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Dookie, released in February 1994, was the highly influential third album by the punk 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 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 had received a very positive response, with All Music calling it, "...a stellar piece of modern punk that many tried to emulate but nobody bettered."[1] Dookie appeared in the book 1,001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die,[2] and in Rolling Stone Magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time issue, Dookie was placed at number 193.[3]

In 1995, Dookie won the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album.

Track listing

All tracks by Billie Joe Armstrong (lyrics) and Green Day (music), except where noted.

  1. "Burnout" – 2:08
  2. "Having a Blast" – 2:45
  3. "Chump" – 2:54
  4. "Longview" – 3:59
  5. "Welcome to Paradise" – 3:45
    • A re-recording of the song that originally appeared on 1992's Kerplunk!
  6. "Pulling Teeth" – 2:31
  7. "Basket Case" – 3:01
  8. "She" – 2:14
  9. "Sassafras Roots" – 2:38
  10. "When I Come Around" – 2:58
  11. "Coming Clean" – 1:35
  12. "Emenius Sleepus" (Mike Dirnt/Green Day) – 1:44
  13. "In the End" – 1:46
  14. "F.O.D." – 5:47

Demos

Recently, the demo for the original Dookie album recorded in 1993, have begun to leak across the internet. The differences on the demo include the tracks being less produced, slightly different lyrics, a different track listing, and Billie Joe's voice is more high pitched. The track listing and times are as follows:

  1. "Having a Blast" – 2:53
  2. "When I Come Around" – 3:01
  3. "Longview" – 3:49
  4. "Burnout" – 2:08
  5. "Basket Case" – 2:54
  6. "Haushinka" – 3:27
  7. "JAR" – 2:55
  8. "She" – 2:23
  9. "Pulling Teeth" – 2:38
  10. "Sassafras Roots" – 2:39
  11. "Walkin' the Dog" (Aerosmith Cover) – 2:48
  12. "Don't Wanna Fall in Love" – 1:57
  13. "F.O.D" – 2:44
  14. "Instrumental" – 1:00

This track listing has been open to dispute from fans due to there being several different versions of the demo songs

Trivia

  • The album is named after a slang term for feces. It was retitled after the original title, "Liquid Dookie," was deemed too obscene for mainstream audiences.
  • Two of this album's hits, Basket Case and When I Come Around have been under play on classic rock stations since 2006, labeling Green Day as "classic rock".
  • 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.
  • A rare collection of demos recorded around Dookie contains some songs that weren't released until much later such as Haushinka, J.A.R., a cover of Rufus Thomas' 'Walking The Dog' and even an unreleased instrumental song.
  • There is also a caricature of the mysterious woman appearing in the cover of the Black Sabbath's first album Black Sabbath. The image is located up on the left-hand side of the cover, standing at the street. She quotes "What is this that stands before me?", first line of the song also called "Black Sabbath"
  • The song "All By Myself", was recorded during a party hence the voices heard in the background.
  • The subject of the song "Coming Clean" is Armstrong's own bisexuality. In his 1995 interview with The Advocate, he explained his sexual attraction to men and women.

Singles

Songs recorded for the album and released as non-LP B-Sides:

Track number Song name Note
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.

Personnel

  • Billie Joe Armstrong – vocals, guitar and percussion on "All By Myself"
  • Mike Dirnt – bass guitar and backing vocals
  • Tré Cool – drums, vocals and guitar on "All By Myself"
  • Rob Cavallo – producer
  • Green Day – producer
  • Neill King – engineer
  • Casey McCrankin – engineer
  • Richie Bucher – cover artist

Samples

See also

Classic Albums

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen. "Dookie Overview". All Music Guide. August 1994.
  2. ^ Dimery, ++++++. "1,001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die listing". "Cassel Illustrated". 2005.
  3. ^ Various Music Professionals. "The Rolling Stone 500 - 101-200". "Rolling Stone Magazine". November, 2003.
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