Dookie

I listened to this nonstop when it dropped!

Yes

Wow 🤩

My first 5 star album which I've listened to countless times before. I wish I had been old enough to appreciate this album when it first came out, and to think that 30 years ago this album was seen as "selling out" blows my mind. An album full of catchy power chords and a variety of themes. Having A Blast is great track, despite its dark lyrics. If you haven't seen Dookie - DEmastered on YouTube, it's definitely worth a listen!

classic best pop-punk album ever

This was a really good album. I really liked all the songs. Typical Green Day music, but very good. Favorite song: Burnout

A timeless classic

Great album. One of the best of the 90s. Owned this on CD. Surprised that I still enjoy it today. 5 stars.

Brilliant album. Holds up.

A classic album. Listened many times in high school, but then they got "too popular" and it wasn't cool to like them anymore. Still, I can sing every word of Basket Case. A very energetic, in your face album for the most part. I particularly enjoy some of the bass lines, there's a lot more going on than you might think.

As a complete switch from yesterday I get an album that speaks to personal experience and talks vigorously and expressively. An amazing punk-inspired pop/rock combo deal to absolutely blast you away. I absolutely love Green day and have listened to them for quite a while. This album is a welcome and great change in their polishing of musical style from the two albums done with an independent label. Of course that makes sense since they were limiting their time in the recording studio to the bare minimum. However, I think they did a great job of maintaining the punk sound and vibe. Most punks of the time would call them sell-outs but I hope they got over it, because they don't know what they're missing

I FOUND THE CD COVER FOR THIS AT A SECOND HAND SHOP ON THURSDAY AND THEN IT WAS EMPTY AND I WAS SO SAD I LOVE THIS ALBUM

I’m personally calling out Joe, he’s wrong because this album is a rock masterclass. Basket Case is a top 10 1990s rock song

Well, here we are, at my 600th album, and I get an absolute winner in Dookie. I've listened to Dookie in its entirety, but not before I started this project. My first memory of hearing Green Day's music was through Weird Al's use of "Basket Case" on his medley "The Alternative Polka" off of Bad Hair Day. For years, I wanted so badly to listen to "Basket Case," but it never came on the radio, and this certainly wasn't the type of album my parents would have let me buy. But throughout the nineties and early aughts, I heard plenty of Green Day's songs, so I'm fairly familiar with some of their more popular work. I'm excited to fire Dookie up today, so let's get after it! Dookie is a fantastic album from start to finish. From the opening track "Burnout" to the hidden track "All by Myself," this album is the perfect nineties punk album. Yes, I see a lot of reviews saying that this isn't punk, and while it certainly doesn't sound like the punk albums that came before it, I think its attitude and sound are perfectly punk. Dookie isn't full of straight-forward political critiques, but its themes of disillusionment, boredom, loneliness, mental health, and growing up, served as apt social commentary for teens and young adults in the nineties. Fresh off the economic downturn of the eighties, the worst days of the AIDS crisis, and the Gulf War, 1994 was a pretty calm time in America (not counting the previous year's Waco siege), so what better way to rebel than through complacency? Musically, this album is fantastic too. I love the guitar hooks and riffs, the drumming is machine-gun like in speed and intensity, and Billy Joe Armstrong's vocals are the perfect sneering whine for the lyrics. Green Day makes this album's punk sound fun and accessible. Slower songs like when "Longview" and "When I Come Around" place the focus on catchy melodies and fun lyrics (you can't beat the line 'When masturbation's lost its fun, you're fucking lazy' from "Longview") while the frantic "Basket Case" and "Welcome To Paradise" shift the focus to driving tempos and frantic energy. The singles from this album definitely stand out, but the whole album is great, with brilliant pacing. Dookie never gets bogged down by any of it elements, and while 38 minutes can feel like an eternity for a punk record, Dookie manages to make that time fly by. I think this album is fantastic, and I'm glad I got to listen to it for my 600th album. Side note: this is the fourth album from 1994 that I've had this month (as of October 12, 2024). I wonder what the odds of that are?

One of my favorite albums of all time, and perfect timing with the rerelease.

This album has a warm place in my heart. I can sing every drum fill, the energy delivered is perfect. What they did, the did at the highest level.

Day 4 - Dookie I love blink, but I've never listened to Green Day besides knowing the hits, so I was looking forward to this one. Immediately starting with Burnout - I loved it and it set the vibes of the rest of the album. Easy 5/5 Standout songs: Burnout, Welcome To Paradise, Basket Case, She, When I Come Around, In The End

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An album so deeply engrained in my teenage years i am unable to be objective in any way. 5 stars for helping a 14 year old boy feel rebellious.

Fun.

This album is an absolute classic, and established Green Day's permanent presence in a space that hadn't totally existed before them -- pop-punk. Sure, it was around in some way, but this album really would set a course to defining a sound that blink-182, the Offspring, and countless other bands would eventually inhabit. 'Dookie' is thirty eight minutes and change of the perfect combination of sweet, syrupy pop hooks and the most accessible part of the underground punk scene -- from the attitude all the way to the instrumentation. This album is excellent start to finish, contains almost exclusively massive bangers, and can be enjoyed by almost everyone. Not many albums in history are able to do that.

Bought it right when it came out, and still love it today. Blistering pace, old school punk vibe in new package. Throw backs, and really one of the few rock bands left standing today. Seriously… rock is dead in America… but these guys will live forever!

Dopamine in musical form. There are so many high points, from the cool When I Come Around to the verve of FOD and the sheer adrenaline rush of Basketcase. It's cleverer than they might want to admit too, lyrically smart and musically extremely good.

Pre-listening thoughts: DOOKIE!!!!! Post/during listening thoughts: DOOKIE!!!! 10/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: YES!! Fav tracks: ALL OF THEM!!!! Least fav tracks: NONE!!!! Also feel the need to say this was album number 69 🙏

Dookie is probably the second-best album from the 90's, after Nevermind, and about as impactful. It's likely that bands such as Blink 182 and No Doubt would never have made it without this Green Day album.

💥💥💥💥💥

Some of my favourite Green Day songs.

my favorite green day album no notes

Greatness. Definitely a classic.

10/10. Amazing album. One of my favourites

This is so burnt into my musical retina, i still like it like a 14 year old

Iconic album with some of the greatest songs of the 90s. Album cuts ain't half bad, either!

I always liked, but never loved Green Day, but after seeing them live I started loving their music. Easy 5/5 album

This is one versatile album. Want something light hearted to listen to in the background? This album is perfect. Silly lyrics and fun guitar riffs, and just a very fun feel to it, I mean come on, it's literally called "Dookie". But this album is surprisingly deep, both musically and lyrically. It's easy to see this album as just three guys getting together after school and making some fun punk music in one of their parents' garages, but it's surprisingly complex. And the lyrics can also be quite profound and thought provoking. Not on every song though of course, "All By Myself" is pretty self explanatory, but others such as "Coming Clean" and "Burnout" have more to them than just what's on the surface.

No shit!!? hell yeah. Oh man this takes me back to my last year in Montana. It's been a long time since I've listened to this front to back. HA! I just remembered that Derek West had this in his VW when he came to visit Laura. He had this and U2, They Might Be Giants..I can't remember what else. I wanna say REM? I can't believe this album is already 30 yrs old! WTF? I'm old. I really like Pulling Teeth. I'm glad that didn't get as much attention as some of the other songs like Basket Case and When I Come Around over playing songs on the radio ruins it for me. She is also awesome! This is one of those albums I wish I could rate a 10.

Usually I can't stand pop-punk. Separately they're too of my least favorite genres and when you combine them it's worse. Blink-182 is one of my least favorite bands. This however is the pinnacle of the genre. I can't stand anything else Green Day did, but enjoyed this entire album from when I was 11 until today. Welcome to Paradise is my favorite currently, but always loved basket case

I forgot how many good songs are on that ablum

Punk? Pop? Punk/pop? Who cares — that's a lame debate. This is good, fun music. The stuff I grew up with.

Coming out strong with Burnout showing the clean punk sound for the whole album, Green day’s best work imo. No skips throughout, I’m abit biased. Turning the volume up F.O.D for it being too quiet in the first half then getting blasted, classic.

Green day, red night! Sky was yellow and the sun was blue! I like the song about smoking dope and wanking, very relatable

I forgot how much I love this album. It was fun realizing that I remembered a ton of the lyrics to the songs that I didn't think I knew that well.

For everyone who was ever 14

Hell yes.

America 🇺🇸

One of the best albums to come out of the 90s and I had the good fortune to see them perform the entire album live just days after this assignment.

One of the greatest punk albums of all time you say? Heh, well we’ll see about tha- oh yeah this is good. Oh my god this is great. This album drags you right into the center of the storm and does not let you go for a second. It is truly quintessential Green Day. Too bad they haven’t released anything since 2016…

I've loved this album for years because it threads a very *very* fine needle of tongue-and-cheek rebellion while still feeling authentically angsty. A non-example of this, in my opinion, would be Blink-182. Although I think their music is really fun, it doesn't have the same depth and earnestness that Green Day generally does. Also, Dookie really represents the kickoff of the pop-punk wave, which I have to pay homage to because it's a genre I enjoy so much. Finally, to highlight the contrast to other alternative/punk albums we've heard, I just love the inspiration behind one of the potentially more concerning tracks: ""Pulling Teeth", one of the album's slower songs, uses dark humor about domestic violence. The typical victim and perpetrator are reversed; the male narrator is at the mercy of his partner.[24] The band's inspiration for this song came from a pillow fight between Dirnt and his girlfriend that ended with the bassist breaking his elbow." A pillow fight. I couldn't sum up the intense Bart Simpson energy of this album any better if I tried.

Love it. Owned it in the day.

CLASSIC

Extraordinario, único.

Pop-punk masterpiece filled with anthems, and an album that perfectly captures the angst and apathy of the youth. Great riffs and driving drums, catchy singalong choruses, what's not to like?

The year is 1994, and for my 11th birthday I have been gifted this CD along with Weezer's blue album by some fellow 5th grade poser kids. My parents, feeling slightly concerned about the four dour looking alt rock boys on the Weezer CD, insist on screening that CD prior to releasing it for my own listening. Apparently unmoved by the cartoon scene on Dookie, that album bypasses the review step, and goes straight to my recently acquired stereo. From then on, I will rarely ever play the best track (Longview) any louder than the lowest volume so as not to alert suspicion with all the s-, f-, and d-words. I also am delighted to find the secret last track, which is the funniest <s-word> I've ever heard. In retrospect I can see why this wasn't warmly received by the punk purists, but it fucking rocks. 5/5 easy.

One of best albums ever. Perfectly incapsulates that period in time.

My kind of rock album

Peak-Pop-Punk. The state of the art. Often imitated, never duplicated.

One of my favourite ever albums. Every track is a classic. It’s hard to underestimate the role this album and Green Day had in bringing punk back into the mainstream

classic, love it

Perfecto

Great album. Easily the best pop punk stuff.

This helped me understand why Green Day are as revered as they are. Such a good record.

This album is a key one for me that I have been able to relate to throughout many stages of life. Welcome to Paradise when i moved off campus in New Brunswick holds a particular spot. The guitar bridge to final bars is phenomenal. The album was exactly what a 90s kid wanted. Short, simple tracks with sweet riffs and angsty lyrics that are great to sing along to. It got heavy amount of play in the Stevens' basement when it dropped. I have owned it on cassette, cd, vinyl, and will buy the digital brain implant when it is relaeased. Top tenner on my list of all timers...4.55.

As a 90s kid this is a very nostalgic album for me. Many big hits that I still enjoy to this day. There's a handful of filler songs that don't quite live up to the big ones. But with songs with high levels of acclaim such as Longview, Welcome to Paradise, and When I Come Around, it's easy to look past the lesser songs. This is the exact genre of alt rock that I vibe with.

Still tons of fun

Such an easy 5. Probably Green Day's best album- a winner all the way through.

~Nostalgia time warp again~ Don't remember the year, but think I first heard this at summer camp. ✋"But hold on, how can you rate this so highly???" "NOT rEaL PuNk!!! They sold out!!!" ✋ Retconning punk into some coherent ideology (esp. politically) gets insufferable. Let's not get into: (1) the very terrible side of the punk uhhhh..."aesthetic"; or (2) the marketing where people think a manufactured English boy band invented the genre. Two videos to check out below. If TLDW the 2nd video, here's the top comment: ""I once saw Finn respond to a troll with “of course it isn’t punk, nothing is punk. Only you are punk.” And it was one of the best direct hits I’ve ever seen. This fkn scene man"" 🫵😤🫵 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Video on Green Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xBPF-gYXW0 Touches on Green day, but is more on the youtuber's journey with the music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFwN8wQdZ6A

The second album I ever bought with my own money. Every track is an absolute hit. The line and melody of “Let’s nuke the bridge we’ve torched two thousand times before” has lived in my head for 30 something years. “Welcome to Paradise” being cleaned up from the version on “Kerplunk” was a great choice from whoever made it. The rare instance of a redo being better than the original. There are a million highlights to this album. Every song has something special. Musically this isn’t a difficult album to play but each of them plays really well and you can tell they’re all actually pretty talented. It’s not “real” punk but it’s the purest form of pop punk ever put to vinyl/tape/optical/etc. There is an obvious nostalgia element for me in this album but even as my tastes have changed and evolved this whole album is still really good. No skips - even on the CD where there’s a pile of negative time before the last joke track.

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. I could listen to it again now.

A killer record from top to bottom. The singles were all fantastic, and then you get the deep cuts like She and Pulling Teeth. The whole thing holds up sonically today, as does the songwriting.

This album summed up so many of my feelings being a teen in the 90s - boredom, frustration, desire, excitement, curiosity, ennui - its all here in a pop-punk wonderland! My brother made me a cassette tape with Dookie on one side and Smash by The Offspring on the other in about '97, I wore it out playing it over and over again on my walkman! Basket case lined up perfectly with Self-esteem and I used the flip the cassette over to listen to those 2 songs on repeat (a rare treat in the days of cassette tapes!) This is peak Green Day for me, and while they went on to make excellent music after this, dookie will always be special and was a key influence in how my music taste evolved though my teen years! Love it.

Chock full of tunes. Not a perfect 5 but too good for a 4

I am instantly 13 again!

Absolute banger

What a monumentous album. So many hits and classics. Greenday was the definition of punk when I was growing up, and you either loved them or hated them. 30 years later, this album is witty and Billy Joe Armstrong has such a good rock voice. I had never listened to the full album but I might as well have since almost everything here is a radio staple. My favorite that was new to me was probably In The End.

This album has to be a five star for me. It hit me at the right time and made me listen to pop-punk for the next 10 years. I really enjoy some of Green Days later albums, but none of them comes close to dookies quirky energetic and popish surfer-punk vibes.

One of my all time favorites. This album is the reason I wanted (and did) learn how to play guitar/bass/drums. Longview was the first song I learned to play on bass. When I Come Around was the first song I learned to play on guitar. These guys are punk rock legends.

Excellent pop punk album

Who doesn't love this album

Hahahahaha….. No need to review really but Classic. If this was a 1/2 system I may do a 4.5 but it’s a 5. Pop-punk, soundtrack of 90s disaffected youth. But still catchy, fun and sing songy. I think a great hallmark for an amazing album is when the Right Fielder, Back Up Tight End and Aaron McKie 6th man songs are all killer no filler and could be hits/epics in other albums. Some of the best shit on here is that shit. Sassafras Roots, FOD/All By Myself, Coming Clean, Pulling Teeth all smoke most of the other crap that floats around the genre. Best song: Sassafras Roots Worst Song: when I come around

Probably the biggest 90s pop punk album, must have heard it hundreds of times and still listen to it today. Despite being called Dookie it's much less ironic and bratty than sum 41 and blink 182, it has a classic rock quality (like Weezer) that I think keeps it fresh. It's full of great songs too! Billie Joe is probably the best frontman I've seen, gets crowds excited better than anyone. Would love to see Green Day in a smaller venue, fingers crossed one day. Easy 5.

Hard to give an unbiased review of this, given how much I listened to, and have seen Greenday live as a teenager..... So I'm not going to, It's an easy 5! This pop/skate punk genre was the soundtrack to my teenage years; trying to skateboard, baggy jeans, long sleeved t shirt with band t shirts on top, going to gigs, underage drinking....Good times! Highlights: Burnout Having a blast Longview Basket case When I come around Maybe a song too many about masturbation but oh well

I'm probably biased because I grew up with this album and it was a staple of my youth, but this is a certified banger of an album. All thriller, no filler, in your face punk rock. I remember hearing When I Come Around for the first time and thinking "I will never get tired of this song", and while I've said that many times throughout my life, this is one of the few that holds true. 30 years later and it's a never-skip song. Not a huge fan of modern Green Day, but this album absolutely slaps and always will. Standout Tracks: (The whole thing, but if you twist my arm...) Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case, She, When I Come Around

ahh freshman year of high school. Talk about nostagia. Does this deserve 5 stars? Objectively, probably not. But fuck it, this is such a fun album.

Phenomenal pop punk album that blends the two element excellently. It still feels organic and real and a little snotty with some grit, but super hooky and getting more polished. Just a fun (yet slightly depressing) album about being a bored and anxious burnout loser. The strong title track Burnout sets the tone for the record. “im not growing up, I’m just burning out.” Other standout and popular tracks include Longview (that bass line!), Welcome to Paradise, and Basket Case, but there’s not a single bad song here. The trio keeps the music pretty straight, for a consistent and cohesive sound of distorted chording and punchy bass fills. Their major label debut, which turned a lot of people onto the sound and helped push it into the mainstream. One could argue that’s a good or bad thing, but I’m happy if people are hearing music they enjoy that could help usher them further down the punk pipeline. 20 years from now, you’ll still remember some of these choruses.

I've heard this album before, I know the singles, I've never really listened to the all the lyrics before. I already liked this album, but I it's better than I thought it was.

I love Green Day so this is an automatic 5/5 Liked songs: Having a Blast, Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Pulling Teeth, Basket Case, She, When I Come Around and In the End.

One of the best albums. I have listened to this record many times over the years.

This was a really fun listen and, in spite of me not being much of a fan of Green Day from back in the day, I enjoyed it a lot more than expected.

So many huge songs. So many great and catchy melodies. The transition from chump to Longview will always be cool.

Love this album! One of my favorite moments is the transition from Chump to Longview. My favorites are definitely the hits - Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case, She, When I Come Around. Volume up for those songs, always. Overall, it's probably between a 4 and a 5 for me, so I'll just round up to 5.

Would I listen to it again: yes Is it a no-skip album: yes Do I like it: yes

Burnout: This sound is very nostalgic for me. It’s the kind of music alt kids listened to when I was a teen :) I can see the influence of these guys on artists like Avril Lavigne who was big when I was an adolescent. Having a Blast: I can see this song playing in a teen movie montage! Chump: Love the opening lyrics haha, what a mood. Looove the drums on this track. The last few days of albums have made me think we don’t have enough instrumental breaks in music any more. I don’t particularly love the break in this track, but I do respect it :P Longview: Love how the last track rolled so smoothly into this one. The middle reminds me a little of Parklife by Blur, which came out the same year! Welcome to Paradise: LOVE the opening. I really like the pace on this song and how all the elements work together! I love this track; I would definitely seek this song out to listen to it again! This track also gives me Blur vibes a little bit. Pulling Teeth: Not my favourite but the chorus is catchy. Basket Case: Ohhh I remember this one! I see why it was so popular, it’s rad. She: I like the drums and guitar. Overall a pretty good song that I wouldn’t seek out but wouldn’t mind listening to again. Sassafras Roots: Ditto! I like it better than She. When I Come Around: I like this song, feels like a good driving song. Will definitely be listening to this one again. Coming Clean: This one’s going on the driving playlist too lol Emenius Sleepus: This one too! In the End: I’m gonna listen to this again too. I like the pace, the guitar, the drums, the vocals… I like it! F.O.D.: What a banger. This one gets a “fuck yeah!” from me! All by Myself: Another fun way to end an album haha. I enjoy a cheeky ending song. Overall, it started a bit slow for me, but once we got to Welcome to Paradise this album really picked up for me and I really enjoyed it! The penultimate 5 tracks have all gone on my liked playlist, plus Welcome to Paradise and Basket Case. I wouldn’t be averse to listening to this album back-to-back again, and I will definitely listen to my favourite individual tracks again. This album was a win for me!

Fucking fire, I love it

I love this album, an album that I’ve listen to a million times. Such a powerful sound from a three piece band.

Love this album. So many absolute monster hits, and perfectly captures the 90s punk aesthetic. I was too young to appreciate it when it first came out, but when I started listening to punk rock about 5 years after this (around the time Green Day had a resurgence) it still loomed large.

Bold and energetic fun

Love it, classic album full of classic songs.

Probably one of the best pop-punk albums ever made, and one of Green Day's best too.

iba a decir que me gustaba mas que american idiot pero eso es mentira... es repetitivo pero como me gusta el punk de green day de esta epoca. le doy un solido 9/10

5/5

Pop punk perfection

Can't help but love Green Day. Maybe it's partly the nostalgia factor, but I can always jam to these guys. Especially like Longview, Welcome to Paradise, and Basket Case.

Esse ja ouvi tanto na vida que nem precisei ouvir de novo. O album que me inspirou a tocar guitarra, que me ensinou que tocar eh muito mais a emoçao que a tecnica. Puro suco do meio dos anos 90, a saída do grunge, a procura da proxima novidade, uma lufada refrescante de juventude pós morte do kurt. Excepcional. Com certeza na minha lista. Rob Cavalo tirou o som cru que edtava no kerplunk e smoothed e botou os caras em um patamar que agradaria a todos, inclusive quem nao liga para punk ou mesmo rock. Atemporal e muito relevante.

A Classic

Classic

One of my all time favorites. It's too bad they suck now

Melodic, catchy, surprising

Classic

Revisiting this album — which I listened to quite a lot in the 90s — I was shocked by how good these songs are. I mean, they’re so melodic, well-produced, and good songs executed perfectly. Sometimes it’s hard to separate the nostalgia when revisiting music from the past, but this is absolutely a masterpiece.

The bad thing about Green Day songs, they are only two minutes. The bad thing about Green Day songs, they are only two minutes. Even still this is a classic and formative album for my generation. Always a good listen.

Great

Good album, solid starting point for the pop punk era. But basically catapulted Punic to the masses which is good you gatekeepers

Fantastic album

I fucking love this album! No Fluff trackless: Burnout, Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case, She, When I Come Around, Coming Clean, In the End. 4.6 stars

A perfect Friday album! This is already a top 10 favorite album of mine, but will update with a proper review when I listen (again). Post-listen: This is always a fun listen, every aspect of the Green Day trio gets to shine throughout the 14 tracks. The guitar riffs are iconic to anyone from ages 25-50, the bass lines are tasty (especially to start in "Longview"), and the drums consistently make their presence felt with a very clean, yet crashing sound. Lest I forget to mention the iconic choruses too (just start singing the opening chorus to "Basket Case" around anyone remotely interested in rock music and see who joins in). I would imagine that this pop-rock/punk sound was pretty fresh back in 1994 too, with grunge and heavy metal being the forefront of rock at the time. Argue whether or not "Dookie" can be considered "pure" punk rock, but it's hard to deny the impact this album had on the punk rock/pop-punk scene that emerged in the coming years. I'd consider that era of punk rock my "comfort" music too, so the fact that this album is always in my rotation makes total sense. Plus it's always nice to find another excuse to listen to Dookie, even in a house with unlocked doors and I'm fuckin' lazy...

Great album. The early 90's was a good time for music. I remember listening to this album and playing Sega with friends. Simpler times.

Best green day album by far

One of my all time favorites. Virtually every track on here is a sing-along hit. Great live band, too.

All time fucking classic! Any day where I can actually spin my generated album is great one! I could write for days about this album, but I am in fact just stoned. 5 stars any day!

Easy no skips

Born to late to enjoy. 1996

5 stars. End of story.

Er det punk? Er det pop? Who gives a fuck. Det fungerer helt perfekt! Green Day har lavet meget der ikke holder. Lige som mange af de bands som Dookies succes banede vejen for. Men Dookie holder hele vejen. Det er små punk perler på stribe der eksploderer i både riffs og vokal harmonier. 🤞🏻for at de bare spiller det her album fra ende til anden på RaR 2024. Den er trods alt 30 års jubilar i år.

Energetic poppy fun.

#203. I mean, I tried to give it less than five stars, it just wouldn't let me. 5/5: I suppose that'll do.

Cracking album, raucous and full of energy. I remember loving Basket Case at the time and the rest of the album is just as good.

Classic American pop-punk album. Always giving the teenage vibes

Are you kidding me! Easy 5 from me. Punk pop, but if cut through to the point they were reflecting the grunge message and the slacker Gen malaise.

I am not a Green Day fan, but this album is one of the greatest pop/punk albums of all time. There aren’t any songs that are missable. Whether the other bands of the genre want to admit it or not, without Dookie, their output is not nearly as successful.

Just a classic. It’s fun and momentum just doesn’t slow down! The pace is great, it just keeps on going. It’s catchy and fun to listen to as well? This album is a classic, it deserves its reputation IMO. Very cool.

Great album

The East Bay is home to some of the best bands of my youth. The first time I heard a Green Day song 30+ years ago I was hooked and this album, there are no words to describe how much I love it.

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No sé si es un cinco pero yo lo siento así.

This album was release on a Tuesday in February, I know because my Dad let me skip school to buy it and I listened to it in my basement bedroom all day. Later in the day my friends came over, we sat around my CD boom box and blasted "Welcome to Paradise, Longview, In The End and Coming Clean". I was 13, we memorized every song on the CD. Transformative.

Having a Blast, Welcome to Paradise, When I Come Around. ¡Fantástico!

I've heard this album many times. It is one of the first that I ever bought (digitally) when I got my smartphone in highschool. I didn't know who played the songs that had been stuck in my head since my early elementary car rides to and from school with my mom. I heard When I Come Around and Basket Case on the radio with her way back then. There were a few other songs spread around between artists and other Green Day albums but those two tracks are the ones that lead me to purchasing Dookie. Some of my first steps out of total withdrawal from the world.

I certainly listened to this a billion times when it came out. Having a Blast is three fire emojis.

Along with Weezer and the Dave Matthew’s Band, this was the soundtrack of my sophomore year at university. The luxurious re-listen does not disappoint. The sheer brilliance of this trio of jerks continues to amaze. This album did so much to evolve punk into the 90s and beyond. I cannot hyperbolise how much I adore this album. A great weekend album, BTW.

A classic. One of the formative albums of my youth. The album that defined my favourite genre. Would give more stars if I could.

Great riffs

Banger after banger. Just really good all the way through. Too many highlights to name

Easily Green Day’s best album. And in my opinion the pinnacle of pop punk as a genre.

This was the perfect energy for today. These songs are just fun to listen to and fun to sing along to. This is one of very few albums that I think is too short. I want more!

I probably like Green Day more than any other band on this entire list, so prepare for a biased take: This album is so fun. So good. The baselines are iconic and instantly recognizable (She, Longview). It has some of the best opening lyrics (Basket Case). This album is a mainstay in my angsty ass life.

I love this album. Makes me want to jump around and throw stuff.

One of modern punk's finest albums of the 90s.

Classic!

Amazing album. When I Come Around is one of the greatest tracks ever.

Easy 5

One of the most important albums to me. I got this when I was about 10 and it opened me up to a whole new world, even if I didn't know what "punk" was a thought it was just an insult word. I've got a lot of love for this album and it will always be a 5 for me.

Lekkere poppunk met een aantal tijdloze nummers, zoals 'Langkijk', 'Mandjes Geval', 'Zij' en 'Wanneer Ik Om Het Hoekje Kom'. Ik heb niet zo veel met de band an sich, ik heb ze altijd wat aanstellerig gevonden, maar de muziek is genieten.

top to bottom: CLASSIC

I still enjoy when this one pops up. Fun album.

Hard to say anything bad about this album because it is great!

Yes

Such a great album. While their influences are evident, they still managed to create a unique sound. But what sets it on a pedestal is the quality of the songwriting. Billy Joe rivals Joey Ramone and Mick Jones in the ability to make great pop melodies feel right at home in a legit punk sound. And it isn't just a few great songs; it's damned-near wall to wall.

Great album

A classic 90s punk album. Longview is a great song, I might like it better than Basket Case.

Pure 90s nostalgia. Longview, Basket Case, When I Come Around, and Welcome To Paradise are classics. While not every song can match those highs, they're all strong tracks and keep things rolling at a fast pace.

Isn’t this shit iconic?

Yes, I am biased.

Some people called this album “Flookie” … but Green Day has certainly proven them all wrong. When I was a kid, and I first heard “Longview,” thought these guys were British. Anyway, Billie Joe Armstrong, Tre Cool and Mike Dirnt certainly turned me onto other British bands, especially The Clash. This album is timeless. Transports me right back to when I bought it at Rocky Mountain Records along with “ill Communication.” I love “When I Come Around” the most, but all these songs are great.

I've been a fan since i was 9. Somewhat biased but i love this album. Full of bangers.

This was a breath of fresh air when it came out, a snotty middle-fingered salute to teen angst. And it still sounds great 30 years later. The best of these still hit like a ton of bricks. Do you have the time to listen to me whine, indeed.

I debated long and hard on whether this was a 4 or 5. I’ve never considered Green Day one of my favorite bands, but I listened to this album all the way through three full times and loved it. It’s got bangers, and it’s got fantastic songs I don’t know if I’ve ever heard before that maintain the same energy and vibe throughout. There’s not a down song amongst the bunch. I had previously considered my five stars to be reserved for the crème de la crème, but I think this absolutely rocks from start to finish and can’t find a reason not to give it the full score.

Awesoooome! Throwback to an epic era of american music and a unique genre. Perfect example of this style of music.

Maybe a biased rating because this was the first album I ever bought when I was 9 years old. I still listen to it regularly and love every single song. A pop punk masterpiece.

- I mean come on now - On the mount rushmore of pop punk - A lazy man's anthem, no album will ever bring the vibes like this - Mike Dirnt wrote the Longview riff on acid

- what can I say - one of the greatest pop punk albums ever made

My words can't give it justice. This WAS the most significant album of my youth. I had a poster on my door. It was the first CD I owned with swears. My friends and I would pretend to be the band and put on concerts. I knew/know every word and every song. Looking back, this might be the most significant album of my life.

It's a perfect album front-to-back. Nostalgic but somehow still relevant today. I still know every song.

It's "Dookie".... fuck d'ya think?!

A classic. My childhood on disc.

Green Day aren’t great musicians but they don’t need to be. This album is fun and not serious at all, which is perfect. I can see why it sparked so many imitators.

Every track is enjoyable (apart from maybe All By Myself which didn’t feel in keeping with the rest of the album) but Basket Case and When I Come Around are my favourites. I don’t think I fully appreciated Green Day back in the day, but I will do so going forward.

Was very excited when I woke up and saw the album for today. Think this was actually my first time listening to the whole album through. The singles are absolute tunes, and the other songs are great as well. Definitely my favourite album of this review series so far. Head and shoulders above the rest. If I could award 6 stars, I would. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

It's rare to find an album that is credited with popularizing a genre, that also holds up well to modern examples of the genre

Do the tracks seemingly alternate between two basic riffs? Yes. But there is usually a bit in the song where they switch up the basic melody. Anyway, the main appeal is the ironically upbeat vibe created by the lyrics that are simultaneously angsty and discerning.

Few songs I recognised, more my kind of music. Classic kinda punk, can’t go wrong.

when i heard dookie as a 6 year old it changed my brain, as is true for every san diego proto dirtbag. this album has some really catchy songs that i still stand by and i do think it’s green day’s peak, it’s raw and sometimes not in a good way

Idk if you really consider Green Day punk, but this is the only punk I actually enjoy listening too. 9/10

This is absolutely an all-time great album. I'm not a big Green Day fan, but this was one of those records that had a massive effect on music. It took punk and made it more accessible. Whether or not that was a good thing, it had that effect and I think rock changed as a result

six year old me is still so stoked

Easy 5 star

One of the first albums I fell in love with and still my favorite Green Day album to this day. One of the main bands that shaped my music taste as a kid with Blink 182, Sum 41, New Found Glory, and The Offspring.

Can’t go wrong with this classic. The 90’s is one of the best decades for music in my opinion. So many different options/genres/styles to choose from, this album being at the top of that list for me. It has been a go to anytime I’m reminiscing and feeling nostalgic for a simpler time. They put on one hell of a live show too 🤘🏻

LOVE THIS ALBUM!

This is considered old school now, lol. Will always enjoy a bit of Green Day.

A classic and a favorite!

My fav songs from this album: Welcome to paradise Basket case Sassafras roots When I come around What a time to be alive.

Very nostalgic

Green Day is one of my favorite bands. Solid 5! Going to see them in concert in 2024. :-)

Great album. I bought this back in the day and listened to it non-stop. Gets a bit weird and skippable in the 2nd half but I’m not going to let that stop me from giving this one a high five

My introduction to Green Day came through Boulevard of Broken Dreams in the American Idiot era. I was not alive for the heyday of this album, and I think I've never given it the respect it deserves as a consequence. Of course I know the four big hits, but I've only rarely listened to the whole thing. It's energetic and a lot of fun to listen to all the way through. I know Green Day can be controversial, but to me it's simple. It's just good. Highlights: Longview, She, Sassafras Roots, When I Come Around, the breakdown of Welcome To Paradise, \"am I just paranoid, ayuhyuhyuuuuh!\"

Love this album, one of the best punk rock albums. Top tracks: Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case, When I Come Around

One of my favorite Green Day albums. Super nostalgic for me.

They got more people listening to punk that the sex pistols.

Love Dookie. What a groundbreaking album.

Spitze!

5/5 A classic punk rock album, Green Day's third studio album and their breakout album. This album bangs from beginning to end and showcases what Green Days sound really is.

Bangers.

Classic

Classic! Lots of familiar tracks.

Amazing album. Wore out cassettes when I was a teen

Great pop songs delivered in high energy punk format. great playing, great harmonies. fun and energetic.

Speaks to my angsty millennial heart. Also a great album to clean your place to while listening

Love this album - so many bangers.

Haven’t listened to this in 20 years and still could finger drum the entire album. Every fill is firmly ingrained in my brain.

So many memories...

This album still slaps. Billy Joel sounds like he’s been punched in the face and is singing with a bloody nose. Tré Cool destroys on drums. I still prefer Insomniac tbh

They speak to 12 yo suburban misfits

first album i ever bought

One of the best

First time listening to the album fully! Just great. So many songs that would come to define the band.

5 stars, just a classic.

Pivotal

Great fun, simpler times. I want to be 14 again and really into skateboarding.

Five starrrrs

Chef’s kiss

One of my favorite albums of all time. I can't stress enough how difficult it is to write an album about this subject matter in this style and have it be this objectively good musically. And Billie Joe did it when he was 21! It's a special album from a special band, and it will always hold up for me. Favorite track: Longview

Absolute banger. Don’t feel like I want to skip a single song. I might be biased because I love Green Day. Great energy, catchy songs. One of those albums you could listen to no matter what kind of mood you are in. Could listen to this over and over. Favorites are: welcome to paradise, she, basket case, having a blast, and my favorite on the album is Longview.

Highlights: Chump Longview Welcome to Paradise Basket Case She When I Come Around Don't need to say too much about this one. An all time punk album and just a slapper in general. The stretch from Chump to When I Come Around is one most bands will never match. Also impressive that every song on the album is under 4 minutes.

I don't even know where to begin or how to write a proper review for this album. I grew up listening to this and its remained one of my all time favorite since I was in middle school. The songs don't overstay their welcome, almost every track is the right length. The album flows from track to track without any jarring transitions or out of place songs that take me out of the experience. The moods created by the standout songs like Longview, welcome to paradise, she, basket case and when I come around are so visceral I can feel exactly what the band was trying to convey. Whether it's Billies vocals that carry so much boredom, pent up anger or melancholy, Tres hypnotic or manic drumming or Mikes flavor he adds to every track. Mike Dirnt absolutely carries this album in my mind. While BJ and Tre Cool are no slouch on the guitar and drums, the musicality he provides on bass sets the tone on almost every song, and he throws in these little riffs and fills that add such personality to the tracks. And turns good songs into amazing ones. It compliments BJ's lyrics and singing so well and serves to lift the space left behind by rather generic guitar playing. If you haven't I'd highly recommend listening to the album again and focus on his playin. Easy 5/5 for me seeing how the music is great, doesn't overstay its welcome, has stood the test of time, and done so much for punk music as a whole.

This was popular when I was in high school, I wasn't listening to it back then because I grow up in a CCM house, but I heard a lot of these songs around. While the singles might be the best songs on this album, the whole thing is really amazing. As much as I love American Idiot, I think Dookie is Green Day's best album. Although that might depend on my mood. This album was so much fun and a real trip down memory lane. It reminded me of just how good the band was back in the days. Standouts: Having a Blast, Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case, She, When I Come Around

Fantastic!!!

Punk pop n rock n roll

great album

Front to back classics. 10/10

10/10 no notes, a truly incredible album

holy shit?? genuinely one of the best punk albums i've listened to. i prefer this album a HUNDRED TIMES over american idiot. in summary, good punk, good music. "all by myself" is also a nice tune.

I love this entirely in its entirety.

This album is iconic. Green Day has undoubtedly sold out, but they get a pass from me because of this and Kerplunk

Awesome. Intet mere, intet mindre.

Another throwback. The riffs sound so simple, yet they make great memorable music.

love em!

Highly biased, this is one of my favorite bands since I was very young. I know the album almost top to bottom. She is one of my favorite green day songs

oh yeah pump that dookie directly into my veins

Classic

Being shorter and tighter makes this a better album than American Idiot, in my opinion.

Heard before Saved 14/14 Top track: Welcome to Paradise

fire

This album is packed with memorable tunes

It's easy to forget how good these guys were at there peak. A bracing punk pop set.

Amazing. Absolute bangers and this is the kind of music I fell in love with as a preteen. It will always have a place in my heart. I am so excited to keep listening.

Well and truly the pinnacle of punk rock in my opinion. I have already listened to this multiple times prior to this One Album A Day thing, but I was still hyped to listen to it again!

Favourite so far honestly knock everything down a star that arctic monkeys album was not 5

“Get me out of this poetic grunge shit” said a generation of depressed punks. GD to the rescue

I remember seeing this album art at the house when my dad bought the album since it's visually interesting and unique for a kid. I read some reviews saying this was somewhat of a penultimate 90's album and I agree - lots of themes are also what society in the 90's start to grapple with also (or at least begin in a mainstream way - domestic violence, sexuality, etc.). Musically, some songs are structured awkwardly but that's punk, baby. Iconic!

One of my all time favorite bands, right up there with Linkin Park for me. Love this album, love green day. Enough said.

Loved this. Felt like being on college campus, driving a mustang with the prettiest woman after having a rager of a weekend with the boys

It’s obvious why this band became so popular. High energy, zero pretension, pop jams with just a dash of punk attitude and subtle, understated musicianship. This is a great record to come of age to, and even better to reminisce over.

Classic 90s amazingness!

it was really fun!

dookie

Banger fav from childhood

Great album

Doesn't hit as hard as when I was 15 but still bangers. Best album of the post-nirvana mid nineties. Insomniac still personal fav but I'm still givin props to the tightest pop-punk group at any one moment.

I spent countless hours listening to this album all the way through when it was first released. I think for a whole lot of people it was a major part of their teenage/young adulthood.

I’ve heard this to death. The singles are all great and there’s like 6 of them. There could have been 9. Only one song sucks, unfortunately it’s track 2. Often hilarious, the band can play a great breakdown. Great 90s summer album, and a top tier pop punk record.

Started listening to this and ws mildly worried it wouldn't live up to my memory of it.... Three tracks in and I was 14 again. This Album Slaps Hard

Great melodies. Lead singer has a good voice.

It’s such a fun and influential pop-punk record, I found it even hard to choose a favorite song.

Good

An absolute no brainer for a 5 star rating. 1994/95 was a great time of my life, finding my way in the ‘adult’ world and having my independence. My music tastes were expanding quickly, at a time when grunge was my main staple diet. I was exploring new stuff like Massive Attack, Portishead and The Prodigy. Whilst there was plenty of new Indie/Rock to explore, this album just smacked me in the face from the first listen. Short sharp powerful punk rock songs, with fantastic story telling. Basket Case must have been on the Jukebox in the Plume of Feathers every night. Happy days and happy nights. Impossible to pick a favourite track from this. It just all works together. An album to put on and play from start to finish, LOUD.

One of my all time favs, every single one is awesome.

Amazing album

Wow! This used to be one of my favourite albums!

classic green day good shit

Iconic with some all time great tracks. Never get tired of how good the drums are. Still like American idiot a little more. Rating: 4.6

Pretty good! Not really familiar with much of Green Day's music aside from their most popular songs.

Here we go got an album on our hands with this one. The company here delivers some consistent, classic-sounding and hard hitting pop punk tracks. A favorite no doubt have it on wall right now

5/5. One of the best albums of all time. Every single song is amazing! One of my deserted island albums for sure. I am interested to see how thud album stacks up to Insomniac which I would give a 5/5 as well

It's been many years since I fell in love with Dookie. After all those years it still easily evokes strong emotions in me. 5/5

This weirdness and otherness hits hard, even dressed up as clownery. Or maybe that's the reason why it is so good. (Finally with album #130 I got to listen to a cd from my collection, yay!)

Green Day was one of my favorite bands in high school and “Dookie” is a classic. It has a bunch of great songs and the whole thing is excellent beginning to end. The track list flows really well. A lot of these songs have the momentum of a roller coaster. They blast off right out of the gate, barrel through a few verses and choruses and leave you dizzy after two minutes. Tons of fun, always great to revisit.

I love that this comes up next after "London Calling". What a great back to back! This album is phenomenal. I still can sit and listen and be blown away by the quality of the songwriting and the production decades later. It's so tight and impressive and a treat to listen to. Last year (2022) I saw Green Day for what I think was my first time, at Sea Hear Now on the beach in Asbury Park, New Jersey. I was hundreds of feet away from them and surrounded by many several thousands of people. Usually you would think that this would be just an OK experience- being so far away from a punk band and expecting to get some of that energy and excitement but I swear I felt like I was only a few feet away from the stage. They have so much energy, so much passion, and I was really blown away by how they grabbed your attention. It was one of the better acts I'd seen in years and they had this unrelenting presence about them that felt like they were there to make EVERYONE in the crowd have a good time. A real unforgettable show. On the bummer side of 1001 anedcotes, this album came out a month before my father passed away, and I will always be brought back to that year or so of driving around with my mom and brother and listening to the radio and having many of these songs played over and over. When I listen to these tracks now I get a little tinge of sadness but I think it's a good tradeoff because those little bits of sadness I get now were probably metaphysically being removed from my being when I listened to these as a kid. A transactional "listen to this now and it will make you a little less sad. When you listen to this 30 years from now however you'll get some of those little bits of sad back though.". That this record has "Longview", "Welcome to Paradise", "Basket Case", "When I Come Around", and "She" on one record is like an art anomaly. I don't understand how one album can contain so many truly masterful tracks without it being labeled as a "greatest hits". Definite 5/5.

Happy peppy rock, i like it

This stuff is in my musical DNA. I heard the singles all the time on the radio growing up. I slapped at least some of its songs on every iPod I owned, put them on those bootleg mp3 CDs that I burned myself, and added them to my Spotify playlists for regular rotation. For whatever reason though, today is the first time I'm listening to the entire album. Glad to know it lives up to its reputation among the general public and in my head. Standout tracks are Longview, Welcome to Paradise, When I Come Around, and F.O.D.

From the opening drum hit to the secret song about being alone, this record is a banger through and through. This is what I thought punk for a few years there in the early 90s. And I loved it.

i really like this album...... i think it's a common joke for people to troll green day fans but like.... gahhhh this is really good. i love the energy. that 4-song run from longview -> welcome to paradise -> pulling teeth -> basket case is sooo good. (on first listen) genuinely fun-sounding music and enjoyable. i can't remember the last time i was so obsessed with an album because i've literally been listening to it on repeat for the past 24 hours. i don't want to keep rating everything 5 because i don't want the exclusive 5 to lose its 의미 but this seriously deserved it. 5/5

Basically a list of all the greenday songs I like takes me back!

This was shit. The shit.

Just perfect. Every song hits hard.

An amazing album that I've listened to so many times since my childhood.

One of the best major label punk albums of all time. While I'm partial to the Lookout records stuff and that more lo fi sound, this album does sound incredible turned up to 11. The punk pop flood gates open wide after this album that's for sure.

Outstanding pop/punk record full of harmonies and hooks driven at a frenetic pace. Never gets old.

Some real heavy nostalgia with this record. I listened to it a lot when it came out and it was pretty inescapable that year. While not being a huge Green Day fan anymore, I still really enjoy this record.

There are a handful of albums from the 90s that I have listened to countless times. This is one of them. One of the best pop-punk/skate punk albums ever made and Basket Case might be the perfect pop-punk song. The whole album is amazing. And it hit at just the right time for me, 14 years old, Nirvana is done, and I'm looking for something new. It's close to the top of all albums that are responsible for my musical tastes for the rest of my life. Also F.O.D is just a great song. Feel like I need to quote parts of it daily.

There's only 5 rating options so this is being lenient with the 5 star rating. I have no shame in admitting it's a banger of an album though. The bass lines absolutely make it and the drum fills are fun. Probs 9/10

Some great records suffer from over exposure, Dookie is one of those for me. During the nineties I heard this everywhere, it was rock music but lighter than the scene coming out of Seattle. It was an in-car summer record, most days I would cruise around with this pumped up loud. And after that summer I'd heard it enough and have rarely played it since. Listening back today it's like a long lost friend and what a great thing it is. An immediate, fun and vibrant record which took the band from the fringes of the music scene into the major league. At the beginning of the 2000's they did it again of course, American Idiot was the other perfect record after the band had been written off by many.

This is classic Green Day and their breakout album. It's still a great listen from start to finish.

superb

In 1994, this album was like a punch to the gut after the grunge revolution of the last few years. This is not grunge and this is probably not punk either. Does this album have its roots in punk? Absolutely, but I'm not sure this can be qualified as punk music. Regardless, I'm not sure there is a bad song on this album and it caused me to explore Green Day's previous albums as well, which I also enjoyed. This album is a gateway drug for what I'll call pop-punk and really opened me up to a lot of other "real" punk bands, as well as much of the music I listen to even now. This kind of music makes up a lot of my running music and so this album is a 5-star classic to me. Also, I thought Green Day was from Europe before I heard them speak. The way Billie Joe sings and how he looked, I thought he looked English.

Anthem of early high school and middle school. This album goes so hard, and is filled with non-radio hits. Peters out in the end. However, I can't say I don't feel "power chorded out" by the end of this album. Its really simplistic. Still fun.

Peak Green Day.

Easy 5 lots of bangers on here.

A classic from my youth so this review may be overstating things a little.

Want to give it a 4.5 but I'll round to 5 cause I had fun! Enjoyed it a lot

Damn this was definitely a big album for me. Can’t wait to listen through! Know all these words. Takes me back to when things were simpler. I remember looking at every detail of this album cover! Can’t believe this, of all albums, is on Apple Music in 192kHz. Sounds pretty good, all things considered! Never listened to this so hi-fi before. Drums sound great! Vocals, and bass, not bad either. Guitar sounds… 90’s. But it works. That transition from Chump to Longview! So good! This album really does mean a lot to me. I think I’ll have to do a 5. Peak 90’s pop punk. For a kid that got into punk in the 90’s, this was a seminal record.

Great Album.Every Track Till when I come around is great.Obviously when i come around,Basket case and Longview are amazing.I don’t have a lot to say it’s just great I love it so much.catchy and punchy riffs with amazing drums and great vocals in small punk songs.