blink-182 by blink-182

blink-182
blink-182
2003
Pop Punk
Geffen

1. Feeling This
2. Obvious
3. I Miss You
4. Violence
5. Stockholm Syndrome
6. Down
7. The Fallen Interlude
8. Go
9. Asthenia
10. Always
11. Easy Target
12. All Of This
13. Here's Your Letter
14. I'm Lost Without You
(Also included is a 492x500 album cover .jpeg)

Like violence, you have me
Forever and after
Like violence, you kill me
Forever and after

"Violence"

I've had a hard time convincing people that blink-182's final and self titled album is actually legit. Most people can't look past the boner jokes all over the band's first four albums, and most notably the megahit Enema Of The State. However, it's very clear to me that the band found on this release, blink-182, is a much more matured group of guys, both mentally and musically. This is one of my favorite albums of all time, and I think it's not too much short of being a perfect record.

How has the band changed exactly? Lots of ways. For one, the lyrics are actually good. It's no Shakespeare, but these songs are the most personal that blink-182 has ever written. "Here's Your Letter" is a song about communication and how people are incapable of being able to explain what they truly feel to someone. Would you find those lyrics on Take Off Your Pants And Jacket? I'll give you one guess.

Also, the production quality is incredible. Listen to this album on a good set of headphones. The guitars are huge, Travis Barker's already machine-gun drumming is even more pounding, and all of the vocals are crystal clear and sparkling. It almost has a psychedelic feel very often, with lots of pretty sounding swirling layers and effects. Huge props to the late Jerry Finn for putting this together so well.

My favorite part of the album is that it just sounds powerful. The first time the chorus blasts through the mix in "Obvious," everything gets turned to 11. This album is incredibly dynamic. And apart from getting your blood pumping with heavy beats, blink-182 really figured out how to affect their listener emotionally using only music with their self titled finale. Listen to the beautiful guitar sounds after the intro of "Asthenia" or the dissonant bells at the beginning of "I'm Lost Without You" and tell me that it didn't tug your heartsrings just a little bit.

GIVE THIS A SHOT. The album blink-182 might as well have been done by a completely different band.

Click here to download part 1 (51.98 MB)
Click here to download part 2 (52.38 MB)

A couple f-bombs still made it onto this album, despite the major changes that blink-182 has gone through.

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