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Blink 182  Hear it Now

RS: 4of 5 Stars Average User Rating: 4.5of 5 Stars

2003

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Blink-182's protracted adolescence has finally ended. There is nary a goofy moment on the San Diego punk-pop band's fifth album, which is more experimental and harder-hitting than anything else it has done. On "I Miss You," the trio toys with electronic drumbeats, acoustic guitars, string parts and a gentle piano melody. "Violence" opens with a shriek of buzz-saw guitar, switches to the group's revved-up punk throttle and then calms down for verses that are spoken rather than sung: "You speak and make time stand still," says guitarist Tom DeLonge, "And each time, you walk on by." Blink-182 don't skimp on catchy hooks -- on "Feeling This," "Asthenia" and "Go" -- and their lyrics are still unsophisticated and lovelorn, but even the poppiest tunes prove artful. Maturity suits these guys: Five albums into their career, it sounds like they're just getting warmed up.

JENNY ELISCU

(Posted: Nov 19, 2003)

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Review 1 of 6

PunkRockingDude writes:

1of 5 Stars


This is probably one of the most pathetic albums of all time!

A pop-rock band who pretends to be punk doesn't deserve to
get such a sucess... How can you say that you're
anticonformist if you don't even make a step out of the
establishment?

Worse, why does a band like blink-182 sell tons of albums
when a real sincere punk band like Bad Religion hardly sells a
million? Of course it's because they're way too commercial to
be punk. How can teens can recognise themselves in a big
load of pretension and arrogance?

Now, let's see the album itself: pop-rock music, no catchy
guitar riffs, boring drumming, commercial singing. And what
about those empty lyrics? That's the point! Punk is better than
talking about love, life in general, teeny themes and skate-
boarding...

According to me and many true punks over the world, bands
like blink-182 should die to let the real marginal artists
speak.

Feb 16, 2008 11:53:26

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Review 2 of 6

wefoinwfoen writes:

5of 5 Stars


Simply the best album ever. Perfect music. Thank you Mark, Tom, and Travis. RIP Blink

Nov 6, 2007 12:38:34

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Review 3 of 6

trigganometry30 writes:

5of 5 Stars


This is blink-182's best effort to date. And to the guy below me, tom and mark sing a lot of the songs together...feeling this, i miss you, violence (mark has very bottom part), stockholm syndrome, down, go and easy target...thats 7/13, over half the album.

Sep 11, 2007 08:20:00

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Review 4 of 6

mark182billiejoe writes:

3of 5 Stars


First of all, there was all of this hype over this cd and I ask myself why?? The biggest thing that bothered me about this cd is that Tom sang 85% of the songs!! Uh hello!! I thought that Blink 182 is supposed to be a "group"!?!? Not much of a group if one person sings pretty much every song on the cd!! I still find Enema of the State and TOYPAJ better cd's because of the equal amount of time that the lead singers had for their songs. Granted that this is probably their last cd, it is good. Not great, but good.

Mar 19, 2006 13:21:15

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Review 5 of 6

miku24 writes:

5of 5 Stars


Growth, Maturity, from the angst ridden notion that punk is known for.But still, with an old skool, new punk flavor, its fun to listen to the trio's antics.

Jan 28, 2006 02:41:37

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Review 6 of 6

memo31 writes:

4of 5 Stars


music music music...

Dec 15, 2005 01:36:44

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