blink-182 (album)

blink-182 (album)
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Released - November 18, 2003
Recorded - The Rubin's House, Conway, Rolling Thunder and Signature Sound
Genre - Alternative/Pop-rock
Length - 49:23
Label - Geffen Records
Producer(s) - Jerry Finn

Professional reviews:

• All Music Guide (4/5) link
• Winnipeg Sun (Darryl Sterdan) review "most serious and honest songs to date"

(untitled) is blink-182's last 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, which would have been a parody of the Guns N' Roses' double album Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II. Later on, he admitted that he was joking, and the band decided to leave the album untitled. It is said that this album represents a "revamped" and "mature" Blink, infusing experimentalist elements into their usual pop-punk sound, inspired by lifestyle changes (Mark, Tom and Travis all became fathers before the album was released) 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. According to Barker the origin of the Smiley face logo came from him and some of his designers from his own personal clothing line. He wanted to brand an icon for the band. "It just had to be a cool kind of happy face but I wanted arrows. You know, like the Jam were my favorite band, they always had arrows in their logos and stuff. It was just kind of inspired by pop-art."

Contents

• 1 Trivia
• 2 Track listing
• 3 Bonus tracks
• 4 Singles
• 5 Personnel

5.1 Band Line-Up During Recording
5.2 Additional Musicians
5.3 Producers
5.4 Engineers
5.5 Mixed By
5.6 Mastered By
5.7 Techs'
5.8 Artwork6

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6 External links Trivia

• "Feeling This" was written by having Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge go into separate rooms without talking to each other. When they came out they realized they had both written about sex. When they put it together, the song represents the lustful side of sex in the verses, the passionate side in the bridge, and the romantic side in the chorus.
• "Feeling This" made its debut in the video game Madden NFL 2004 under the name "Action". This is due to a copy of the song being leaked under that name, as the line, "Get ready for action" is heard during the intro.
• Travis plays brushes on "I Miss You" and his performance is looped. Likewise, the bass and snare drum tracks on "All Of This" are consistent throughout the song. The drum track for the verse on "Down" is consistent, while the choruses are not.
• I Miss You references the film The Nightmare Before Christmas with the lines "We can live like Jack and Sally if we want/Where you can always find me/And we'll have Halloween on Christmas/And in the night we'll wish this never ends."
• In "Violence", you can faintly hear Mark whisper, "Who'll stand by your side? So watch my eyes. Watch 'em turn while you go change. Curtains down. When all their skill was cut, and I bled. There were forces of John Jones. I can't make you happy. It seems all I ever do is try. You could never cut me deep enough to leave a scar. So take this gift. It's somethin to save" at about 2:30 into the song.
• At the end of "Violence", Joanne Whalley is reading letters that Mark Hoppus's grandfather wrote to his grandmother in World War II. This leads into "Stockholm Syndrome", which is about someone who is kidnapped showing sympathy for their captor.
• The Fallen Interlude is blink-182's first and only Instrumental song, if you do not count the repeated lyrics "Down, Down, Down. Pick me up I've fallen" towards the very end of the track.
• NASA transmissions are played before the start of "Asthenia," a song about an astronaut battling loneliness. The line "Should I go back?" is adapted from the song's original title "Shoulda Got Caught", which was originally about a similar topic to "Down". "Asthenia" underwent many changes on topic and lyrics from the start to finish of recording.
• Some guitar parts on "Asthenia" were recorded through a 1960s era Leslie speaker.
• Four bass guitars are being played over the outro of "Always."
• "Easy Target" and "All Of This" are both about a character named Holly. Both songs share the same guitar melodies, though the first is faster.
• Robert Smith sings the verse vocals on "All Of This" on the album. Mark sings them in most concerts (excepting when Robert and his band, The Cure, are also performing).
• Had the band not announced their hiatus, "All Of This" would have been the fifth and final (not to mention longest) single from this album. For a long time, however, "Here's Your Letter" was rumored to be that single, as well.
• At least two snare drums were played and mixed together at the end of "I'm Lost Without You."
  Many suspect the bonus song on the UK edition "Not Now" is about a person dying and speaking to their loved one.
• Videos were made for "Feeling This", "Obvious", "Violence", "Stockholm Syndrome", "Down" and "The Fallen Interlude" and can be seen on the enhanced CD version of the album.
• Mark sings only the chorus vocals in Feeling This, Down, and Easy Target. He sings only the verse vocals in I Miss You and Violence. He sings all of Stockholm Syndrome, Go, and Here's Your Letter.
• Tom sings only the verse vocals in Feeling This, Down, and Easy Target. He sings only the chorus vocals in Stockholm Syndrome, Go, and Here's Your Letter. He sings all of Obvious, most of I Miss You, Violence, Asthenia, Always, I'm Lost Without You, and Not Now.

Track listing

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

External links

• All Music Guide page on the Untitled album
• The Lyrics to Blink 182's 2003 Untitled album

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Discography

Albums: Flyswatter Buddha Cheshire Cat Dude Ranch Enema of the State Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
(Untitled) Live Albums and compilations: The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show: The Enema Strikes Back Greatest Hits
Videos and DVDS: The Urethra Chronicles The Urethra Chronicles II: Harder Faster Faster Harder Greatest Hits
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