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Good drummer.
fuckin grand
Oh ya baby
dumbass name for an album but god damn was this a good phase
I wasn’t sure if I was gonna like this album, never been a big Green Day fan, but it was quite enjoyable. Lotsa punk energy and catchy pop melodies even if it’s a bit formulaic. Top songs. 1.basket case 2. Welcome to paradise 3. Burnout
not bad. sounded very green day
would have been a 5 star if they had kept the original name
So, this is an album that even after 31 years it still feels fresh, relatable to youth, maybe a bit of updating some lyrics of Longview about TV to make it about Social Media, but it still talks about coming of age and the dissapointment of growing up. I also played along with the album for a change of pace https://imgur.com/a/Biazjou I need to pratice more guitar
definitely my favorite album that's mostly about masturbation
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WHERE IT ALL BEGAN FOR ME AT THE AGE OF13. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I fucking love this album, it’s easily one of my favourite records of all time. It’s not just an album; it’s the cornerstone that opened the doors to the whole bloody world of music for me. Every time I spin it, I’m reminded of how pure joyful life can be when you’re wrapped up in killer tunes and raw energy. First off, the guitar work on Dookie is absolutely stellar. The riffs are tight, punchy, and full of that raw punk energy that makes you want to jump up and mosh. The guitars provide a perfect backbone to every track, layering catchy hooks with driving rhythms that never fail to get me hyped. The vocals? Top-notch. Billie Joe’s delivery is distinctive, blending a sneer with raw emotion that perfectly captures the angst and excitement of youth. It’s a voice that’s instantly recognizable and totally iconic. The drums and bass are equally impressive, The drums are thunderous and energetic, keeping a relentless pace, while the bass provides a groovy foundation that locks everything together, ensuring every song hits with maximum impact. The production on this album is immaculate. The mix is crisp and punchy, allowing every instrument to shine while still maintaining a cohesive, wall-of-sound vibe that just blasts you into a state of pure exhilaration. The lyrics on Dookie mean the world to me. They capture the raw, unfiltered emotions of rebellion, frustration, and the sheer thrill of breaking free. Each line feels like a personal manifesto, a blend of witty observations and heartfelt confessions that still hit home every single time I listen. They remind me that life is full of ups and downs, and that sometimes you just need to let loose and have a laugh at the absurdity of it all. For me, these lyrics aren’t just words on a page; they’re a soundtrack to the moments that defined my own journey, making me feel seen and understood. I can’t stress enough how much I owe Dookie. This album wasn’t just a collection of songs; it was the cornerstone that kickstarted my musical journey. Growing up, it was the soundtrack to my formative years, and it showed me how pure, joyful, and transformative music can be. It’s the record that taught me that life can be loud, unapologetic, and full of raw emotion. It opened my ears to a whole new world, transforming the way I experience music. Ever since I delved deep into the music world, Dookie has been a constant reminder of that exhilarating first step, a burst of pure unadulterated joy that set the tone for everything that followed. Every time I put this album on, I’m transported back to a time when music was about breaking the rules, letting go of your inhibitions, and simply living for the moment. It sparked my passion for music, shaped my tastes, and even influenced the way I express myself. I truly believe that without Dookie, I’d have missed out on a whole world of musical brilliance, and for that, I’ll be forever grateful. In the end, Dookie by Green Day is a masterpiece that continues to resonate with me, no matter how many times I listen to it. With its killer guitar, raw vocals, powerhouse drums, and spot-on production, it’s a record that encapsulates the spirit of punk rock. For me, it’s a life-changing album that’ll always have a special place in my heart. There’s no doubt about it, a solid 5/5 stars. This album is a timeless gem that continues to inspire, energize, and remind me why music is the absolute best.
The standard for pop punk, a genre I still really don't care for in general, but damn this album rips and is worth the hype.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkySGM7gysg
8/10 I believe I’m rating this relative to my mixed but growing appreciation of American Idiot, it’s definitely a better album in context of their second wind in my mind, not that it isn’t great, but I have more an appreciation for where they came from compared to their later records that I think are hit or miss. This, alongside Smash by Offspring, is another necessary Pop Punk foundation for the youth, though it seems like the aesthetics and sound of Dookie have aged much better and have had a grip on “Alternative” culture than most Rock or Punk albums from that decade. It comes with the unfortunately annoying conversations regarding what is “REAL PUNK” but it’s still good that it exists. I love the energy on this album a lot, though it comes with the downside of feeling “same-y” throughout, I appreciate its outcast syndrome and dejected feelings with the humor throughout. Shoutout bisexuals that say the f slur fr
Wow these guys are a lot less annoying when they aren't being such melodramatic bitches all the time. Granted, there is still some of that but far less annoying than American Idiot. I thought there were a lot of good hits on this album, but overall it was pretty uniform - not too much variety and all the non hits are really cheap knockoffs of the better songs on this album.
This album showing up is hilarious. I just showed this album to my teenage son and said this was mostly what I listened to in the past. I could probably sing this entire album. Let's start out with Burnout which starts with that blasting drum intro straight into the album. I love albums that do this. No crazy intro, just a simple sweet drum fill and immediately starting. As a 40 year old punk this Burnout song still holds true. Having a Blast has such fun breaks in the song that make it exciting and fresh even today. Tre Cool really is cool. Chump is great for anyone who's had a friend or past ex that was just not who you thought they were. And in the end become your enemy. Pulling Teeht is about being with the wrong abusive woman and saying you love her just so she won't be violent with you. The swing of Basket Case is so damn good. Like the drums, the bass. Honestly, Mike Dirnt and Tre Cool are incredible musicians. As well as Billy Joe of course. But it would be interesting to see what projects those two could get into. This entire album flows with the tone and feel of the bass and drums. Green Day is such a great fucking band. They get crap in the punk scene as being too trendy but honestly their actions even now scream punk. They deserve a huge place in Punk Rock and Rock music in general. I don't know if they decided to make the best punk band but they definitely succeeded and I will always sing their praises. Those drum fills are so crisp on She. Sassafras is probably my favorite from the album. It never fails to bring me back to being in my garage as a kid and attempting to play the drums and just jamming. Still now my garage is my sanctuary from everything. This is inspiring me to go home and play drums now. In The End is a song that would have fit well on 1039, as the sound is similar. More charged, faster. The drawn out sooo with the short stop is amazing. Then the rolling break at the end on the snares as Tre just wrecks. Tre Cool is someone I want to look more into now. F.O.D. gives some insight into how Billy creates. Just a slow jam on the acoustic. Then that feedback kicks in and...you know what I can't explain it because I think you suck! It's kinda sad to just hear All by Myself not on a cassette tap like I am used to. We used to have to look for this hidden songs!
green day hater
sounds like green day
This is the modern Americana.
Absolute gold, crazy energy
Basket case
Puta obrs maestra de gd
Name checks out.
For sure can't deny the foot tap. However that being said..not my thing. Wouldn't relisten.
Can't deny it's catchy as hell. Probably wouldn't relisten but wouldn't be mad if it was on
6.5/10 Ahh, the 90s. I had a school friend who was obsessed with this, so was pretty familiar. Perky post punk with some good tunes and melodies. Can’t say that this style of vocal delivery really does it for me. Best: Longview
Great album and to the point.
Perfect
i thought i was going to love it, but listening to this album the full way through just reminded me why i never gravitated towards green day during my middle school emo phase. this album has all the makings of something i should like and yet .. i don’t. i like pop punk, and i like fast-paced catchy songs, but the whole time i listened to this album i was half waiting for it to be over. all by myself might be one of the worst songs I’ve had the displeasure of listening to
During the 1970s and early 1980s, punk music was intense, direct, and rooted in non-conformity, protesting against the establishment and authoritarianism. It was a chaotic sound intended to cut through the overwhelming presence of mainstream culture, compelling you to stop, listen, and take notice. Dookie isn't that type of punk. In the early 90s, Green Day emerged as one of the pioneering pop-punk bands to achieve mainstream success, focusing on enjoyment and accessibility. Although their sound had similarities to 70s punk, the lyrical themes revolved more around individual experiences like boredom, anxiety, relationships, and sexuality. Rather than protesting against societal structures, they expressed frustrations of their own personal experiences within society. And it was refreshing following the bleak and intense nature of the grunge music era. When this album was released, I was in my final year of university. I wasn't a punk kid (or especially emo), but I understood what they were saying. I loved the catchy hooks, the quick tempo, the powerful guitars, the harmonies, and the drum beats that made it impossible to remain still. There are some Grade A songs on this album ("Longview", "Basket Case", and "When I Come Around") - 30+ years on, the album holds up. The only downside is how the album ends. But then again, perhaps "All by Myself" embodies a feeling similar to releasing air from a balloon. It is over. Time to deflate.
Super biased. Love this album. This cemented punk rockas a commodity in air waves across the nation. Only 2 songs are meh but all others are solid and the story telling on each song is superb.
Fun short songs, little variety. low 4
I went into this expecting to be STOKED, but it really was the same song over and over and I wasn't really wowed.
Does the accusation that Michael Jackson touched up kids make you like his music less? We'll come back to that in a second. I first saw Green Day play at Lollapalooza just one day before their legendary mud fight set at Woodstock '94 that was ALL OVER MTV rotation that year. I thought they were awesome! If you could wear a CD out, I probably would have worn this one out. They went back on tour a year later in 1995, headlining larger venues, and I saw them at a proper arena. This time, however, I noticed something peculiar. I am not being hyperbolic when I say this... the crowd was 50% children. Like, 10 year old children. Was I there to watch modern punk rock or Disney on ice? I think there may have even been vendors walking around selling cotton candy for fucks sake! I know it shouldn't matter. I know that you should listen to music on it's own merit. Thriller will always be an awesome record no matter what Michael got up to. But from that day forward I could not hear them for anything other than a kid's band. And you know what- the signs were there all along. This album is called Dookie, a word I've never heard an adult use. The biggest hit on this record is about jerking off. The last song on this album is literally just baby-talk. They were ALWAYS a kid's band.
I love this album. And as much as I listened to it in high school, I haven't listened to it in a while (except when we saw them play the whole album live last year), so there were actually some pleasant surprises/re-discoveries.
Do you have the time to listen to me whine About nothin' and everything all at once? I am one of those melodramatic fools Neurotic to the bone, no doubt about it Sometimes, I give myself the creeps Sometimes, my mind plays tricks on me It all keeps adding up I think I'm cracking up Am I just paranoid? Am I just stoned?
9/10
It's a solid pop punk record. Really catchy, ultimately a little samey for my tastes. F.o.D is my top track for sure.
catchy but also boring. uninteresting playing throughout the album
Funny commentary on things.
One of the best albums by one of the most iconic modern punk rock bands. I used to be more into Green Day back in the day, so my rating might be influenced by teenage nostalgia, but this album leaves little to criticize. One could wish for a little more variety, because the songs do tend to sound quite similar, but in this case I would consider it as “Delivered as ordered”.
Absolute classic. No notes.
I really liked this but I don't think it's their best album.
A total classic. I've been listening to this for years and don't see an end in sight
Unclear how to be objective in my assessment of this album. Green day is all nostalgia for me and I love it. I was vibing through the whole album. Is it repetitive? Yes, but I don't mind for some reason!
This was pretty good. A lot of songs I like.
Great punk pop
I was excited for this one. It holds up, but wouldn't say it's the best of GDs earlier albums. It's a little homogenous, but I'll take it any day!
Green Day's 'sellout' album. I mean, the singles on this defined punk in the 90s. Basket Case still hits as hard as the first time I heard it. Mike Dirnt is just annihilating his kit. Tre Cool is in the background shredding the bass. Billie Joe is about as intelligible as Eddie Vedder but you still want to sing along. You've got the whole MTV generation singing about masturbating. Non-single She is probably my favorite Green Day song. This is the definitive pre American Idiot Green Day album . What more do you want? Holy shit, I forgot about All By Myself. Hilarious and creepy.
Memory and nostalgia are strange things. The vividness of youth often fades with age and the rollercoaster of modern life. But hearing this album, especially after time away, viscerally teleports me back to younger days. I can see and feel my younger self in these lyrics and the uncut splendor of Green Day's early sound. Some hardcore punks will shit on Green Day for being over commercialized and especially them "selling out" on their later albums, but I am not a hardcore punk. I'm a kid who grew up snowboarding and Dookie was the perfect foundation for a soundtrack to the unbridled freedom that comes from participating in an anti-establishment subculture than involves hurtling down steep hills with little regard for personal safety or public decency. I love this shit.
Not many notes here, just a great power-pop punk record. “Pulling Teeth” is an under appreciated gem. The singles are all staples of 90s music. I have no nostalgia for this album and I’ll still give it a…
Raddest shit ever when I was a teenager and not too bad now! Some very impressive musicianship from some snotty young men, and it’s fun. If you’re in the right head space this record still has all the charms.
Dookie held up pretty well honestly, this was a fun listen and more detailed than I remembered it to be. Rating: 4.25
🤘🏼
Classic pop punk. Biased slightly as they are one of the best and most consistent live acts about but it slaps
Still an absolute banger album.
C'est un peu comme The Offspring, mais en moins énervé et en moins bien. Meh/10.
ts kinda fire icl ngl kinda got repititive
This is a great album for exactly what it's trying to do. Of the times but very honest and speaking from the heart. Good instrumentals and some creative riffs. Makes sense to have on the list and is a fun listen. Production is a bit lacking.
It is pretty homogeneous. It's hard for me to even process, you couldn't escape it in 1994. The first time I heard the whole album (including the hidden track) was from a 7 year old kid, on a tiny portable cd player. I feigned appreciation, seeing that he was very excited to own it. So polished, there are no edges or ruff surfaces left. There is almost an early Beatles vibe to this. I get why it's here.
I'm beginning to think I have no taste in music because every album I've listened to so far has been ok. And people have been raving about them
14 year old me loved this album. It still holds up
It's a classic. And has those two hits... Quite some power from that three-piece...
Never heard of them. I think I tuned out of the 90s because band were just rehashing the musical trends of the past three decades and thinking they were so cool. This is not punk, just pop with punk influences. Having said that, these boys have a bit of talent if not much originality, so 2.
I really listened to an album named Dookie huh. Anyways I’ve always thought the lead vocalist of Green Day had an annoying voice but it didn’t sound as grating in this album, maybe because he was younger. Sounded like typical teen angst punk, which I’m sure they were trailblazers of.
Some good shit right here
ah to be 14 again :)
It's energetic and well written pop punk, 5/5 init
Nostalgic but hard to listen to now.
Own it. It meant a lot more to me in the 90s, but this is a strong collection of songs. I mean, I can still sing along with most of the tracks on Dookie.
This album is single handedly responsible for the creation of pop-punk and therefore the horrors it's at fault for inflicting upon the human race cannot be understated. The album itself is okay though. The strongest offerings were the four songs picked as singles, and I highly doubt there is anyone alive who wouldn't enjoy Basket Case. But I think some of the album tracks are a little lacking in identity. I would give it a 7 if I was able to, but instead it will be getting a 3. I like the album cover, even if it's all one big poop joke.
Pop-punk is pretty underrepresented on the list. This album didn't invent it, but certainly perfected it. Easy 5 stars for me
Harmless ditties.
Still a classic.
Wasn't too bad, better than I expected.
Classic
This is a really special album for me - the first CD I ever bought. It was everything to me then, and it still holds up well. During its heyday, you could hear half the songs from this album on the radio. I always enjoy listening to this one.
Strong 4, almost a 4.5 for me.
Fun teenage dirtbag neurosis in 2 minute doses. It's snappy, good bass, good drums and easy to sing along with. First time listening to the album as a whole and surprised at both how many hits there are and the plethora of great one liner lyrics. "Are you feeling like a social tool without a use?"
A surprising number of hits on this album. The end kind of lost the thread, but overall pretty good!
I'm liking that I like a lot of Green Day's individual songs, but that I'm not as fond of their albums...a bit too repetitive.
Pure nostalgia for me. Green Day’s only really great album.
Already owned this one. For a reason. It’s great!
[7/10]
First cd I ever bought with my own money. This is probably a 5 star for me based on nostalgia alone. Haven’t listened to the whole thing in probably 25 years, so I’m excited to give it another spin. Giving it a listen, I could make the same criticism I did for Guns N’ Roses’ album — music for teenage boys of a certain era — and it doesn’t hit the same way now that I’m in my 40s. Still a great example of pop music from the 90s though, and something I enjoyed coming back to.
I’ve never got the hang of Green Day. I have no idea why this is so popular, it just seemed a bit tedious to me to be honest. And the last track sucks fwiw
This album wasn't my favorite but it did have a couple good songs that I would throw into rotation
Not for me.
Day 30: Dookie - Green Day. Green Day album 1/2. I DID IT ALL FOR THE DOOKIE (C'MON) THE DOOKIE (C'MON), SO YOU CAN TAKE THAT COOKIE!!! Wait, sorry...wrong thing. Pop punk is a less-abrasive punk sub-genre in comparison to classic 1970's punk rock. However, it does not necessarily mean that there is less angst involved in the music. While I'm not a fan of punk music, I'm very glad that a new generation of punk music has been spawned in the 1990's. Green Day, along with bands like blink-182 and Sum 41, have fronted the 1990's pop punk scene. I find cheerful melodies paired with angst-filled lyrics of pop punk songs to be quite interesting, and they feel very nostalgic. I like it. Personally, I prefer American Idiot over Dookie. I feel like if you grew up listening to Green Day, you wouldn't grow out of their music, and this would feel much cooler. I, however, grew up listening to P!nk. Anyway, there's quite a bit of variety in this album, and I like that. Personal Enjoyment: 3/5. How Much It Belongs Here: 4/5.
Loved it, felt like I was in a early 2000s movie montage. highlights chump, longview. 3.5/5
Played almost every day!
Taught myself a lot of these songs when I got my guitar.
The best pop-punk album of all time, only 2 tracks are anything less than 5/5.
green day can be good but i have to be in the mood for it and i, evidently, am really not feeling it
I like this kind of music now more than I did at the time.
meh. only liked two songs.
i feel like i've heard every song on here 200 times
The peak of pop-punk right here, just banger after banger. Full of energy throughout, could listen to this every day and not get tired of it.
Classic Pop Punk right here.
Dookie is stacked with pop-punk classics that still hold up decades later. Green Day really found their sweet spot here — catchy hooks, snotty vocals, and just enough angst to soundtrack a teenager slamming the bedroom door. "Welcome to Paradise" might technically be a re-release, but it's still an all-time banger. "Basket Case" takes the top spot for me though — and not just because of the Roll Tide energy. If there’s a weak link, it’s probably “In The End,” which feels more filler than fire. Still, this album helped define a genre, and it earns its four stars easy.
I really don't like pop punk, but I'll set my prejudices aside and admit that I quite enjoyed this album. The album is 38 minutes with 15 songs so it's pretty jam-packed with short hard hitting songs. The album has some of the better Green Day hits on it like Welcome to Paradise and When I Come Around. The album tracks aren't all as memorable but they're nice to hear and just as fun as the rest. The closer was a bit of a useless bummer but otherwise a fun listen. Still not punk though.
classic!
I have this one. Catchy as hell
One of the all time greats. Perfect album. Better than most greatest hits
Great bass lines full sound Lyrics about anxiety and boredom
i grew up with this album, my dad constantly playing songs from this band. this is basically the album that made me want to learn guitar. fun album, a bit repetitive at times but it’s paved a way for green day. the album’s overall theme is just really relatable and i’ve dreamt of living the life of an unemployed man in his mid twenties, masturbating as a pastime activity. something about the theme really just sparks an inspiration in me. like there’s a beauty in living in a loop and constantly in boredom. dookie isn’t the best album ever (to me, at least) but it has made a significant impact on my life. and i think, just because it’s a simple pop punk album doesn’t mean it’s bad. you don’t need to shred the mixolydian scale to make a song sound good. the story behind an album matters much more to me rather than technical complexity. sorry for the little rant
well there’s no denying that there’s better punk out there but this is alright to some extent too, but if i wanted punk i’d put something else on and that’s the thing. it has some passable tracks, though for me a lot of them especially on the second half of the record started flowing together and sounding the same. for me usually punks very basic musical composition is to accentuate the lyrics, which usually have some sort of political message of the times the songs were written, which is what makes the genre so great. can't give it those points though if half the songs are about wanking you know?? on a second thought it strikes me as if green day doesn't possess the inherent punk ideology that kickstarted the genre, they just heard where it came from and not caring about the politics just tried to fit into the "lifestyle" of actual punks, which is just a tad inauthentic really and takes away the rawness, the anger, and desire for change that authentic punk possesses, so it almost just isn't punk at all... but i digress hihi xx
Classic Green Day. Songs that trigger nostalgia, yet they hail from a time before mine. I liked Green Day songs before, but this album gives me a greater appreciation… for how shit some of their older stuff is. Dookie is in fact the word I would use to describe “21 Guns”. Cool, fun, sellouts but they sound good!
Vuelta a lo básico. Disfrutable
Some nostalgia value but wouldn't be my favorite band today.
Fast, catchy, unserious, and serious. Instant superstars. 4.6
One of the handful of albums I revisit every year. Absolute classic. The drumming is a masterclass of punk/alternative rock drumming.
Never cared much for Green Day but I know half of the songs, and the others were solid too. There’s no denying this albums importance in the punk world. Turns out, not a Dookie!
I’m not a fan of the three hits on this album, welcome to paradise, when I come around, and basket case. But there are a lot of other good ones. Coming Clean might be my fave. Not enough to get a 4
How can you tell Green Day from other popular artists? Other artists play in major or minor key, but Green Day plays in Dookie.
Big fan of American Idiot. Had never listened to this album before. Will probably never again (or will to see just what the hell I am missing). Didn't do anything for me. Very disappointing. Important at its time but not for me.
Another one from my childhood. My older brother and his friends played this one a lot. Nostalgia aside, these dudes know how to write catchy pop songs. 3.5
"Basket Case" is one of my favourite songs of all time, and I love "When I Come Around" too. To be honest, the rest of the album was fine, though I found it a bit repetitive. 3.5 rounded up
first listened to this when i was eleven and it changed me forever. i love green day so much
Crazy to think so many hits came from one album.
My dislike of Green Day is longstanding but to be honest - this was the first time I sat down and listened to Dookie from start to finish. And I did try to go in positive and open-minded - I just found it a gruelling experience. Every track seemed procedural to me and deeply dull. There wasn’t a song I could say was better or worse than another - Basket Case I have never cared for in the slightest. I found myself regularly looking at the track timer at 1:30 saying to myself ‘I can’t believe there is another 30 seconds of this’. I can’t think of a less interesting album of guitar playing in musical terms either - it is just a dull stew of palm-muted power chords and sawed power chords. And I cannot stand Billie Joe Armstrong’s voice.
Basket Case, When I Come Around
Fun and solid. The punk-ier songs tend to blend together and sound very similar. The best parts of this album are when Green Day move away from the punk sound and actually let the songs breathe and develop. Has enough of both worlds to be great, but not excellent. Top tracks: Basket Case, She, When I Come Around
So much more to this album than Basket Case.
timeless
Solid green day album. Others I like more
A 90s classic - Green Day is always a nostalgia trip. Whilst they might not be quite our go to anymore, they're a classic for a reason. We enjoyed this.
sometimes I give myself the creeps
Sigh, it's still good.
Bass makes this. Transition from chump to Longview is chefs kiss
it’s kind of like nirvana it doesn’t matter how catchy the songs are if it’s really popular it’s not punk rock
With the exception of the last track, all the songs sounded the same.
This is probably Green Day's best album, in my opinion.
This is a really great album. I don't think it gets enough credit for what it did at the time and it still holds up. Undoubtdedly a 5.
An absolute banger! My favorite green day album ever, the bass is so deliciously performed
A concise explosion of fun and aggression. Punk has never been as fun as on this record.
Yeeeeeeessssssss
It’s been about 20 years since I last listened to this album front to back, and it still slaps. Tre’s drumming is particularly noteworthy on this one. So much of the music I listened to growing up was directly inspired by Green Day and this album. Holds lots of nostalgia for me. Standout songs: Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case
Perfection
I love it!!
80/100
I like this album plenty but Green Day falls short of 5 star worthy for me generally.
I can't do green day!
7/10. Good album. Some classics.
Was familiar with the singles - but had not listened to the album previously. I really like the later album: American Idiot and had high hopes as have a soft spot for punk pop. Unfortunately I found it rather disappointing - all the songs seemed to blur into each other at the same tempo/level with a lack poppy hooks apart from the singles. Maybe it was too early in the day but I found the whole thing rather tiring... :-(
Dookie Not necessarily my favourite genre, but I have a bit of a soft spot for this sort of pop punk, post grunge and pre emo, and this is surely the best example of this type of music. It’s not their fault they birthed Sum 41, Blink 182, Cupboard 37, Hook 92 and Toast 13, and that Busted and McFly teenified them. Their melodic sensibilities are clear, and while some songs are stronger than others when it’s good it’s really good; Longview (one of the better songs about wanking) Welcome to Paradise and Basket Case are excellent, catchy bits of power-pop-punk. Lyrically they stand apart from their peers too, there’s none of the puerile lyrics of Blink 182 and they eschew the self pitying, cringeworthy, teenage, my parents hate me whininess of many other bands. Their focus on the frustration, boredom, anxiety and the limited horizon of teenage and young adult life feels true to life and authentic in a way many punk, metal and alt bands from the same time do not. It’s a really enjoyable listen, with some great highs and generally solid tracks. As it’s the best example of this sort of thing It just crosses into the 4s 💩💩💩💩 Playlist submission: Basket Case is obviously great, but I’ll go with Longview
They were very exciting back in the mid 90s I recall. Maybe their direct punk-pop was a breath of fresh air to the death note of prog-rock-derived 90s grunge and introspective whinge-rock. This generally feels more joyful. But they strike me as a singles band, not sure they've released a solid album, if they have I haven't heard it yet. There are some bangers here, it's balanced out by the Busted and McFly influencing cheap power pop. Mid-three.
Not for me. This was a great album for them. It got played way too much and it tastes bad in my mouth.
Don’t overthink it, this is great fun. Basket Case was everywhere in 1994. Me and my pal from school listened to this every Friday night for about six months with a bottle of cheap white cider. Hope you’re well John x
On one hand, this album consists of some of the best Hit songs of the 1990s, and this album also revolutionized Punk Rock music; it was Green Day's breakout album. On the other hand, the rest of the album is dookie. I can't justify giving this a higher, or lower rating. Favorite Song: "Basket Case"
While it is not a bad album, it does not particularly stand out either.there where a few good tracks but thats about it.
I've been blessed by the generator today! Not my favourite Green Day album but still a banger! Basket Case and Welcome To Paradise are two of my faves 🤘🏻 Bonus points for being amazing live. These songs still get the crowd going even 30 years later, and they sound just as good ! Instant 5 ⭐️
I'm personally not a huge Green Day fan but I'm also not a Green Day hater and of the random albums ive been listening to this one was closest to my regular music taste so it was a bit of a breath of fresh air. I'd say it's a pretty good album all the songs just sound like Green Day
This album reminds me variously of the Pixies and the theme song from Friends.
Not bad
Nostalgic.
3.5 stars rounded up. The singles and b-sides like Sassafras Roots are great. The rest is serviceable 90s pop punk.
Old school memories with this one. Altough I discovered Green Day mainly trough Nimrod, Dookie was a quick catch up for me. I like the album from "Burn Out" to "All By Myself" back and forth. Love the album art too. Mine came with a green case. Still have it.
Thoroughly enjoyed this trip down memory lane. It holds up pretty well too! Although the hidden track (not so hidden these days, on Spotify) wasn't needed and leaves a bit of a sour taste after a really well put together pop-punk masterpiece.
Strong memories of listening to this while playing Final Fantasy VII. Has life ever been better?
Definitely if it’s time. Nice to re-visit
if I was a pubescent lad in 1994 perhaps I may have well been able to identify with this album, but it was not a sound or experience that I particular got to like & for another reminder in 2025 it actually sounds worse! Just sounds all a bit daft these days, trying to be rebellious but to me actually sounding a bit "American Pie" & childish....
Youth sentiment I'm sitting on my bike Cycling to school with my discman if you like feeling super cool inserting my dookie cd filling my shitty earphones with glee I know every line, every riff, every word inside out, outside in, praise Billie Joe, our LORD!
If I never hear any of these songs, I'll still have heard them too many times. I also hate how he sings. And I hate everything that came out of this.
When it comes to 90s pop-punk it simply doesn't get better than this. Dookie was essentially the blueprint for what hundreds of bands started doing, to the point where every track on this album now sounds like dozens of others, where in truth, THIS is what they were all going for. I remember playing it on repeat for hours on my old Walkman and honestly couldn't pick a favourite track.
Bardzo fajne. W zasadzie to równy album, bez słabych piosenek, ale z kilkoma bardzo dobrymi. Takie 4/5. Piosenki z największą liczbą wyświetleń najlepsze. Nie jest to zaskakujące.
The same mix of cultural factors that produced this album also produced Weezer and Foo Fighters. Listen one of the three bands and you will hear echos of the other two. This is a really good album with multiple radio hits and enough edge to keep it real. I personally prefer one notch closer to punk on the pop-punk spectrum, but there is no denying that Green Day rocks.
Fav song: When I Come Around Never noticed before just how great the drums sound on this whole album! Such a solid production and great 90's sound. SO many timeless classics on Dookie - even the weaker tracks like Pulling Teeth are still fantastic. I still listen to When I Come Around all the time so it was so nice to have an excuse to give the entire album a listen again for the list.
There’s no way for me to be objective about this album - I’ve listened to it one million times in my life and will listen to it roughly one million more times before I’m gone. Just yesterday I listened to it three times through. Half the songs are huge hits, and the other ones could be, with amazing hooks and/or transcendent musical moments. Despite the sophomoric sense of humor, there’s a real sense of youthful energy/enthusiasm. A celebration of youth. The songs feel like being young, and the possibility of the future. I love that about it. It almost makes me cry. Even if the album is named after poop.
A Green Day's huge classic! Today was a day to dust off an old CD and bang to those hits in this album! Nothing more to say. Just 5 stars.
Ein tolles Album, dass man sich immer wieder anhören kann.
Solid punkish rock
Modern punk rock at its finest
i own a t-shirt i love dearly with this album cover from when the album was first released. this is one of green day's best albums, and completely encompasses the self indulgent, immature, and yet somehow endearing teenage spirit of pop punk. billie joe armstrong is "one of those melodramatic fools" and i love him for it.
Not a fan - repetitive except Longview which I quite enjoyed. The rest largely blended into one another in a mush. That being said, I can observe and respect this album's influence on the late 90s/early 2000s teen media craze : it's a soundtrack to angst, awkwardness and self discovery.
7/10
Holy fuck I forgot how good this album was. I can't lie, when I clicked play on this thing, I expected to write a review out of it and then was completely entranced by the sheer enjoyment I had with it. Everytime I turn this on, I have an absolute... heh, blast. Burnout is the perfect introduction to everything, immediately saying "I declare I don't care no more." It's so fucking pissed off for a random reason. I'm tired, so now I hate everything. I love that about Green Day. The government sucks and I hate everything. My home city sucks and I hate everything. My mom's new boyfriend sucks and I hate everything. God sucks and I hate everything. It's very immature, which works. There is a motive for this next song, though, Having a Blast. This song tells the story of a suicide bomber and while I DON'T CONDONE DOING THAT, this song perfectly encapsulates what I imagine would be going through a suicide bombers brain. The lyricism in the chorus is so blunt and straightforward, I'm not digging up the hidden metaphor, the suicide bomber is telling me to my face "I hate everything and I'm gonna kill you and me." It's not the most thoughtful thing ever written by man, and that's the point. The bridge on this song feels strangely personal. He starts asking possibly the listener(?) questions, questions like if he's the only one who feels this way. "Do you ever want to lead a long trail of destruction...Do you ever build up all the small things in your head to make one problem that adds up to nothing?" While I'm having a, uh... having a blast while listening to this, the things I'm rocking out to feel strangely dark. Sad. It's sad :( When I Come Around has never been one of my favorites. While it has grown on me, I still think it's the second weakest song on the album, behind Pulling Teeth. The effect on the vocals sounds out of place, I can't tell if it's a chorus effect or something? By that, I mean it's probably a chorus effect but I don't want to be made fun of if I'm wrong. The tone on the guitar during the solo also feels a little strange and out of place. Is it a bad song? No, I like it, but it's nowhere near the standout people say it is, at least for me. Basket Case is the best pop-punk song of all time and I don't think anything can beat it. Just the guitar and vocals with this fucking earworm melody. And then immediately, it just crashes into this explosive, incredible pop-punk masterpiece. The drums are going everywhere, like BJA is slipping in a puddle of his anxiety. Then everything calms again, but the guitar riff is going quicker. Then a sexy bass flair, and the drums do the rest. It's like the song is easing you into this building, then when you're close to the door, it grabs you from the waist, chucks you into the building and slams and locks the door, everything from the ceiling falling to the floor from the impact of the door. It's fucking amazing. Is this album one of the most thoughtful and well-constructed albums of all time? No. Does that mean it can't be one of the best albums ever made? Absolutely not. And that's it. Dookie. Shit. Crap, caca, poop, shit, dookie. I'm gonna go bite my lip and close my eyes now. Favs: Basket Case, She, Having a Blast Least fav: Pulling Teeth
7/10
the ninetiest album, straight teenage dirtbag vibes, i dig it. basket case is a classic when i come around is another classic all by myself is probably the best way to end this 90s ride i really liked this album
Pop punk is a risible genre which took the righteous anger of its forerunners and replaced it with a petulant ‘passage a l’act’ which didn’t accomplish much more than egocentric whinging. ‘Dookie’ is partly responsible for this, right down to the sensory overload of shit puns and childish in-jokes that populate the front cover of its sleeve. But flip it over to the rear cover and you get closer to Green Day’s mission statement here: a close up from one of their chaotic gigs around the time showing a sweaty mosh pit of frenzied kids. It was these kids that the band were talking to, disclosing the frustrations of middle America’s suburban neuroses. It might be largely superficial, but it’s a theme that the band really perfected here in a set of 14 excellent songs. It’s hard to believe this is the same guy who wrote American Idiot, because everything he and Mike Dirnt touched on this record was pretty much gold. The production is immense, with Armstrong’s barking guitar mingling with Dirnt’s elastic bass playing to propel you through this record at a breathless pace. This conciseness, clearly indebted to the Ramones, is my favourite part of the album, and even when they slow the pace down in tracks like “Pulling Teeth” (a real highlight), they still conjure up some power pop genius. Re-listening to this reminded me how many of these tracks had seeped into my brain as a teenager, and even if Green Day were already churning out brilliant albums before Dookie, this one is arguably a cut above the rest of their discography. All that being said, something makes me reluctant to give it a perfect score. Possibly it’s juvenile pretensions are just to overbearing to ignore, especially when you see Dookie constantly placed in discussions of ‘great punk albums’. It might not have aged all that well, but it’s still a fantastic listen nonetheless.
Album 640 of 1001 Green Day - Dookie (1994) Rating : 5/ 5 Really enjoy this album. Its infectious hooks and blending of punk rock and pop works well.. The album's success helped to revive interest in punk rock and paved the way for other bands in the genre.
I have to give credit to Tré Cool—his drumming on Dookie is fantastic and definitely a highlight. That said, the songs themselves mostly feel pretty average to me. I understand the album’s importance in American music history and appreciate the wave of bands it helped inspire, but personally, Dookie just doesn’t click with me.
First listen: just sounds like “RAH this is Green Day”. I feel like the impact of this album would be most punchy when it first came it cause it would have felt like a more unique sound than it does now. A lot of it sounds samey to me and it’s definitely good but I would only put it on if I really felt like I was in a 🤘🏻 mood. Basket Case is a stand out but maybe that’s just because I’m more familiar with it.
Currently on the second song "Having a Blast", so far, I think this album is pretty upbeat, energetic, fun, and catchy. The instrumentals are really hooking me, the vocals not so much, I never really enjoyed green day's singing... ><.
Excellent album, very exemplary of the feelings of adolescence, not super amazing lyrical content but overall quite enjoyable.
nothing in particular stood out
as claasic as it gets, green day went on to make mediocre to terrible music for the next 30 years
Instant 5 stars for me. Is my rating clouded by nostalgia? Absolutely. Does it make the album any less awesome? Absolutely not.
Pretty easy 5/5 for me! Really enjoy Green Day in general, but this was a pretty formative album for me. Well produced, great sound, bringing (pop) punk to the mainstream.
Genius :) love it love it love it
Classic
Giving high school Enjoyed
I have fond memories of this album: owning a CD player type FM stereo and popping my Dookie CD in it that I got from the Mall's FYE. Playing Minecraft on the 360 with my brother while listening to Dookie. Good memories. Now, I'm not completely in love with every song but it holds up and will always be an enjoyable listen.
The bass lines were too goofy and the guys voice grated on me. Too affected. But it’s undeniable that the songs are catchy
Reminiscent of slf and husker du in parts.
Solid listen. Got some confirmed classic but All by Myself was a rough way to end the album.
Every song sounded the same but that was a good thing. All By Myself might be the worst song I've ever heard Fav Songs: Welcome to Paradise, Burnout, Basket Case, When I Come Around
A few classic songs to be sure. But when you listen to this album straight through, you really notice how similar and interchangeable these songs feel
2,5
fun fun fun
Great Album, never listened to it the whole way through. Kinda wish I had listened to it when I was young because the best are the ones you already know and allot of the other tracks are really good but don't really stands out. If I had, I'd probably knew all tracks by heart. Great Skate Punk/ Pop Punk, revolutionary for both 90s culture (From what I feel) and really kicked off the genre. Really well deserved place for a list of must-hear albums.
Good album
A sensação de nostalgia que senti ao ouvir Dookie... É como se já as tivesse ouvido as músicas, mesmo que eu não as conhecesse. Essa sensação nostalgica demostra a força e a originalidade de Green Day.
Their best album. It’s a shame to lump it in with pop punk. It’s a bit more interesting than that.
Green Day were at the forefront of the 90's/00's pop punk surge. A ton of big hits on this album. It started off kind of slow but really got going. I remember my older cousins were obsessed with this album.
# Playlist track - Basket Case # Notes - Super fun! - I happened to listen to this a lot as a pre-teen, so it feels really nostalgic. Still, after all this years it feels young, fresh and energetic. - Not quite punk, not quite pop. But that's not really an issue. - Album would do better without the last 3-4 songs, but they are not terrible. Cost 1 star from my review tho!
Absolute classic.
This album is a banger from start to finish. So many of their biggest hits are on this. Great listen.
I really can't stand Green Day but this album slaps. Greats songs except for \"All By Myself\" which is just a ridiculous, adolescent ode to onanism. I guess that's to be expected from an album named after what the artwork monkey is trying to decide to throw (or not). This was a fun album - it's too bad Green Day sees themselves so self-important these days.
Never really got on with green day, Basket Case is their best work though
i do love an album that flows and the first 4 tracks here are great. want to 5* it but despite it being a good solid album it misses some wow factor
Accomplished Pop-Punk-Rock album. I liked it.
I enjoyed it much more when I was younger. It’s still good but like blink182 and sum41 it’s music for the youth.
Okay punk music but this was quite samey, the songs blended somewhat and nothing was standing out. Stand-out: Pulling Teeth
As good an example of pop-punk as you are likely to find. This still holds up pretty well.
Pet Sounds for angst-ridden suburban Millennials (highly complimentary). Yes, I did play bass in about 6 different pop-punk bands as a teenager, how did you guess?!?!?!!
Very weak start, the first four songs almost sound like one big long one. Picks up around the instrumental section in Welcome to Paradise, and I enjoyed everything from then on much more. I only recognised Basket Case when looking over the tracklist before starting, and I can see why, it's the standout track.
This makes being a loser sound cool as hell.
If it was just about what’s on the album, I’d give it a 5, but this album is the starting point that ended up with me hearing pop punk type sounds in modern country pop and that just makes me fucking sad.
Been years since I last listened to this. Still pretty fresh! Lyrically, I didn't pay much attention when it first came out, but there's some pretty solid poetry underneath those three chords. Punks that can play! The hits still sound great -- and the filler stuff is at least passable. I've long thought that "She" is one of the overlooked GD songs. Just pump your fist and go with it.
Each song sounds a bit samey
En 1994, Kurt Cobain venait de se tirer une balle dans le caisson, laissant une génération d'adolescents en chemise à carreaux orpheline et dépressive. Le Grunge, si puissant deux ans plus tôt, commençait à sentir le sapin. Le rap, lui, était en train de devenir le nouveau roi du pétrole, mais pour un mec comme moi qui avait grandi avec le rock, ça restait un langage un peu étranger. Et pour l'électronique, n'en parlons pas, ça me donnait de l'urticaire (à quelques exceptions). Conclusion, le rock avait besoin d'un bon gros électrochoc, d'un truc simple, fun et direct. Et puis, trois gamins de Californie, biberonnés au punk des Ramones et des Sex Pistols, ont débarqué avec "Dookie". Et ce fut un raz-de-marée. Il faut être honnête, en 1994, ce disque était une putain de bouffée d'air frais. C'était rapide, c'était mélodique, c'était insolent. Trente-huit minutes, quinze morceaux, pas de temps mort. Une guitare qui sonne comme une scie sauteuse, une basse funky qui sautille partout, et des paroles qui parlaient de ce que vit n'importe quel adolescent occidental : l'ennui, la branlette, l'anxiété et le sentiment délicieux d'être incompris. "Basket Case", "Longview", "When I Come Around"... Des hymnes instantanés, des tubes parfaits pour faire du skateboard en baggy et se sentir rebelle entre le cours de maths et le dîner chez les parents. C'est là que le piège de la nostalgie se referme car pour toute une génération, ce disque est intouchable. C'est la bande-son de leur premier baiser, de leur premier joint, de leur première cuite. C'est la madeleine de Proust trempée dans du Cola. Si vous aviez 15 ans en 1994, je comprends, vraiment. Mais ce blog n'est pas un album de souvenirs, son but, c'est de voir si ces 1001 disques tiennent encore la route aujourd'hui. Et pour "Dookie", la réponse est : pas vraiment. Alors, mettons les pieds dans le plat. Pourquoi ce 2 sur 5 sévère ? Parce que la nostalgie est une menteuse, et que le temps est un juge impitoyable. Et le temps a révélé la vérité sur "Dookie" : c'est un disque terriblement répétitif. Une fois que tu as écouté trois morceaux, tu les as tous écoutés. C'est la même recette, resservie quinze fois : un couplet un peu calme, un refrain en accords de puissance qui explose, un petit pont, et on recommence. C'est efficace, c'est la recette du bubble-gum : ça a un goût intense au début, mais ça perd sa saveur très, très vite. Au bout du dixième morceau, t'as l'impression d'avoir mangé tout le paquet et t'es au bord de l'indigestion. Et puis, il y a ce que l'album est devenu car avec le recul, ce punk-rock est devenu gentil... Trop gentil. En 1994, ça semblait teigneux en 2024, après avoir réécouté les Sex Pistols, les Ramones ou The Clash, "Dookie" sonne comme du punk pour centre commercial. C'est une rébellion de catalogue, une colère proprette, calibrée pour passer sur MTV entre deux pubs pour des jeans. L'attitude punk est là, mais elle est en plastique. Billie Joe Armstrong chante avec un faux accent anglais, comme un gamin qui imite Johnny Rotten devant son miroir. C'est mignon, mais ça manque cruellement d'authenticité, de danger. Et enfin, il y a le fond. Je suis un vieux con, je l'assume et les paroles sur l'ennui et la masturbation, ça va cinq minutes. Quand tu as 16 ans, "Longview" est un hymne. Quand tu en as 54 et que tu as des factures à payer, ça te fait juste gentiment sourire. C'est le journal intime d'un adolescent, et comme tous les journaux intimes, ça ne vieillit pas très bien. Ça manque de profondeur, de cette douleur universelle et intemporelle qu'un disque comme "Nevermind" pouvait avoir. L'angoisse de "Dookie" est une angoisse de confort, une angoisse de banlieue pavillonnaire. "Dookie" c'était le disque parfait pour une époque, mais un disque parfait pour une époque n'est pas forcément un disque parfait pour toutes les époques. Il a ouvert la porte à une vague de pop-punk encore plus inoffensive et formatée qui a déferlé à la fin des années 90. Il a rendu le punk acceptable, et donc, il l'a un peu tué. "Dookie" est une capsule temporelle, un excellent souvenir d'une époque révolue. Mais quand on le sort de son contexte, il reste un bon petit album de pop-rock énergique, mais terriblement daté et superficiel. C'est un bon album quand tu as 15 ans.
Pretty good, but a few skippable tracks.
Ok
Green Day in 2024 are an absolute embarrassment, and have been for almost 2 decades. But this album is a fizzy, sugary pop punk masterpiece that is 100% bangers. Just a joyful album.
Listening to this album in the context of this list gave me a new appreciation for how cohesive it is and how well it flows. One of the best 90s punk albums of all time. I wish I had something more profound to say about it. It’s a really freaking good album and up there with the best of all time.
Lots of good songs on here. I like She, Longview, Basketcase, When I Come Around. I didn’t like the last tune feels like a secret track.
Not something i listen to regularly but iconic pop punk album and super popular when i was first starting to play in bands.
Not my fave pop punk but def iconic and likely the only one from this genre we will get.
An amazing collection of guitar-driven pop songs. Always happy to hear this record, and still holds up after more than 25 years. A hugely influential album. In my opinion, the pinnacle of pop punk. 4⭐️
Plenty of stand out tracks on offer here 💪
The drummer is seriously putting in overtime on this record. I'm probably the most tolerant person of pop punk out of my friends, but fuck me, even this album is a drag. Every song starts the same and sounds the same, no fucking range from Billie Joe Armstrong whatsoever. Only song I do enjoy is When I Come Around, the rest of these songs could easily have the same title and I'd believe it was the same song. Hopefully I never have to listen to this album again in my life, lame ass whiny album.
My initial impressions were that Billy Joe Armstrong's singing voice has an uncanny way of making nearly every Green Day song sound the same. And while it can definitely get into retreading the same sounds, I think the bigger culprit here is the instrumentation on this album. It feels more like an early concept that is more interested in one specific sound/vision before trying to expand its horizons in future albums. Leaving the shuffle play on for a little bit after finishing the album and hearing some of their future albums solidified this for me. Not bad, just VERY samey.
Three feels generous for an album that can be summed up by the opening line of basket case: “do you have the time to listen to me whine”. Green Day are a bunch of suburban Californian white boys who write songs for other suburban Californian white boys about how hard it is to be a suburban Californian white boy. This album is full of what would become early 2000’s teen movie needledrop tracks that you half recognise from a single bar you heard in aforementioned movie. It is not good. The fact that these guys got flak from the punk scene for ‘selling out’ is astonishing because I can’t believe they had any credibility in it before they released a studio album. Astonishingly mid album. Basket Case is alright.
The longest 39 minutes of my entire life 5/10 Fav tracks - Basket Case Least Fav - All by Myself
Took me three attempts to listen to this at home without falling asleep. This shit is ass. Sitting through this was like the ludo vico sequence. I guess the drumming is okay
Punks been dead so many times, but now time has blunted the 1977 to 1994 to the point where the kids are probably unable to tell the difference. These boys sang british, confusing matters. Any Billy Joe is a pretty good frontman and songwriter, love the Dirnt harmonies, simple but effective, and Mr. Cool is an effective drummer. And a better one than say the lately "GOATed" Mr. Barker, at least for my tastes. Anyway some pretty assured songwriting and performance, and some memorable epoch defining songs on this one.
Great punk rock album, which introduced me to the genre 30 years ago, at a time when most the rock chart was metal and grunge. Lot of the early classics like Basket Case, Longview and When I Come Around. 4/5
Enjoyed, a bit samey. As expected. 7/10
Très Disney Channel
Power pop punk. I’d rather listen to The Descendents or The Dickies or The Ramones when in the mood for music like this.
Blah blah blah, modem day punk rock, blah blah blah, it's all so VERY POP .... 3 stars for being from the East Bay Berkeley, for whatever but overrated ugh
Ok, but not for me 2/5.
Definitely of an era - great album
Hoch schule musikal
Great sounding album, best audio I have heard out of a punk album, but again this style of music isn't really my jam. I like that all the songs sound similar. All around solid 90s album that is worth the listen
8/10 I had too much fun listening to this album when I was a kid to give it any less. Still a fun listen. 11-19-2024
Big 4. Multiple classics that i enjoy.
Melodischer Punk. Geradliniger Pop mit viel Kraft könnte man auch sagen. Wow.
Honestly expected a little more from such a revered record. I thoroughly enjoyed the more energetic punk tracks, but the production on the more quiet parts kind of ruined those moments for me. I either had to turn up my volume in order to understand what was being said and get slapped in the face when the guitars came back in, or just kind of sit there waiting for the music to pick up again.
A great album. I wore this thing out in High School
A great album! Catchy, heavy, ornery, a bit weird and personal. The frustrations of youth. Green Day defines the "pop-punk" genre with this album, respects its influences. Also, thank you for making something heavy that wasn't grunge in the 90s.
A classic punk pop album
Them feels, but borez.
I dont like green day 0/10
Bangers! Bangers! More bangers! This album totally holds up for me.
A fine album all around.
I had some fear that this wasn’t going to hold up and it’d fall to 4 or even 3 stars. I needn’t have worried. Because this album has such an emotional hold on me, I went to reviews to see what people who gave it less than a 5 said. It looks like there are a couple basic camps. One, people who think it’s too rudimentary, silly, or adolescent. It is all those things. Still a 5. In fact probably mainly a 5 because of those things. Two, people who protest that it isn’t punk enough. It’s not pure punk, true. (I’d say pop punk but wouldn’t get mad if someone said pop.) But I’m not upset with the album for not being something it’s not. It’s a fun, dumb pop punk/pop album.
don’t usually like pop punk but as is usually the case the earlier you go the better it gets lmao. this was fun!
Je connaissais quelques morceaux de GD, dont "Longview" de cet album (riff de basse très sympa). Les morceaux sont courts et dynamiques, avec une basse+batterie vraiment au top, un chant 'clair' qui se marie très bien avec les instruments. La guitare est par contre un peu moins intéressante, et certains morceaux sont moins percutants. Bonne découverte donc, mais qui ne rejoindra probablement pas ma collection. =>3.5/5
EZ 5
10/10 change my mind
14/11/24 I would have given this album 5 stars but I didn't realise when the songs were changing as they all sounded too similar.
I always enjoyed Green Day, well, until around the time of American Idiot, anyway. Listening to this for the first time in probably nearly twenty years, I enjoyed it. Not enough to bring it back into regular rotation, but it was still a glorious dose of nostalgia, reminding me that once we thought Dubya was the worst president one could have.
Banger
Half of this album sounds the exact same as the last pop punk song you heard. The other half has decent melodies and is famous/iconic enough, but then you remember half of THOSE were probably lifted from better rock songs. It's inoffensive without context, but still nothing special in the long run.
Just saw them in concert recently and they played this whole album. I thought it would be better. Adults playing immature punk music. It’s a little embarrassing. Still, it took me back to some good high school days.
Derivative and dull
I think it's possible that pre-9/11 Green Day has somehow come back around to being underrated? At the bare minimum, Tre Cool and Mike Dirnt are deeply underappreciated as a rhythm section. They're both tremendous here, from start to finish.
it's easy to see why this was revolutionary at the time, but not every revolution is worth fighting for, you know?
Hard to rate this without a major nostalgia influence. Opened the floodgates for pop punk to the masses. It's infectious and fun, isn't self-serious. Definitely a pop album, but almost feels hard-edged compared to later imitators.
Certain things make up more than the sum of their parts. Green day and dookie is one such example. No one (and I mean no one) does melody quite like billy Joe. No one noodles the bass quite like mike And no one swings and rocks quite like tre. Put the three together and this is what happens. Perhaps this album gets overshadowed by basket case, but the entire thing is just a joy to listen. Did green day peak with this album? Maybe!
basket case > resto.
basket case é uma all time banger listening meio cansativo, pouca variação entre as musicas
Not my style really. It was to wildd for me. Maybe it was because of me listing it in the morning idk Best song: basket case
Dookie is a classic for many reasons. It’s truly the first commercial Punk record. Although, Bad Religion and Epitaph Records released some records that saw widespread appeal, Dookie was the first Punk record to be super radio friendly and mainstream. There’s obviously classic songs on this record that everyone knows. My mother had this CD in her car when my brother and I were very little and I remember those car rides fondly. Green Day really opened a lot of doors for me, and I think that’s what makes this record so special is that it opened doors for a lot of people. Kids who didn’t have a Punk scene in their city were exposed to something they had no idea existed. There are a few skips on this record though. The influence and big hits really carry this record in my opinion. The bass doesn’t get enough love either! Personally, it’s a little too mainstream, poppy and slow for me, but that’s what made it accessible to my mother which made me fall in love with Punk. It’s important, but not something I listen to often.
This album was me discovering I would have been a real loser if I was a teenager in the 90’s lmao
A true pop punk classic. Possibly one of my first exposures to the genre, and an absolutely delight to hear live in full this past summer.
Another album my teenage self loved, just before their American Idiot era. It’s still great but for me especially the most famous songs on it.
Very effective punk rock with moments of greatness and sometimes cheeky 4.25
4☆/5 11.08.2024
Fun album. As a kid who grew up in the 90's, this is likely the first punk record I ever heard. Still find some of the songs to be good. 3.5/5 Might listen again
Far more enjoyable than I'd expected. Not sure if I'd call it punk, but I don't think anyone should care either. It's a top notch 3 piece band - each instrument can shine and there is still room for some joyous snotty nosed teenage musings.
Two good songs
A fun listen and a total nostalgia blast, but nothing more. Lacking the context of punk breaking through to the mainstream it becomes a little hard to reconcile their present with their debut considering their best and worst work is ahead of them, but none of them have the energy that this project has.
3 might seem harsh, but as much as this is a great album that definitely deserves to be on this list, I just don’t see myself coming back to it. I’ve liked it before, I wouldn’t not listen to it again, but I can’t honestly say it’s up there with some others that I’ve scored 4 and above on a personal level
It's fine. I dig the bass, I like the singles - rest of the album gets repetitive.
Took a as minute to get going and settle in, but a great album with a quiet, weird, but fun ending I had never heard.
Puts the pop in punk. Very teenage, very one-note, but I can't help but like it. Songs to hate suburbia by. Billie Joe's voice is whiny, but it's a pleasant whine. There are also some great basslines on here. Yes, there's very much a formula that they stick to here, but it's rarely boring. As befitting a POP punk album, the best songs on this are the singles. They knew. Fav tracks: Longview, Welcome to Paradise, Basket Case, When I Come Around
Takes me back
3 не е зле, ама чак мега не са ми
Great album. 5/5
I listened to this nonstop when it dropped!
Yes
This is the critically most acclaimed the legendary Pop Punk band Green Day has ever released and although that sounds like it’s a really great mark, it doesn’t really mean much when you see that they have made some of the worst albums of the last decade and excpet American Idiot don’t have any other album with a wider spanned importance. I agree that this album is their overall best but everyone who loves this album or Green Day in general is either stuck in their youth or don’t have much wide appreciation for music because this album isn’t anything more than just good. It’s a basic Pop Punk record that tries a lot to be as playful and energetic as possible but often fails to make interesting Punk songs that have enough difference between them. A lot of what this album tries, sounds exactly alike to whatever the previous tracks sounded like. The opening track ‘Burnout’ not only starts with a fast paced track but also with a pretty fun starter that does have its qualities. It gets the listener into the mood for the album and has some really interesting and fun deliveries but ultimately lacks anything that you’d might hook onto except that drum break in the middle. It’s a solid song but it would’ve needed some sort of hook to make it really interesting. ’Having a Blast’ does a similar thing with a very similar vibe that sounds fun and if someone put it on at a pool party or something I’d vibe to it but I don’t think that it’s all that interesting as a song to actually listen to. It has the chorus which is pretty cool but again, most of the song just happens and doesn’t do much. They get much more Punk on ‘Chump’ which pulls from some more Hardcore origins while still having the easily accessible Pop Punk songwriting that again, is alright and doesn’t hurt nobody but it is just really simple and doesn’t really have any sort of hook that one might hook onto except the energetic sound that they do. I enjoy it to a degree especially with the bass centred part near the end put it overall just doesn’t do it for me. On ‘Longview’ they go more into Alt-Rock and Punk Rock than their classic Pop Punk but they do pull of a pretty solid chorus that for once actually sounds really good. The problem is that they do a hard cut between chorus and verse which ends up not helping the song sound like it’s sonically tied together and although I enjoy said chorus, the rest doesn’t really cut it for me and I’m left wanting something different. I personally think this is a below average track, also because it is much longer than it should’ve been. ’Welcome to Paradise’ starts with a really catchy riff and keeps that fun playing throughout the song even though it is another streched song. Mainly the chorus or better the lack of it really standing out make me uninterested in what this song does except for the guitar that at one point also doesn’t bring more onto the table. And again, as a bridge they let the bass shine. It all feels like they make their songs after a blueprint and play not much around with it. It feels samey and pretty boring. This one is okay but generally, it is really just basic and boring. With ‘Pulling Teeth’ they continue a more Power Pop inspired sound that although it gives the album another sonic twist, still suffers under the basic songwriting of the band. They are just very consistently average with most of the songs on the album. This song’s okay and you can listen to it without it being distracting or bad but it also just isn’t all that interesting. I guess everyone has heard ‘Basket Case’ at that point and although I get why people love it as much, it is very catchy, I just don’t really like the song. It’s legendary, sure, but I think both songwriting and delivery is just not all that good. The lyrics seem to stick out much more which isn’t all that good because these lyrics just aren’t that good. I mean you do not expect a Punk band to be Leonard Cohen and the focus should be lyrics that are easily made into a catchy track but they just fail with these cringy lyrics that don’t really offer much towards the song. The rest is alright but I overall think that this is a bad song. ‘She’ really just again sounds like every song before. They chorus, the structure, it all sounds like you’ve heard it a couple minutes ago already. They fail at the most important thing a good Punk band should do: songs with similar energy that are sonically distinguishable. These songs aren’t that. It’s the same thing with the Sex Pistols although the managed to have higher highs than Green Day. I’m just repeating myself at that point but ‘Sassafras Roots’ also doesn’t add much new content to the album. It’s probably a bit more enjoyable than its predecessor but it’s definitely not crazy enjoyable and just a basic and average Pop Punk song that everyone could’ve made. They do manage to make one more quite notable song with ‘When I Come Around’ which pulls things off just much better and actually has a catchy chorus as well as some really good verses that make the song actually function as one and makes for a pretty good song that I think is both the catchiest and just best song on the entire album. It’s just a good song. Not great, nothing crazy but solid enough to be really enjoyable. The pro-LGBT song ‘Coming Clean’ does bring in some nice political lines and does make for a thematically important song but in terms of music and the enjoyment of that, it’s still just pretty basic, also because it is so short. This might be a slight advantage but it’s not more than slightly above average. ’Emenius Sleepus’ continues a the trend of songs less than two minutes and I do think that they pull it off slightly better than the longer ones, it still is just really basic and boring. The slight additions of Country Rock with the strong Punk sound of ‘In the End’ does make for a interesting sound but in the end it’s structured the exact same way nearly all the songs here were made and doesn’t bring anything new except and even duller performance. Theoretically ‘F.O.D.’ is the closing track and does it in an Acoustic Punk Rock style that while it is completely different from all the songs in terms of sound still manages to be much duller than most songs even once the actual Punk starts near the end. It’s really boring. On the original CD that was the end but if you waited another minute of silence you’d hear the hidden track ‘All by Myself’ which technically is a part of ‘F.O.D.’ and closes the entire album with a comedic Anti-Folk song that is not just really silly but actually annoying. I know it’s supposed to be that but it really isn’t needed at all. Might be the worst song on the album, if you count it as one. favourites: When I Come Around least favourites: All by Myself, Basket Case Rating: decent 5 https://rateyourmusic.com/~Emil_ph for more ratings, reviews and takes
Dookie is so good. I love Dookie. Once I had Dookie in my ears, I was having a great time 👍🏻 Not the Green Day I grew up loving but in retrospect (which is the case for a lot of my fav Pop Punk bands as a kid) their early sound is so so strong and this is like, probably their best work
Pretty good and classy
i feel like i have ostrich egg all over my noggin
Wow 🤩
Falls a little flat nearing the end
My first 5 star album which I've listened to countless times before. I wish I had been old enough to appreciate this album when it first came out, and to think that 30 years ago this album was seen as "selling out" blows my mind. An album full of catchy power chords and a variety of themes. Having A Blast is great track, despite its dark lyrics. If you haven't seen Dookie - DEmastered on YouTube, it's definitely worth a listen!