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Blink 182 - Blink 182 Review
Geffen Records © 2003
Total Time: 49:47
Written by Raffman - June 19th, 2004

While this self-titled album from Geffen Records arrived on CD shelves this past November, the hit are still flying and the hits keep coming. It's been over two years now since the band's last album, "Take off your Pants and Jacket", yet nothing has been lost in their music. If you have ever jammed out to their first aforementioned album, or even to their sidegig, "Boxcar Racers", then this album is a must-have. From song 1 to 14 you'll be entranced, reaching Blinkage utopia along the way as you hear melocleptic hits like "Violence", "Down", and "Easy Target".

While many bands release their new albums filled with space fillers, a la "tracks that are just dialogue instead of real music because we couldn't come up with another cool song", Blink stays the musical path 95% of the time. While there are a few moments within the near hour of this CD that feature this, they are few and far inbetween and in the end don't even take away from what this latest Blink album has to offer; and shit does it have a lot to offer. For a 14-track album to contain three Top 20 singles is incredible; but the fact that it will probably have 3+ more is completely unheard of. In sum, if you like Blink 182, even in the slightest way, this album is worth the price whether you buy it used for $6 bucks on Amazon or brand new off the Best Buy CD shelf. If you haven't picked it up then stand up, walk over to your closest Douchebag line and sign-in. Tell them College Downtime sent you and you'll get a 10% discount.

Tracks:
1. Feeling This
2. Obvious
3. I Miss You
4. Violence
5. Stockholm Syndrome
6. Down
7. The Fallen Interlude
8. Go
9. Athenia
10. Always
11. Easy Target
12. All of This
13. Here's Your Letter
14. I'm Lost Without You

Rating:
(4/4)


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