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Blink 182 - Take Off Your Pants & Jacket

Posted by burn2shine on May 30, 2001 at 11:17 PM

The Blink boys are back and they want you to undress...

Following the surprising massive success of their last studio album, Enema of the State, many new and old fans alike have wondered if Blink 182's new offering would sound much different now that the little garage San Diego band have become TRL regulars.

The album is a bump up in agressive guitar solos and cuts that helped establish their sound, and may discern some of the more casual fans of the band who just heard songs on the radio and never bothered to listen to Blink's earlier stuff. That's also not to say though that the band is any more "punk". Sure, they have always carried an heir of punk solos and song stylings but Blink 182 is NOT punk, and their new album (which has my vote for album title of the year) solidifies that claim.

The band seems to be torn at times in what musical direction they want to go. The opener, "Anthem Pt. 2" is both rocking and poppy at the same time and will surely be a single, but it is a step up in seriousness from Blink's normal goofy lyric writing. And yet this song seems to be the exception rather than the rule on the album, for the remaining 14 tracks are littered with the same love-hate-dating-chicks motif of Blink's albums before.

Yet even here, the band seems to be growing up a little. With singer Mark Hoppus married now, his days of juvenile yet often poignant musings on the opposite sex seem to be coming to an end. Instead we are given equally catchy and thoughtful "I got the girl" songs instead of "I'm chasing the girl" tracks. Tracks like "First date", "Roller Coaster" and the first extremely catchy single "Rock Show" echo this through out the album.

And take heart all you Blink fans who crave that dirty potty mouth the band proved they had with The Mark, Tom & Travis Show, there is even something here for you with the unbelievably funny and addictive "Happy Holidays You Bastard" and the two untitled hidden tracks. These songs alone give the album it's explicit rating, but they are sidesplitting and well worth the listen.

Schizophrenic and all over the place in terms of style (like Enema of the State before it), Take Off Your Pants & Jacket winds up being a fun, silly and totally enjoyable album and may be the ultimate summer soundtrack of this year.

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RickySilk spoke on Jun 12, 2001 at 11:04 PM

It's ok. I like the holiday song. Most of the songs seem really geared for the teen angst crowd. Sorry, I'm not in that crowd anymore. I much prefer the live album that came out before this one. I still listen to it, just not as much as the live album.

dr-funk spoke on Jun 18, 2001 at 11:49 PM

I've been enjoying this album a lot. I've had it for a week and it's been in pretty steady rotation with Weezer's new one and Radiohead's Amnesiac.

The last hidden track just kills me. It's too fucking hilarious.

Anonymous Coward spoke on Jan 21, 2004 at 04:49 PM

this is a really good album that people usually don't respect cause they think it is too poppy. I think there was a lot of talent put into it and i enjoy listening to it many times. The hidden tracks on all three versions are all very good and i think all the songs are awesome. i dont believe blink sold out at all, i think that they just went down the path and people liked them (because they are talented) and they ended up being on mainstream. you cant stay in themusic business and be just garage. Blink-182 has lots of talent and that got them where they are now. This is a good album.

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