Dookie

Dookie is an album by the punk pop band Green Day. Released in 1994 as their major label debut for Reprise Records, Dookie became a sensation among the American mainstream, causing considerable controversy in the punk rock community, with many critics claiming the band had sold out. With singles like "When I Come Around", "Basket Case" and "Longview" all going to #1 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart, Dookie was propelled to #2 on the Billboard 200 album charts.

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The album was originally going to be called "Liquid Dookie" but the band changed the name at the last minute because it was considered too gross for mainstream. (Dookie is slang faeces.)

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"Longview", one of the songs on this album, contains references to boredom-induced masturbation. The song itself is much like The Damned's song "New Rose" with the same drum lead ups and extremely fast guitars. It also features an interesting bass line that is one of group bassist Mike Dirnt's watermarks. This song was one of Green Day's first successes in the mainstream.

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Dookie won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album. It is number 193 on the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

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As of June 2005, Dookie has sold 7.5 million units in the US, with a diamond certification (10 million units shipped).

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