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Booooring. Couldn't listen without skipping

good shit >:)

Another end to a multi-album artist. I listened to American Idiot a few months back and wasn't a fan of that album, though I'd be lying if I said the possibility of a relisten didn't cross my mind. The historical context and the "Jesus of Suburbia" concept are both pretty interesting ideas to base an album around. Apparently the success of American Idiot failed to eclipse the success of this album, though I've heard next-to-nothing about this collection of songs in the run-up to it finally gracing my project. Uh, yeah. It's alright. I'm not a fan of this of-the-time, polished to a fault pop music, though I can see the appeal. "Burnout" is a solid opener. The vocal melody is good and I like the solid drum breaks near the end of the song. "Longview" has a very solid guitar hook and I enjoy the disaffected lyrics. "Sassafras Roots" is solid, with some good songwriting and an alright instrumental. Generally speaking, I think it's very difficult to make good music that is in and around the two minute mark. It's very unfortunate that nearly half of the album is comprised of tracks which fit this bill. If the two-minuters were condensed and refined into more substantial music then I likely wouldn't come away from this album feeling so bored and mentally exhausted. A lot of these tracks also have a bad habit of blending together. I'm very mild on this album, though I didn't dislike it the same way that I came away disliking American Idiot. I can kinda vouch for this album. teenybopper albums are very hard to come by and appear to be generally disliked by the curators of this list, so I think there's merit in this one making it into the book. Green Day are apparently very influential as well, though in what ways I'm unsure - they're pretty far beyond my musical interests.

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

Getting to see Green Day perform this live in full probably fixed me.

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

A classic that I’ve given many spins already. Not a bad track on here.

Okay

Best sort of Dookie

Pop-punk from my New Wave Goth days.

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

One of the best ever.

OK I guess. Indifferent. Has a brash and shiny feel to it which seems the antithesis of punk. (Nope, hadn't ever listened to the album before today).

It’s Green Day

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

I was 15 when this was released and I can still sing all the songs and play half of them on guitar. Instant classic

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

It’s still a great album but think it sits between a 3 and a 4

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

Souvenirs de secondaire 2. Je me rappellais encore de toutes les paroles. Cristallise bien le pop punk californien.

I like it but not really a huge fan of this album

é bom mas não é a minha praia. As músicas parecem ser todas iguais e eu não conseguia entender as canções, parecem ser mais barulho que letra

Classic pop punk that holds up. Saw them perform it in full just last year and it was so much fun!

got me into music!

Good shit

Dookie often serves as a touchstone for music listeners, reminding them of a younger, rowdier time in their lives. I myself had a Green Day phase, and remember the era fondly. Washed in nostalgia, it's hard to be objective about this album. I appreciate that Dookie is very earnest in its hedonistic immature approach. Some subsequent Green Day works don't feel very authentic. I think this is some of their strongest work. Sure, you can poke holes in this record, but it accomplishes the goals of disheartened teen record anthem particularly well. I can't help but enjoy these handful of tracks.

ok

Enjoyed it, didn't love it. But also definitely not my favourite genre

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).

Something from my youth. Listened to this a lot when it was released. This will get a higher rating based on nostalgia alone.

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

Aside from the notable 90s pop punk anthems we all know on here, there isn’t much that captures my attention. As we’ve navigated further from when this album was made its vinn diagram with other contemporaries has greater overlap. I hear Blind Melon’s “No Rain” at the end of “Longview” for example. As a side note, I was a 90s MTV kid and nothing described my experience more than “Longview”.

God cabron

Perfect.

how is this album 31 years old jesus. What a time capsule into the mid 90s. I still remember mumbling the lyrics to Longview in art class in 4th grade and getting in trouble for it. Great album, deserves a place high on the list.

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

Fantastic, fantastic album. Loved this; personal favorite is "She" but it's jam packed with lots of hits. 10/10

Great album, not usually a rock person, but this one was a great listen, I give it a 4.5, but I always round down...

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

Do you have the time to listen to me whine....no, derivative and tedious.

Generic but not offensive

one of the albums of my life, no doubts. 5/5

Good album. Enjoyable listen.

As someone who doesn’t like punk this is one of the better attempts at getting me interested . It’s catchy poppy at times but ultimately , it’s just not my thing

Classic pop-punk. It’s just fun all the way through.

Quite teenagery. Innocuous. one seemed almost like a folk song but played with power chords reminded me of the byrds. Not sure would listen again

I'm not necessarily looking forward to listening to another Green Day album, but at least this time the all the songs are actually divided into different tracks! And they're shorter. Let's see This album came out 10 years before the other Green Day album I've been forced to listen to (American Idiot), and you can tell by these songs. Whatever you say about AI (I was trying to find a short-cut for American Idiot but it just reads as Artificial Intelligence lol dumb), in that album it feels like the band has a clearer idea of what they want to do, and actually have a kind-of unique sound to them. Judging by these first few tracks, it seems like early Green Day sounded like any other punk record. But let me no judge too early. Liked the transition into Longview. But after finishing that song, this record hasn't had any memorable moments so far. I'm really starting to think that maybe this just isn't for me. I like rock. I like punk. But maybe just... not this kind? Or maybe my prejudice against Green Day is far greater than I thought. I did find some enjoyment out of American Idiot, but this one just isn't doing it for me, and I jsut finished listening to two of the most famous songs here. But yes, I'll stick to the end... Pulling teeth is the first song I've liked here!!! Good news!!! Is Basket Case just gonna be about him being crazy? Because I'm sorry but that really aligns with the stereotype I have of Green Day listeners. The song itself is not bad at all! Just nothing that I have any desire to listen to again. She has the lyrics "scream at me until my ears bleed" which is exactly the situation that, for some reason, I'm forcing myself into with this. I do like the message of the song, but again, no desire to ever subject myself to it. Should I include a funny jab about wasting my time after with Sassafras Roots? When I Come Around seems like my last hope. Please have something good here. I'm begging. Yeah ok I like this chorus. I'll throw a dog a bone, this is good. Only five songs left, and the good news is they're all short! I'll be done in about 10 minutes. Yeyyyyy I don't know if I'd like this better if the mixing was better? It does sound like it's supposed to hurt my ears (mission accomplished!). I really like the little drum solo moment in In The End! Rest of the track is fine, but those 15 seconds are great. I don't know what the fuck that last track was but it might have been one of my favourite moments on the record! Overall, man....... I came into this list as an ignorant Green Day hater, but American Idiot made me swallow my pride and admit they could be good! Dookie just gave me reason to be a hater again. What even is that album name. I'm sure there's some dumb reason for it, but guess what, still dumb. Again, this may just not be for me. In fact that is a strong possibility. In that case, I hope everyone that enjoys this keeps on enjoying it! I just won't be one of those people. Bye

Green Day isn't really a band I care for but I think moreso from the fact that their music isn't my style rather than any of their reputation or something. In general I would have avoided any of their music but today (or rather yesterday) it was Dookie. I think despite all of what I said before this album is pretty alright, really riding that tightrope between the more mild and power poppy Ramone's esque pop punk vs the 00s poppier and somewhat heavier pop punk that would become more popular since this album's release and it works I think, it gets heavier and exciting like it needs to along with some really sweet and catchy melodies, the biggest knock I could give is that I don't love the "style" of singing Billy Joe (and really most 00s pop punk), it's just kind of repetitive and as well how some songs towards the latter half start to blend in for me, which makes it kind of a chore, but I mean... other than that I think I enjoyed this one wayyy more than I initially thought I would.

Alltså deras mer raffinerade sound hade väl aldrig existerat utan detta album men det är tyvärr jäkligt ointressant för mig och stilen är egentligen inte alls min grej, vilket ju är sen gammalt. (:

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.

bangers could i write poetry to this? y

Serious nostalgia trip right here. 1994 was a great year for Alternative music. This cassette spent a lot of time in my car and several of its tracks ended up on then mix tapes that I was so fond of making. I listened to "Dookie" in its entirety at least a thousand times and then never actively sought Green Day out again. But I had the time of my life.

I haven’t listen to this album since high school. Although never a big Green Day, I can respect what they did.

This used to be one of my favorite albums! But, now I just think there isn't enough substance to it. There's still some bomb ass bangers though.

Catchy songs. Under 40 minutes. I don't care for later green day, but early stuff is perfect.

I really wished I like this more but there was only a couple songs I liked

En god del gode låter, men blir litt likt. Synes kvaliteten deres blir tydeligere når de tar tempoet ned. En karakter ned i forhold til American Idiot.

Nope. Not even a little bit.

Classic

Jó félchill lemez

Of all of the US punk bands that appeared in the 90s, early Green Day is probably the one I would choose to listen to if I really had to. Dookie hasn't aged as well as I thought it might have but it still holds a certain poppy charm. Dumb but melodic.

Nice album. Straight rock and roll. Got a little repetitive and mundane for me, but an enjoyable listen.

The further you get the better it is

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.

3,25

actually kinda disappointed on revisiting it. my memory was coloured by the tracks i remembered well, but the rest was, well... forgettable

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.

Makes me remember Salto

Сначала было максимально скучно, а потом даже удовольствие получил

Dookie did not invent pop punk, not even close, but was a before and after moment for the genre, and it's a perfect encapsulation of the appeal of it. If someone wanted to know what pop punk is, you could do a hell of a lot worse than just showing them Dookie. This is a record full of frustration, anxiety and suburban ennui. Songs are about getting crushing boredom, getting mad at your parents and trying to find your way in the world. Billie Joe Armstrong sounds distinct and snotty and maybe a little bit obnoxious. And the songs are perfect little blasts of pop songwriting: simple, catchy and energetic. Basically, Dookie is the perfect album to capture the attention of a wide audience of disillusioned teens. If you found this in the right place, at the right time, I can see it being an all time favorite for you. That being said, while I understand the appeal of Dookie, and I do like it more than I don't, pop punk just kind of isn't my thing, but I can understand that this is a masterpiece of the genre. Besides, I can throw it on and bob along from front to back, so I can't complain too much.

hm

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!

5/5 yippee yahoo

Real nostalgia, but didn’t hold up for me as well as expected.

5 starts, if I've heard this album 100 times if I've heard it once. Doing the 1001 album challenge with my Mom who got me the tapes of this, Pearl Jam - Vitalogy, and Sheryl Crow - Tuesday Night Music Club for Christmas one year.

Sincerely one of my all time favourite albums. I don’t let long pass in between listens so this was a treat.

Perfect for a gym session. Wherever you pigeonhole it, it brings some feel good energy.

I don’t get get why this is so popular

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

Vrenger seg inni meg av Basket Case. Lett skip. Resten er ok.

Beste skiva til grønn dag, snappy og korte låter med driv. Gøy

Top drawer.

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

Green Day's alright, but just not someone I care to listen to.

Everyone who thinks this album belongs on a list of music to hear before you die is a middle class north merican white boy who is probably just cresting the "acceptance" part of their balding journey. Yes, of course I love it, of course it hits all my nostalgia buttons, I grew up with this exact white suburban rage. I used to sneak out of my teenagehood suburban house in the middle of the night with Basket Case playing in my head to go slurp on a mickey with my friends in a park. But that's as far as the nostalgia for this album should go, let's not be inflicting it on other folks and wasting the precious remaining 1001 days before they die.

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

Crazy that I never really listened to this album. Can totally see how this influenced Tenement's Napalm Dream

not bad. Basket Case is the "do you have time to listen to me whine" song. 3/5

The Green Day-NOFX-Dead Kennedys-XRay Spex pipeline is real. This was “baby’s first punk album” for a lot of us and is still a whole lot of fun. Don’t listen to gatekeepers and snobs.

Love this album

Timeless. Loved it as a teenager when I first heard and love it still.

Despite being one of my favorite bands, including my first our second favorite song ever, this album is not good.

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.

-Most main riffs are good, but aren't very dissimilar to one another -Solid opening few tracks, Burnout being an insane intro -Outro is shite, decent guitar but the vocals are far from it -Best songs: Burnout, Basket Case, Longview -Worst songs: Emenius Sleepus, All by Myself -Overall rating: 7.1/10, probably wouldn't listen to in full again

Good beats and bass.Make for good driving music

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 cult, but carried by the singles with half of the song that sounds like fillers

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.

being from Oakland and not being a Green Day fan is a suffering worse than Jesus

Nice tight modern punk album, somewhere between angst and amusement. It’s still a pissed off vibe, but with a grin rather than a sneer. Liked it rather than loved it. There are definitely more ambitious Green Day albums out there. When I come around and Basket Case where the standouts for me

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

I was a teenager in the early '00s and had spent my childhood listening to my dad's old punk albums (and the Undertones were particular favourites). No shock that this record is a seminal one for me. The same energy but by a band who were still young. Punk, but for mt generation. It really was one of the defining albums of my youth and it still hold ups. I still love those drums and the bass lines, and I still know all the words. A perfect adolescent album, made more impressive by the fact that he recorded all the vocals in little over a weekend in his early twenties. Favourite tunes: Burn Out, She, When I Come Around, Welcome to Paradise

I am one of those melodramatic fools that was immediately taken back just looking at the cover. Solid, catchy songs that stand the test of time. I appreciate the musical work (especially the drums) on these songs more than I did back in the 90s.

Dobry, klasika

Album still rips and defined a generation of modern punk/pop-punk.

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

Used to love this album. Still do though I don't find myself listening to it often

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

For Skip and our Green Day trip to PGH

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

Truly an all timer. Over half the album was on their greatest hits.

Bangers

Banger of an album. American Idiot will always be my favorite for Green Day, but this one hits too.

16-year-old me would’ve rated this five stars

Every song kinda sounds the same

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

A classic. Hard to review objectively, as it’s so familiar. 2.5 Stars

3.5 stars. The hits hit. A few other tracks are pretty good. Definite filler but it’s a quick record. It’s not revolutionary but it’s fun.

Excellent. The Band produced two great albums.

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

Nu har jag försökt flera gånger. Men jag kommer nog inte vidare från att det är "helt ok". Det är intensivt och har ett driv. Men det lyfter inte till jättehög nivå. Tycker soundet är rätt repetitivt. Det blir nog en trea trots allt.

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.

Its punkpop

My favorite album of all time

If you think about it, 1994 was an amazing year for albums. Sure, you have stinkers in there, but the sheer amount of top-tier albums to come from those 12 months is impressive, and Dookie is absolutely one of those top-tier albums. What can I say? I love Green Day. They've always been the definitive pop-punk band in my eyes, and for good reason. All three band members prove themselves on this album to be immensely talented. Between Billie Joe Armstrong's angsty vocals and infectious guitar riffs, Mike Dirnt's excellent basslines and entertaining backing vocals, and Tré Cool's sharp drumming, Green Day prove themselves to be an absolute power trio in this iconic album. This album is all killer, no filler. It's just 40 minutes of pop-punk at its absolute peak. The album is insanely consistent, but not repetitive. There are many musical moments that stand out here. From the bassline on "Longview," to the lovable vocal harmonies on songs like "Pulling Teeth" and "Basket Case," this album ensures that the music doesn't go in one ear and out the other. The lyricism of the album is a tad juvenile, but that's not really a fault of the album. I think that, given the context of Green Day's career up to that point, the punk ethos at large, and youth culture as a whole, it actually creates an experience that perfectly encapsulates a certain feel that is hard to sing about in a way that feels both authentic and not completely cringe-worthy. It definitely helps that the songs manage to stand out and aren't just 15 different songs about girls, unlike other "punk" albums I know. I really have no complaints about Dookie. The pacing is perfect and the songs are all great. The album has "When I Come Around," okay? It may be called Dookie, but this album is anything but shitty. 5/5.

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.

A classic.

Gonna get this out of the way - Green Day is one of my favorite bands ever and this is an easy five stars. Alright, that's out of the way. If you want to read a gushing review, read on. But know that it comes from someone who grew up listening to them as his first band he felt was his, saw them on the American Idiot tour, and has seen them four more times since (including the most recent anniversary tour where they played it in its entirety). I can't speak to how seminal this album was for the pop punk genre, or how I really connected with it on an emotional level or felt seen by it (I didn't). But I can tell you that it is an insanely listenable, very well-recorded, and dumbass catchy album. And I adore it with everything I am. Each of the members is so clearly incredibly talented at what they do. The guitar riffs are aggressive but accessible. The bass lines (namely "Longview" and "Welcome to Paradise") are way more than just playing changes, they're a melody unto themselves. And, as a drummer myself, I have to just adore the drum parts laid down by Tre. I actually think it's some of his best work. There are some mega hits here ("Longview," "Basket Case," "When I Come Around"). but I really love some of the ones people maybe don't know. "She," " Sassafras Roots," and "Coming Clean" are all songs in both lyrics and melodies, and delve into more personal, less generalized stuff. "Pulling Teeth" is a black humor song about domestic abuse that is also somehow incredibly likeable. But "F.O.D."? That song fucking rocks. One giant middle finger to whoever you have in mind. The perfect closer, and one of my favorites from them ever. I adore this album. It was predestined to get five stars, no question. One of their best, one of the best. Five stars. Standout Tracks: Burnout, Chump, Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case, She, When I Come Around, Coming Clean, F.O.D.

Great album , great songs all the way through

fyre

As a kid that entered adolescence in the mid-90s, Dookie was an absolute formative album for me. It was great then, and it's great now. Peak Green Day.

3/10 I get why people like Green Day, I'm just never going to be one of those people. Green Day's sound, in particular Billie Joe Armstrong's singing style, has been one of my biggest pet peeves in music for as long as I can remember. Heard in the context of this full album, (I was trying to give it a fair chance,) I was surprised that it was kind of okay - certainly far better than when Green Day songs come on during some shitty Propaganda style club night. Having said that, I'm never going to try and make an effort to get into this band because if I don't emotionally connect to their music to begin with I can't imagine that there's any reward or depth worth the effort of becoming a Green Day fan. Billie, my answer is no, I do not have the time to listen to you whine. Listens: 1

Green Day klingt mir zu sehr nach Green Day.

"Basket Case" und "When I Come Around" stechen klar heraus zwischen den sonst soliden, aber eher belanglosen Songs im typischen "Green Day"-Stil.

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,

shite

Well at least its happy bouncy music, even if terribly shallow and same.

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

Alright.

Thought I’d like this more tbh as a millennial. I liked it. And sure that maybe I’d like it more if I listened to all of it when I was 16.

Ugh. Just do not get this band. Pale imitation of their influences. A vanilla version of The Clash and 70s punk.

I was never a huge fan, but Tre Cool's drumming is better than I remembered. This is the first time I have actually read all the lyrics. The over-all tone struck me as nihilistic and somewhat anti-religious.

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

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

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.

This is more like a 3.75 than just a regular 3 stars. I love punk music, but not the biggest Green Day or pop punk fan in general. Dookie isn't full pop punk, but it feels like it's right on the edge of it

Good

Struggled between a 4 and a 5 here.

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

3.5/5

9/10😄

Nostalgia bomb holds up

Chump/Longview very satisfying transition Longview Super iconic bass line. Favorite song- Basket Case Least favorite -Emenius Sleepus Crazy good album 5/5

Wall to wall bangers.

Some great songs, but I never loved the album as much as it seemed I was supposed to.

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.

There are a handful of bands I stay loyal to—but only up to a certain record. After that, it’s like we part ways. Metallica. The Offspring. Tool. Green Day. When it comes to Green Day, it’s the raw, dirty energy of their early work—everything before Dookie—that really sticks with me. It’s chaotic, fun, and just as listenable today as it was back then. That said, Dookie holds a special place. It was one of the first albums I truly coveted. I’d put it on repeat, over and over and over again. For me, it was all about Tré Cool’s drumming. It was intoxicating—creative, fast, and completely hooked me. I locked into the drums so hard that I barely noticed the vocals on first listen. And the bass? Just as critical. The way drums and bass are brought to the forefront on Dookie is what sets it apart from later Green Day albums. They’re prominent, memorable, and absolutely essential to the experience. Billie Joe Armstrong’s snotty vocal delivery works perfectly here. The production is flawless—each track flows effortlessly into the next, with a perfect balance of energy and mood. There are no lulls. The entire album is relentless. And that secret song at the end? It leaves you grinning and ready to spin the whole thing again. “F.O.D.” is a standout. “Longview” has a bassline so good it makes me drop what I’m doing to learn it—which I have, and forgotten, more times than I can count. If I had to choose ten albums to take with me into eternity, Dookie would make the cut. I’m not even wild about Green Day as a band overall, and they’re not exactly pushing boundaries here—but Dookie is just woven into my childhood. It has the right mix of dynamics to get my blood pumping. Everyone needs that one album to sing along to. This is mine. When I’m floating in the ether, I’ll need something to belt. Oh yeah, “She” is my fav sign along song.

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 closest I've ever got to liking Green Day is playing along to the bassline of Longview. Despite being a seminal album of the 90s, Dookie did little to change my opinion. On a side-note, I found this harsh and pretentious review from the April 1994 issue of Select magazine. It's what I fear my reviews sound like: Their third album, and the first for a major label, is the kind of unreconstructed ramalama melodic punk that makes Superchunk look like artists of Byzantine complexity. When they're not charging along, they're knocking out artisan dullardy. Despite US origins, this manages to be as energy-generating yet deadening as Arsenal playing themselves. Away. On Salisbury Plain. ☒☐☐☐☐

Always thought it was extremely overrated.

I bought this album not long after it came out, and within 2 years I wasn't listening to it anymore. I'd moved on to other bands, and Green Day growing in popularity did nothing to lure me back. Today was the first time listening to it in almost 30 years, and I still remembered like half of the songs from before. Of those, I can't say I missed many of them as they're mostly the singles. The rest weren't even vaguely familiar beyond sounding like Green Day songs. Overall it's fine if you like them, but there are better punk bands to spend time listening to. For 1994, I'll take Bad Religion's Stranger Than Fiction for my personal favorite punk album of the year, and it's not even included in this project.

Charli XCX’s Brat is much better

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

It’s alright. Some standout songs on here but all the songs sound almost exactly tge same for the most part. Would have enjoyed more variety

very nostalgic, a classic fo suuure

Soundtrack of 1994.

Loved it in high school. Also loved Tim Allen in high school. People change.

Excellent album

This was one of the first albums I ever had on CD, probably listened to it front to back 1000 times. 5 stars all day NO SKIPS

Stacked album. She, Longview, Basket Case, When I Come Around, all classics. Huge for my musical journey.

A great breakout album, where punk meets power pop. The collection of songs have good melodies, simple structures and lots of power chords. Driven more by teenage angst than political thoughts (that would come later). This album revived and redefined a genre.

This is a great album and a powerful statment of who Green Day was at this point in time. Catchy melodies mix with raw power chords to make some of the only pop-punk I've ever enjoyed. Their lyrics concenring alienation, depression, and anxiety feel sincere and Billie Joe's singing is not whiny in the way that many bands influnenced by this ablum do. Almost every single song on here is a banger and could have been a hit had it been chosen as a single. At 38 minutes, Green Day squeezes a ton of material into this album without adding too many tracks to dilute the quality. The "Chump" into "Longview" transition is fantastic and shows how grand they were thinking even at this point in their career. Favorite tracks: Burnout, Pulling Teeth, Welcome to Paradise, When I Come Around, Sassafras Roots

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.

Great album

Summer vibes need a Green Day

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

Glad to know youth hasn't changed much. Not my cup of tea though.

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

Didn’t love them when it came out. Appreciate them more now.

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.

I had to think about this one a bit. Longview, Basket Case and When I Come Around are all bangers, but the rest of the album is pretty mid. It's a 3, but so very close to a 4.

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

I always liked the idea of Green Day more than their music. And Billie Joe Armstrong's punk voice has always annoyed me. This is like if the Clash got back together and sucked. Punk bands always have short songs and short albums though, that's a plus, never wearing out their welcome. I think Longview was the first single, definitely one of them. Welcome to Paradise was another hit, albums from the mid 90s had a lot of singles come off them. Basket Case was, and still is, a huge hit. I don't believe these dorks ever actually went to a whore. I'm not sure why people love Green Day and hate Blink-182. Basket Case feels like the song that made Blink-182 believe they should be a band. Five singles off this album, I blame MTV. When I Come Around is the best song on the album. Seriously, Blink-182 straight ripped these guys off, Coming Clean could be a Blink-182 song right down to the whiny teenage lyrics. And the album ends with All by Myself...three assholes being stupid to end an album. Why do bands treat last songs on albums like jokes?

Not for me struggle to listen to it all

Ok

Nostalgic album I used to listen to when I was younger on the iPod! Great continuity throughout, nothing stand out-ish, but good loud feel good music. 7/10.

Iconic. This is the Green Day I grew up on. It’s got Longview, welcome to paradise, she, basket case, and when I come around. I’m so excited to see them at Coachella.

The definition of nostalgia. I remember listening to this with Jeff circa 2001, and it may be the first record I ever listened to all the way through, with the possible exception of the Shrek soundtrack. Incredibly catchy. Best thing ever recorded in Berkeley. Standout tracks are: “Longview” and “When I Come Around”.

I normally list standout songs of the songs I like on an album and usually if I don’t list anything it’s because I didn’t really like any songs. However I’m not listing any standouts on Dookie since I would have had to list everything on the album! Phenomenal album!

The mainstream pop-punk classic. Overplayed in its day, but still a fun listen.

Definitely better than I expected and there's some catchy songs here "When I Come Around", "Welcome to Paradise" and "Basket Case". But I haven't found myself coming back to this album a lot 6/10 Favourite: When I Come Around Least Favourite: F.O.D.

Partially listened before Favourite tracks: Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Having a Blast

Who knew the better part of an album could be written about masturbation.

Still a great album.

Got some hits on here but the rest doesn’t hold up

Not a fan of this genre or band.

I've always wanted to like this more than I do, but it's never fully clicked for me, even when I was right in its crosshairs, when I got my hands on a CD copy of it at age 12. Basket Case obviously rules. I wish I could get excited about much else.

Nice slice of teenage nostalgia here. I had settled on giving a high 4 star but then Basket Case came on and not only is it a classic, it is an all time BANGER.

5-star. Classic. This album cover gives me so much nostalgia.

Nice I mean basket is the best which is why it’s one of their number songs but I can’t remember the other songs so I wouldn’t say it’s notable to me.

Much more alt-90s mixed with surf rock than I remembered. Tre Cool’s drumming is great.

Upbeat and fun with a heavy sound, Dookie might just be the shit.

another modern classic

My kids got me the Dookie CD for Father's Day 30 years ago, I believe. Thankfully I don't think they understood some of the lyrics. And I like the album better now than way back when. I am going to round up to a 4.

Aw, Basket Case! Green Day any day for the nostalgia

I tried really hard back in 1994 to be into Green Day. Turns out, I'm just too much of a softie then and now to really enjoy it. Here for the nostalgia (sort of), but not for the tunes. Sorry for being a hater :(

I don’t like punk rock, but if I had to listen to one punk record, it would be this one. Billie Joe’s singing saves it for me — it’s melodic and not shouty. Doesn’t hurt that this is the first album I ever owned!

LOVE

Anything less than 5 would be a betrayal of my 7-year-old self

Iconic album and album title. It’s not a 5 because I’m not playing this music for my enjoyment, I’m listening to it like I look at art in a museum.

Foundational text

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

peak fun summery juice

This is one of my favorite albums already!

I liked it

Surprisingly mid. Good guitar hero music tho

Bueno

30 years later and I still have the time to listen to them whine

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

Some good standout songs, but mostly the album just blends together.

This takes me back to high school. Just a fun record with a lot of energy and you get the sense that everyone had a blast making this.

Ok

Not my kind of thing at all.

Enjoyable album

I was excited when this album came up to see music from my generation. I didn't realize Green Day is almost before my time, they've been making music since I was born. I always associate them with the 2000's pop-punk era, but in reality, they started it all. They took the punk influence from the 80's-90's and made it their own, which spawned a whole different genre. This album is such a banger, and it's the whole package. Green Day is pretty political and culturally relevant with their lyrics, the instrumentation holds it's own, and there isn't a weak song on this album.

The background music to my life in middle school. Absolute classic album that helped to put punk back in the mainstream and start my lifelong love for the genre. A solid inclusion on this list

Oh, the memories that churn up while listening to this album. When I was 14 I hadn't yet found a personal musical identity. Being a farm boy in rural Indiana who at that point was mostly friends with other rural boys, I listened to Country music by default, mostly Garth Brooks. As my friend group expanded to people with different music tastes, I made the type of affirmative decision that only a close to pubescent boy would make. I decided I hated country music now and would dive into new music that some of my new friends listened to. My first new purchase was this album and Smash by Offspring. My parents had no issues with me listening to new music, but it felt like a rebellion to me. It was a rebellion that continued through to more concrete aspects of life as I abandoned country life and eventually the religion and politics of my family. The purchase of this album could be considered the nucleation point of my eventual transformation, but it was probably just a symptom of the transformation I was likely going through either way. The album still feels important to me though. I haven't listened to this album for decades, but find I can still sing along to almost all of it. Nostalgia aside, this album is still pretty great and my favorite by Green Day. I'm not sure if I'm falling victim to the classic pitfall of thinking that a band sold out or went downhill immediately after your impressionable window closed, or if they actually changed.

3 monster hits still played with consistent regularity today: Longview; Basket Case; When I Come Around. Fav song: Longview Tight album of punk-pop.

I recently read a book called SellOut by Dan Ozzi, which included the beginnings of Green Day’s punk career. What I didn’t realize was this album, their first with a corporate contribution, came with a huge backlash from their fans resulting in them being barred from playing the clubs they started in due to “Selling out.” Sympathy, but not a lot. They did okay. I always respected that while other groups were strongly ‘fight the system’ all the time, GD made punk fun. Four songs on here are radio classics (Longview; Come Around; Basket case my favorite; Paradise), and others easily could be, including the 1950s-esque Pulling Teeth which makes me wonder how much influence they gave to Weezer, and the straight-up ass-kicker In the End. This is punk with a purpose of being purposeless, and I after a few decades it still holds up! Give me a big pile of Dookie please!

Random thoughts: * This album reminds me of high school so much. I remember "When I Come Around" distinctly. Also, "Basket Case" video and song were a staple of my musical experience during this time. * I had the pleasure of seeing this album performed live in its entirety in the summer of 2024. This holds up so well and was so fun to see live. "All By Myself", the closing track, was sung by Tre Cool by himself and was quite memorable. I didn't particularly remember that song before then. * I can say with certainty this is the best Green Day album. They had other decent albums and lots of great songs but this was the pinnacle. * Kinda weird that all the best songs are clustered in the middle of the album but that's just how it went.

Still pretty solid. I liked Greenday in the 90s. Couldn't tell you anything about what they've released in the 2000s and on, just wasn't interested.

Basket Case was an absolutely massive vibe when I was 14 or 15. And to be fair, the rest of the album is cut from similarly solid material. I still like most of it, even if it is a bit bright-sounding and quite obvious thematically. Marking it down a bit as I think this record is responsible for a slew of less discerning imitations throughout the 90s and 00s.

Ok. If I was 17 again I’d love driving around in my junk car with this on the cassette player.

Easy 5 star are you kidding

Quintessential punk rock album

I like Green Day for the most part, but it just bores me. It all sounds the same to me.

Great ass album!

If not the most innovative stuff out there, it sure is a fun listen. It starts out with a bang and never stops — to the point that my ears were craving some breathers in between.

"GrEeN dAy ArE sELLoUtS" - morons This album kicks your teeth and doesn't let up until it's over. One of the all-time great pop-punk records

I just cant

favourite

’s all right.

Rock was in a weird place in the 90's. Just to make sure, I read through the biggest albums up until Dookie. There were some last gaps of the hair scene, some big albums from established acts like REM, U2, Billy Joel, and Aerosmith, but it was mostly just grunge. It dominated rock for three years so solidly that the only new acts in the genre with a major album that I could find were the Red Hot Chili Peppers, 4 Non Blondes, the Cranberries and Melissa Etheridge. It seemed like the only answer to grunge was Lilith Fair. Which makes this album a big deal. It's apparently the biggest selling punk album ever, and helped to give an alternative to grunge in mainstream rock, to the point that the next decade was a clash of post-grunge and pop punk. Is it good, though? Yeah. There's three rock staples on the album, and the rest of the album is more of the same. It does grate on me after a while, and I wish it would mix the sound up a bit more, but this is definitely the punk album I've enjoyed the most. So far. I'm assuming London Calling is coming, and it's not American Idiot, but for now, this wins the punk crown so far. I also think this album, along with American Idiot, draws a line between punk and pop punk, so I'm not sure how I'm going to classify the "number bands" genre, if there are any on this list.

Now, let’s try another vocal take after you use the Neti Pot

One of the best OAT

01) Burnout - 7,5 02) Having a Blast - 7,5 03) Chump - 7,5 04) Longview - 9,0 05) Welcome to Paradise - 8,0 06) Pulling Teeth - 7,5 07) Basket Case - 10,0 08) She - 8,0 09) Sassafras Roots - 7,5 10) When I Come Around - 10,0 11) Coming Clean - 7,0 12) Emenius Sleepus - 7,5 13) In the End - 7,5 14) F.O.D. - 7,5 TOTAL: 8,00 (80/100) Current ranking: 156/484

i love punk, and i love pop punk. green day never clicked for me for some reason. it's good, but i don't recognize it as amazing

Another one where I’ve probably heard all the songs but never listened to the album

This album was my world for a while. The third CD I ever had, the oldest one I still have. Even if it wasn't an underlying theme of the album, which I believe it is, it's a piece on growing up for me. It might not be my #1 album anymore, or have the most plays, but it had one hell of a head start. Still great, too, and not just for nostalgia.

Oh great... over-produced, major-label pop punk. If you're over 18 and still listen to this, you're undeniably a pedophile. Giving it 2 stars because at least it's still better than the absolute crap they put out after this.

I enjoy some Green Day, this is definitely one of their best albums

Maybe this is the 00s nostalgia talking, but always have had a soft spot for Green Day. This is a good pop punk album, with the clear highlight "When I Come Around." Enjoyed it!

Good

Great punk rock from the 90’s

I've always had mixed feelings about this boysband of "punk". Yes, there are some catchy tunes but it's all so predictable and very commercial/American sounding. Was going to give it a 3 because it's good fun after all, but got seriously bored halfway through the album, so a 2 it will be.

It’s not perfect because a lot of the same chords are reused and the tempo is similar in most songs, but the overall melody ‘template’ for the album is very catchy, and on a re-listen you can hear all of the differences (like in the bass line and drums) that make some songs better than others. The songs sound very similar sometimes, but I wouldn’t have favorites if they were that similar. Longview, Welcome to Paradise, and Basket Case are definitely my favorites, while the closing song All by Myself sounds a bit off and doesn’t really fit with the rest of the album.

Yeah, s'alright. I mean, it's a bit repetitive. It's unsophisticated. There's no outstanding musicianship on display. It's "OK". I didn't dislike it. If it was on the radio I wouldn't yell at you to change the channel. Umm... 3/5.

Sounds like Busted and McFly.

Just some solid pop-punk that anyone can enjoy. One of Green Day's best.

Really good

ehhhhhh not for me at all sorry :/ can see why people like it though

não tem como né. obra-prima do pop-punk

very much enjoy the virgin vibes of the album and the music of it all

Punk rock, lots of recognizable songs

Summary: this album sounds like i want to light a cigarette and also i want to fight somebody but with the 2010's disney channel skinny white skater boy vibes. still have some bangers that hype me up but only bc of the memories. not my style, not approved, sorry. (burnout: disney deszkas sori vibe. (5/10) nem fogom az osszeset ertekelni. chump: egesz jo (5.5/10) longview: not bad at all but still boring (6/10) welcome to paradise: vagy egyre engedekenyebb vagyok, vagy egyre jobbak. de amugy ez is uncsi (6/10) basket case:og, sztem csak az emlekek miatt de (7/10))

Ok energy, all a bit the same

This is tough because there 2 or 3 throwaway tracks on this at the end of the album and I may be a little biased due to the nostalgia of this album being one of the first CDs I ever bought. Even the songs that have been overplayed are still enjoyable and not skips. Fuck it, it's such a fun album it gets a 5

Good album

You can really see how this was the pivotal album to spark pop punk, as it doesn't regard the original punk spirit at all, but instead lends its eyes at catchy melodies and high energy bangers. The dynamic builds and pauses before the chorous hits is frequently used to good effect, as on "When I come around".

I thought it was pretty dookie. For some reason i just cant bring myself to properly rock out to Green day

Highlights: Chump, Basketcase, Welcome to Paradise, Sassafras Roots. In a nutshell: a spit shine for punk rock. You gotta hand it to Green Day- they were determined to sound awesome. Compare the Kerplunk! recording of Welcome to Paradise with the Dookie version. The changes are nuanced but getting help with the production made WTP sound punchier. I went in only knowing three songs- Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case and When I Come Around. The outro on Chump is magnificent, neatly transitioning into the next track (Longview). Maybe front loaded, but Dookie still kicks ass. Overall: 8/10