Reviews
Ranked #2 in the Village Voice's 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll., Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's.", Ranked #12 in the Village Voice's 1994 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll., Ranked #53 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s.", Included in AP's "Essential Punk Influences '02 Style" - "...Ground-zero in the mall-punk explosion...", Included in Q's list of `The 50 Best Albums Of 1993' - "...a mature, progressive, marvelous new record...", Included on Jon Pareles' list of the Top 10 Albums Of '94 - "...Apathy has rarely sounded so passionate.", Ranked #18 in Nme's List of the `Top 50 Albums of 1994.', Voted Best Album in the 1995 Reader's Poll., "...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.", Included in Cmj's List of "Top 25 College Radio Albums of All Time", 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...."