Green Day never sounded better than in these hits from albums Dookie(1994), Insomniac (1995), Nimrod (1997), and Warning (2000). The sheer strength of Billie Joe Armstrong’s songwriting alone is something to marvel at, let alone the band’s ability to cloak his words in skin-tight, razor-sharp arrangements that hit like a punch to stomach, but then soften the blow with pure pop underpinnings.