Respinables #003 · Week of Sep 7, 2026
Demo data
Dookie
Green Day · 1994
Pop Punk / Punk Rock · 14 tracks · 39 min · Reprise
Respinables Score
912/ 1,000
3-Spin Bump
+42Pregame 870
Audience
903
-9 vs hosts
Thirty-nine minutes, zero fat, a bigger 3-Spin Bump than anyone predicted.
The verdict at a glance
- Front to Back182 / 200
- No-Skip176 / 200
- Replay Pull196 / 200
- Highs132 / 150
- Aged134 / 150
- Personality92 / 100
Best track
She
The skip
Emenius Sleepus
MVP
Mike Dirnt
Aged best
Longview
Aged worst
Emenius Sleepus
Best 30 seconds
The Longview bass intro before the drums come in
Monday
Memories + Pregame
Before the relisten. Memory is allowed to be wrong.
Demo content. Placeholder memories.
This was a lunch-table album. Somebody's older brother had it, then everybody had it, then the music teacher confiscated a Discman over it. I could sing every word of "Basket Case" before I understood a single one.
What I think I remember: a great first half and a blur after "When I Come Around." I expect a skip or two in the back half. My pregame score is going to be low and I expect to be wrong about that.
Tuesday
3-Spin Diary
Three times through. Back-to-back-to-back. Notes as they happened.
Spin 1
Instinct
Demo diary entry. This album is faster than I remember. It is over before I have decided how I feel about it.
Spin 2
Discovery
Demo diary entry. The bass is the lead instrument on half of this record and the harmonies are more careful than the reputation suggests. "Chump" into "Longview" might be the best one-two on the album.
Spin 3
Conviction
Demo diary entry. The back half is not a blur. That was a memory problem, not a record problem. "Coming Clean" and "F.O.D." both climbed. Only "Emenius Sleepus" stayed where I left it.
Wednesday
The Podcast
The main event. Debated, ranked, scored.
Respinables #003: Dookie
55 minEpisode audio will appear here when it is published.
Games
Do. Marry. Kill.
- Do
- Longview
- Marry
- She
- Kill
- Emenius Sleepus
Aged Best / Aged Worst
- Aged Best
- Longview
- Aged Worst
- Emenius Sleepus
Thursday
Overreaction
You heard us. Now tell us why we're wrong.
We had She as best track. The audience overwhelmingly said Basket Case, and honestly, fine.
Demo content. Placeholder Thursday post. The audience landed nine points under us, the first time that has happened, and picked "Basket Case" for best track by a mile.
From the audience
“The 3-Spin Bump on this one makes sense. Nobody remembers how good Chump is.”
demo listener · email
Get next week's album Monday morning.
And the rest of the week for Dookie, as it lands.