Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Dookie
Dookie
[edit]- This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.
The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/February 22, 2024 by Gog the Mild (talk) 21:49, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
Dookie is the third studio album by the American rock band Green Day, released on February 1, 1994, by Reprise Records. The band's major label debut, it was recorded in late summer 1993 and is heavily based around frontman Billie Joe Armstrong's personal experiences, with themes such as boredom, anxiety, relationships, and sexuality. After several years of grunge's dominance in popular music, the album brought a livelier, more melodic rock sound to the mainstream. Considered one of the defining albums of the 1990s and punk rock in general, it was also pivotal in solidifying the genre's mainstream popularity. The album influenced a new wave of pop-punk bands, such as Blink-182, Sum 41, and Fall Out Boy. Though the band was labeled a sell-out by the band's original fans, the record received critical acclaim upon its release and won a Grammy Award for Best Alternative Album in 1995. (Full article...)
- Most recent similar article(s): Treat Myself (January 31)
- Main editors: Lately, mostly me
- Promoted: July 2007
- Reasons for nomination: February 22 is the 30th anniversary of the lead single's music video debut on MTV ("Longview"). I'm too late for this album's 30th anniversary, regrettably, because this very old FA was in shambles until I picked it up and translated and expanded the English version from a much better kept French FA. It last appeared as TFA in February 2008, but I believe the time is nigh that this iconic record deserves a re-run. I realize there is an uninvolved TFA proposal for this date that is a canonical date, but I have consulted that nominator and the TFA coordinators. Pinging @Gog the Mild: as requested.
- Support as nominator. dannymusiceditor oops 18:59, 2 January 2024 (UTC)