Dookie
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| Studio album by Green Day | ||
| Released | February 1, 1994 | |
| Recorded | September - October 1993 | |
| Genre | Punk | |
| Length | 39:47 | |
| Label | Reprise Records | |
| Producer(s) | Green Day and Rob Cavallo |
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| Professional reviews | ||
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| Green Day chronology | ||
| Kerplunk! (1992) |
Dookie (1994) |
Insomniac (1995) |
Dookie, released in February 1994, is the third album by the punk rock band Green Day, and it was their first album on Reprise. The album was a breakthrough for the band, introducing them into mainstream popularity as well as commercial success. This album helped Green Day become one of the most popular bands of the 1990s. As of November 2006, the album holds a diamond certification for 10 million units shipped in the US alone and 20 million copies sold worldwide making it the best selling punk album of all time. The album was the band's major label debut for Warner's Reprise Records, causing considerable controversy in the punk community, with many critics claiming the band had "sold out." The album became a mainstream sensation with singles like "Longview", "Basket Case" and "When I Come Around" achieving #1 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart. Dookie reached #2 on the Billboard top 200 album chart.
The album is named after a slang term for feces.
The songs on Dookie blend fast and slow punk and included a transition between "Chump" and "Longview" that some see as an inspiration for the rock opera of 2004's American Idiot.
Dookie's first single, "Longview", refers to boredom-induced masturbation. Tré Cool's drum lead and Billie Joe Armstrong's fast fretwork evoke The Damned's "New Rose" and features a trademark Mike Dirnt bassline. Heavy play of the Longview and Basket Case music videos on MTV contributed to the band's popularity.
Dookie won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album. It is placed as number 193 on Rolling Stones list of the The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time [1]. It was also placed as #30 on MuchMoreMusic Top 40 Greatest Albums Of The Past 25 Years in 2005.
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[edit] Track listing
All tracks by Billie Joe Armstrong (lyrics) and Green Day (music), except where noted.
- "Burnout" - 2:08
- "Having A Blast" - 2:45
- "Chump" - 2:54
- "Longview" - 3:59
- "Welcome to Paradise" - 3:45
- "Pulling Teeth" - 2:31
- "Basket Case" - 3:01
- "She" - 2:14
- "Sassafras Roots" - 2:38
- "When I Come Around" - 2:58
- "Coming Clean" - 1:35
- "Emenius Sleepus" (Mike Dirnt/Green Day) - 1:44
- "In The End" - 1:46
- "F.O.D." - 5:47
- Contains the hidden track "All By Myself" (Tré Cool)
[edit] Trivia
- The album was retitled after the original title, "Liquid Dookie," was deemed too obscene for mainstream audiences.
- The band explained that "Dookie" and "Liquid Dookie" were inspired by their terrible eating habits on tour which would subsequently result in not-infrequent diarrhea.
- After initial pressings, subsequent albums were packaged in brown-backed CD cases.
- A caricature of AC/DC lead guitarist, Angus Young can be seen on the cover of the album. The image of Angus is located on the right-hand side of the cover. Angus is standing on the roof of the building, holding the same pose that he is on the Let There Be Rock album cover. Billie Joe Armstrong has previously stated that Angus was one of his primary influences when he first started playing guitar.
- Some early prints of the CD had Ernie from Sesame Street on the back cover. This cameo was airbrushed out of later prints for fear of litigation.
[edit] Singles
- Longview - First single (1994)
- Basket Case - Second single (1994)
- Welcome to Paradise - Third single (1994)
- When I Come Around - Fourth single (1995)
Songs recorded for the album and released as non-LP B-Sides:
| Track Number | Song Name | Note |
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| 1. | On The Wagon | Originally meant to be the last track on Dookie |
| 2. | Tired of Waiting for You | A cover of The Kinks, a band that influenced Green Day |
| 3. | 409 In Your Coffemaker (Unmixed) | Originally appeared on Green Day's Slappy EP from 1990, Dookie version released on Basket Case CD single had not been completely mixed |
| 4. | 2,000 Light Years Away (Cavallo & Finn Remix) | The track from Kerplunk! album was remixed by 'Dookie' producer Rob Cavallo and engineer Jerry Finn. It appeared on the Jerky Boys movie soundtrack. |
[edit] Personnel
- Billie Joe Armstrong - lead vocals and lead guitar
- Mike Dirnt - bass guitar and vocals
- Tré Cool - drums and percussion, and vocals
- Rob Cavallo – Producer
- Green Day – Producer
- Neill King – Engineer
- Casey McCrankin – Engineer
- Richie Bucher – Cover Artist
[edit] Samples
- "Longview" (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- Sample of "Longview" by Green Day.
- Problems listening to the file? See media help.
- "Basket Case" (file info) — play in browser (beta)
- Sample of "Basket Case" by Green Day.
- Problems listening to the file? See media help.
