Blink 182 Enema Of The State CD

Blink 182 embodies all the rock & roll verities, from savage, power chord-driven, guitar-bass-and-drums attack to a carefully cultivated tastelessness (see album title and cover art), bolstered by plenty of attitude (the abundance of tattoos doesn't hurt either). The band's post-Green Day pop-punk leaps out of the speakers with zero subtlety and maximum aggression. Guitars alternately blaze and chug over breakneck rhythms, while the vocal melodies pay homage to the time-honored pop hook tradition. Despite the band's four-on-the-floor approach, the arrangements are regulated by careful, radio-minded production for a more accessible sound.

Blink 182: Tom DeLonge (vocals, guitar); Mark Hoppus (vocals, bass); Travis Barker (drums).

blink-182: Tom DeLonge (vocals, guitar); Mark Hoppus (bass guitar); Travis Barker (drums).

Personnel: Roger Manning (keyboards).

Audio Mixers: Jerry Finn; Tom Lord.

Recording information: Big Fish; Bomb Factory; Conway Recording Studios; Mad Hatter; Signature Sound; Studio West.

Photographer: David Goldman .

Arranger: blink-182.

Additional personnel: Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. (keyboards).

Enchanced CD

This is an Enhanced CD which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.Rolling Stone (7/8-7/22/99, pp.149-50) - 3 stars (out of 5) - "...gnarly enough to forment the kind of anti-everything rebellion that spawned rock & roll way back in the day....more power to 'em."
Rolling Stone (7/8-7/22/99, pp.149-50) - 3 stars (out of 5) - "...gnarly enough to forment the kind of anti-everything rebellion that spawned rock & roll way back in the day....more power to 'em."
Q (10/99, p.116) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...bright, three-minute pop tunes with adolescent vigor...More fun than Crass, at least."
Q (10/99, p.116) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...bright, three-minute pop tunes with adolescent vigor....full of songs about frat parties, making out, shitty jobs and, yes, bottoms....More fun than Crass, at least."
CMJ (5/31/99, p.5) - "...a geeky, three-chord rocker that employs a locker room sense of humor....While Blink 182 does slow down punk's pace, making it accessible to the pop-happy masses, this small concession hardly dilutes the band's potency."
CMJ (5/31/99, p.5) - "...a geeky, three-chord rocker that employs a locker room sense of humor....While Blink 182 does slow down punk's pace, making it accessible to the pop-happy masses, this small concession hardly dilutes the band's potency."