateboards, parties, drinks, chaos, love & hate are the most used adjectives. Mess, everything is under control out the way, throwing things all around the zone, people shouting, intensified when the rain starts, that makes any random situation sounds better than even Woodstock’s Events were someday. Fun never ends, youth is going to be one of the moments in your whole life, don’t mess up, hurry up, it passes, bring all those memories, summed up it’s the record title.
Not my jam
This shit still bangs.
a fun romp! removed one star for too much of a masturbation theme
Super influential, gotta love it for what it gave us.
Super fun. Grew up on it so nostalgia definitely plays a part. I do love the production. All of the instrument sounds and tones are incredible. Everything else is just…. You already know. You al. ready. know. Put this on any day.
я думал на треке wolfmother - dimension мне кажется что оказался в лас вегасе, но нихуя. по началу подумал что им по 20 лет и они таким образом всю свою подростковую ненависть к чему то извергают с помощью музыки. ну или же просто то, что накипело. крч атмосфера лас вегаса 9.2/10 все таки строчка из dimension "I got lost in the desert baby" ебашит по лас вегасовским нейтронам мозга сильнее итог - 8/10 не особо люблю неебаца какой быстрый рок, но мне вообще похуй, поставил на атьебись
Not bad. Used think it was annoying, but now it just reminds me of the 90s.
J'ai pesé sur play et me suis instantanément transporté en secondaire 4 ! Je crois pas l'avoir réécouté depuis. Good stuff, mais vient un peu redondant à la longue.
Ah, gros coup de cœur nostalgique pour moi. L’énergie, l’attitude punk avec des bonnes mélodies et des bonnes harmonies vocales, c’est un mix parfait pour moi. Et j’aime beaucoup la place laissée à la basse de Mike Dirnt. Toujours aussi bon après toutes ces années.
Va ser la tomba del grunge i el començament d''una altra cosa'. Potser qui no ho va viure en el seu moment no pot apreciar el posi revolucionari que va suposar, perquè tampoc ha envellit especialment bé, i musicalment no era cap trencament. Però l'aire fresc que va donar a la primera meitat opressiva dels 90 va ser molt important. Temes com 'Basket Case', 'Welcome to Paradise', 'When I Come Around', 'Longview'... no paraven de sonar als walkmans de qualsevol persona entre 14 i 25 anys
So much nostalgia
That sure is a catchy song about wanking.
A fantastic album, the best from Green Day for me. Great songs, great performances and some really good singing. An almost 5...4.5 🌟
I loathed Green Day at the time. I wanted my punk to be Serious and Earnest, like the Clash or Minor Threat. I was an annoying, pretentious git. The first three tracks are boringly exactly what I always disliked them for. Bland pop punk which, while tight is just... Meh. Thankfully both Longview and Welcome to Paradise actually start to revel in a bit more melodic, interesting stuff, and have saved you from me proclaiming myself to always be right... The album continues in this vein throughout, gaining and losing my affection. When it's good, it's really good, when it's not, it's pretty boring. It restarted punk for a generation though, so I think it's importance is pretty much set in stone.
Poo
I've always loved this album. I like every single song on it and always wanted to drum like this guy when I was a kid.
I live this album. Such good memories on so many fronts.