¡Dos! | ||||
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Studio album by Green Day | ||||
Released | November 9, 2012 | |||
Recorded | February 14–June 26, 2012 | |||
Studio | Jingletown Studios, Oakland, California | |||
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Length | 39:21 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 68/100 |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
The A.V. Club | C– |
Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
Los Angeles Times | |
Mojo | |
NME | 6/10 |
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Slant Magazine | |
Spin | 6/10 |
¡Dos! is the tenth studio album by American punk rock band Green Day. The album was released on November 9, 2012 in Australia, November 12 in the United Kingdom and on November 13 in the United States through Reprise Records. It is the second installment in the ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré! trilogy. Following its predecessor's power pop style, ¡Dos! was billed as Green Day's take on garage rock.
The album garnered the highest average reviews of all three trilogy albums, receiving generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised its dynamic style and catchy songs; others found its music dull and observed filler on the album. It debuted at number nine on the US Billboard 200, with first-week sales of 69,000 copies in the United States, a low for the band, becoming their first album since signing to a major record label to not sell 100,000 records in its first week.
In an interview with Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt, it was stated that ¡Dos! was going to have a "more garage rock—a little dirtier, like you're in the middle of the party" feel to it, similar to their side band Foxboro Hot Tubs. In a couple of interviews, Armstrong even went as far as calling ¡Dos! "the second Foxboro album." The track "Fuck Time", originally performed as a Foxboro Hot Tubs song, was recorded for the album, as was the track "Stray Heart".
Unlike the other two albums in the trilogy, this album features thirteen tracks instead of twelve. The thirteenth track "Amy" is dedicated to the late Amy Winehouse. The song "Nightlife" features guest vocals from Lady Cobra of the band Mystic Knights of the Cobra. The song is one of the slower and darker songs from the trilogy and has Lady Cobra rapping in her respective parts of the track. The album also includes a track called "Lady Cobra", which is inspired by her. A black-and-white cutout of her with a sailor hat is seen on the back cover with her showing eye crossed out with a pink X.