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DiscDebate_GreenDay[i-1].body = "To fans of early Green Day, the California band's major-label debut was something of a shock. \"Dookie\" featured all the punk rock revivalism and snotty wit that gave Green Day a huge following. But the production ... it was just so darn ... clean. The quick and dirty recording of the underground punk scene was replaced with multidimensional sound that made singer/guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong's songs sound…um…respectable. So much so that \"Dookie\" sold more than eight million copies, and moved Green Day from playing bar venues to sold-out arenas packed with middle schoolers. Eleven years later, \"Dookie\" stands out as the band's strongest record. Even the lightning-fast anthem, \"Welcome to Paradise,\" which appeared on a previous LP, benefits from the sophisticated recording. Radio-friendly semi-ballad, \"When I Come Around,\" showed the boys could be sweet as well as cynical. But kudos to the band for \"Dookie's\" first hit, \"Longview,\" a thinly-veiled song about masturbation that made it into heavy rotation on MTV.";

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DiscDebate_GreenDay[i-1].body = "Green Day's second LP, \"Kerplunk,\" is where the trio's obvious love of bands such as the Jam and the Buzzcocks comes to fruition. Billie Joe's vocals lock into the faux-British whine, with phrasing reminiscent of both Ray Davies and Johnny Rotten. Drummer Tre' Cool and bassist Mike Dirnt create a formidable rhythm section, busting out pounding fillers whenever Billie Joe's buzzing guitar takes a break. \"2000 Light Years Away\" is a quintessential punk rock love song -- fast, frustrated, and bittersweet. \"Christie Road\" is chock-full of the riffs that Green Day flirts with in most of its speedy pop songs. The LP also plays with some dreamier numbers, and a little bit of goof rock. This is the sound imitated by all those bands with numbers in their names, though none nail it like the original.";

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DiscDebate_GreenDay[i-1].body = "The three LPs following \"Dookie\" didn't meet the blinding success of Green Day's first major label release. All were fine records, earning respectable airplay, but the excitement, not to mention the string of chart toppers, wasn't there. The band's seventh LP, \"American Idiot\" was a shot of adrenalin, ripping up the airwaves and proving that Green Day is more than the sum of its influences. Conquering the rock opera medium created by Pete Townsend with The Who's \"Tommy,\" Green Day invokes the Clash, Husker Du and a bunch of other great mod, pop and punk bands, culminating in a sound entirely its own. Billie Joe has gone from a sarcastic little punk rocker, to a mature songwriter, still drawing on his cynicism and wit to create a dead-on portrait of post 9/11 America.";

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DiscDebate_GreenDay[i-1].body = "It's fun to listen to \"American Idiot\" and \"1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hour\" back to back. Speedy and sloppy and often hilarious, \"1,039/Smoothed Out Slappy Hour\" has little in common than the sophisticated songwriting and solid musicianship and production Green Day now possesses. Nevertheless, with 20/20 hindsight, you can divine the flashy feedback that will become Billie Joe's signature guitar sound and Mike Dirnt is already a powerful bass player, holding his own on vocal harmonies as well. Former Green Day drummer John Kiftmeyer puts in a strong performance -- it's one for the rock historians why he's no longer around. Best of all, this LP has the band's sort-of theme song, \"Green Day\" (which is about smoking marijuana).";

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DiscDebate_GreenDay[i-1].body = "Green Day's sixth album, \"Warning,\" went relatively unnoticed. Still, this solid set of well-crafted pop songs made \"American Idiot\" the next logical step. There are no Top 40 hits such as the band's unwitting \"Seinfeld\" farewell ballad, \"Good Riddance (Time of Your Life).\" There are, however, plenty of tuneful Kinks-style melodies and a couple of Green Day's signature rockers. Billie Joe's lyrics and singing take on a world-weary bent at times, though songs such as \"Blood, Sex and Booze\" and \"Misery\" still have bite.";

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DiscDebate_GreenDay[i-1].body = "Green Day has yet to put out a loser LP. \"Insomniac\" and \"Nimrod\" aren't on my Top Five list, but I only had five slots to fill. If any member of Green Day has anything to do with a real stinker, it's Billie Joe with his contribution to the all-star performance of the Beatles' \"Across the Universe\" at the 2005 Grammys. Apple iTunes proceeds for the ill-conceived \"We Are the World\" redux benefited the Red Cross Tsunami Relief Fund, but that's no excuse. I'm all for charity, but this out-of-tune celebrity sing along featuring Bono, Stevie Wonder, et. al stunk up the stage, and spoiled Green Day's earlier performance that was so hot, it saved an otherwise unbearable awards show.";

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