Dookie

Burnout - 4/5 Having a Blast - 3.5/5 Chump - 3/5 Longview - 5/5 Welcome to Paradise - 4.5 Pulling Teeth - 3.5/5 Basket Case - 5/5 She - 4.5/5 Sassafras Roots - 3.5/5 When I Come Around - 5/5 Coming Clean - 3.5/5 Emenius Sleepus - 3.5/5 In the End - 3.5/5 F.O.D. - 3.5/5 (All by Myself) - 3 If nostalgia had its way then this would be a 5/5. However, actually listening through the whole thing made realize why I stuck with the singles from this album- everything else kind of just blends in together. The first half there's less of this, but to the untrained ear there really isn't anything distinct musically between songs like Sassafras Roots or Enemius Sleepus or Coming Clean. Granted I'm not that deep into the punk scene so take what I'm saying with a grain of salt. Despite that I still love the whole thing and would listen to it again back to front. Overall - 4/5 Favorites: Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case, She, When I Come Around

Such a classic

I already rated this before.

Still holds up to this day, guitar driven rock/pop. Enjoyed it but wouldn’t say it set my world alight.

I already listened gang

If this is the music you want to listen to it’s a perfect album. If it’s not then it’s not. Get off your high horses you pretentious punk bastards.

This set the path for 21st century rock and it's interesting that even today there are artists revisiting this era to re-find this type of sound. From British punk bands to Olivia Rodrigo, Green Day's sound is still influencing a lot. It's good!

The foundation of early 90’s “Alternative “ rock. No band has been able to replicate their energy and sound. Green Day turned me on to a whole new style of music that has stayed with me for 30 years. In my opinion Dookie is their signature album and springboarded them to in my opinon absolute Rock N’ Roll Hall of Famers. They have several great albums and Dookie is a must have. Basket Case, When I Come Around and an under appreciated Sassafras Root are classics. This album deserves a 4.9 in my books, but it’s getting screwed because we can only vote 1-5!

this was a lot of fun to listen to. goktug described rock as sex drugs sleeping around and punk as fuck the system. that was helpful for an illiterate like me. they were happy i liked green day. i think the energy is fun though it’s a bit claustrophobic blasting it in the car, maybe only because im still uncomfy in my skin!

Rockig, Sitimme ist Stimmgi, Lässt mich Mitsingen.

Lot of good songs in this album, gets a bit samey after a while but not enough to drop it further

Really good, prob a 5 but ima let it simmer

Iconic album, the 90s' punk yang to grunge's yin. Easy 4. I don't like Billy Joe's voice.

Hit after hit.

Yet another album where it is astonishing that I've never listened to it in full before as it came out when I was a junior in high school playing guitar in bands. Green Day has just never done it for me, but it all makes sense. In fact it seems like this was the most influential rock album of the entire 90s given the number of other bands that followed in the next 10 years?

Dookie is a great album and is largely responsible for the pop-punk revival of the mid to late 90's, bringing good existing punk bands to the forefront (Bad Religion, Pennywise, NOFX, plus too many others to name) while also inspiring some real shit (Good Charlotte, Blink 182, Sum 41, etc). Green Day themselves have had their ups and downs IMO, but this one is a gem.

Senza dubbio iconico ma non il più iconico del gruppo Sto ancora aspettando American Idiot

For me Green Day is the pop music of punk/rock. I enjoy listening to them. But they tend to have a lot of "sing-along easy to remember" music. That doesn't make them really great but for me that's fine.

Great album

The first few tracks had me worried this was going to be a mediocre listen, then I felt the transition of instrumentals from track to track or within the songs themselves and I started appreciating the ideas more. It's not just about the lyrics, the composition can translate as much of the message as the vocals do. A few more listens and you start to internalize and understand those introductory tracks as setting up the bases for the type of story we're going to be experiencing. It's been really well mixed and thought out. I'm not typically a pop punk fan, and that's what this feels like, but on the top shelf of the stuff. Billy Joe's vocals sound like they belong with the sound of the band, and they all step up constantly. It's an easy listen and I could listen to it again. Definitely not gonna listen to these songs outside of the context of an album. Individually, most of this falls short, except a couple standouts like Basket Case. I'm feeling thankful I got to listen to this one. 4.1/5

Enjoyed more than expected.

just a classic I’m sorry

wasn't dookie, but was obviously dookie

Friends hot older brother in the 00s vibes I did not have friends with hot brothers :(

Quite a decent album. I didn't care for the singles that were released when it first came out, but the album is good.

Still great

Was my favourite album when I was 12, very nostalgic

Brilliant, better than a DeLorean

If you never played one of these songs at a battle of the bands were ye even in a Strabane band? Great album, Welcome To Paradise the best

Class. Nostalgia does some carrying though

*insert gif of captain america ageing rapidly* FUCK I'M OLD Great album, Green Day's best

Only good green day album.

A great album that started the pop punk wave. The album I learned to play guitar to. Classic.

Never in my life I would expected to enjoy so much a Green Day album again, and I should give a bit of context. Green Day is one of the primordial groups that helped me to get into rock music. I use to love them and listen to their singles in YouTube in repeat. I even got myself a copy of American Idiot and a bootleg that my parents gifted me. But with time, I started to get bored of them and disliking their music to the point that it has been many years without listening to anything by them. Now, this list presented me this record, which I actually have never heard the whole thing. With a pity face, I pressed the play button on the album... and I loved it. It is super energetic, catchy and even depressing once I read the lyrics about loneliness, depression and paranoia. It is not super dark or sad, but I think Billie Joe does a great job portraying his feelings with direct messages. The riffs are and melodies are also very punchy, and the bass sounds fantastic. So yeah, incredibly surprised by this one. Not perfect material, but very much enjoyable and full of bangers.

Probably over rating this because of nostalgia. But man this just brings me back to my middle school summer breaks. Listening to this at a sleep over at a friends house, up way too late. Going to the pool the next day and having it stuck in my head all day. Maybe skate boarding or playing street hockey.

Never was a huge fan, but this is a great album.

I liked the energy. Even though there were a lot of songs, they were were short and punchy so they didn't wear out their welcome. This really isn't typically my kind of thing but it won me over and I enjoyed it. It was fun and a pretty solid album.

Decent early Green Day album. Couple of hits and some decent filler.

Nostalgic

Green Day has got to be one of the finest punk rock bands out there. A lot of this album slaps, and the guitar is so solidly good. Green Day makes a fun, enjoyable punk sound with rock guitar riffs--and they do it quite well. "Welcome To Paradise" sounds so much like a precursor for their American Idiot album ten years later. Dookie sounds slightly less refined than American Idiot, but that's not a bad thing. I like punk sounding raw, and I enjoy hearing Green Day's evolution. A song like "She" is not out of place in the nineties, nor by a politically-aware band like Green Day, but I find myself impressed because those kinds of songs were mostly done by the indie, female singer-songwriter types. Green Day was ahead of the curve and not afraid to be themselves, which I just adore. The only real fault this album had was how much I recoiled when I heard "When I Come Around." Being born in 1989 with older eighties-kid siblings, of course I heard that song way too much and now I literally cannot listen to it again. This is not Green Day's fault, and I will not disparage Billie Joe Armstrong. But I cannot enjoy that song, no matter how hard I try.

This album goes hard from start to finish, and doesn't let up! Green Day's first major-label album really knocked it out of the park. Not only that, but it essentially defined the entire punk-rock movement, post 1980s. It offers a solid combination of clever lyricism, great instrument work, a catchy voice from Billie Joe Armstrong, and nice harmonies. And it does so without taking itself too seriously. And truly, this album has held up all these years later.

A classic punk album from my youth. We didn’t know then that Green Day would become an institution!

The amount of hits on this album is staggering. Though juvenile at times, the lyrical melody really draws you in for a captivating experience.

A bit spoiled for me having to learn most of these songs to play in covers bands! Some great songs though even if a bit repetitive at times.

Well , I'm late GenX, so this is my time. I always liked the Green Day singles but never felt the need to listen to their albums. If you like Basket Case, this album is for you, it's fast, melodic and sounds like a good time.

Just such a fun punk album all around

Not the best that Green Day has to offer, but it's still enough to get the same emotional response and headbanging.

Dookie by Green Day A (pop) punk album that for me feels a bit hit and miss, but boy to the hits actually hit hard. Basket Case, Welcome to Paradise, When I Come Around, are stand outs amongst many. Few songs that seem to blend but all tell a fairly similar story. Got me thinking if this was meant to be a concept album or just representative of the time and age. 4 stars.

Lots of good songs. vocals mixed pretty low... Good album.

I’ve always liked this dudes voice. The sound of the guitar bass and voice in this album is well done. There is a bit of repetition especially in the drums and rhythm. Wish there was a bit more variation in the tracks on this album but I guess it not that kinda band

Iconic millennial punk for me.

Green Day launched it with this album. It’s clean, precise, enjoyable start to finish. It’s a four because American Idiot took it to the next level and deserves a 5.

Was not a huge fan of theirs growing up, but man this album is filled with jams. At 15 tracks and 38 minutes, none of the songs outlast their welcome. You get short, punchy songs that are full of strong guitar, bass, and drums. This was fun and I gave it a 4/5.

The absolute perfect blend of pop and punk. I will be back later to upgrade this to a Five later but I need a little bit more time with the lesser-known songs. The hits have aged magnificently.

Great mix of punk and pop, or maybe just melodic punk. I ignored this the first time around, but it's grown on me. Liked Songs Added: Longview Basketcase When I Come Around

This album has aged very well. It still sounds fresh in 2025. Not a bad song on here either, although I don’t think pulling teeth fits the overall flow. It has a sixties garage rock sound that just doesn’t mesh with the pop punk sound of the rest of the album. It’s like a 4.8 for me, not quite perfect but pretty damn close.

Good album

Loved this for nostalgia reasons, and of course Armstrong as a bisexual icon. But not as revolutionary as I thought when I was younger

. Great album. Love Green Day

I feel like they totally nail this style, but its always on the verge of being super terrible, which ALL modern pop-punk is, this is relatively rockishly produced, but as soon as it becomes too squeaky-clean pop, that's when it gets bad, but this isn't that at all. I feel like 'punk' is more an attitude or a cultural thing rather than strictly a musical thing and I guess by that metric, this is certainly punk. Like a lot of 90s guitar music, the elements of pop are mostly really great additions, as catchiness doesn't degrade the quality at all. The guitar parts are great tone wise, and his vocal melodies complement them really well. I feel like his singing voice is also great, but it is on the verge of being really whiny and annoying, but not quite there. Favourite songs: all but when I come around and the last one. Overall around 8/10

Parádny rock

Took me back

Green Day raw and at their punkiest ever and yet each track carries a level of uniqueness. Structurally similar to other Green Day albums that follow, but I think this is where the structure came into being and is at its most rawest..

threw me back to my teenage angst

Catchy and fun, spirit of rock'n'roll still alive

Weirdly, “clean” is the word that comes to mind here. They are so tight and bright. Songs a bit same same, but a great album.

I didn't know what to make of Green Day when this album came out. I was into the grunge music of the time, and then this pretty silly and juvenile album dropped and everyone was going crazy over it. My first instinct was to ignore it, but it was fairly impossible to do at the time. Each song I heard I wanted to dislike, but they were just so damn catchy. Eventually I gave in and listened to the album and really enjoyed it, much to my dismay. And then once they got even huger with American Idiot, my kids started listening to their songs and I couldn't just see them as a guilty pleasure any more. That all being said, this is a really good album and it was enjoyable to listen to it again after all these years. There really isn't a dud on the record.

So damn good. This album, along with the Offspring’s “Smash” brought west coast punk rock to the world. In only 4 short years it would all almost be ruined by KISS’s 1998 destroyer of worlds “Psycho Circus”. Why god, why?!? The horror! THE HORROR!!!

I wasn't even born when this album was released, but I can imagine being a 14-year old kid, in my room with doors locked, blasting this on my Walkman while wearing headphones. This hit me with so much nostalgia. However, this is not my favorite Green Day album. There are some tracks that are absolute bangers, others are just meh. Might give them another listen or two though. So I'm giving this album a 4-star rating.

This was my favorite album as a kid, but it's been many years since I listened to it. I was worried listening to it again would dispel its mythical status in my head, but I was relieved to find I still loved it. I'm resisting the temptation to rate it a 5 because I know it doesn't truly deserve it (even the 4 is pushing it) but I really wanted to. 👍Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case, When I Come Around

I'm never gonna be a Green Day fanboy or anything, but there's no denying they deliver on the punk-pop, 2.5-minute, you know the chorus before it's over brand of rock and roll. Fun and edgy and somehow straight down the middle. Solid record.

Hooks and catchy melodies galore. This doesn't quite reach 5-star status for me only because it's always struck me as a bit juvenile, (and I think that's the point, but I don't have to like it). But damn, some of these tunes hit hard, and I dig the drums.

The standard for what a punk album should be. Shoutout Green Day

Pop punk nostalgia! Love it. Great base and drums

I remember when musicians had fun.

Fresh!

very good and fun but not super sonically diverse

Wao is it possible that I’ve finally found some tracks that have given a so specific name and energy to the feelings I once had as a teen lol

Great album

This is ground zero for all of the modern pop punk I grew up with.

Pop punk rager lots of classics some duds is what it is 3.5/5

Great stuff from Green Day, I had this on CD when a was a wee lad.

A fun pop-punk album with a few of their most popular tracks.

The band is tight and the lyrics are true and bleak, I know they were poor suburban kids in my bones. I was worried for these guys at the time, but I think they have made it to a good place. I'm glad as it makes it easier to enjoy the album.

goated

This made my childhood fun.

good album, 4

Con 15 años escuché Green Day por primera vez porque sacaron Revolution Radio y por aquel entonces me pareció el top del compromiso social en la música. Ese año, en el viaje de fin de curso a Barcelona, vi una camiseta de Dookie en una tienda y me la compré para chuleársela a los pijos de mi clase. Ellos, como yo, no habían escuchado Dookie todavía, pero sabían de sobra lo que representaba el logo de Green Day. Porque al final son un poco eso: el Mickey Mouse del rock, un ruido mainstream y asequible para nuestra parcelita de sociedad privilegiada que se las da de revolucionaria por comprarse una camiseta en Urban Outfitters. Y menos mal que existen. Porque, con suerte, se empieza por Green Day y se acaba teniendo algo de pensamiento crítico. De eso también va la música (en mi opinión). Favs: Longview, She

Dookie no es un disco muy versátil, pero no es algo necesariamente malo. Lo que suena bien suena muy bien, pero tiene mucho relleno que hace que el disco termine siendo más repetitivo de lo que tiene que ser. Pero bueno, entre todo eso tiene joyitas que no me dejan ponerle menos de cuatro estrellas. Puntos extra por la nostalgia. Cosas a las que me recuerda: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (la saga entera), Doritos, Mountain Dew, la Nintendo 64, la Gamecube, la Wii, la PlayStation 1, la PlayStation 2, Malcolm in the Middle, Cartoon Network. A la playlist: Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case, When I Come Around.

I did it all for the Dookie

Fun punk rock

The “pop” is really doing a lot here for me in this pop punk album. I liked this, and I’m laughing because just this week I gave The Clash a low rating because I said “maybe I can only listen to 1 punk rock song before it’s just a bunch of yelling and changing.” It might be a generational thing, but I just don’t find Billy Joe Armstrong to be annoying at all.

i've heard the more popular tracks, but never the full album. Burnout - 4/5 Having a Blast - 4/5 Chump - 4/5 Longview - 5/5 Welcome to Paradise - 5/5 Pulling Teeth - 4/5 Basket Case - 5/5 She - 4/5 Sassafras Roots - 4/5 When I Come Around - 5/5 Coming Clean - 3/5 Emenius Sleepus - 4/5 In the End - 3/5 F.O.D. - 3/5 Average score: 4.1/5 coming from someone who was predominantly exposed to Green Day from listening to American Idiot hundreds of times as a 10-year-old, i think they were at their prime here. the popular songs are as good as i remember them. the other tracks were alright, but likely not ones i'd come back and listen to (with the exception of a couple) now i worry American Idiot will suck ass in comparison when i hear it again later

Standout Songs: Longview Welcome to Paradise Basket Case She When I Come Around Coming Clean Enemius Sleepus In The End Really solid album. A nice change of pace from the last 2-ish weeks of slop. Always loved Green Day, and I actually have this album on CD so it was nice to re-listen to it. A lot of catchy tunes.

Dookie came out near the end of my sophomore year of college. For a solid year, Green Day seemed ubiquitous. While I liked the music well enough, it was not Nirvana. So I disregarded Green Day at the time. Cut to August 2009 and I am taking my beloved draughter to her first concert: Green Day, touring 21st Century Breakdown. They were terrific and played five songs off Dookie. (Though, does "Welcome To Paradise" belong to Kerplunk! or Dookie?) Anyway, kudos to Green Day for making it and evolving.

Best pop punk album committed to tape? I think so. All By Myself & FOD are a poor end

I'm listening to this while taking a dookie.

One of the definitive albums of the 90s. Lotsa fun. Green Day's only good album.

Great album tons of fun songs

Even though it's not the first Green Day record, it "feels" like the first. I have no time context for this one, but feels like it opened doors, for the public and for other artists in the genre. I am not the biggest fan of Green Day and pop punk, but I do admit it has some high moments, for what the songs are. It has "Longview", "When I Come Around", and "Basketcase", some huge hits so it gets a small ratings bump. Overall, a good album, and one I will probably listen to again in some time.

Es un discazo, la cantidad de hits y temazos que tiene.

Classic Green Day, striking the perfect sweet spot between their rougher around the edges beginnings and exceedingly polished post-Warning offerings. My introduction to the band was American Idiot, but something about this album felt (and still feels) a lot more genuine to me. It's a seamlessly bound package with such an infectious charm to it - a couple of minor weak points in the second half prevent me from giving this the 5⭐ treatment, but it's pretty damn close.

hmmm

83% Best: Longview; Welcome to Paradise; Basket Case; When I Come Around Must-Hear? Sure

Still get chills from "When I Come Around". This album is very much of its time... and transforms me right back there.

This is a fun pop punk album with some great tracks. The rest is still nearly up to par. Enough pop to be accessible, enough punk to reflect the mood of that time. Drumming's great, the guitarwork is not great, but fitting for this kind of music.

3.5. Goed

A pop punk classic, though also a bit long. Seems once the CD became the medium of choice bands were stuffing albums to the brim, why the label or producers were allowing this is beyond me. This could have been a 10/10 hasd it been shorter by 3-4 songs

Punk rock goodness.

Short, sharp and brilliant.

This is a definitive middle school album for me. I wasn't allowed to own it because of the parental advisory, but I heard it often at friends' houses (along with The Offspring, Smashing Pumpkins and others). The funny thing about being 13 or so, is that your tastes are much more informed by what your friends listen to or watch, and what's popular, and less to do with personal taste. at the same time, I listened to main stream country because my best friend did, and I got super into Led Zeppelin because my 20-something guitar teacher (who was basically the coolest person alive) loved them. The only one of the aforementioned artists that I still listen to regularly is Zeppelin. So, the question is: does my adult self, with obviously refined music tastes, still think Green Day rocks? Well, that's maybe a slightly complicated answer because I really don't enjoy Green Day. Their poppier stuff like "When September Ends" doesn't appeal to me, but Dookie isn't that..at all (despite what some die hard punk fans in the reviews here might have you think...this album might pop but it is certainly still punk). And quite honestly, I think it kind of fucking rocks.

Would rate 3.5 but can't

This is some great pop punk, because it captures the emo spirit of the genre (upbeat sounds, dramatic lyrics) without losing edge. Combines the catchy melodies of pop with rocking production of punk without sounding too clean or stale like a lot of albums in this sound.

DOOKIEEE. I love the name of the album. I love the punky vibes. Has some serious bangers on it. The cover also matches the vibe. Super good though me and Radek were both bopping our heads to it!

Weird rating an album i have listened to plenty before, when i was younger and angrier. It is still a solid album, classic green day. I won't be re-adding it to my rotation, so that makes it a 4

Forgot how much I like stuff like this and Rancid; much much better than the subsequent derivative "pop" "punk" dreck it inspired. Denied a 5th star by the idiotic hidden track.

Some killer some filler.

It truly made you think about making the most of your life, whilst also making you think you were about to drop the best skateboarding tape of the 90s. A fantastic album with great drums and similarly good bass work. Definitely worth the listen.

Pretty good slightly prefer American idiot but still bangs

Actually really good, will listen again

Great album, very much part of my party days.

This album was everywhere, tons of hits that brought punk to the mainstream.

Classic

I should hate this. It's everything I've ever claimed to stand against in music: repetitive, simplistic, radio-friendly, and as long as I've heard Billy Joe Armstrong, I've hated that stupid fucking stuffy-nose voice. But it was awesome. All of those things above are true, but also if you turn the volume up to 11, I could win any fucking bar fight in the whole front range. Vibes. Fave songs: - Burnout - Having a Blast - Chump - Longview - Welcome to Paradise - Basket Case - She - Coming Clean - In the End - F.O.D. - All by Myself

How can you not like it. I mean they even put it in Surf's Up (2007).

Yeah, Green Day is great! They have a unique and recognizable sound and I enjoy them very much. I like his voice and the way the instrumentals sound in a rock music context. Welcome to Paradise is always nostalgic to me.

Good one

90s classic

This album was all the rage when I was in 5th grade. The hits are genuine bangers abd the songwriting is strong throughout.

Nice punk rock

Whyyy had I never listened

All by myself at the very end of the album was hilarious it was obviously a joke. But this album kicked ass. It had a lot of hits basket case, welcome to paradise, when I come around. Over all very good. Loved the power chords on with complicated drum parts over top.

Some pretty cool pop punk. For the most part, the tracks outside of the hits are just solid, but the hits are great. The drumming is great, and the guitars and vocals serve the songs well.

something to play while doing straight cocoaine

fresh sound that reflects the beginning of a new punk that would have mixes with pop and derivatives

4/5. Великий поп-панк для тех, кто соскучился по веселому поп-панку.

immaculate vibes

At the time this sounded absolutely glorious

Foundational pop punk, love

Oh buddy! An absolute classic! Dookie is an album that channels youthful angst and restlessness into a collection of energetic and catchy pop punk anthems. Mom and Dad will never understand. It’s a record that never gets old and will forever feel relevant for generations to come. I'll never tire listening to this album! Nothing but bangers from this album! The drums and those bass lines 💯👌💯

green day innit.

I feel like everyone had this album when it came out. At the time, all the rocker kids thought it was cool to hate Green Day for “selling out.” But the truth is, they left their indie label on good terms and simply blew up, and I feel like there’s no way an indie label could’ve taken them further after the first two albums. This was pop-punk at its best: polished, fun, and catchy. Too many people associate that polish with being fake, but Green Day has always been true to themselves. Dookie wasn’t a betrayal of punk - it was an entry point. It brought punk rock into the mainstream, and for a whole generation it was the first step down a rabbit hole of discovering indie punk bands that influenced them. I love this album. It’s fun, it’s raw in its own way, and it deserves all the love for opening the door to punk for so many.

Yep. It's Green Day.

"Basket Case" +++ "Longview" ++ "Welcome to Paradise" +

New punk master!!

1. Basket Case 2. She 3. Pulling Teeth

Not the best but still good

Like many sensitive young men, I had a pop punk phase, and listening to this you really do see the genesis of that, thematically as much as anything. This must have absolutely blown you away if you were like, 10 years older than me. Some really good tunes, lot of filler imo, gets more points due to defining a genre I listened to a lot of at 13 and thus cannot bring myself to hate.

This is a really good album. All the pop punk you hear on the radio these days? This is the album that broke down those doors. This is the original, and the best.

A pop punk classic. A banger from start to finish. Highlights are album opener Burnout, She, of course Welcome to Paradise and All By Myself.

Maybe the launch of pop-punk? Guitars and Billy Joe's vocals suggest punk, but bass makes it fun and very listenable. Familiar tunes that received heavy airplay, but they don't grow old. Each track short and formulaic, as though intended as a single.

This might be the first album recommendation I've gotten that I've already listened to in full before. It came out when I was a toddler, so most of my memory of it comes much later, when my sister and I were in middle school and she would play random albums her friends had burned for her on her stereo. Funny how well I can remember that part of it, especially since I haven't really listened to it much recently. It really fits the pop punk description well. The instrumentation has the punk-rock aspect, but the song structures and composition are pretty poppy. Where grunge and alt rock dominated the early 90s, often with compounding noise or intricacy, Green Day simplified their music in an intentional, guided way that didn't neatly fit into either of those other categories while also sitting somewhere between punk and pop. Interestingly, I found it to have an almost Irish-folk-protest quality to it. Something about the vocal inflection and presentation just makes that connection in my brain. Lyrically, it is punk in a different way than that had previously meant. Punk music started with a very proactive nature; it was "damn society and stick it to the man" at its core, full of momentum and attitude to get out in one way or another. Here, it takes the form of a passive movement. Yeah, still damn society and the man, but like, I'm just going to smoke weed, watch TV, and jerk off about it. Rather than going at it with a fight, doing nothing is my protest. Maybe writing some songs with clever lyrics if I feel like it. Slackerism was at the core of Green Day's punk mindset. Putting it all together, they came up with Dookie. It's definitely not dookie, but something fun and memorable. So many of the tracks have stuck in my head for the last couple decades and still hold up. While only a few really are close to great songs, the vast majority are good. A couple weaker tracks here and there don't bring it down too much. Maybe (OK, probably) I'm a bit biased by nostalgia and personal experience on this one, but I found it to be a pretty good album. It's got a lot to offer for how simple it can be. Some of it's dumb, some of it's bad, some of it is forgettable. But much more of it is good than not. Overall: 3.75/5

Cool, some songs sound very similar. Whole album a vibe, the songs that stood out rlly stood out. Will be listening again

Today I looked back at the list of previously reviewed albums. I noticed that so far there are only a handful of albums with a global rating of 4 or higher. I expect Green Day to score high as well. I'm going for a...

Basket Case, When I Come Around....Always bring back memories.

i’ve never actually listened to this in full, only the hits but i enjoyed all the other songs a lot

This is what made me a Green Day fan.

One of the best punk albums of the 90s. Banger after banger after banger

Pretty decent pop-punk. Pulling Teeth is a good one and not even really punk. Sandwiched between Welcome to Paradise and Basket Case you might not even notice its just a boy band song. I appreciate their adherence to the Ramone's style of punk where the songs are just a few minutes long, so even if there is a song that isn't quite as good as the others like Sassafras Roots comes along, it is quickly passed and on to a banger like When I Come Around. Plus they just give you time to look at the Mad Magazine style album cover, lots to look at! Not many soft spots in the apple like that though, consistently high quality.

Este álbum es GIGANTESCO. No podria dar una reseña objetiva, porque por mucho que me pese este es el álbum que abrió las puertas del mainstream al punk, y de donde una infinidad de artistas y bandas tomarían inspiración. Quiero decir, ¿Sabes la cantidad de niños de 13 años que empezaron a tocar la guitarra para aprenderse canciones de Green Day? lo mismo para todas las bandas que empezaron a tocar juntas porque por aquel entonces este sonido era rompedor y molaba. No soy un fan de Green Day, no es un grupo que me llame especialmente la atención. Me gustan un par de canciones como "Bobby Sox" o "21 guns" pero sabía que en algún momento tendría que escucharme este disco. He aqui. Ha estado bien, la verdad. Es un álbum de Punk de principio a fin, con riffs potentes, estructuras sencillas y canciones de corta duración. Las letras de Billie Joe Amstrong hablan de temas políticos abordados desde una perspectiva más juvenil, convirtiéndose en un ícono del Punk y de la rebeldía el cual ha resonado en la cabeza de millones de adolescentes de todas las partes del mundo durante décadas. Eso no tiene precio. Pero como álbum en si, no me ha parecido un trabajo especialmente consistente. Lo siento. Creo que está bien y es potente, pero peca de lo que muchos álbumes de este género suelen pecar: tener mínimo 4 canciones en el álbum que son indistinguibles unas de las otras. Por lo demás, el disco es muy muy bueno. Y ahora Damas y Caballeros, el glaze: El legado de este álbum es enorme, es la semilla de prácticamente todo el rock de los 2000s y el trabajo que catapultaría a Green Day al estrellato y los convertiría en algo más que una banda de punk del montón. Mira que a mi, por mucho que le lama el culo a otras bandas del género que son objetivamente peores, he disfrutado este disco como un enano sin ni siquiera gustarme al 100% (puede que ni al 90%) Son generacionales y son el referente número 1, asi que creo que ponerle a este album menos de 4 estrellas no sería acertado. Hay que ser justos. Asi que...

god mola mucho

Green day, el unico grupo de punk cuya música no me hace sangrar los oidos. Disco mítico lleno de temazos. No vengas esperando complejidad o variedad, solo zapatilla y 15 canciones que suenan exactamente igual y están en el mismo tono en 38 minutos. Conocía bastante bien el disco, y es típico grupo que escuchaba de pequeño con mis padres, ahora rescuchandolo me han gustado bastante las basslines, y creo que es lo que más fuerza le da en general a los temas. En general es todo el álbum igual, pero destacan típicos temazos, como "Longview", "Basket Case" o sobre todo "When i come around". Poco mas que decir, producción sin mas, pero siendo punk es el equivalente a Sydney Sweeney en calidad de grabación. Disco mítico lleno de temazos. 8.5/10->4/5

On of the defining albums of a generation. One of the first that fit the pop punk genre. Proud that they’re from the Bay Area.

Fun high energy album. Definitely will listen to more green day after this

Great angsty youth album. Driving guitar, drums that pop, and iconic lyrics.First few songs feel like fill though I do love that drum sound. That run in the middle is incredible. Welcome to Paradise makes me want to jump. The reflective FOD is a nice change of pace.

I was living in San Francisco and going to a lot of East Bay shows (Berkeley Square RIP) when this came out, and, for better or worse, this record is a snapshot of what the scene was like. This is definitely closer to what club shows sounded like than two other bands that came out of that time period and region, Third Eye Blind and Train. I don't think I've listened to this from front to back since the late 90s, but it was a pleasant return. I preferred "The Mr. T Experience," but that's a story for another time.

Trop bien! Ça m’a fait archi plaisir de retrouver cette énergie!

Not a big pop punk guy but I found this a remarkably easy listen. Most tracks are hooky and memorable, not a lot of filler and if a track isn't hitting the spot its usually only about 2 minutes long anyway. Love the drum breaks on Burnout. Welcome to Paradise is sick. Obviously the big hits are big hits for a reason. Not an album i would necessarily have on repeat, its not very musically diverse and really sticks to its lane. However, what it does it does well. Lyrics are fine, some funny stuff. Probably relatable if I was 10/15 years younger. Younger me would have ate this up in fact. Favourite track - Welcome to Paradise. 7.5/10

Fun pop punk

I love this album. I could say more, but I just love it. Reminds me of 8th grade and 9th grade and being telling my friend I couldn't take the album home because I thought my mom would get mad about it.

I bought this when it was new. I still like it. They could have skipped the last song and the hidden track and I don't like When I Come Around very much, otherwise great album. Favorite song: Longview.

4.2 3x childhood clasic

Still such a blast. It's a perfect line between dumb fun and angst. Some songs don’t stick as hard as the radio smashes, but it moves fast. Big angsty teen spirit in the best way. Saw them on the Dookie/American Idot tour in 2024. Not as refined or ambitious as American Idiot, but that’s not really the point, is it? Spins: 2 Playlist Additions: - Longview - Welcome To Paradise - Basket Case - She - When I Come Around

I didn’t realize how much I would enjoy this album. I’ve actually seen Green Day live but I was too young to appreciate it. This album rocks!

Liked it a lot

I remember when I first heard Green Day, I thought “yeah this is ok but they will be gone soon.” I never thought Green Day would stick around as long as they have, let alone be super popular. What I underestimated is how catchy some of these tunes are. Yeah, it could be classified as punk, with all of these short, fast-burn songs. But there's a certain appeal to their music that hits closer to mainstream rock in a way that a lot of other punk rock bands do not. Things I liked about this: - It's full of fun, well-constructed songs. I liked how some songs blended into others (e.g. Chump into Longview) - Billie Joe's signing has never been great to me, but given the style, he certainly adds to the songs. - There were a lot of things I heard while listening to this on headphones that I never picked up on the radio, especially in Welcome to Paradise. - The lyrics are good and not random / aimless like some of what I have heard from their contemporaries on this list from the other side of the pond. BTW, All By Myself was just a disturbing closer. That's all I'll say! Their still not going to be a band I really turn to regularly, and until today, I've not had any of their music in my own personal library. That said, this changed today after listening to this album, as there is no doubt that they have some fun/cool songs and that this is an excellent record.

Energetic and fun

Great album

One of my favorite albums from when I was young. It was one of the first CDs I bought for myself and it was one of the first live shows that I went to. I still remember the sound guys testing out the kick drum before any of the openers even came out. I could feel it in my body. I was instantly hooked on live shows. Several big hit songs but they are all catchy to me and have a special place in my heart. Green Day was one of my first musical loves and I still really enjoy it.

very chill, soothing even good to have in background, wish id paid more attention solid 4

Gween Gay

green day being fun as always

Pop-punk isn't normally my cup of tea, but Green Day is the exception. A really fun listen of some now-classic songs. I prefer American Idiot, though!

Never owned it but my brother had a dubbed cassette tape so I was well aware of this album in my youth. It's only vaguely familiar now some 30 years later. Not much of it stuck apart from the singles and of course, All By Myself.

American Idiot was "my" Green Day album growing up. I knew the singles from this record, but didn't really listen to it. That said, knew this was gonna be a banger because this album is half singles. Not quite as good as American Idiot for me (but that is also partly due to nostalgia goggles), but you know this thing is special during the transition from Chump to Longview. It goes from a decent punk record to a classic in that instant. When you have Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case and When I Come Around all on the same record, you're getting something great. And along with Chad Smith from Red Hot Chili Peppers, I'll die on the hill that Tré Cool is one of the most underrated drummers of all time.

Great album. I’m not really into punk, but I still enjoyed listening to this one. Very tight band, and there were some basslines I really liked.

Standouts Longview Welcome to Paradise Basket Case She When I Come Around

I always liked this album

Idk it was fine

repetitif

I kinda hate green day

Bon album avec des sonorités néo punk a écouter...fort 🤪

Æ kan skjønne koffor folk like det, sjøl om det ikke e helt for mæ, men det e jo på ingen måte fraskrekkanes. Bare ikke helt min sjanger.

ONE OF MY ALL-TIME FAVES. THE ENERGY. THE VIBES ARE EVERYTHINGGG In the End is one of my favourite songs ever as well!! unfortunately this couldnt receive 5 stars tho, as it lacks the sheer 'musicality' of a perfect album, so i had to give it 4 stars (rounded down from a 9/10) However i was sooo happy to get this (especially as it's only my 2nd day)

Amazing

Absolute classic and still their best, in my opinion

Truly a classic pop punk album. Green Day reinvented the wheel a bit on this one, and by that I mean they took pop punk, revolutionized it, and made it radio friendly with the poppiness. This album was inescapable, even in the early 2000s. Billy Joe Armstrong is a true brat on this album in the best way. Funnily enough because of the way he sang, I always thought Green Day was british or some shit. California accents be like. Could just be an autistic take tho. Genuinely proper pop punk songwriting that essentially set the precedent for the genre and the example for years to come. Often imitated, never truly replicated. Fast, snappy, catchy, snotty, attitude loaded bangers. I sound like a boomer but that's what this album is. It's a really fuckin good time. The standouts are obviously better songs than the majority of the album but they're all still pretty good pop punk tracks. This is like a peak high school album. Youthful rebellious antics type shi. Memorable. Loud. Dare I say, obnoxious. Dookie was a perfect name for this album.

Poppy punk master class. Insanely catchy riffs and vocal performances, unmatched in its genre.

En haug med bangers. Sterkeste skiva til Green Day med god margin. Samtidig er jeg ikke like helfrelst for bandet som jeg var i 2006.

I had no idea Basket Case was 7th on the album. I like this type of skater punk and know this was a pretty influential album in its time, but I'm surprised at how many of the songs sound so similar, especially toward the beginning of the album. Great album, even if it isn't the most musically or technically advanced.

A very good album. I like pop punk, they know how to make exceptional pop punk albums. They are the definition, revolution, and evolution of the genre. And we all know they can do better. So 4 for this one!

Basket Case, She, Longview, Welcome to Paradise, and When I Come Around all being on the same album is just insane. The Green Day sound is present through this entire go, but it’s such a stellar album. There isn’t much variety, but you don’t need it. All in all, great listen.

It always shocks me how old Green Day is. Some great bangers on this album that I didn’t realize were this old. I feel like Green Day doesn’t always get the recognition they deserve but like their “sound” honestly is what I imagine as the sound of the 2000s

Yay Green Day :) Already had a few songs from this album that I liked but I have now developed an appreciation for a few more. Best song: Basket Case Notable(s): Longview, Welcome to Paradise, When I Come Around, Coming Clean

This is Jay's favorite album, I can hear the influence in what he writes and records on our tracks from this. I've never actually listened to this from start to finish until just now. I am familiar with the hits. An incredibly well polished and refined punk album(kind of an oxymoron). I'm curious who produced it.

Goes down smooth, but most of the album is not remarkably interesting. Longview - Welcome to Paradise - Basket Case make it all worthwhile, though. Feels like a 90s-ified Monkees album (compliment).

It’s not American Idiot but it’s close.

feisty poppy punk, very well executed

Dookie is funny, exuberant, catchy, self-deprecating, easy to sing along to, and what's more important, it's a genuine generational cry.

Loved it! Made me a fan of Green Day.

A visceral nostalgia, but I think this may have been the first time I listened to the whole album. Interesting to think about the bands that followed the "pop punk" path set down by this album. I've been threatening myself for years to do a deep dive on punk between say, Velvet Underground to Green Day, but until now I had not considered following the actual line of influence of this album. Funny, talented kids putting on a lot of attitude. Hard to beat.

yeah pretty good. some solid hits on here and it’s no surprise why green day is popular. i like the album cover too. 4/5.

Pretty good album here. Has some range but still brings good punk from start to finish.

I don’t really want to like this album but I kinda do. Its too clean and polished to be a good punk album and too fast and loud to be a good pop album… but thats what makes Dookie, and Green Day’s sound following it, so unique. Their blend of pop and punk better than any other pop punk band out there.

In the top 3 for Green Day albums, lots of good songs on this one.

I respect their selling out. Seriously, they broke out with the record contract, but maintained their punk roots and still a unique sound. Not exactly Dylaneasque in their lyrics, but I don't need that for punk. Oh, and this is a very good album.

Dookie is colllege 1994. It was everywhere. I was in love with the Smashing Pumpkins so I didn’t care. I’ve since given it my attention and I like it even if it is simpler and a little samey throughout. Longview has always been my favorite. Welcome To Paradise doesn’t hold up for me. When I Come Around sounds like frat parties. This is a good, not great, album. I have far more love for Green Day’s follow up album, Insomniac, which is a 5.

Green Day is always a good time! They just rock out and create a fun environment while singing about all the angsty, anxiety-inducing things felt by the youth of the 90s. Hard not to love. There are so many great hits on here. I wasn’t as enamored with the non-hits and I do think American Idiot is a better album, but this is still a near 5.

I grew up with this album. It is damn near perfect.

DOOKIE. nonie dureglost aber seg so ihren durchbruch? erste song kurz knackig reeecht geil. übergang vo chump zu longview suuuper ind denn de bassriff geeeil. rieeeese banger longview. welcome to paradise au seehr geil was mached d vocals im refrain hööö. jaaa basket case ja basket case jaaa baaanger kei ahnig nöd viel z sege meeega high energy es goht so lang bises abgoht s fill wo d drums inechömed isch sooo geil. emenius sleepus au seehr funny irgendwie. in the end macht voll wiiter ihri zweistimmige refrains mached so spass ich ha würkli r sehr gueti ziit gad. guets geburialbum. lieb au de tre cool sini 16tel sind sooo cool und er spielt immer füree. es isch scho nöd jeeede song en banger aber die unbeschwertheit und spass wo sie überebringed isch sooo asteckend. viere oder füfi ich entscheid morn morge.

DOOKIE kenn glaub echt nur basket case, aber das isch en riesebanger burnout isch na cool, classic greenday s fliche laht sich über die nächste paar lieder sege hahaha welcome to paradise het für mich chli ussegstoche ahh das isch usrpünglich vom 2. album? jaa ich han jz nöd vill ufgschriebe bis jz, wenig lieder han ich jz mega geil gfunde, aber s album gönnt eim kei pause (ussert de ahfang vo f.o.d.) und es mavht uhuere spass. für mich töned d lieder immer chli gliich zwar aber iwie hets trz gnueg varianz, dass es mier spass macht JZ NO S LETSCHTE LIED MAL LUEGE hahahah ok isch jz nöd es fulminants fürwerk am schluss, sondern chli en funny jaa s wichtigste hani scho gschriebe glaub AH UND BASKET CASE ISCH SO FUCKING GUET, es macht soo spass hahaha

I like their newer stuff better but this was so good. So many classics.

They hit just at the right time. Some undeniable hits here. Pop/Punk, Clash Lite, but not bad. A solid first album for a band that has really carved out their niche.

More pop than punk, diet rebellion for the mildly disaffected. And some absolute, bonafide classics.

Альбом в духе группы, нормал

Best sort of Dookie

3.8 - Enjoyed, good fun

I would skip the first two songs and go Chump into Longview to start the album - I like the clean track transition. There are some good pop rock songs here but Basket Case does kinda blow everything else out of the water. Fave Tracks: Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case 3.7/5

One of my favorite albums growing up. Would listen to this constantly on my Walkman in the bus. Sadly didn't hold up as much as I remember. Going 4 but likely deserves 5

Back to back four stars. Please keep it rolling 🙏🏼

Nostalgia, and I'm not ashamed to score as such. Still holds up, but probably pulling from those fond adolescent memories.

Album name: Dookie. Album quality: not dookie

Me singing When I Come Around with the lyrics of Be Our Guest quite annoyingly

Been 25+ years since I had listened to this album. It was popular with classmates when it came out. I appreciated different genre's of music at the time and never really listened to this one. Would listen to again (being my criteria for a 4).

Not a big Green Day guy but this has some good tracks. Nice nostalgia.

Just fun really. Feels very care-free and kiddish, I think anyone can enjoy the hits on here really. Generally pretty good.

Not a bad album, plus a star for the pure nostalgia of it.

Good album. Enjoyable listen.

Riktigt bra grejer!

Dude, is fricken dookie. Stef said it should be a10 out of 10. She didn't listen to it though. I did.. all by myself.

Jó félchill lemez

Pretty classic pop rock sound. I like it, lyrics are pretty good, but it’s a bit too basic for me, and kind of just monotone with some variation sometimes.

4.5. Trying to not have too many 5 stars but this could easily be one.

I like it, generally a good album. The songs particularly would probably require time to become playlist staples, but I can definitely see the potential.

Сначала было максимально скучно, а потом даже удовольствие получил

another to the list of albums heard through my brothers bedroom wall. I remember as a kid looking at the cover art and trying to see all the literal shitflinging. This is the Green Day I'm most familiar with. The singles off this album still hit, Longview, When I Come Around, and Basket Case are still in rotation today, The rest of the album is still good, but doesnt reach those highs. I remember my brother leaving the room and All By Myself played, being creeped out by it, I told my brother about it and he said no such song exists as he showed me the track listing. As I've aged I learn that it was a secret track and I'm not insane or haunted.

I don’t like punk music but this was some good pop punk!

This shit went crazy when i was 14

Favs: when I come around, she, basket case, Longview. AMAZING DRUMS!! Big big fan

I always avoided Green Day because I thought they were like hippie punk rock with no meaning. This album really opened some doors for me, really creative and interesting and no I'm in a rabbit hold of Green Day albums. Entertaining stuff

Очень классный альбом, динамика, детали, тут есть все что нужно, но понравилось не все треки.

As someone that only experienced the nineties as a toddler, this is totally what I consider the soundtrack of the decade. That raw, pre-pubescent energy you got as a teenager when the world was yours and you didn’t give a fuck. All distilled into 40 minutes of peak pop punk. Personally, I think I like the songs individually more than the complete package. Punk, whether in the pop variety or not, tends to create repetitive albums and Dookie isn’t really an exception. But that’s honestly a nitpick and in general, it’s hard to ignore the impact this album had for the band and music in general. It’s make me feel like a nineties kid… even if I remember literally nothing from it. Favorite track: When I Come Around Other hits: Basket Case, Welcome to Paradise, She, Longview, Burnout

Love this album

Now this is good shit, Maybe its just nostalgia though

A lot of bangers I didn't realize were on the same album, and didn't realize this was Green Day's major debut album. Definitely an introduction of a unique sound to the scene. Some of the harmonies and vocal patterns sound Beach Boys reminiscent sometimes.

took like 3 songs to get good. a little unremarkable (might as be because it's my first time listening, I will get used to them) but I enjoyed most of the tracks. pulling teeth continues to be my fav song from the tracklist even after finishing the whole album.

A good listen. There's definitely some bangers in here, but also some fairly mid tracks. Fun instrumentals and vocal work here and there. 'Basket Case' was my fave.

Eigentlich ist Punk ja nicht so meine Stilrichtung, aber das hat was

Dobry, klasika

The one-two punch of Longview and Welcome to Paradise rips

So of its time and still so relevant.

Genuinely great

Still great at 36

Blast from my teenage past, so probably a bit biased by that, but still a very cool pop/skate punk record!

I'm not that big Green Say fan but both their albums from this list are pretty great and quite different from each other. This one, their breakout record, is a staple of pop punk and has basically defined the genre since its release. There's not much to it musically, actually, it's all very simple and straightforward. Perfect music to turn your brain off to. Key tracks: Burnout Longview Basket Case When I Come Around

A lot of the songs are very similar but there are few that are excellent pop-punk-emo songs that seem to have preceded modern emo that I enjoy

Burnout 4 Having a Blast 4.1 Chump 4.1 Longview 4.2 Welcome to Paradise 4.3 Pulling Teeth 3.8 Basket Case 4 She 3.8 Sassafras Roots 4 When I Come Around 4.2 Coming Clean 3.6 Emenius Sleepus 3.5 In the End 3.5 F.O.D. 3.3 Score: 3.885714286

I sin genre är detta en suverän skiva. Sen kan jag tycka att den här typen av poppig punk tenderar att bli lite långtråkig över en hel skiva, men oavsett har denna så många bra låtar att betyget blir en fyra åt det starkare hållet.

Love me some green day. This album and nimrod were in heavy rotation as a kid.

Never really realized until just now just how great the bass sounds on this album. Brings it from good to great!

This album holds significance to me. When this record came out I was 12 years old and it was a staple at the time. There was girl that was the neighbor to my best friend. Her Mom was dating the neighbors Dad. She was from another town and went to another school so she didn't know what a dweeb I was so she would hang out with us/me. I remember she had come over to my friend's house and we listened to the album in his room. She had this perfume that smelled like coconut that was popular at the time but I don't recall the brand. She really loved the song "She" so we had that on repeat. Later we watch Pet Sematary Two, it was awful but the girl and I weren't paying much attention. We were cuddled up together and I was all in my adolescent feels. Once the movie ended my friend and I walked her home, it was cold outside and she had a thin coat. Me being a gentleman gave her my Charlotte Hornets starter jacket to wear. Once we got to her place she pulled me in and kissed me, my first real kiss tongue and all. I stood there petrified not knowing what to do, butterflies fluttering. It was brief but memorable and embarrassing now. She gave me back my coat and it smelled like her for weeks. I would play Dookie on a loop for the next couple weeks. Eventually she made friends that went to my school and she attended for one day. The friends she made were the popular girls and it didn't take long for her to find out I was not very cool and broke up with me that day. I was crestfallen. That said, I can't hear this album without thinking about that brief moment in time. Not that she hurt me cause I wasn't cool enough, hell I knew I wasn't cool and she might be out of my league. It was the kiss and the smell of her.

I never listened to this album fully. Growing up as a millennial you were either green day or blink 182 camp. I was in the latter. Skipping the singles cause everyone's heard them. I did really enjoy Warning and parts of American idiot. So far the standouts are: Chump, Sassafras roots, She, emenius sleep, f.o.d,

was talking to someone tdy and they referred to green day among other rock bands (i.e. radiohead, blur) from this era as loser rock, and i couldn't have said it better myself i love loser rock

some great songs but a bit samey

Tre Cool is such an underrated drummer. This was never my favorite GD album but the less major songs really grew on me this listen

Easily prefer this to American Idiot. Better songwriting, less obnoxious, not about Bill Clinton. Just a solid pop punk album.

En stabil powerpop/ punkpop som jag och dottern lyssnar på tillsammans.

Banger after banger. And a few non-singles I don't think I've ever heard. But what a great launch of a career. Super good. And the bonus track is ridiculous.

Have listened to this off and on for many many years. Still hits it when I'm in the right mood!

Симпатично, но ничего особо не зацепило

Nostalgia bomb holds up

Wall to wall bangers.

Very fun American poo punk rock

Basket case is an absolute banger

very excited to see this one come up green day certainly took an awful turn. there was a point when you could not escape "lonely road." But that doesn't exist right now. This album is a moment of eternal summer. Adolescent pre-rebellion. Aggravated annoyance. The whole essence of being bored in your house while your parents are at work and all the things that go climbing through your head. my very first experience with this album was through a friend of mine. Instead of doing anything at school he would fill up notebooks with song lyrics. Sometimes he would give them to me. My parents found the scrawl of Longview in my backpack and I got in trouble. i listened to so much punk rock in high school. In the purity of that subculture i didn't allow myself to enjoy the simple pleasure of green day. they were too commercial and the music wasn't hard enough. I reformed my ways and came around to this album later in high school. damn i feel happy listening to this music. It's a little bit of pop and a little bit of punk but no so much of that combination that it becomes cloying. it's just really easy to listen to. I want to Karaoke Basket Case right now. i'm giving this album a 4. i just like the way it makes me feel.

listened to this for the first time at matt clark's house in probably the fifth grade, all sweaty from riding our bmx bikes around the neighborhood. he had a mark brunell jersey on. we were eating those little chalk candy cigarettes, gobbling them like wood chippers. first riff i learned on guitar was "brain stew." not on this record, but of note. grew apart from green day through high school and tuned way out by the time they hit the american idiot/eyeliner phase. not bc of the message; it just read as a lame and desperate attempt at relevance from old dudes. little black outfits and suspenders and ties. punk twee with fauxhawks. the music didn't resonate with me at the time. i was into my classic rock phase, worshipping the who and zeppelin. i liked my dudes long haired and barechested and sepia toned, not looking like my weird awkward cousin at my great aunt's funeral. burnout makes apathy and immaturity fun, something to strive for. chump gets more interesting at the middle of song; the drum and bass bit with the ringing triplet chords and the excellent transition into longview. good bassline and great interaction of all three instruments. a song about apathy, watching tv, and masturbating. a winner. welcome to paradise. i like this song a lot. love how he starts singing the title in the chorus half a second before the instruments come back, the descending backing vocals. bass solo. pulling teeth. 50s style rock n roll singalong. love it. the middle of this record kicks. great guitar tone on the solo. basket case has such a killer chorus. was this on a THPS game? "she" comes dangerously close to boring power chord country until the scream and the guitar tone change. bring that baby forward in the mix boys. sassafras roots. the bass saves it, but not my favorite. it's a song. good question chorus. we still slacking, but real fast. when i come around. god that's a great song. bounces along. a real guitar riff, unlike the last song. bass ducking and weaving around under it. good slow short ringy guitar solo. in the end. drum and bass grab my attention again. FOD. nice acoustic into electric.

This album came out when I was 7. I don't think I was really aware that this band existed til American Idiot came out in 2004 and ruined everyones lives. Atleast it felt like that to me at the time. Nothing about being blasted all over MTV and the Billboard charts and 35 years old with eyeliner felt punk at all. I digress. This album art is awesome. It's burned into my psyche. This is meant to be listened to on 10. Shit is catchy. Dookie is a funny word. Makes be yearn for the 90s CHUMP rolls right into LONGVIEW really seamlessy, not really something I expected from a punk album. LONGVIEW is a killer track. I'm not acquainted enough with punk to apprecite this record fully or to properly hate on it. light 4.

The instrumental was amazing, only downside is that the vocals were more often than not very quiet compared to the instruments and I personally don’t like that.

It's a fun album with some great pop-punk songs, lacks a bit of variety from one song to the next but it's got great energy throughout

very nostalgic, a classic fo suuure

Soundtrack of 1994.

i know that many don’t consider green day to be real punk music, throwing around the term “pop punk” almost as a perjorative, but the punk genre was never really meant to have mass appeal. by definition, if a band can sell over 20 million copies of one album (as this album has), it has popular appeal. this album and this band are pop punk, and there’s nothing inherently wrong with that. it’s a fun album that definitely has punk elements, but it would be a mistake to label this as merely “punk” without also attaching “pop” to it.

Man it's been awhile since I've listened to this. Back in high school I was more into Green Day's 2000s stuff but I think its time for me to admit that this is better than "American Idiot". It really captures that 90s sleaze! Favorite track: Longview

People describes "Dookie" as "Adolescence: The Album". and as a adolescent, i think they are right. 4/5

Punk rock. Pretty good, doesn’t quite reach the same heights as American Idiot, still a jammer throughout.

I mean, it's Dookie. I get why this record has garnered the attention it has, and I'd give it an easy 5 if I were ranking based on influence. I do think there's better stuff out there, even in Green Day's own discography and it's got to be said it's a rather static record, it just does what it does really really well.

YES! Haven't listened to this one in a hot minute.

Hasn’t listened to this one in ages. There are some big hits, but also some average stuff mixed in. Didn’t hold up as well as I might have predicted, but at this point I’m also far from the target age for this. If I put myself back in that time and age I can feel the thrill of it. At this point for me it’s a 3.5, but I can remember when it meant more than that.

Some great hits and high points, even if the rest kinda blends together a bit.