Released in February 1994, Dookie is the catchy, energetic sucker punch that propelled the pop-punk band Green Day into the musical big leagues and launched the careers of Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tre Cool. The album was a runaway success both critically and commercially and is the band’s best-selling album to date. Along with the Offspring’s Smash, Dookie is recognized as one of the earliest examples of punk’s acceptance into mainstream music culture in the mid-nineties.
In just under 40 minutes, the album tears through 15 total songs (if you include Tre Cool’s secret track “All by Myself”) including well-received hits like “Welcome to Paradise”, “Longview”, “Basket Case” and “When I Come Around”. Technically the third studio release by the Bay Area trio, Dookie was Green Day’s major-label debut and their first widespread commercial success. The album was released by Reprise Records and recorded in September and October 1993 at the music recording studio Fantasy Studios in Berkeley. It was Green Day’s first paring with producer Rob Cavallo, who went on to produce multiple platinum-selling albums with the band including Insomniac, Nimrod, American Idiot, and Bullet in a Bible. Dookie’s iconic cover art was drawn by the East Bay artist and musician Richie Bucher and features familiar scenes and characters from Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, California.
For many, Dookie is more than just a great album - it defines the cultural moment that grunge and alternative nineties rock gave way to a wider punk-pop movement. Credited by Rolling Stone with bringing punk to national and international audiences, the album was a massive success and sold over 20 million copies worldwide. In 1995, Dookie won Green Day the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Album and went on to earn the band nine MTV Video Music Awards.
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is the third studio album from the alternative rock back The Smashing Pumpkins. Immediately debuting at number one on the US Billboard 200, it sold over 245,000 units in the first week alone.
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You oughta know by now that Alanis Morissette’s third release Jagged Little Pill is one of the defining albums of the nineties. This powerhouse record has sold a whopping 33 million copies and is one of the best-selling albums of all time. Jagged...
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August and Everything After is the multi-platinum selling debut album by the Berkley, California rock group The Counting Crows. It was released on September 14th, 1993 and went on to sell over 7 million copies in the United States. Rolling Stone...
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Comprised of rapper/singer Lauryn Hill, rapper Pras Michel, and rapper/singer Wyclef Jean, the Fugees were an award-winning American hip hop group in the 1990s. They released two albums in the early part of the decade, 1994's Blunted on Reality and...
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Nothing will bring you back to summer camp in the 1990s faster than hitting play on this second studio album by English rock group Oasis. (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? earned the band and its perpetually feuding brothers Noel and Liam...
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In 1997, Hanson was inescapable. A catchy little single by the name of “MMMBop” was topping charts around the world, and the three long-haired brothers from Tulsa, Oklahoma had earned a Tiger Beat pinup on the walls of pretty much every...
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In Utero, the third album by the Seattle grunge band Nirvana, was released on September 21, 1993. It was the final studio album released by the band, who disbanded after the death of lead singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain on April 8, 1994. In Utero is...
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Would you do it all for the nookie? If so, you know exactly what to do with that cookie. And if you don’t? Well, Fred Durst will tell you right where you need to stick it...
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Raised in South Orange, New Jersey, Lauryn Hill is an American singer and rapper. She achieved early success as a member of the Fugees — the hip-hop group she founded with members Pras Michel and Wyclef Jean. The group released two albums in the...
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Sometimes I feel like I don't have a partner... but then I just put this CD in and life is good again. "Blood Sex Sugar Magik" is an album that still brings back '90s memories through high-energy rhythm and wonderfully nonsensical lyrics.
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