| Product Summary | | Label: Universal Music Group | | UPC: 00602498609651 | | Release Date: 11/18/2003 | | Buy.com Sku: 60619432 | | Item#: M9QCKK | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 27009 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Feeling This ~ Blink 182 |  | | 2. Obvious ~ Blink 182 | | | 3. I Miss You ~ Blink 182 | | | 4. Violence ~ Blink 182 | | | 5. Stockholm Syndrome ~ Blink 182 | | | 6. Down ~ Blink 182 | | | 7. Fallen Interlude, The ~ Blink 182 | | | 8. Go ~ Blink 182 | | | 9. Asthenia ~ Blink 182 | | | 10. Always ~ Blink 182 | | | 11. Easy Target ~ Blink 182 | | | 12. All Of This ~ Blink 182 | | | 13. Here's Your Letter ~ Blink 182 | | | 14. I'm Lost Without You ~ Blink 182 | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | This is an Enhanced CD which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. | | Blink 182: Tom DeLonge (vocals, guitar); Mark Hoppus (vocals, bass); Travis Landon Barker (drums). | | Additional personnel includes: Robert Smith (vocals); Ken Andrews (various instruments); Roger Joseph Manning, Jr., Jon Morrical (keyboards). | | This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. | | In the world of emo and pop-punk, 2003 not only found Blink 182 qualifying for the early bird special, but the creators of a self-titled outing that represents a big step in musical maturity for a band best known for serial nudity and a jokey, skate-punk attitude. Rest assured, this trio hasn't lost its taste for serious riffing and catchy-as-all-get-out harmonies, as evidenced by the thumping "Go," the jittery "Stockholm Syndrome," and the anthemic "Easy Target." | | For the most part, however, Blink 182 has cast a wide net in tweaking their sound, be it the stripped-down combination of Tom DeLonge's surf guitar and the finger snaps that define "Violence" or the tight shuffle drummer Travis Barker employs throughout "I Miss You." A singing and songwriting cameo by the Cure's Robert Smith on "All of This" makes for a strange surprise, but given the more serious approach taken by the Blink boys on this go-round, the moody ambiance finds Smith's appearance fitting hand in glove. Just when it would have been easy to write Blink 182 off a yesterday's news, the trio proves that there is musical life for thirtysomething punk rockers. |
Producer: Jerry Finn; Sick Jacken |
Musical Guests | | Robert Smith |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 11/18/2003 | | Original Release Date : 2003 | | Catalog ID : 0001334 | | Label : Geffen Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00602498609651 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (12/25/03, p.104)
- Included in Rolling Stone's "50 Best Albums of 2003"Rolling Stone (12/11/03, p.202)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...Their lyrics are still unsophisticated and lovelorn, but even the poppiest tunes prove artful. Maturity suits these guys..." Spin (01/04, p.97)
- "...A dark, emotionally intense record, best experienced on headphones..." - Grade: A- Entertainment Weekly (11/21/03, pp.82-4)
- "...The San Diego snot-core trio has dropped the potty humor and made its most expansive and...mature...CD yet....the band rejiggers its multiplatinum pop-punk formula with adventurous production choices..." - Rating: A- |
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