Blink-182 (album) - Definition and Overview

Blink-182
CD Album by Blink-182
Released	November 17, 2003
Recorded	???
Genre	punk-pop
Length	46 min 38 s
Record label	Geffen Records
Producer	listed in Personnel
Professional reviews
Q review	? stars out of ?
Melody Maker review	? out of ?
Allmusic.com review	4 stars out of 5	link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Actm8b5b4zsqa)
Winnipeg Sun (Darryl Sterdan) review	"most serious and honest songs to date"	November 21, 2003 (http://www.canoe.ca/JamAlbumsB/blink182-sun.html)
Robert Christgau review	???
Blink 182 Chronology
Take Off Your Pants And Jacket (2001)	Blink 182 (2003)	?

Blink-182 (untitled) is Blink-182's eighth album, and was released on Geffen Records on November 18, 2003. During KROQ's annual Weenie Roast, Travis Barker, who was playing with his side project the Transplants, announced that the album was to be named: Use Your Erection I and II. Later on, he admitted that he was joking, and the band decided to leave the album untitled (as opposed to how most people think that it is self-titled). It is said that this album represents a "revamped" and "mature" Blink, infusing metal, goth rock and experimentalist elements into their usual punk, inspired by lifestyle changes (Mark, Tom and Travis all became fathers recently) and sideprojects (Box Car Racer and The Transplants). The album includes guest vocals by The Cure's Robert Smith on the track "All of This". Unlike previous records, this one contains absolutely no joke songs.

Track listing

1. "Feeling This" - 02:52
2. "Obvious" - 02:43
3. "I Miss You" - 03:47
4. "Violence" - 05:20
5. "Stockholm Syndrome" - 02:41
6. "Down" - 03:03
7. "The Fallen Interlude" - 02:12
8. "Go" - 01:53
9. "Asthenia" - 04:20
10. "Always" - 04:12
11. "Easy Target" - 04:40
12. "All of This" - 02:21
13. "Here's Your Letter" - 02:54
14. "I'm Lost Without You" - 06:20

Bonus tracks

1. International Bonus: "Anthem Part Two" (Live in Chicago)
2. UK Bonus: "Not Now" & "Anthem Part Two"(Live in Chicago)
3. Japan Bonus: "The Rock Show" (Live in Chicago)

Singles

1. "Feeling This", the album's first single, was released in October 2003.
2. "I Miss You", the second single, was released on 26 January 2004.
3. "Down", the third single, was released on 2 June 2004.
4. "Always", the fourth single, was released in November 2004.

Personnel

• Tom Lord-Alge - Mixing
• Brian Gardner - Mastering
• Steve Sisco - Assistant Engineer
• Andy Wallace - Mixing
• Jerry Finn - Producer, Mixing
• Tom Delonge - Guitar, Vocals, Group Member
• Mark Hoppus - Bass, Vocals, Group Member
• Blink-182 (with Famous Stars and Straps Designers) - Cover Illustration
• Ken Andrews - Instrumentation
• Femio Hernández - Assistant Engineer
• Ryan Hewitt - Engineer, Mixing
• Jordan Schur - A&R
• Scandalous - Design, Layout Design, Enhanced CD Direction, Group Member
• Jeff Cranford - Editing
• Estavan Oriol - Producer
• Jacken - Producer
• Ronnie Sanchez - Bass Technician
• Alan Mason - Assistant Engineer
• James McCrone - Assistant Engineer
• Sam Boukas - Assistant Engineer
• Menno - Guitar, Vocals
• John Morrical - Keyboards, Assistant Engineer
• Robert Smith - Vocals
• Seth Waldman - Assistant Engineer
• Roger Joseph Manning Jr. - Keyboards
• Travis Landon Barker - Percussion, Drums, Group Member
• Bunny Lake - Vocal Engineer
• Mister Cartoon - Design, Layout Design, Group Member
• Moises Velez - Producer
• Nikos Constant - Producer
• Sonny Flats - Design, Layout Design, Group Member
• Maxx Gramajo - Cover Illustration
• Marc "Cheetah" Steinberger - Camera Operator
• Daniel Jensen - Drum Technician
• Lana Kim - Production Coordination
• Doug Reesh - Guitar Technician
• Ann Kaneko - Editing

External link

All Music Guide page on Blink-182 (album) (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70311071654390588&sql=Al2ue4j376wat)