Dookie

Pretty classic pop punk but Enema of the State should have also been included imo

So many recognizable songs on this album. Energetic and enjoyable.

Haven't listened to this whole album in a lone time. Forgot how fun this album is.

What better way to revitalize punk - decades after its birth - than to make it even more personal and pop-oriented than it ever was? In a time when grunge was declining in popularity, especially after Kurt Cobain's suicide, rock was losing space in the mainstream. Green Day was one of the bands to fill that void. With catchy melodies and instrumentals, Dookie rarely has a dull moment, and its lyrics spoke clearly to their generation.

I'm not a big fan of the whole pop-punk sub genre, but there's really nothing to criticize here (aside from the awful ablum title). Young kids with punk attitude, slick production, socially aware lyrics, and good songwriting. Lots of earworms on this album. It's not my style so I wouldn't return to it often but I can still appreciate it for being a solid album.

I like punk and honestly had always thought of these guys as poseurs more or less. I listened to the album with an open mind, and was pleasantly surprised. It's pretty good, all things considered, and has some of that energy of the late 1970s.

Easy to be snooty about Green Day, but this album has got some good songs

Props. Excellent 1990s pop punk. Several hits.

eh. I find some enjoyment in the album but it gets annoying. I like American Idiot better tbh

I borrowed this on tape for a few weeks when it came out and really dug it. I never ended up getting the album for myself but enjoyed the singles when I heard them. I didn't like anything they did after this but always had a soft spot for them. Hadn't heard this album since back then and thought I would enjoy more than I did. Only a solid 3 stars from me but I get why it's beloved.

Classic. Small doses of Green Day, though. Small doses.

"Teenage angst has paid off well / Now I'm bored and old" Variety: 3 Adequacy: 5 Listenability: 4 Uniqueness: 2 Emotionality: 2 = 3.2 rounded down to a 3 Despite remembering the singles from this being pretty inescapable at the time ( mainly via MTV for me) I never engaged with this as an album experience, and so was really only familiar with the hits. I've listened all the way through maybe once before, but don't recall too much other than what I already knew. I've also been historically averse to the pop punk sound. I'm curious if I've mellowed a bit in that regard. THE TRACKS "Burnout" - If there's anything I can fault Green Day for it's certainly not a lack of energy. This track jumps right in, full bore and is as melodic as expected if a bit lacking in great hooks. The fat bass, speedy yet precise drumming, and that snotty delivery are all on display here. "Having a Blast" - More of the same, but more hooks, some solid but minimal harmonizing, and great driving guitar. It's like they're building up to something. Wet noodle of a chorus though. "Chump" - Bit of a feat to keep the energy up three tracks in, but mission accomplished. Liking this more with each successive track. The chorus here is definitely an improvement and damn that bass breakdown hits. Loved it when the Pete Townsend-ish guitar comes in over top and the song messily peters out and transitions into... "Longview" - Happy to say this is still the god tier melodic ode to boredom and apathy that it always was. That bass line will forever live in the folds of my neocortex. Armstrong at his peak lyrically here as well. "Welcome to Paradise" - Right after "Longview" you'd expect anything else to be disappointing, but holy hell this is a burner. The harmonizing, the sinister breakdown, the HOOKS! While the previous track is maybe my favorite song on here, this is the one we put on the golden record that we shoot off into space for the aliens to understand what Green Day was. "Pulling Teeth" - I had forgotten this little mid-tempo thing. Comes across now as a pop punk take on the 50's Everly Bros/ Buddy Holly mode of relationship song. Would not be surprised to learn that Armstrong was a huge fan of this stuff. A nice little rest before we jump right back into that breakneck pace. "Basket Case" - And here's the blistering sing-a-long right about the mid point. I can't imagine a world where this isn't always the finale at a live Green Day show. Even on an album where the energy level is averaging out at a solid 9.5, this one is still somehow still invigorating. And you know your song is an all time classic when Weird Al includes it i a polka medley. "She" - Well damn, I totally forgot about this one. I came into this fully expecting the four big ones to be the obvious stars here. This was definitely on my radar at the time of release but I think got buried under how massive the other ones were. Dark horse pick for 2nd best song on the album. "Sassafras Roots" - Not much to say about this one other than it pales in comparison to everything around it. "When I Come Around" - Unimpeachable radio staple that I have maybe heard the most off of this. So much so that it feels like less of a crime to skip. I mean, I also love "Under Pressure" but it's also on that list. Do better, Sirius XM DJs. "Coming Clean" - Another one I don't have memories of at all, and not sure I need to. Filler is too harsh a classification, but I doubt this is anyone's favorite. "Emenius Sleepus" - Getting the impression that these last several songs were leftovers or reworked earlier material that they used to pad things out a bit. All short, perfectly competent numbers but nothing too affecting. "In the End" - This included, but at least it's got a kind of weird country western beat going for it. For real. Slow this waaay down, add a fiddle and an upright bass... "F.O.D." - Acoustic opening is a bold choice here,but have to say Armstrong's weaknesses as a vocalist are unprotected in that section. When everything kicks in things improve a good 90%, but that still only puts the song at a 60% for me. Too little too late. The hidden track is a skeevishly charming ( charmingly skeevish?) little Daniel Johnson-ish thing. HIGHLIGHTS - "Longview" ( especially), "Welcome to Paradise", "Basket Case", "When I Come Around"... everything you expect. - "She" - Tight, short songs - Very little fat on this one LOWLIGHTS - "Sassafras Roots" - Weak ending mostly filled up with half-realized nuggets that don't really stick FINAL THOUGHTS I still regularly hear the hits from this on the radio, and I rarely change the channel when I do. That said, this will never hit as hard for me as it did to a 13 year old outsider in 1994. I missed that boat and so the band never got their hooks in me. So much so that I eventually became dismissive of them later and never even bothered to follow up with much of anything else aside from whatever top 10 hit of theirs that would have been unavoidable ( looking at you "Good Riddance"). I even managed to actively avoid their whole American Idiot phase. While it will never be a bit of fondly remembered nostalgia for me, and the entire album will not be in regular rotation or anything, I can't deny the musicianship and energy on display for throughout. Impressive stuff. And hooks for miles. I think the band got a lot of shit for being too mainstream at the time, but seems like the idea of "selling out" has gone the way of the dodo and history looks more kindly on acts like this. If you're going to listen to whiny, post adolescent-moaning, you can do worse than a version that's catchy as hell and funny to boot. PLAYLIST ALTERATIONS Drop "Sassafras", "Having a Blast" and everything after "When I Come Around" and you've got yourself a 5-star EP.

So this was fantastic, dare I say refreshing, in the summer in 1994. They blew the doors off Lollapalooza that summer, eclipsed only by the headlining Smashing Pumpkins. The energy, the catchy tunes, and overall vibe, arrived at just the right time for young 20's college student me. With time and age, my interest in this genre, this album and this band has waned. I give them props for staying power and they've weathered better than many from the era (RHCP blech). With many of these albums from the 80s and 90s a certain level of nostalgia kicks in which persuades my score upward. The early 90s were great years but I did not find warm feelings of nostalgia with this one. I should give it a 4 given how groundbreaking and important it was at the time. But as of today, under the criteria of 'would I want to listen to this', it gets a 3. Sorry guys, I grew up. I think we all did. 3/5

I’ve been over exposed to Green Day- probably a 4 in actuality

This is a bit meh, I’m afraid. Most of it just trundles along fairly forgettably in the same tempo with very little loud and soft etc. And his voice has a similar effect. Kind of boring. The singles are decent. That last track is crap though

This is the critically most acclaimed the legendary Pop Punk band Green Day has ever released and although that sounds like it’s a really great mark, it doesn’t really mean much when you see that they have made some of the worst albums of the last decade and excpet American Idiot don’t have any other album with a wider spanned importance. I agree that this album is their overall best but everyone who loves this album or Green Day in general is either stuck in their youth or don’t have much wide appreciation for music because this album isn’t anything more than just good. It’s a basic Pop Punk record that tries a lot to be as playful and energetic as possible but often fails to make interesting Punk songs that have enough difference between them. A lot of what this album tries, sounds exactly alike to whatever the previous tracks sounded like. The opening track ‘Burnout’ not only starts with a fast paced track but also with a pretty fun starter that does have its qualities. It gets the listener into the mood for the album and has some really interesting and fun deliveries but ultimately lacks anything that you’d might hook onto except that drum break in the middle. It’s a solid song but it would’ve needed some sort of hook to make it really interesting. ’Having a Blast’ does a similar thing with a very similar vibe that sounds fun and if someone put it on at a pool party or something I’d vibe to it but I don’t think that it’s all that interesting as a song to actually listen to. It has the chorus which is pretty cool but again, most of the song just happens and doesn’t do much. They get much more Punk on ‘Chump’ which pulls from some more Hardcore origins while still having the easily accessible Pop Punk songwriting that again, is alright and doesn’t hurt nobody but it is just really simple and doesn’t really have any sort of hook that one might hook onto except the energetic sound that they do. I enjoy it to a degree especially with the bass centred part near the end put it overall just doesn’t do it for me. On ‘Longview’ they go more into Alt-Rock and Punk Rock than their classic Pop Punk but they do pull of a pretty solid chorus that for once actually sounds really good. The problem is that they do a hard cut between chorus and verse which ends up not helping the song sound like it’s sonically tied together and although I enjoy said chorus, the rest doesn’t really cut it for me and I’m left wanting something different. I personally think this is a below average track, also because it is much longer than it should’ve been. ’Welcome to Paradise’ starts with a really catchy riff and keeps that fun playing throughout the song even though it is another streched song. Mainly the chorus or better the lack of it really standing out make me uninterested in what this song does except for the guitar that at one point also doesn’t bring more onto the table. And again, as a bridge they let the bass shine. It all feels like they make their songs after a blueprint and play not much around with it. It feels samey and pretty boring. This one is okay but generally, it is really just basic and boring. With ‘Pulling Teeth’ they continue a more Power Pop inspired sound that although it gives the album another sonic twist, still suffers under the basic songwriting of the band. They are just very consistently average with most of the songs on the album. This song’s okay and you can listen to it without it being distracting or bad but it also just isn’t all that interesting. I guess everyone has heard ‘Basket Case’ at that point and although I get why people love it as much, it is very catchy, I just don’t really like the song. It’s legendary, sure, but I think both songwriting and delivery is just not all that good. The lyrics seem to stick out much more which isn’t all that good because these lyrics just aren’t that good. I mean you do not expect a Punk band to be Leonard Cohen and the focus should be lyrics that are easily made into a catchy track but they just fail with these cringy lyrics that don’t really offer much towards the song. The rest is alright but I overall think that this is a bad song. ‘She’ really just again sounds like every song before. They chorus, the structure, it all sounds like you’ve heard it a couple minutes ago already. They fail at the most important thing a good Punk band should do: songs with similar energy that are sonically distinguishable. These songs aren’t that. It’s the same thing with the Sex Pistols although the managed to have higher highs than Green Day. I’m just repeating myself at that point but ‘Sassafras Roots’ also doesn’t add much new content to the album. It’s probably a bit more enjoyable than its predecessor but it’s definitely not crazy enjoyable and just a basic and average Pop Punk song that everyone could’ve made. They do manage to make one more quite notable song with ‘When I Come Around’ which pulls things off just much better and actually has a catchy chorus as well as some really good verses that make the song actually function as one and makes for a pretty good song that I think is both the catchiest and just best song on the entire album. It’s just a good song. Not great, nothing crazy but solid enough to be really enjoyable. The pro-LGBT song ‘Coming Clean’ does bring in some nice political lines and does make for a thematically important song but in terms of music and the enjoyment of that, it’s still just pretty basic, also because it is so short. This might be a slight advantage but it’s not more than slightly above average. ’Emenius Sleepus’ continues a the trend of songs less than two minutes and I do think that they pull it off slightly better than the longer ones, it still is just really basic and boring. The slight additions of Country Rock with the strong Punk sound of ‘In the End’ does make for a interesting sound but in the end it’s structured the exact same way nearly all the songs here were made and doesn’t bring anything new except and even duller performance. Theoretically ‘F.O.D.’ is the closing track and does it in an Acoustic Punk Rock style that while it is completely different from all the songs in terms of sound still manages to be much duller than most songs even once the actual Punk starts near the end. It’s really boring. On the original CD that was the end but if you waited another minute of silence you’d hear the hidden track ‘All by Myself’ which technically is a part of ‘F.O.D.’ and closes the entire album with a comedic Anti-Folk song that is not just really silly but actually annoying. I know it’s supposed to be that but it really isn’t needed at all. Might be the worst song on the album, if you count it as one. favourites: When I Come Around least favourites: All by Myself, Basket Case Rating: decent 5 https://rateyourmusic.com/~Emil_ph for more ratings, reviews and takes

Some songs were okay, the last song was super annoying.

Don't like Armstrong's voice. A few quite good singles. A 90s take on 1977 punk. I suppose it's influential, but just not my cuppa.

Punk at its most commercial. Whoever decided the bass should sound like that the entire record is a terrorist. Deeply unmusical performances, bad vocal performance choices, bad mixing. Sassafras Roots 🤮 FOD and All By Myself are the most interesting songs on the record. A small handful of fun songs. Probably would’ve thought it was badass if I had listened when I was 13.

Overrated, Dookie tries to do lots of things and none of them that well, the older pop punk sound is done far better on other green days like “brain stew” and American Idiot is a far better modern pop record 2

Uninteresting. Everything sounds so agreeable. Punk for middle school. Except for Basket Case, this did nothing for me.

As I’m writing this, the most upvoted review for Dookie is someone flat-out calling anyone who doesn’t like it a moron. I’m not sure what it says exactly about Green Day fans (or about the average generator user), but I find it immensely depressing. Maybe children shouldn’t be allowed here. As for the music itself... I remember this being all the rage in 1994, but it never really clicked with me, even though I was totally into Bad Religion, NOFX and The Offspring. It’s full of energy and musically competent, but it always felt a bit too shallow and trendy to me, and time hasn’t made it better. I can’t honestly call this “punk” – it’s 99 % on the pop side of pop-punk, without the redeeming maturity and ambition of American Idiot. It's good party music for bored suburban kids, but not much else. I can’t listen to this with a straight face nowadays, and it gets exhaustingly repetitive after a few songs. Basket Case is still nice, but in a nostalgic kind of way. 4/10

I have a bit of nostalgia for the sound of this album, because Green Day and similar bands were fairly popular when I was a kid. But it does sound dated to me now, and I would be fine if we left it in the 90's. Favorite track: "Sassafras Roots"

This is a dookie

They made an accessible commercial radio friendly punk-pop album that I could play for my parents and they wouldn't get offended. This was hugely popular when it came out and had a lot of influence on the future bands in this genre. It is mostly fun and high energy but very monotonous. I give them credit along with The Offspring for bringing punk to the masses but there is nothing groundbreaking here, and in my opinion better punk albums out there.

The singles are still the only ones that jumped out to me. Nothing else really caught my attention. It all all sounded like the song Holiday. I don’t know if holiday was intentionally made to sound like songs from this album or it’s just that the instrumental and way of singing is repeated a lot but it was tripping me out the whole time.

Not reallllly my vibe but a bit nostalgic

Just doesn't hit for me. 21CB and AI are core Green Day albums for me and this feels underdeveloped by comparison.

If I was a 16 year old stoner, I'd love this album. I'm not. When the kids grow up, they switch to real punk bands like The Clash, Sex Pistols, or Black Flag. This is a punk album on training wheels.

I admire Dookie and its seamless segues, the ceaseless hooks, the guitars that sound punk yet tirelessly happy, and the emotional consistency: Green Day could craft a song about the fall of Fallujah and it would still sound like Dookie. It would work too, like Free Nelson Mandela. My wife loves this record, and I frequently noted subtle shifts and fluorishes. The cover is super cute. A “kicking an affectionate puppy in the face” two stars out of five.

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.

Re inventing punk?!? Njaa not really

I've always had such mixed feelings about this band. I am drawn in by a lot of their hooks, they play super-tight, and some of the lyrics are solid...and yet, I can't quite put my finger on it, they don't fully click with me. I wish I could explain it -- I like when I can articulate what I do and don't like in art, not for any other reason than I'm interested in that process (and I really love hearing thoughtful analysis and criticism from others) -- so here's a stab: I think it's because to me it sounds like what a band would sound like if someone constructed a band in response to the grunge movement. Does that make sense? I don't know...when I find myself enjoying one of their songs, I feel exactly the same way I feel when I enjoy a Monkees song (and some of the Monkees songs are catchy and fun, too).

This possibly suffered from the fact that the pop-infused punk revival wasn't a movement as much as a (very appreciated) attempt to keep a previous movement alive. Sounded vital at the time, no doubt, but now that time has passed I mostly see it as shadow play. It definitely suffered from me being flat out of juice yesterday. If I listened with a few more spoons in my drawer, I might feel differently, as I still found the non-stop momentum enjoyable, Armstrong's nasal whine weirdly winning, the drum fills energising, and the smart-dumb lyrics dumb-smart. Basically, don't pay attention to my rating.

Fav: All By Myself L: Sassafras Roots, Chump 1 I kind of want to really hate and dismiss Green Day but part of me holds me back. I think maybe the part of me that likes Green Day is the part of me I hate the most. So listening to Green Day is sort of a guilty pleasure for me in which I derive so little pleasure for the amount of disgust I feel. Maybe it’s similar to eating something like a starburst or some Hershey’s chocolate and I think that’s even worse than something I just outright hate because then I would always avoid it instead of accepting it when it’s offered and feeling confused in addition to repulsed. Cover: 5 kind of the perfect cover for the album Name: 1 so much I could write about them choosing that for their title but it’s all too obvious Minecraft Parody: Welcome to Creative (Welcome to Paradise)

The drumming is impressively bombastic. But these are nursery rhymes for morons.

At best guitar based power pop but to me, unlistenable shite

Not my thing at all. Found it hard to finish

This album isn't for me I hate almost everything about it. The song I enjoyed the most is she and the last song because it finally had all endеd. I had low hopes but I didn't expect it to be SO bad.

I was pretty bummed to see this one come up today. I knew it was coming but still, it sucked seeing it. I didn't like it when it came out and I dislike it even more now. This is "punk" for 11 year old boys (Blink-182 is for toddlers) who are just starting to touch themselves. All of the songs still sound the same, Mike Dirnt doing that annoying "duey-unngg" thing with his bass at random parts and Billie Joe doing that fake-ass Fat Mike nasal whining schtick through every tune. The only track I can stand is "Longview" but that's it. They are all fine musicians (particularly Tre Cool) but the start/stop/drum fill/start again/woohoo we're really rocking now shit gets so repetitive that I honestly think this would be more impressive without any dynamics at all. The lyrics are so banal and predictable that "All I wanted was just one Pepsi" sounds like deep philosophical analysis (which it kinda is). Dookie is like the Violent Femmes' first album in that it captures what it's like to a teenager but with no intelligence or wit. Unfortunately it's the dumb teen who hawks loogies at old people from the bus, thinks The Offspring's Smash deals with some heavy shit and that Fugazi are poseurs who sound funny. This is the audio equivalent of Hot Topic. This is the album that gave us fake punk, fake ska, and let nu metal in the door. Sorry, Billie, but you ARE fucking Justin Bieber.

my review is the title

The songs all sound the same. Literal dookie

Never been able to see what the fuss about Green Day was, this was probably nice for nostalgia for someone a touch older than me, but does nothing for me.

I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I hate this. I hated it when it came out in the 90s. I gave it another listen, thinking maybe my stance on this would soften and that it would somehow sound better to me now that I am fully fledged and somewhat nostalgic for the music of my youth, but no. I still hate it. Is this supposed to be punk? If so, it's way too bubblegum. There's something plastic and artificial about it that turns me off from this. If you like it, good for you. Go for it. It's a miss for me. I do appreciate their political stance, just not their music!

This is the 144th album I’m rating. I've only listened to Basket Case but it was pretty good. Adding to my Playlist - Nothing. Not Adding to my Playlist - Burnout, Having a Blast, Chump, Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Pulling Teeth, Basket Case, She, Sassafras Roots, When I Come Around, Coming Clean, Emenius Sleepus, In the End, and F.O.D.. Basket Case - I don't think I like Basket Case as much anymore. I'm sorry Billie Joe Armstrong. All in all I liked 0/14 songs. Germfree Adolescents is still the only good punk album I've ever heard.

Imagine if you took the sex pistols and replaced Malcolm McClaren with with Brian Wilson. Imagine if Johnny tried singing his lyrics. Imagine if Wilson convinced the rest of the band to do little three piece harmonies just like the Beach Boys. Imagine if Sid Vicious sucked a little less but still couldn't really do much more than follow along with the melody but also was actually a really nice guy. He's thinking about starting an organic farm y'know? But more importantly imagine if the Sex Pistols weren't a smash and grab. Imagine if they were a long term hustle. These guys weren't just here to cash in, they were going to milk it for all its worth.

My dislike of Green Day is longstanding but to be honest - this was the first time I sat down and listened to Dookie from start to finish. And I did try to go in positive and open-minded - I just found it a gruelling experience. Every track seemed procedural to me and deeply dull. There wasn’t a song I could say was better or worse than another - Basket Case I have never cared for in the slightest. I found myself regularly looking at the track timer at 1:30 saying to myself ‘I can’t believe there is another 30 seconds of this’. I can’t think of a less interesting album of guitar playing in musical terms either - it is just a dull stew of palm-muted power chords and sawed power chords. And I cannot stand Billie Joe Armstrong’s voice.

I hate this type of american rock in general but I honestly have no idea how these shmucks are even considered listenable, much less punk. I guess it's ok if you are an american wannabe rebel who wants to stick it to their suburb-living conservative parents, woo hoo you're so different and special and unique! If not, be embarassed and listen to something better. The cover is cute though, I always appreciate a hand-drawn illustration.

I've tried numerous times with this album. Sounds like cringey teenage rock music

Ion like it. It just feels like every song has the same vibe - american teenage punk girl movie from 2004.

Never listened to this as a teenager so I'm coming in fresh as a forty two year old man. And I'm like ugh this is boring. Why do they all sound exactly the same? On the plus side I like short songs. Just not these ones. I reckon it would be good live maybe. Nice cover art. I'm struggling

Not a great start when you don't like the lead singers voice. Then when he starts singing his mum is telling him to get a job and stop wanking.... Not for me. And all the songs sound the same. Shit.

One word to describe this album and that is its name. I wish I could give this negative stars.

Got 3 songs into this and bailed. Really basic, cr*p songs, no discernible melody. The Dickies and Buzzcocks both did this sooooo much better, with better tunes and with actual punk spirit. All as I suspected, but at least I tried.

nah hvad kan de overhovedet

Noch eins? Nicht euer Ernst?! Das erste war schon zu viel. Ich gestehe, dass ich mir keinerlei Mühe gegeben und nach 59 Sekunden ausgemacht habe. Sehr gerne nie wieder.

Loro è un gruppo che ho sempre odiato. Anche negli anni a venire quando la vecchiaia ti fa rivalutare in tuoi gusti musicali adolescenziali, la mia opinione su di loro è rimasta sempre la stessa. Ora che sono stato obbligato ad ascoltare quest'album mi rode pure il culo. Penso che la voce di Billie Joe Armstrong sia fastidiosa (anche se i questo senso quella di Liam Gallagher è irraggiungibile). In generale mi sembrano tipo canzonette.

In conclusione: Io i Green Day non li ho mai sopportati. Gruppi come gli Offspring o almeno i primi Blink ce mettevano un po' di sforzo, i Green Day già dall'inizio spuntavano ai soldi. Ho comunque riascoltato questo album in modo critico per vedere se avrei cambiato idea. Tranne qualche piccolo fill di batteria che ho apprezzato, il resto è stata abbastanza un'agonia da ascoltare nonostante la durata molto breve dell'album. Dato che in effetti non ho mai dato un uno me sembra il momento buono.

Straziante, ho aspettato con ansia la fine che è arrivata con una canzone sulla masturbazione che alla fine è quasi tra i brani migliori. Tra le note positive c’è il suono di basso che è talmente brutto che quasi lo apprezzo. Colonna sonora perfetta per una partita di beer pong dopo la finale di football.

hate it

Fun Punk by Green Day - great album!

Punk purists need to go smoke a blunt, eat some ass and chill out. A melody and a sense of humor doesn’t ruin music, it’s the reason why Greenday is still one of the best known bands on the planet and no one’s heard of your favorite band. Best album ever made

the only good green day album

Classic.

Green Day's *Dookie* arrived in February 1994 like a blunt-force antidote to the self-serious gloom of grunge. While Nirvana and Pearl Jam were soundtracking existential dread, this trio of East Bay kids from the Gilman Street punk scene delivered something radically different: forty minutes of snotty, hyper-catchy, self-deprecating punk rock about boredom, masturbation, anxiety, and suburban alienation . The result was an album that didn't just sell millions—it fundamentally reshaped what mainstream rock could sound like, and whether that was a triumph or a betrayal depends entirely on who you ask. Here's an in-depth look at the album's components, its impact, and where it stumbles. ### Lyrics: The Art of Self-Deprecating Honesty Billie Joe Armstrong's lyrics on *Dookie* work because they refuse to pretend. Where many of his contemporaries were chasing profundity, Armstrong was writing about sitting around the house with nothing to do and masturbation having lost its appeal . That's not a poetic flourish—it's a devastatingly accurate portrait of teenage stagnation. The genius is in how Armstrong pairs this unvarnished honesty with humor that undercuts its own misery. "Basket Case," the album's most iconic track, opens with "Do you have the time to listen to me whine?"—a question that simultaneously invites you in and apologizes for the invitation . The song documents Armstrong's real experiences with panic attacks before he was diagnosed, yet it never feels like a pity party. Instead, it's a zany, self-aware spiral that millions of anxious kids recognized immediately as their own voice . Elsewhere, the lyrics tackle boredom as existential condition ("Longview"), coming to terms with bisexuality ("Coming Clean"), and even a deeply uncomfortable revenge fantasy about blowing everyone up ("Having a Blast") . That last track has aged awkwardly; what read as darkly comic catharsis in 1994 carries a different weight in a post-Columbine world . But even there, Armstrong's narrator ultimately questions whether the perceived slights are worth the explosion, undercutting the fantasy before it can fully take root . The occasional clunkers exist—"Sassafras Roots" and "Emenius Sleepus" feel like the album treading water lyrically —but they're exceptions in a record where the writing consistently finds the universal in the embarrassingly specific. ### Music: Three Chords, Infinite Hooks Musically, *Dookie* is a masterclass in economy. The album runs just under forty minutes across fourteen tracks, and almost every song is built from the same basic toolkit: Armstrong's buzzsaw power chords, Mike Dirnt's melodic bass, and Tré Cool's propulsive drumming . What elevates it above standard three-chord punk is the songwriting intelligence behind the simplicity. Dirnt's bass playing deserves particular attention. The walking bassline on "Longview" is arguably the most recognizable in pop-punk history, a groove so distinctive that it inspired countless kids to pick up the instrument . On "When I Come Around," the bass serves as the song's melodic backbone, carrying the verses with a bounce that makes the mid-tempo track feel effortless . Tré Cool's drumming provides the album's manic energy. His fills are consistently inventive without ever feeling showy, and his transitions—particularly the way "Chump" builds into "Longview"—demonstrate a rhythmic intelligence that grounds the band's chaos . The guitar work is deliberately limited but perfectly executed. Armstrong knew he only needed a handful of chords, and he deployed them with a painter's sense of color and contrast . The quiet-loud dynamic that had been grunge's stock-in-trade becomes, in Green Day's hands, something almost pop: a verse that pulls you in, a chorus that explodes with release. ### Production: Rob Cavallo and the Art of Clarity The production story of *Dookie* is inseparable from its commercial success. When the band signed to Reprise and began working with producer Rob Cavallo, they had their first real studio budget and time to spare—a luxury after the rushed conditions of their Lookout! Records albums . The initial sessions at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley captured the band's live energy but resulted in a mix the band found too dry and clinical . Cavallo and mixer Jerry Finn remixed the album at Devonshire Sound Studios in Los Angeles, and this second pass is what gave *Dookie* its signature character . The guitars gained the warm, crunchy tone that's been imitated for decades; the vocals found their place in the mix; the whole thing clicked into focus . Cavallo's contribution is often reduced to "radio-friendly gloss," but that undersells what he actually achieved. *Dookie* doesn't sound slick in the way that, say, a Bon Jovi record sounds slick. It sounds *loud* and *clear* simultaneously—every instrument audible, every hook hitting with maximum force. Cavallo has spoken about agonizing over Armstrong's guitar tone, and that attention paid off: the tone on *Dookie* has character, the kind that defines a player's sound the way Eddie Van Halen's brown sound defines his . ### Themes: Apathy, Anxiety, and the Suburban Condition The thematic core of *Dookie* is, paradoxically, a refusal to have a core. Armstrong wrote about whatever was in front of him—boredom, weed, girls, his own brain chemistry—without imposing a grand narrative . The album's coherence comes not from a unified concept but from a consistent *attitude*: self-aware, self-deprecating, and fundamentally honest about the messiness of being young. Time magazine's contemporaneous review nailed it: the album is "immature, rude, and violently threatening in a he-was-such-a-nice-boy-before-he-shot-the-senior-class kind of way," but "bad attitudes often make for good rock 'n' roll" . The immaturity is the point. *Dookie* captures a specific moment of young adulthood—the liminal space between childhood and responsibility—with unusual precision. Mental health runs through the record more explicitly than is often acknowledged. "Basket Case" is a panic attack set to music. "Burnout" articulates the specific exhaustion of not caring anymore. "Longview" is the sound of depression's flat, bored affect. That these songs became anthems of youthful rebellion rather than documents of struggle speaks to how Armstrong's delivery could make even despair feel like a party . ### Influence: The Floodgate Opener Whatever you think of *Dookie* as music, its historical importance is difficult to overstate. The album sold over 8 million copies in the United States alone and over 20 million worldwide, won a Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album, and spawned five hit singles . But those numbers only tell part of the story. *Dookie* broke the dam. Before its release, punk rock existed in a parallel economic universe—small labels, small venues, DIY or die. After *Dookie*, major labels saw dollar signs in distortion and pop hooks . The Offspring, Rancid, Blink-182, Good Charlotte, Sum 41—none of these bands would have had the same opportunities without Green Day proving the market existed . The entire pop-punk genre as a commercial force traces its lineage directly to this album. The cost was paid in credibility. Green Day was banned from 924 Gilman Street, the Berkeley punk club that had been their home, for signing to a major label . The accusation of "selling out" followed them for years—a charge that now seems almost quaint in an era where every underground artist dreams of a TikTok moment. But at the time, it stung, and it illuminated the ideological fault lines within punk culture between purity and pragmatism. *Dookie* also influenced how rock sounded. The album's bright, compressed guitar tone became the template for pop-punk production for the next decade. The album proved that you could be loud and accessible at the same time, that punk's aggression didn't have to come with a side of impenetrability. Whether that's a positive legacy depends on how you feel about the wave of imitators it spawned. ### Pros and Cons **Pros:** - **Songwriting consistency**: From the opening salvo of "Burnout" through the final moments of "F.O.D.," *Dookie* rarely missteps. The singles are iconic, but album tracks like "She," "Coming Clean," and "In the End" hold their own . - **Instrumental chemistry**: Dirnt and Cool are not just a rhythm section—they're the album's secret weapon. The basslines are melodic, the drumming is inventive, and the interplay between the three musicians is tight without feeling sterile . - **Production clarity**: Cavallo and Finn's mix captures the band's live energy while maximizing the hooks. The guitar tone is one of rock's most distinctive, and every instrument sits perfectly in the mix . - **Lyrical honesty**: Armstrong writes about anxiety, boredom, and confusion without romanticizing or wallowing. The self-deprecating humor keeps the darkness from becoming oppressive . - **Historical impact**: Love it or hate it, *Dookie* changed the trajectory of rock music. Its influence on pop-punk, alternative rock, and mainstream music culture is immeasurable . **Cons:** - **Repetition**: The album's sonic palette is deliberately narrow. Some listeners find the guitar tone and rhythmic approach monotonous across fourteen tracks, and a few songs ("Sassafras Roots," "Emenius Sleepus") blur together . - **Filler**: The album's back half weakens. "In the End" and "Emenius Sleepus" feel like lesser versions of earlier tracks, and the hidden track "All by Myself" is more novelty than substance . - **Lyrical immaturity (to some ears)**: The obsession with masturbation, weed, and boredom can read as juvenile rather than honest, depending on your tolerance for teenage angst . The album's emotional range is narrow—if you're not in the mood for snotty self-deprecation, there's not much else here. - **"Having a Blast" has aged poorly**: What played as dark fantasy in 1994 reads differently now. The song's school-shooter-adjacent imagery is difficult to separate from subsequent real-world tragedies, even if Armstrong's narrator ultimately undercuts the violence . - **The "sellout" question**: For punk purists, *Dookie* remains a symbol of co-optation—the moment the underground went corporate. That's a philosophical objection rather than an artistic one, but it's part of the album's legacy whether you agree with it or not . ### The Verdict *Dookie* is not a perfect album. It repeats itself. It has filler. Its lyrical concerns are narrow, and one of its songs has become unintentionally uncomfortable. But perfection was never the point. The point was capturing a feeling—the specific, irreducible feeling of being young and bored and anxious and not quite sure what to do about any of it—and *Dookie* does that better than almost any record before or since. Thirty years on, it remains a foundational text of pop-punk, a commercial juggernaut that somehow retained its scrappy heart, and a document of a band that had no idea they were about to change everything. The fact that they did it with songs about masturbation and panic attacks only makes it sweeter.

Dookie is not only great in terms of moving punk (or post-punk or whatever) as a genre but it nails the feelings of inadequacy and alienation of early adulthood. No weak moments. Even the hits are so much better within the flow of the album.

An album of my childhood and teen years. It still holds up. Punk with a pop flavoring that kept rock in the 90s interesting. Also an absolute icon of slacker rock.

Classic punk rock album.

Forgot how many great songs were on there!

*Dookie* is pretty awesome. Probably the pinnacle of not only Green Day's career, but also the 90s punk resurgence. Nearly every song is a gem and Billy Joe Armstrong is seemingly incapable of writing a song that isn't catchy as hell. The hits are all great, but many of the deep cuts like "Burnout" and "She" are great songs in their own right. Still, it's hard to argue the greatness of "Longview", "Basket Case", and "When I Come Around". Pop punk perfection. 5 stars.

A hard-hitting punk-rock classic. Got me through a lot of angsty teenage phases. Starts out strong and the energy never lets up. Standouts: Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case

The sound of my childhood. It still holds up.

Would love to have been born just a few years earlier to experience this in my teens. So good

Great sound.

The intersection between Punk Rock rebellion and Bubblegum Pop sweetness create a somehow really straight forward result. In retrospect it makes a lot of sense that fast and sloppy power chords pair well with catchy and easy to sing melodies.

Het doorbraakalbum van Green Day uit de 90s, waar hun beginperiode uitstekend wordt geillustreerd. Ze komen uit de punkscene en dat is nog genoeg te horen in de liedjes. Het is redelijk snel (al is het voor punkrock zeker een tand trager) en de gitaar bestaat vaak maar uit een paar akkoorden. Maar die geven wel genoeg melodie om lekker te laten klinken. Wat Green Day zo goed maakt, is dat die catchy riffjes ondersteund worden door een geweldige ritmesectie. Tre Cool (die naam is ook zo'n typisch grapje uit de punkscene) is een fenomenale drummer en bassist Mike Dirnt legt de basis voor veel van de tracks. Bijv Longview dat bijna volledig bepaald door de baslijn. We horen in de overgang van Chump naar Longview ook al flarden van de epische rockoperasound, wat later veel op American Idiot terug te horen is. En ook Welcome to Paradise had zo op dat album kunnen staan. Ik vind Dookie een van de pareltjes van de jaren 90 en een album dat ik nog met enige regelmaat opzet. Heerlijk, genieten, 10 sterren! Al ben ook ik bevooroordeeld, want ik had de versie met het groene hoesje.

One of my favorite punk records of all time. Dookie is just so much relentless fun and I've never grown tired of this era of Green Day. Instantaneous energy throughout. Amazing vibes, great sense of humor and some killer riffs that leave me wanting more. The band earned their place at the top of the genre here. *Record Collection

Un disco que jamás pierde su fuerza y excepcional sentido melódico. Imposible entender cómo estos colgados que iban riéndose de sus propios pedos pudieron hacer semejante obra. Su mejor disco. Desde Burnout, pasando por clásicos como Basket case, Longview o Welcome to paradise o When i come around que hacen un disco impresicindible.

This was a massive record for me. I was just starting my teenage years when it was released and the pop hooks and attitude were absolutely irresistible. I bought Green Day's older records and really loved them - maybe even more than I loved Dookie. I lost touch with Green Day as I entered high school but hearing this album from start to finish again is a massive nostalgia trip. I think the tunes hold up after 30+ years. The songs are just too good.

Iconic

All day, every day

I love Green Day. My only regret is I haven’t seen them live. Three piece band that makes a lot of noise. A power punk group that has lots of gorgeous guitar hooks and power chords. Billy Joe Armstrong is a great vocalist and songwriter. Music appeals to disillusioned and alienated youth. Maybe some disillusioned and alienated adults too. The album was a critical and commercial success. Has a top ten song in When I come around. Basket Case and Long View were top 40 hits. The songs are short and powerful. Key songs Burnout: A good opening song. Sets the tone. Long View: fantastic song. Great lyrics: I’m so damn bored/ I am going blind!!! And I smell like shit. Welcome to Paradise: A letter to his Mom. Pretty funny and sarcastic. Basket Case: An amazing song. Once again great lyrics. I think I’m cracking up/ or am I just paranoid/ I’m just stoned. When I come around: an attempt at getting a hit. It worked!! Coming Clean: Perhaps talking about Billy Joe’s rehab experiences. How many times has Billy Joe been in rehab? I lost count. A great album. Every track is good. Five stars.

How many artists can say that they have FOUR of their most popular songs on a single record (one was a rerecord, but still)? Green Day can, and that's not even mentioning all the other bangers on here I've never heard. I think the first three songs were a bit samey, but from Longview on I was loving it. Amazing guitar, amazing drumming, and Billy Joe Armstrong always kills it on the mic. Favorite Track: Basket Case

It was good, I’ve heard a few songs from it before and liked it. More my type of music.

Green Day back when they were young and snotty - before they became old guys pretending to be young and snotty guys. My personal favorite of their albums.

I dish out a lot of dookie on 90s albums but there are enough I can count on two hands that are pretty special to me. I remember buying this album on cassette in 1994, and I instantly loved it. I worked manufacturing and could listen to my Walkman all day long. This tape got some heavy rotation back in those days. I eventually saw them on tour for the follow up album Insomniac. That cassette is long gone, so today I am listening to it on a light blue vinyl pressing. Sounds fantastic, and I still know all the words.

great guitar sound, very fun bass throughout and great catchy writing I really like every song on this album, it could be a greatest hits compilation and next to enema of the state it's one of the best pop punk records you can put on I love to put dookie in my ears

Loved this album. Great songs, great vibe, just amazing. My favorite is Welcome to paradise

Этот культовый альбом в стиле альтернативного рока, вошедший в историю рока 90-х, до сих пор звучит невероятно хорошо. Наполненный культовыми треками, известными большинству, он создает атмосферу креативных басовых партий, мощных гитарных риффов и сильных барабанных ритмов. Альбом выделяется среди других рок-альбомов своей эпохи благодаря чистому, но энергичному звучанию, идеально дополняющему вокал Билли Джо Армстронга. Энергия юности, воспоминания обо всех фильмах а-ля "Американский пирог" и иже с ним в этом альбоме. Любимые треки: " Basket case","In the end" Заказан CD Green Day "Dookie", 1994 год, 10/10 #слушал

An absolute treat and an easy 5 stars. I think it's a perfect album

Consistent classics front to back. This album has meant so much to me and my musical journey that I could write several long paragraphs here explaining it. But no one wants that, so I’ll just say 5 stars.

Simply just one of the best damn albums of the 90's, full stop. Solid 5 Stars.

It’s obviously a 10. I mean, look, American Idiot is the more polished & more bombastic album. Their songwriting improved tenfold by then & their storytelling quite genuinely got made into a Broadway musical. If you want a pure injection of Green Day though, you gotta go right to this album. Hell, you only really need to go to “Basket Case” & “When I Come Around” if you want a minor hit, and until now, those were the only 2 songs I’d heard off of this album. Going in, I knew it would be good, and I was hoping it would be great. It ended up being fantastic. This is 38 minutes of angsty punk-pop that’s screaming out to the moody slackers & underachievers of the world that they’re seen, they’re heard, and they’re honestly just fine. These are all so straightforward that the lyrics barely matter; yes, they help to set tones for each track, but you can pick up on what Billie’s singing. The thing that drives this album, by far, is the guitar work & the masterful drum work from Tre Cool. The bass is underrated as hell, for the record, and REALLY enhances all of these tracks (thank you Mike Dirnt), but… man, Tre Cool’s drumming is incredible here. He manages to control the pace of every single track & the push & pull of every line, and his ability to break out into a full fill on a whim gives this album the edge that made it so appealing to the Nirvana generation. Billie’s guitar work is great, obviously. The opening riff of “When I Come Around” gets me amped up every single time, and he’s got moments like that in spades throughout this album. It all comes together to make punk-pop perfection. That’s really about it. If you get it, you get it. If you don’t, F.O.D. It’s one of the easiest 10’s I could possibly give here. Genuinely, a seminal album of the 1990s & one that’s more than deserving to be on the list. Thank goodness I finally heard it in full.

very 200s trashy white boy core, love

Debate the "pop/punk" label all you want, who fuggin cares, this one's simply front to back bangers. In your face guitar, catchy hooks (oh no! Couldn't POSSIBLY be punk...), just let go of all that bullshit and let this one infect you. Try not to drum on the steering wheel too hard.

As a (mostly) disillusioned young man in his 20s, it feels like this record was written for me. So, so well produced (thank you Rob Cavallo). Conceptually really strikes a chord, almost like the band is speaking to you with its excellent lyricism (i.e. Are you locked up in a world that's been planned out for you?/Are you feeling like a social tool without a use?/Scream at me until my ears bleed/I'm taking heed just for you). Punk masterpiece!

Banger

This one takes me back. Whether or not this is punk or not is not a debate I wish to engage in. This is just a great rock record filled with bangers. 5/5

The first album i ever bought myself on CD, and Green Day were my first favorite band. I remember poring over the cover art and the lyrics book, listening to it again and again. It still holds up for me. Yeah, theyre a lot more poppy than punk overall, but unlike hardcore punk, these guys can play. Mike Dirnt's bass riffage and Tre Cool's impressive fills carry this thing. Nostalgia definitely a factor in my rating here but it's easily Green Day's best

Finally, an album I can grab off my shelf. I still love it!

Hehe

An iconic alt rock album that helped define rock in the 90s, this album still holds up incredibly well. Full of iconic tracks most people know, this one just feels like a vibe of creative bass lines, powerful guitar riffs, and strong drum beats, this album shines above other rock albums of its era through a clean but energetic sound that compliments the vocals perfectly.

My go-to “I need to blow off some steam” record. Can’t really be objective with this one. I love this record front to back. Nostalgic, well produced, catchy. Perfect length. Maybe it’s a bit same-y to some, but that’s kind of the charm to me. 5/5.

I'm pretty sure this album is hard coded in my DNA.

I play it on runs when I need a kick up the backside, I play it on late night drives when I need to stay awake, but mostly I listen to it any place any time I want to hear three guys having the time of their lives.

Real deal songwriting wrapped up in sweet, lean pop punk. Each of these songs is an explosive capsule of hooks and bratty honesty. Definitively all-killer-no-filler. The enduring hits and album cuts both are back to front bangers. Sometimes a band sells out, makes some major label garbage, and loses everything; sometimes they make a legacy-establishing album. I could not be less interested in the debate about what is punk and what isn’t. Who fucking cares? Get in the pit.

My personal happy place, Dookie is the ultimate comfort album (for me); it brings back a multitude of emotions associated with the growing pains of my younger years.

Alright, apparently I landed on the punk channel after that one. This album comes exactly a week to the day after I got American Idiot, and in my opinion, I think it still holds up very well. I’d already heard the whole album before, but I haven’t listened to it in a while. The main thing that I feel like makes this album stick is the lack of pretension in the songs. Other music I listen to is more experimental and has a bunch of parts, while some other punk bands can kind of go out of their way to rag on older music and act better than they are, but Green Day strikes the perfect balance, they sing universal songs that the listener can identify with. They play songs about how boring it can be to be a teenager, and that clicks with a lot of people. Songs like Burnout and Coming Clean, two of my standout tracks, really show this struggle of finding your identity at such a weird time in your life. The album is also very bass heavy, with Mike Dirnt’s playing being the glue that holds a lot of the songs together. I also enjoy a lot of the drumming, which really punctuates songs like Welcome to Paradise, which is also helped by the iconic guitar riff. The lyrics on this album are also part of the reason it’s great, as you can put your own experiences into the songs. Except maybe Having A Blast, my final standout track, maybe don’t put yourself into the mindset of that one. Overall, I honestly think this album, although different than American Idiot, holds up in it’s own unique way that makes it a great listen. Now, I’m FO to the next album.

classic

Bangers. All bangers. Amazing album. One of their best. One of the best punk albums.

Easily the greatest pop punk record of all times. Sorry, Jawbreaker ...

Un clásico del punk, que cantidad de grandes temas, iba a poner 4, pero demole ese 5 que hijueputas

obrigada por salvar minha vida, 1001 albums

What a great album. Nonstop bangers and one weird song at the end but we'll ignore that one.

Um daqueles discos que soa exatamente como sua capa. Caótico, explosivo, empolgante e hiperestimulante. Punkzaço com uma simpatia forte pelo Pop. Melodias incessantes, e um disco que não te deixa respirar nem por um segundo. Pedrada atrás de pedrada. Dito isso, eu já conhecia Green Day. Pensei que já conseguia ouvir o álbum na minha cabeça mesmo sem nunca ter o escutado, só pela familiaridade que eu tinha com algumas canções da banda, e um de seus discos American Idiot. Fui totalmente enganado. O que mais me surpreendeu nesse álbum foi o quão complexas algumas das composições são, no contexto de um disco pop-punk. Há pontes instrumentais realmente impressionantes nesse álbum, com destaque para o brilhante baixo de Dirnt e a percussão de Cool. Pode falar o que quiser, tem algo muito tentador em ouvir uma música punk com um vocalista que sabe cantar. Com refrões que realmente soam bem. É uma incrível raridade por motivos um tanto quanto toscos, a respeito de “autenticidade” e outras baboseiras. Mas Armstrong faz o que precisa ser feito aqui, com passagens brilhantes. Influência Beatleniana presente! 5/5

Great songwriting, catchy, but with a slight edge. Also a stone-cold classic in its genre. 5.0/5.0: Iconic

one of my favorites

LOVE THIS!

4.7. Love it. So much nostalgia. Pop punk before it got too poppy.

From the front cover of the CD through to the hidden track this is a classic. This album has been with me since my early teens and I still love it. 'Welcome To Paradise' was always my favourite but nowadays Dookie is best played loud, from start to finish

A seminal album growing up. A gateway into the alt scene for this elder emo. Just 38 minutes of unfiltered adolescent joy. It’s kinda sad to see what Green Day have become when they were at this level, but then times change and people move on. No one can deny them this though, one of the best pop punk albums out there. 10/10, no notes.

Ya lo escuche lo volvi a escuchar increible

Okay, it's a nostalgic rating, but idc

This is where my love of pop punk started at the ripe old age of 11 lol. I hadn't listened in a long time and was surprised by how short the songs are. Some real deep cut gems in here. What the hell, why not: 5

So many hits pop punk but I really like them

Oh man this is so good. So very very good. Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, loved this album. If there was a party at someone's house in 94/95, then this was going on. Probably 2 or 3 times. 5 stars for the memories, 5 stars for the songs

A favorite since it came out

Spomnim se, da mi je bil American Idiot dejansko ful bolj všeč, kot sm pričakovala (pa mislim, da ne velja za fan favourite?), tko da mam kinda high hopes. (Sm šla gledat moj history - 4 zvezdice sm mu dala & všeč mi je blo bobnanje - kar so v tistem trenutku glih najbol hudi v "Burnout".) Fak, kot najstnica sm s tega albuma poznala samo "Basket Case" and it was a cool song, bolj mi je poznan American Idiot od takrat. Kar mi je škoda, ker so far (pri "Chump" sm) me vsak komad na neki točki začne presenečat. A so mi dejansko Green Day ful všečen band? Omg, glihkar je bil seamless transition med komadi in bas linija mi je amazing (morm priznat sicr, muska mi zmer zveni ful boljš, ko poslušam na slušalke ali kadim, dons je pa a double whammy, people). Fuck me, vsak komad je dobr. Ok, "Pulling Teeth" mi ni tok potegnil. Aaa, "When I Come Around" valjda tud poznam. Bobni so mi spet hudi ("Emenius Sleepus", "In the End"). "All by Myself" me spomne na Daniel Johnstona.

Hell yeah brother, put this in my veinssssss Bottled nostalgia. Even the new songs (to me) felt cozy and familiar. What a joy to go further back into a favorite band’s catalogue and not be disappointed. Olivia Cooke voice: “Oh, stunning!”

Classic

Certified Banger. Everyone knows this album rips I am not going to waste time restating the obvious.

Such an amazing album. Literally the first half is just banger after banger. The balance between Punk and Pop is ridiculous. Favorites were: Burnout, Pulling Teeth, She, FOD, When I Come Around and Basket Case. Listened to it 3 times.

Still slaps

yall know Green Day, I don't need to describe them. One of if not their best album. it's close between American Idiot and Dookie, imo. Green Day puts on a hell of a concert. My friends review reminded me of just how good 1994 was for music. This is yet another example of music's greatest year ever.

Another standout of 1994, the greatest year in music (IMHO). This album alongside Offspring's Smash and Weezer's blue album (all 1994 releases) are the prime entries in the soundtrack of my adolescence. These albums defined the era. The sound was fresh and new and the albums were masterpieces in their own rights. Interestingly enough, none of these artists maintained much appeal for me beyond these albums (Offspring's Ixnay on the Hombre being the key exception), but these albums are still favorites of mine, and I've since purchased all of them (again) on vinyl. Do yourself a favor and try all 3 together and you'll get a taste of the zeitgeist of middle-school in 1994, smoking under the bleachers at the track.

A monumental album that probably did more than any other to usher in the pop-punk era that I reveled in during my teens and twenties. "dookie" is much better than blink-182's early stuff and came out 5 years before "Enema of the State." 4 years before Jimmy Eat World's "Clarity." The Offspring's "Smash" came out the same year but didn't have as many absolute bangers. Thank you, Green Day. I haven't spun up this whole album in a while, so I was wondering how well it would hold up. The answer is: quite well. 4 all-time great songs, a handful of good ones, and a tight 38-minute runtime. Yeah, that'll work. An easy 5.

Nostalgic 5 great album

Of course

While I don’t think it’s a 10/10 album, this remains one of my favorites and is a solid 9.

My love for Green Day predates me properly finding music as a passion and a key part of my life. I often think of getting into the Arctic Monkeys when I was 13 or 14 as the gateway drug to the rest of my music taste, and they were definitely the first band I was properly hooked on and felt resonated with me. But before that, I was listening to Green Day and Led Zeppelin. I remember having their albums on iTunes back in the day. Dookie is an absolutely brilliant album. Fast, punchy, catchy, energetic pop punk. It holds up so well. I haven’t listened to it back to front for many years but I’m glad I have again.

Gostei de conhecer o álbum inteiro. Já tinha ouvido várias músicas.

would have loved this when i was 15

Love it

Such a good album and I don’t think any skips on it. Green Day is hella nostalgic

Only Green Day album I've listened to entirely before. Despite not being a punk guy, pop punk is really fun.

This was a very formative album for me. It brought me back to middle school when I was first getting into music and developing my own individual taste. It's a classic and always worth the listen!

Stone cold pop punk classic. Green Day at their finest!

An all-time favorite album of mine. This just rocks from start to finish and takes me back to high school.

Bangers from start to end.

The best Green Day album

Great album. Pretty important for 90s pop punk. Although I find myself liking it less than I used to. Still 5 stars though.

Good ass album should have listened to this much sooner. honestly I didn't recognize like any of it except for a couple, but in all sounded so familiar to me

J’ai ADORÉ. En même temps difficile de pas être séduite par du rock aussi dansant. Cet album rejoint direct mes coups de cœurs. Mention spéciale pour « when i come around »

Nice

quite neat to get my favourite band on the very first day 😁 dookie is a classic and i'm very biased towards it, but i think it's incredible.

9 - EXCELLENT

Banger

Un gran disco. Temas alegres, pero no tontos como luego sería la tendencia de bandas como blink 182. Me gustaba, tocaba temas suyos en esa época

Childhood fave, adulthood fave, forever fave

Dit is echt gewoon een punk classic met de meeste hoeveelheid nostalgie mogelijk

Already have listened to it before, a favorite album of mine, if it wasn't for all by myself it would've been a 10/10, it's like a 9.5/10

Perhaps the album I listened to in its entirety the most times of all. So of course there can only be one correct rating for it. 5/5

4.5 rounded up

Adolescent

A masterpiece

One of my favorite albums of all time. First CD I ever owned, so definitely has some nostalgia for me and is probably the first album I listened to that branched away from what my parents listened to. I can listen to this album at least once a week and not get bored. Every song on here is great.

Dynamite album. There is not a bad track to be found on this album. Green Day took the Ramones blueprint and updated it to reflect the issues facing Gen X and eventually Millennials as those generation s came of age in a new era of punk rock. This album also defined the pop-punk movement of the late 90s and early 00s.

Hate the politics love the album

No. 209 Every song could have been a single. Track one starts running and each after continues the trend. It's hit after hit and on this list for a reason.

Always great!

This is my favorite Green Day album. The humor, the angst, the social and personal criticisms; I love everything about it. Each song shows their distinct style and Gen X sensibilities. The vocals are incredible, the drums and bass are frenetic and wonderful. I listen to it regularly, still.

I'm surprised how many tracks I'd forgotten over the years. Some came flooding back on this listen. This was one of my early introductions to punk of any kind. Before Green Day I was mostly listening to grunge and other alternative. This borders all those sounds so well. The lyrics and stories were also relatable in my teen angst. It became a heavy hitter on my walkman. Most remembered: Longview Welcome To Paradise Basket Case She When I Come Around All By Myself

Too many classic pop songs of great value not to love this. This is about as small a percentage of punk that punk-pop can have. But it doesn't stop it from being any less fun or brilliant.

Yep, yep, yep 👍

4.5/5 This is one of my most listened too albums. I remember I only had a few cds in my car when I was younger and this was one of them, so it got a trashing. I haven't listened to it in a long time but it's still as good as it was all those years ago.

This is such an epic record. It’s one that punk purists can respect despite the pop elements, it’s accessible enough for pop fans to get into punk, it’s smart enough and musically interesting enough for snobs, and it’s chock full of hits enough for tremendous commercial success. One of the definitive albums of the 90’s.

luv it

Top!!!🙋‍♂️😃👍🌞

Actually great.

First CD I ever owned

DO YOU HAVE THE TIME TO LISTEN TO ME WHINE Never listened to much Green Day. I was missing out Favorite Songs: Burnout, Basket Case, She

Self-awarely stupid, but oh my god it really is so much fun...

iconic. unparalleled. a little weaker in the second half but the first half is so strong you can overlook it. "burnout" for best opening track of all time??????? a treat to listen to on this list and sooo deserved. just ignore the album title ok

fuck yeah, i love this album. i could go on for hours about it but ultimately, this is one of the greatest punk rock albums ever and absolutely deserving of its spot at the top (rated) of this list. favorites: everything except the silence between f.o.d and all by myself lol. the best songs that have under 100M plays on spotify (is it a "deep cut" if 24 million people have heard it?) are burnout, pulling teeth, sassafras roots, and coming clean. go check those out.

Love love love, their best album and one of my all times favourites

10/10 I already like greenday

It's hard to overstate how huge of a deal this album was, even before it came out. Green Day signing to a major label after starting in the militantly DIY East Bay punk scene was massively controversial, the very definition of a '90s tempest in a teacup. But Green Day always seemed poised for bigger things, and Dookie more than delivered. It was the first Green Day album I could listen to in one sitting without getting annoyed—their other stuff quickly got tiresome—and it was fucking ubiquitous after it hit. I'll never forget lying on my bed in my dorm room with the door open, and hearing someone at one end of the hall start up "When I Come Around," then a minute later, someone at the other end of the hall start playing it at the same time. You couldn't escape these songs. Coming back now, I better appreciate the album tracks like "Burnout" "Chump," and "She." "F.O.D." was always one of my favorites. What's truly crazy is these dudes are still around and relevant 30+ years later. We all may have secretly known Green Day was destined for big things, but no one expected this longevity. Good for them.

giving this one a 5, because this list doesn't have insomniac

absolutely foundational for me and one of the reasons I started playing bass mike dirnt goes truly insane on this record

Back to back bangers really. 90s Green Day were fantastic

Fun youthful exuberance

5/5 stars. absolute classic.

Two stars, Lowell, two! That’s insane.

Easy five.

One of my favorite albums ever!

Todas las canciones son increíbles, prácticamente inmejorable.

I long for the days when Green Day was good.

sonic the hedgehog's fav green day album, probably. a little puerile but so am i. fav: basket case

Green Day is my all time favorite band. I own all of their albums from American Idiot on. Although I don’t own this album, I still really like it and I know/own a lot of the songs on it. I own Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case, When I Come Around, and Pulling Teeth. I also knew She and All By Myself.

Занятно, что на 100м альбоме марафона я ждал что-то особенное, знаковое, чтобы прям символично подвести черту под первой сотней. Но тот альбом оказался совершенно не в меня. Не буду судить о его значимости, так как ничего про эту артистку не знаю, но даже писать ничего не захотелось. Но зато на 101м альбоме я получил как раз то, чего ждал за день до этого. Значимость Dookie сложно переоценить, но сейчас многие даже не в курсе, что с него вообще начался весь поп-панк. Тогда такого термина даже не существовало. Вместе с альбомом The Offspring "Smash" (тоже третьим в дискографии группы), вышедшим на 2 месяца позже, эти два релиза произвели фурор и вернули панк-рок обратно в мейнстрим, положив начало целому поджанру, который уже чуть позже в нулевых станет едва ли не главной музыкой для нового поколения (включая меня). Хотя сами Green Day к тому моменту уже переключатся на рок-оперы. Рецепт успеха - смешивание сырого звука и DIY-эстетики с поп-мелодиями - кажется довольно простым, но далеко не всем пришелся по вкусу. Трушные панки конечно не приняли такую музыку, а клуб 924 Gilman Street, в котором выступали многие молодые панк-коллективы, альма-матер Green Day, тупо их забанили. Это было сурово и довольно болезненно для группы - представьте, если бы CBGB забанили Ramones. Одумались только в 2015 году. Но грины уже были не в обиде, и дали там примирительный концерт. Возвращаясь к альбому, Билли Джо смог по максимуму использовать цепляемость поп-музыки и динамику панка в каждом треке. Реально, если такая музыка в принципе нравится, то каждая песня может прийтись по душе. Материал очень сильный для жанра и нигде не проседает. Подростковые тематики типа секса, скуки и непонимания что делать со своей жизнью находят отклик у подростков и спустя 30 лет. При этом хватает и хитов, выделяющихся на фоне остального альбома: Longview со знаменитой басовой партией, которую Майк написал под веществами, бодрая When I Come Around, перезаписанная в качестве Welcome to Paradise с предыдущего альбома, ну и конечно Basket Case, которая стала пропеллером успеха группы и жанра в целом. Мало какая песня у меня настолько сильно ассоциируется с 9-10 классом, так что для меня это конечно особенный трек и особенный альбом. Запоздало поздравляю всех выживших с первой пройденной сотней, осталось совсем ничего, еще 9 раз столько же) интересно, что будут подкидывать дальше

Great definitive album for Green Day. Enjoyed the full listen, Welcome to Paradise is great, among other hits. Drum driven often but interesting moments in most tracks, distinct writing.

Apparently it had been a minute since I've listened to this album as some of the tracks were more alien to me than I expected. Still bangers tho. The big standout on this album for me has always been Welcome to Paradise which has one of the best bridges of all time, I lose my shit every time that ride cymbal comes in without fail.

Nostalgia pick but love this album. Sure it could be improved a bit, didn't love the evening, but loved the listen

Incredible album. Heard it front to back live a few years back and it was just as great as the studio tracks. A must listen for all music listeners

Mon ami dit que toute les tounes ressemblent à Born to be Wild. Ce que je ne comprends pas pas c'est qu'il le dit de façon négative.

one of the first albums i listened to fully as a kid. A+

Must listen to this once a month.

rough, und genau so wie punk rock klingen muss!

One of the first albums I ever fell in love with. Pop punk perfection from start to finish

Can't believe the band were only 4 years old when they wrote and performed it. Beggars belief

5 stars the first few hundred times i listened to it, and today it was still 5 stars. Who woulda thought.

Every second of this album is absolutely insane and I can’t think of a single flaw. Just a very iconic album. The riffs are pretty simple sure, but they’re so fun and energetic. Billy Joe Armstrong also does a good job here, his kids low-energy, “lazy” vocal delivery may seem like it’d contrast the instrumentation, but they’re work surprisingly well together.

Slight bias as this album holds alot of nostalgia for me. But still this album holds up exceptionally well, it's clever, heartfelt, era defining and just all around pure joy to Listen too.

A+

Welcome to Paradise!

One of those days where there was absolutely no need for me to listen to the album to rate it (but I did anyway). Spoilers; this is a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ album for me. Of all the albums ever released, Dookie probably had the biggest impact on me. I expect I have listened to this album more times in my life than any other record. Following me dipping my toes into rock with Grave Dancers Union by Soul Asylum, Dookie fundamentally changed the genres of music I listened to. As a teenager I made it extremely clear to my parents that should I die young, I wanted the lyric "She screamed in silence" written on my gravestone. I still have multiple 7" singles from this record (one including a sticker sheet I never used as I never had anything precious enough to justify using it on). It was, for a little while, my whole world. As a middle aged Mum, I still listen to Dookie. It is a perfect pop-punk album. It arguably created pop-punk as a mainstream genre. And on that topic, fuck those people who still accuse Green Day of "selling out" - I was a 14 year old in England when Dookie was released, so without them releasing an album on a major label I never would have heard this. This was still pre-music downloads but post MTV and so opportunities to discover new music were more limited. Top Of The Pops was how I heard Green Day, and that genuinely improved my life. People could, and do, dismiss Green Day as just playing 3 power chords, but they have a perfect ear for melody and harmony. The baselines are great (Longview is fantastic for this), the backing vocals are perfect, Tre is a brilliant rock drummer and it still feels weird to me that he wasn't the original drummer. The topics are often fairly standard for people in their late teens/early 20s (love, drugs, just wasting your time away with nothing to do) but Billie Joe has always written with more nuance. The fact he was writing a song about coming out as bisexual (Coming Clean) in the mid 90s, on a major label, is surprising to say the least. I cannot pick a favourite song off this album. In fact I don't think I ever really listen to a single song: if I start this album, I finish it. That being said, I sang and played When I Come Around in a school concert so it has a special place in my heart. I was a very quiet, unconfident and shy kid, who certainly didn't want attention. Singing and playing an acoustic guitar in front of room full of my peers was terrifying - but I did it. This is the album that soundtracked my awkward teenage years (prior to my awkward adult years). It is extremely weird listening to this on streaming though, and not having to fast forward my cassette to get to the hidden track of Tre singing All By Myself while Mike and Billie Joe giggle. This isn't even my favourite Green Day album (once again, shout-out to Warning!) but I do think there's a good chance that when I finish this 1001 album project, this will be what I pick as my favourite overall musical experience because it means so much to me. 5/5

A bit of nostalgia clouds my judgement but, yes, I think this one of the best

One of my favorite albums ever! Has so many good songs! Classic through and through!I can listen to this album and pretty much any of theirs anytime

Classic album, listened to it a lot in the car on my way to school. All the instruments sound great, great vocals and lyrics. Would return to Dook

The album cover has dookie on it. Poop. It eventually went double diamond. Do you know how good the music has to be for the general population to just look over the fact the album is named after and features on the cover, POOP! There's so many memories with this one. A whole new musical world opened for me and I became obsessed with pop punk. Many summers spent browsing YouTube for music videos of Green Day, blink-182, Sum 41, and Yellowcard. It's a damn shame none of those other 3 bands got to be on the list. Pop punk is a huge part of the late 90s and early 2000s, and those are some obvious choices. The band I'm in played a lot of Green Day covers, mostly from this album. "Burnout" was my favorite to play. These guys are good, they know how to make something groove, and fun. It gives everything the extra oomph to make it even more hype. I just want to play it. Tre Cool on drums and Mike Dirnt on bass sound like their having the time of their lives. The outro to "Chump", the fun bass on "When I Come Around", the many drum solos Tre Cool has. Fuckin' hell this record is good. Total opposite of dookie. I still think blink-182 self titled is the best pop punk record though, but this is the most important

Bay Area band, which I found out recently when they performed at the Super Bowl. I enjoyed this one. It reminded me of the Arctic Monkeys album from a while back in the sense that it has a lot of good songs but the most recognizable song isn’t on it.

The blistering speed of Tré, the dancing basslines of Dirnt, the nihilistic drawl of Billy... A perfect combination for taking themes of loneliness, boredom and anxiety everyone feels growing up, and owning them.

I bought this CD in 94, having never heard a single second of Green Day before, based entirely on a magazine review that called it "the return of punk". I got it home, listened to it, and HATED it. I was expecting Sex Pistols or the Misfits and what the hell is this? I didn't listen to it or any other Green Day by choice for years afterwards. Then one day I heard them on the radio or something and...I got it. It clicked into place that this was A) nothing like any punk I'd known before and yet also B) still punk as fuck. I went back and relistened to that dusty copy of Dookie that I never got rid of and fell in love. I've been a fan ever since. Five stars for the ability to learn from one's mistakes.

One of the best punk albums to ever come out. Really reframed California punk, and influenced every punk band for the next decade.

Listened to before? Yes Context? Album full of 90s hits, a major label debut from a young punk band that achieved unexpected major success and brought punk mainstream amongst the brooding sounds of "grunge." *Reviewed in a holistic format* When we were little, my mom would play Dookie for my brother and me on car rides. She thought it would be tolerable for us, as we'd rejected every other punk band she tried to play for us (Dead Kennedys, MxPx, Hole, Minor Threat, Descendants, Sex Pistols...) save for the Ramones. She was right—it was tolerable—but I still asked her to turn it off. It sounded too much like that upbeat, careless music people in movies got into car crashes to. It stressed me out; the pop hooks and East-Bay-Johnny-Rotten vocals were the calm before the storm. While I now like every single band mentioned above, at the time, the only music I knew was what my gym teacher played while we ran laps. Still, despite my lack of knowledge, Green Day managed to get their point across. Like many young punks, this was the album that brought me into the genre. It was my go-to throughout my very early teens. From the very beginning of "Burnout" ("I declare I don't care no more/I'm burning up and out and growing bored") there was something instantly compelling about this album. Despite the discussions of panic attacks, poverty, anger, and the like, this was the lighter side of alternative rock, and I realized that before I even knew what "alternative rock" meant. It talked about anxiety and queer identity. It talked about anger and disillusionment with the world around you. It was lazy and pissed off and suburban and relentlessly catchy. It even had some cool drum fills just for the heck of it. While simple and not carrying the same emotional weight as other 90s albums (for example, Live Through This, The Downward Spiral, and Dummy all came out within just the same year) Dookie has a singularity to it. No other band has been able to replicate it, try as they might. And man, they really have tried. What Green Day is excellent at is the sheer breadth of emotion their songs cover. Any Green Day song worth its salt will fit into just about any circumstance, whether it be a road trip sing-along or a long day at school. Dookie does this better than any other Green Day album. While it may not have the stylistic diversity as Nimrod, or the high concept of American Idiot, there is a distilled, human essence in this album. The boredom. The frustration. The biting-at-your-nails anxiety. It's all relentlessly and beautifully casual. Green Day isn't a go-to band for me anymore, but they will always hold a special place in my heart. And I've gotten over my fear of playing them in the car, and now I blast this album through the speakers, alongside some Dead Kennedys, MxPx, Hole, Minor Threat, Descendants, Sex Pistols...

Classic

Boom!!!

Such an amazing album, one of my favorites from childhood. I think it holds up just as well as it used to, but I think this is another five star.

“Chump” really made me take notice - and then the better known songs began. A lot of energetic fun. 4.5

Me encantó! Me hizo recordar a mi adolescencia <3

5 stars.

I love this album. Probably my favourite Green Day album. Just has so many bangers on it from Burnout to Welcome to Paradise to Basket Case and When I Come Around. Just so many good songs!

Loved it

Remember listening to this as a kid, still as hard 30 years later

I’d drifted away from heavy rock in the ’90s until a workmate—proper old‑school British punk—threw Dookie my way. I ended up playing it nonstop. The riffs, the energy, the cheekiness… it was exactly what I didn’t realise I’d been missing. Years later, when my daughter got into Green Day during the American Idiot era, all that excitement came rushing back. I haven’t heard Dookie in ages, but every time I revisit it, it still sounds fantastic: fast, fun, and full of spark.

This album is iconic, idc what anyone says

Dude remember when rock was simple impulsive and fun? Crazy times man. And I didnt know When I Come Around was from this album and it made me love it even more. Best rec so far

I liked this way better than I thought I would! Honestly, I think I like it more than American Idiot. Dookie feels purely authentic; the sound is crisp and well-produced. The final track threw me off, though. Every other track was entertaining, catchy and energetic. this is a solid 4.5/5, rpounding up to a 5 because I liked it more than American Idiot. Fav tracks: Burnout, Chump, Pulling Teeth, She, When I Come Around

I'm So Damn Bored, I'm Going Blind 1001 Albums Generator 257 (3/27/2026) The above lyrics represent the opposite of the Dookie listening experience. It's the perfect pop punk album. Every element here is just amazing, from the provocative lyrics to the surprisingly technical rhythm section on display (especially in Tre Cool's drumming), Dookie is a quintessential melding of all things that make good pop punk great. Some people say there's filler on this album, and while Sassafras Roots and Emenius Sleepus aren't as memorable as the other tracks here, they're still catchy. In addition to the hits (Longview, Welcome To Paradise, Basket Case, and When I Come Around), so many of the most genius songs here are the deeper cuts. Burnout is a personal favorite, and Having A Blast is probably the most fun song ever about being a terrorist (in a similar vain, have you ever heard domestic violence put to as jolly a tune as Pulling Teeth?). I also love the acoustic guitar in the first half of F.O.D. before the inevitable switch-up. I have so many fond memories with this album, as it was in my dad's CD collection, and I remember staring at the details in the cover for hours while it played. I pretty much know every word on this thing. All By Myself is annoying and dumb, but not enough to bring this album down from anything other than a 5/5. Just skip the joke song at the end. It was a hidden track on the CD anyway. Favs: Burnout Longview Basket Case Least Fav: All By Myself

I can feel the sun of California in these songs. What a masterclass. Every time I play Dookie, it’s like experiencing an assault of hits. Life just feels more fun with early Green Day, despite the nihilism.

Not my favorite Green Day album, but still a 5/5 album for me!

One of my favorites, always a pleasure to listen to this.

yeah. a classic, better with every listen

JOYA, nada malo con este disco. 11/10. Icono del punk/rock. Canciones icónicas, riffs icónicos, todo icónico. Una belleza, escucharlo completo siempre es y será un deleite y una gozadera, te guste o no el genero. GRAN disco.

Epic

Absolutely brilliant

I never expected to be so excited seeing a Green Day album pop up on this generator, especially one I haven't heard before. I absolutely loved it. There's not a single bad song here. Every track is incredibly catchy, unique, and the music just freaking rocks. I would gladly listen to it again, and I added a bunch of these tracks to my playlist immediately. This album was such a pleasant surprise.

Great stuff. Short, to the point, and hard hitting. Lots of hits, big splash of 90’s nostalgia.

The Sex Pistols with harmonies. Only less anarchy and more whiney. But it works. And works well. I remember seeing these guys on the Kerplunk tour in 1991 at a small club…selling their own cassette tapes. So it was always cool to see them stick to their pop-punk trio feel on this major label debut. A great nostalgia bomb that has me answering: yes, I do have the time to listen to you whine.

Hell. Yes. I like this alot. Not a bad song on this front to back and a couple legendary hits. I could go on and on but I would like to dedicate this review to Tré Cool. He plays so fast with so much energy and the fills (particularly on the snare are greatness). And he does it all while looking like he’s going to have a heart attack. All by myself cracks me up everytime I hear it. 4.75

Pure 90’s nostalgia. Memories of watching Basket Case video on MTV. Great tunes. Simpler times. 4.25/5

Top 5 album of the 1990's. Not the first California-punk band, but the biggest and probably the best. I saw them perform this live in its entirety in 2024 for the 30th Anniversary tour, and everything about it holds up.

What a record! A beautifully concise collection of music, a moment in time.

*Monkey looks down upon his dookie* Throw? Green Day's best album is called dookie! HA! The first time I was introduced to the Day of Green, I was 14 & I witnessed the video for Basket Case. The hyper-colorized video, the eyes on the members pop, especially Billie Joe's green ones. The way that they put each band member in the main room of the mental institution, Tre Cool wheeled into his Drum kit in a wheelchair. The nervous twitches from Armstrong as the slow build into the chorus. The energy & insanity of that video is crazy. Then my adolescent mind could barely comprehend the weird puffy faced Chinese baby patients that show up. Insane first impression. Brilliant & I loved Green Day ever since. One last thing, Green Day hails from Oakland, CA. Why the fuck does he sound British when he sings? Blew my mind as a teen that Armstrong was from Cali. The infamous Secret Song (All By Myself) is a creepy as fuck song about masterbation (again), in which he sounds like Kermitt the Frog. It's so weird, I love it. I love the line: Magic Man, Egocentric Plastic Man in Chump

The definitive punk-rock record.

This album is a must for every teenager. It's fun, it's angry, it's manic. It's brilliant.

This list has been on a great streak for me. All time pop punk classic. Favourite songs: Chump, Basket Case, When I Come Around

Puta vida, agora sim. Até arregalei o olho. Álbum fudido, do início ao fim animado, muita música foda. Mais um daqueles que fico pensando, que inspiração fudida veio na hora pros caras fazerem tanta música hit diferente. Tá quase todas as músicas no Rank S. Músicas que ouvi desde da infância, e até hoje me impressionam. Épico, um dos melhorinhos do universo.

Best of the best. No notes

Relistening to this since the 90's was a treat. Kicked off that whole pop punk thing. Clean harmonies, angsty lyrics, fun time all around, what's not to love?

This is the sound of nostalgia

Ahhhh now you are talking. I remember this coming out. I had it on Cassette! Burnout is a great album starter and should have been a bigger song Longview is a great tune. Welcome to paradise has always been one of my favs Basket Case - say no more When I come around - the guitar sound is amazing as is the song

So good

Yesssss such a classic! I feel like this album has gotten better over time.

Bisexual king shit.

Easily the most iconic album from my youth. For some reason everyone I knew had more than one Dookie CD. There isn't a moment of filler here. Easiest 5 star to date.

I first heard _Basket Case_ when it was all over MTV on the same holiday in Austria that I first heard _Black Hole Sun_. I bought this album on CD on my return and of course, loved it! Just such a fun album, great hooks, pure simplicity. I once argued the GD were essentially a pop band and given what they later became, I think I was pretty accurate! Fast forward 5-10 years and I spent a long time in the 2000s and 2010s not listening to it. I don't think what they became helped in that regard as I have a tendency to shun bands that get very popular. But I put this on again for the first time in a long time a few years back and it was just instant sing-a-long fun from start to finish. So it's been back in rotation for a few years and a nice welcome gift for a Friday!

This is punk for the masses. Fun, energetic album before they took their fame too serious.

This is a great album. I love when music doesn’t take itself too seriously. And there’s a good variety as well.

Album that a lot of musically inclined people around me listened to growing up stellar from 1st to last track and has a number of massive hits on it also.

great album! I bought this when it came out many years ago and still regularly listen to it today. Not a bad song on the album and the cover art is pretty cool

Stone cold classic, and you know it.

I don’t think there will be a faster 5/5 on this site. The album that changed the genre forever.

Dookie is an outstanding early example of Green Day's punky alt genius. They lean heavily into themes of mental health, sexuality and anarchy, and achieve an earworm-filled offering with generational classics like Basket case, When I Come Around and Longview. A formative album for Green Day, and for a whole generation of punks like me. 9/10

The soundtrack to many a wasted afternoon, and the point at which power pop fully evolves into pop-punk as we know it. By mixing SoCal skate punk vibes with tight, ear-wormy songwriting, Green Day launched both themselves and a whole industry of mall punk wannabes. It's easy to make fun of now, but the way you make a new paradigm is by being undeniable, and Dookie is undeniable. The songs are tight, catchy, sharp, and there's so goddamn many of them. As cringe as those mall punk kids were, Billy Joe earned every single dollar he ever squeezed out of them right here.

very ql

Masterpiece. I’ve listened to this album probably 1000+ times in my life since I was a baby. Love it.

❤️❤️❤️❤️💀💀💀💀🤠

My childhood album. Every song is a banger.

Amazing

Impossible for me to separate this from the impact it had on me as a kid

What a game-changing album. This album defined my teenage years and launched me into a lifelong love for punk rock music.

Practically perfect in every way

classic. revolutionary.

It’s the shit.

The most pure fun album I've ever heard. Having a blast.

Green Day is the only pop punk band I can stand to listen to. I am not a fan of that style of music. That being said, this is a perfect album in my opinion (no skip or one skip). The song She is my favorite song by them and this album has so many absolutely fantastic songs. This album made 90’s music so awesome and memorable.

For me as a kid, this album WAS Green Day. I listened to it for the first time at Shaw McNeils house across the street because his dad owned it. My naive self had no idea what some of that stuff meant but I knew I liked it. I'm happy to have this as the first album generated.

A banger with hits that will outlive us all and an energy that’s welcome any day. It lacks a little something something that I’d give the edge to American Idiot as their best but it’s a great album. The bass tone alone makes me smile (4.5/5)

Juvenile lyrics, somehow fewer chords than even the Ramones, catchy as hell, brilliant. The gold standard for pop-punk.

9/10

I fucking LOVE Green Day, and I think that American Idiot is one of the best albums ever made (at least, it's surely up there). I went into Dookie not with the same exact expectations, but still high ones, and I wasn't disappointed at the very least. It's an amazing album, with the big standout track being Basket Case obviously. It's not a perfect album, but it's sure as hell very close. 9.5 / 10

está bueno! medio potente por momentos que se necesitan quizás mas calma es para escuchar manejando / limpiando porque tiene power

Almost perfect. Everything pop punk could hope to be. It might be a bit commercial, a bit self-indulgent at times, but it’s so goddamn charismatic that you forgive all that.

Absolutely crucial album for me. First five. Feels right.

A classic from my adolescence. So much energy in it, sometimes when you’ve just put it on in the background you have to stop what you’re doing and spaz out to a song.

One of THE albums of the 90's, and helped define 90's music for a whole generation.

LOVE

This album is so deeply known in my bones that I had to look at its release date. Makes sense - came out 6 months before I was born so I’ve never had to live a day without it.

There's a reason this is considered one of the best engineered punk albums of all time - it sounds massive. The songs are excellent, but those guitars....