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In the days before there was grunge or thrash, a movement called punk arose as a populist response to the conformity of corporate rock, and a return to the garage roots of the music. Punk, new wave...whatever you want to call it, the movement was quickly co-opted by the major labels and radio as the best bands quickly evaporated into the pop mainstream while the rest faded into obscurity or day jobs.
"I'm not growing up, I'm just burning out, and I stepped in line to walk amongst the dead," singer-guitarist Billy Joe screams on the opening "Burnout," enunciating a timely slacker sentiment over a decidedly punk trio track, roaring through your speakers like a freight train powered by old Ramones and Clash records. One can hear the complaints of DOOKIE articulated in a thousand smoke-filled bedrooms throughout America. On "Longview," tongue not so firmly implanted in cheek, they extend their view of slacker apathy to apply to the fading joys of masturbation, but quickly answer their own ennui with the real world complaints of "Welcome To Paradise," begging the question, is there anything out there?
On a song like "She," Green Day seemingly answers all the questions of apathy with a furious groove and lyrics that urge listeners "locked up in a world that's been planned for you" to "smash the silence with the brick of self-control." And with "Sassafrass Roots" Green Day ups the slacker ante dealt up by Beck on "Loser" by asking, "So why are you alone wasting your time, when you could be with me wasting your time...may I waste your time, too?" The humor and furious musicianship Green Day display on DOOKIE (listen to them echo "Sweet Home Alabama" on "When I Come Around") undercuts all the talk of apathy, confusion and lack of direction by providing a whaling home-grown alternative to business as usual rock. And wasn't that what punk was all about?
DOOKIE won the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance. Green Day was also nominated for Best New Artist, "Basket Case" was nominated for Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal, and "Longview" was nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance.
Green Day: Billie Joe Armstrong (vocals, guitar); Michael Pritchard (bass, background vocals); Tre Cool (drums).
Award Winner
Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.53) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's."
Rolling Stone (1/26/95, p.50) - Voted Best Album in the 1995 Reader's Poll.
Rolling Stone (12/29/94-1/12/95, p.191) - "...Emplying the Jam and the Damned on DOOKIE in the same way the Rolling Stones emulated Elmore James...Green Day render the spirit of (19)76 in crunchy pop-guitar hooks, trebly bass and madcap tempos....They render teenage wasteland politics with...accurate deadpan wit."
Spin (9/99, p.146) - Ranked #53 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s."
Q (1/94, p.82) - Included in Q's list of `The 50 Best Albums Of 1993' - "...a mature, progressive, marvelous new record..."
Alternative Press (3/02, p.96) - Included in AP's "Essential Punk Influences '02 Style" - "...Ground-zero in the mall-punk explosion..."
CMJ (1/6/03, p.16) - Included in CMJ's list of "Top 25 College Radio Albums of All Time"
Village Voice (3/94, p.5) - Ranked #2 in the Village Voice's 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.
Village Voice (2/28/95) - Ranked #12 in the Village Voice's 1994 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.
Stereo Review (7/94, p.82) - Performance: Lively / Recording: Punchy - "...Green Day is a cartoonish lot of surprisingly adroit players who come off like the Beastie Boys with pop smarts, good guitars, and a great intuitive grasp of rock dynamics. DOOKIE is a virtual invitation to shut the door and pull out the air guitar...."
New York Times (Publisher) (1/5/95, p.C15) - Included on Jon Pareles' list of the Top 10 Albums Of '94 - "...Apathy has rarely sounded so passionate."
NME (Magazine) (12/24/94, p.22) - Ranked #18 in NME's list of the `Top 50 Albums Of 1994.'
Dookie Music Review
Average Rating: (4.8 out of 5 stars)    List All 35 Reviews Dookie is Awesome
Dookie is the best there is,my most favorite songs are Longview,Welcome to Paradise,Basket Case,She,When I Come Around,And F.O.D./All By Myself(All of them made it too International Superhits!(except F.O.D./All By Myself)
I guess everyone likes "Welcome To Paradise"(The Dookie version)
Submitted by Zscott95 (Virginia,USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 4 of 4 found this helpful. Blowin' Down the Doors of Punk!
Green Day may be the best known band in early 90's punk, and the most hated. Much as the Clash were despised in their native UK for "selling out" with London Calling, Green Day were singled out by the Gilman Street crowd as well. Green Day blew down the doors of commerical radio to help bring the sounds of underground punk rock to the masses. Now older, but not jaded, Green Day still is kicking out the punk rock jams with conviction...
Submitted by sonicmikestephens (Prescott, AZ USA BABY!) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful. Old school best
This album is a close second to Live's "Throwing Copper" as the best album of the 90's! I love EVERY song on the album. It's too bad that Green Day spends their time these days pandering to the left-wing kiddies.
Submitted by Marcus (Fort Sill, Oklahoma)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful. punk rock rules dude
greenday is the best band ever.I am listerning to dookie at the moment i have got all of the greenday cds.If you are reading this you rock and dont let any one push you around.
Submitted by ash 37 poters cresant (england)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 2 of 3 found this helpful. 2nd best album but well known
this cd is great like all the others.
Left wing is good and green day can do what they want.Yeah dookie is one of the greatest cds of all time in my opinion.Fod is good.
Submitted by travis (oscoda michigan)
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