Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Robert Christgau | (A−) |
| The New York Times | (favorable) |
| Rolling Stone | |
The album was well received by all critics, with Allmusic describing Dookie as "a stellar piece of modern punk that many tried to emulate but nobody bettered". In 1994, Time claimed Dookie as the third best album of the year, but the best rock album of 1994. The New York Times, in early 1995, described the sound of Dookie as, "Punk turns into pop in fast, funny, catchy, high-powered songs about whining and channel-surfing; apathy has rarely sounded so passionate." Rolling Stone described Green Day as "convincing mainly because they've got punk's snotty anti-values down cold: blame, self-pity, arrogant self-hatred, humor, narcissism, fun".
The New York Times, while complimentary on the album's overall quality, noted that Dookie's pop sound only remotely resembled punk music. The band did not respond initially to these comments, but later claimed that they were "just trying to be themselves" and that "it's our band, we can do whatever we want". Dirnt claimed that the follow-up album, Insomniac, one of the band's hardest albums lyrically and musically, was the band releasing their anger at all the criticism from critics and former fans.
Since its release, Dookie has been featured heavily in various "must have" lists compiled by the music media. Some of the more prominent of these lists to feature Dookie are shown below; this information is adapted from Acclaimed Music.
| Publication | Country | Accolade | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerrang! | United Kingdom | The Kerrang! 100 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die | 1998 | 33 |
| Classic Rock & Metal Hammer | United Kingdom | The 200 Greatest Albums of the 90s | 2006 | N/A |
| Robert Dimery | United States | 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die | 2005 | N/A |
| Rolling Stone | United States | The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time | 2003 | 193 |
| Rolling Stone | United States | Best Albums of 1994 (Readers Choice) | 1994 | 1 |
| Rolling Stone | United States | Best Albums of the 90s | 2010 | 30 |
| Spin | United States | 100 Greatest Albums, 1985–2005 | 2005 | 44 |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | United States | The Definitive 200 | 2005 | 50 |
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