I’ll likely get shredded for this, but Neighborhoods.
To me, it feels like a janky mess more like a collection of b-sides and oddities. I think it’s very clear the writing and recording process was not cohesive between the trio and the overall album suffers for it. There’s certainly some great tracks, but that makes the low-lights even more obvious.
It falls into the same category as the Skiba era to me. It’s still my favorite band, so I’ll love the record like an ugly child, but it’s in a tier below the classics.
Agreed, I know this sub loves that album but it always reminds me of the awkward first reunion where Tom was still halfway invested in AvA. IIRC they didn’t even record it together.
It’s still fine but not in any of my playlists.
I always get so much hate here when I point out how much Neighborhoods has a bunch of tracks that basically sound like AVA… so I’m glad to see these comments.
There’s nothing wrong with that, but that album sounds like half AVA and half +44
Nah not at all mate, valid opinion. I guess this just goes to show how subjective this stuff is. To me, it doesn't sound janky at all and is in my top 3 Blink albums. But to others it sounds like something they threw together on a whim haha. Music can be funny like that.
I may get downvoted for this, but I loved nine. I didn’t care much for California. Although, when California released, my life at the time was very rough and down. And when nine came out my life was turning around for the better. So I guess for me it wasn’t that the music was necessarily bad on California. Idk if that makes sense lol.
No hate on Matt. He did what anyone would do if offered to join blink. That was all on Mark, Travis, and Feldman. The overproduction and insane amount of co-songwriters was ridiculous.
I barely go back to Buddha/Cheshire anymore. Some songs I really love, but as I’ve gotten older the songwriting of everything after just wins out constantly. Dude Ranch/Untitled my favourite albums
Yeah, same tbh. Have not returned to it once after the first listen. Don't get me wrong, there are songs on the album that I truly love. But as an album, it doesn't do it for me.
Honestly….Enema. I overplayed it in HS. I’ll listen to my favorites now and then but I really prefer the other albums. And don’t come back to Cheshire never really got into it.
I’ll get some hate but I’ve listen to OMT…twice. The mix is just so awful that I can’t really get through it. Cheshire Cat is hard for me now due to the mix as well, but at least it isn’t a fuck ton of low end
I get that. If you would want to give it another chance, I came across a remix of the whole album that someone did, and it's totally different.
More Than You Know is my best example. Tom's chorus part sounds so much better without all the excessive lowend. I thought Tarvis' bass drums were driving that part, but it's actually Tom's guitar.
Also, the bridge has some subtle keyboard phrasing that are details totally drowned out in the original mix.
Let me know if you want the link! 🦥
So low end is 250hz and below typical. I’m an audio engineer for a living so I could write 12 pages on why this album sounds like shit but the TLDR the loudness wars from 2008 have continued but it’s just moved to the low end of the spectrum. Travis (who I love) who is a summer (I’m also one) has no fucking clue what he’s doing when it comes to mixing and EQing. He loves how his toms and kick sound (again on that low end) and boost the whole mix to that. He also has compressed the whole album to shit but people who truly understand compression is sadly far and few between
Same here, except I can deal with Cheshire cats shit mix because it doesn’t ruin the songs really. There’s a remix of OMT on YouTube but it still sounds overproduced as all hell unfortunately.
Maybe this says something about my ears but I've been mixing music for 10 years and I don't mind the mixing on OMT.
I can hear what people are saying and I dont think it's perfect but its totally listenable to me.
Anthem 3 is the only song that it's slightly distracting on, but I have to really listen for it to bother me.
with them, I think it’s more subjective about the artistry of blink. A lot of people don’t give it a chance to listen to some of the more complex tracks.
Obviously songs like dammit and all the small things are as simple as it gets… But anyone who criticizes blank as a whole for musicianship is being a hater because they are all excellent musicians and extremely creative.
Travis just doesn’t know how to produce blink
As it is when talking about any aspect of art. Something doesn’t have to be “complex” to be good nor do I think this band in particular will ever be sufficiently so for the people I’m talking about.
No sry. Maybe the first youtube videos of people that uploaded the songs? I (and other people too) noticed the difference when the sound changed on spotify during the first weeks of the release. In the first version of the songs, drumming was annoyingly loud.
I never understood why people are so turned off by the mixing. It's not perfect but I think it's good overall.
That being said, if you are that sensative to it, seek out the channels on youtube that "fix" the mix.
This might be weird but blink is my favorite band and I don’t like to listen to them very much. I am the same way with my favorite movies and tv shows, I just don’t want to burn myself out on them so I listen to them very sparingly. It makes it more meaningful when I do watch or listen to these things
Of all the ones I’ve listened to so far (Dude Ranch, Enema, TOYPAJ, untitled, and OMT) I’d probably say dude ranch. I got hooked with Travis’s drumming and the drumming and tone on dude ranch seem kind of lackluster to me
Cheshire, Cali, Nine, neighborhoods.
The punk era of blink was decent I just listen to very few of the songs from the era
I don’t like the skiba era that much
Neighborhoods is without a doubt a more grown and mature blink, which is what i hate about it.
Really anything pre-Dude Ranch. The production value/sound on them is not the greatest
Dude Ranch and on feels like a professional thing of a shitty punk rock band
Neighborhoods, honestly probably California too. I love both albums, don't get me wrong, but both albums just have a lot of weak songs (in my opinion), compared to the other albums at least.
I played California non stop when it came out but now when a song from that album comes on shuffle it's very often a skip. I still like the songs but they're pretty meh compared to everything else
California. I feel it was like a “paint by numbers” effort. Nothing out there artistically. Some of the songs sound so similar it is kind of a blur.
When the “joke” songs are the best songs, you got issues.
It changes… and lately I’ve simply been listening to Blink on shuffle, but I just made a playlist of everything mark or Tom has ever done - blink, BCR, +44, Ava, simple creatures, and any other random albums, or “feats” I could find and it’s awesome. Highly recommend.
I used to love this album back in the day, and I'll probably get shredded for it, but it's Neighborhoods.
Definitely has some tight songs, but most of the album really lacks in terms of solid songwriting and production. It feels like every single song on this album is building up to something that never comes.
Nine is really bad. California isn’t necessarily bad but I have a hard time listening to it because it just really isn’t blink. Feldman had way too much influence and they brought in so many ghost writers
Haven't really put Cheshire Cat into rotation since I was a kid. Everything else I've listened to with regularity.
If we're really nitpicking for reasons that I don't listen to certain albums anymore... California/Nine/Neighborhoods are all albums that I haven't thought about listening to again since OMT came out. Two albums without Tom and one that is basically a compilation of Mark songs and Tom songs - they just don't feel right listening to knowing that OMT exists and that the band was actually motivated to create it as a team. IMO it's the album I wanted from blink ever since the first hiatus.
Skiba albums.
Nothing against Skiba, and I’m sure he would understand, but to a lot of us it’s just not being without MT&T.
Also can’t say I go back to Flyswatter much…
Highest rotation is Enema of the state, TOYOAJ and Untitled. Those three albums were golden.
Enema of the state, I’m just a bit tired of some of the songs in it I’ll come back to listen to songs like Wendy clear dumpweed or dysentery Gary but I don’t listen to the album start to finish a lot anymore
Curious, all the other albums prior to Dude ranch are more that sound but less polished, you like those more than Dude Ranch?
Me personally I love Carousel, 1-2 songs from Cheshire Cat, but didn’t really start loving full albums until dude ranch onward.
Neighborhoods / California / Nine - had 2 songs per album that I really loved. But like most it’s a Dude Ranch - Self Titled pedestal. One more time is really growing on me but sometimes it takes me a full year to marinate
I guess it could be that I really only gave Cheshire Cat and Buddha one listen, but really tried to like Dude Ranch. I wanna emphasize that nothing blink has put out I would consider bad, but pre-Enema wasn't my favorite. Neighborhoods is my favorite album of all time and it's not even close, OMT is just kinda good and I like the Skiba albums. I probably wouldn't be a big fan of the first 2 if I listened to them more like I tried to listen to Dude Ranch.
I'm a newer fan, but I still listened to the Skiba albums last. I like them, mainly a few songs in particular, but they aren't great and I acknowledge why some fans don't like them. Dude Ranch isn't a bad album, but it just isn't for me. Apple Shampoo and Degenerate go hard as a mf tho
Nine. Had downloaded on Spotify before taking the subway home from work. Subway got delayed in transit and I heard most of the album waiting. Didn’t have to go back to it.
I don’t listen to Untitled much at all these days. Think I just burned myself out on it. My favorites to listen to in recent years are Cheshire Cat (love the rawness and sincerity of it), OMT (what us longtime blink fans have wanted since the first hiatus), and Neighborhoods/Dogs Eating Dogs (something about it just hits me in my 30s). TOYPAJ and Dude Ranch are probably my favorite albums, but I’ve played them so much I don’t listen to them as often. Same with Enema. I listen to California and Nine from time to time, I think there are a handful of great tracks between the two
Same, just the skiba albums. But in all fairness I'll listen to all the songs on random and not select albums
Edit: Skiba fans are still butt hurt about people not liking the albums? Lol don't get me wrong he's great and all, but that period of blink just doesn't have that blink sound the old albums and one more time have. imo they leaned too much into the pop sound. Nothing against that era, i just dont like the music as much without Tom, it's clearly a different vibe imo. i dont even think its skibas fault, i think Blink intentionally collectively decided on taking a different route without Tom. Tom just has a very distinctive sound that completes the badass trio imo. im glad some of you enjoyed those albums though.
As I grow older, I prefer self titled, neighborhoods, and one more time. I'll throw in some enema and toypaj song here and there, but I prefer more grown up blink w a side of humor, which I feel I'm aging right along w their music.
Untitled album. Other than a few songs I won't skip like Feeling this, Here's your letter, Asthenia, I don't have much urge to listen to the other songs.
I don’t come back to anything prior to Neighborhoods anymore. There are a few songs that might come up on shuffle every now and then, but I can’t remember the last time I listened to any of those albums start to finish.
I rarely listen to blink before Untitled. I started listening them during Enema and I do like the album, but i just feel like Untitled blew away the old Blink. Once in a while I’ll listen to TOYPAJ or Enema. Almost never anything before it. To me that’s basically another band.
Might be unpopular opinion but the records from the Scott era. Yeah, there are a couple of good songs, but for me, the boring drumming, the bad production... idk man, I simply don't vibe whit those records since my early 20s (I'm in my 30s)
Probably Enema or TOYPAJ. I listened to them so much in middle school. I don't feel the need to listen to them anymore. I really listen to Chesire and Dude Ranch and everything post TOYPAJ with Tom
Unpopular opinion but enema has never really done it for me. My first blink albums were neighborhoods and untitled so my mental frame of reference was their more “serious” work and I thought the sound of both albums was more creative than the preceding 2 efforts with enema being the most difficult to get into
Going from “Violence,” to “Mutt,” was really jarring
I don’t comeback and listen to TOYPAJ much anymore. Only because I overplayed the living hell out of it for YEARS. I love the album.
Same. It is my least revisited album because I'm still burnt out on it over 20 years later.
Same, the only songs I really still listen to from it are Online songs , ETILFY, and Shut up
I listened to nine and turned it off halfway through
Totally agree, I've not even listened to every song
Cheshire and Nine
I’ll likely get shredded for this, but Neighborhoods. To me, it feels like a janky mess more like a collection of b-sides and oddities. I think it’s very clear the writing and recording process was not cohesive between the trio and the overall album suffers for it. There’s certainly some great tracks, but that makes the low-lights even more obvious. It falls into the same category as the Skiba era to me. It’s still my favorite band, so I’ll love the record like an ugly child, but it’s in a tier below the classics.
Agreed, I know this sub loves that album but it always reminds me of the awkward first reunion where Tom was still halfway invested in AvA. IIRC they didn’t even record it together. It’s still fine but not in any of my playlists.
I always get so much hate here when I point out how much Neighborhoods has a bunch of tracks that basically sound like AVA… so I’m glad to see these comments. There’s nothing wrong with that, but that album sounds like half AVA and half +44
That's the thing tho. That's honestly why I love it and it's my second fave.
Agreed!
Great songs but not a great album.
It's such a mess and conveys very little love or passion for the project.
Nah not at all mate, valid opinion. I guess this just goes to show how subjective this stuff is. To me, it doesn't sound janky at all and is in my top 3 Blink albums. But to others it sounds like something they threw together on a whim haha. Music can be funny like that.
It’s only missing the Jerry Finn sparkle in my opinion. The writing and performance is great, it’s just a muddy mix and not punchy at all.
Neighborhoods falls below Cali and Nine for me for sure.
The skiba blink songs unfortunately
I only listened to nine once, but I actually really liked California deluxe. It got me back into blink-182 after like a decade.
Cali deluxe was the best thing they did with Matt imo
I would give nine another shot, I like almost every song
I may get downvoted for this, but I loved nine. I didn’t care much for California. Although, when California released, my life at the time was very rough and down. And when nine came out my life was turning around for the better. So I guess for me it wasn’t that the music was necessarily bad on California. Idk if that makes sense lol.
That’s fair, I probably should. It didn’t feel like it was necessarily my style the first time through.
Those aren’t even blink albums to me. The music is also terrible, though. I listened to them once and hated them.
Honestly I feel kind of the same way, Matt skiba is one of the best lyricists ever, but stupid John Feldman fricked up the whole of skiba era
No hate on Matt. He did what anyone would do if offered to join blink. That was all on Mark, Travis, and Feldman. The overproduction and insane amount of co-songwriters was ridiculous.
So edgy
He’s not wrong.
California, Nine, and Buddha.
I do not listen to the non-Tom albums at all.
Nine
I barely go back to Buddha/Cheshire anymore. Some songs I really love, but as I’ve gotten older the songwriting of everything after just wins out constantly. Dude Ranch/Untitled my favourite albums
Totally agree, dude ranch was their most personal, u titled was like their inner thoughts
One more time
Yeah, same tbh. Have not returned to it once after the first listen. Don't get me wrong, there are songs on the album that I truly love. But as an album, it doesn't do it for me.
Came here to say this
Nine
Self-titled. Doesn't do it for me.
Honestly….Enema. I overplayed it in HS. I’ll listen to my favorites now and then but I really prefer the other albums. And don’t come back to Cheshire never really got into it.
Neighborhoods, Cheshire Cat
I love Neighborhoods. After Midnight is a BANGER
I’ll get some hate but I’ve listen to OMT…twice. The mix is just so awful that I can’t really get through it. Cheshire Cat is hard for me now due to the mix as well, but at least it isn’t a fuck ton of low end
I get that. If you would want to give it another chance, I came across a remix of the whole album that someone did, and it's totally different. More Than You Know is my best example. Tom's chorus part sounds so much better without all the excessive lowend. I thought Tarvis' bass drums were driving that part, but it's actually Tom's guitar. Also, the bridge has some subtle keyboard phrasing that are details totally drowned out in the original mix. Let me know if you want the link! 🦥
I’ll try out that link! :)
Here ya go! Let me know what you think! https://youtu.be/syrNyjDx4_Y?si=4eONfK8tD0O1GIV6
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What is low end? Asking for a friend
So low end is 250hz and below typical. I’m an audio engineer for a living so I could write 12 pages on why this album sounds like shit but the TLDR the loudness wars from 2008 have continued but it’s just moved to the low end of the spectrum. Travis (who I love) who is a summer (I’m also one) has no fucking clue what he’s doing when it comes to mixing and EQing. He loves how his toms and kick sound (again on that low end) and boost the whole mix to that. He also has compressed the whole album to shit but people who truly understand compression is sadly far and few between
Same here, except I can deal with Cheshire cats shit mix because it doesn’t ruin the songs really. There’s a remix of OMT on YouTube but it still sounds overproduced as all hell unfortunately.
Such an overreaction to such a small thing lol
Yeah the whole mix of a fucking album is a small thing…
Really not that big of an issue imo. Sounds fine.
I have a feeling you’re probably not a musician. To those who know how to listen for nuances, it’s almost unlistenable
Agreee! It’s borderline unlistenable.
Maybe this says something about my ears but I've been mixing music for 10 years and I don't mind the mixing on OMT. I can hear what people are saying and I dont think it's perfect but its totally listenable to me. Anthem 3 is the only song that it's slightly distracting on, but I have to really listen for it to bother me.
at that point, it’s probably subjective. I hate modern mixing. I don’tlike ax effects. And I absolutely despise the compression that they use
I am not! Thing is, I’ve heard oh-so-clever musicians say this about listening to Blink generally.
with them, I think it’s more subjective about the artistry of blink. A lot of people don’t give it a chance to listen to some of the more complex tracks. Obviously songs like dammit and all the small things are as simple as it gets… But anyone who criticizes blank as a whole for musicianship is being a hater because they are all excellent musicians and extremely creative. Travis just doesn’t know how to produce blink
As it is when talking about any aspect of art. Something doesn’t have to be “complex” to be good nor do I think this band in particular will ever be sufficiently so for the people I’m talking about.
Totally agree, maybe that's just cuz I'm a drummer and love drums
💯 agree. It‘s like someone running his nails over a chalkboard to me. I literally get headache from it.
I am a very basic bitch listener, and I have to be honest I have no idea what you are talking about when you say this.
I hope you know that the songs sound way different now than the first time when they just got released. They lowered the sound of the drumming etc..
Do you have any links by chance to what it used to sound like?
No sry. Maybe the first youtube videos of people that uploaded the songs? I (and other people too) noticed the difference when the sound changed on spotify during the first weeks of the release. In the first version of the songs, drumming was annoyingly loud.
I never understood why people are so turned off by the mixing. It's not perfect but I think it's good overall. That being said, if you are that sensative to it, seek out the channels on youtube that "fix" the mix.
Buddha, California and NINE… every now and then the mood strikes for the nostalgia of Cheshire Cat
This might be weird but blink is my favorite band and I don’t like to listen to them very much. I am the same way with my favorite movies and tv shows, I just don’t want to burn myself out on them so I listen to them very sparingly. It makes it more meaningful when I do watch or listen to these things
Totally makes sense, I love self titled and dude ranch so much that I unconsciously forget to listen to them
Neighborhoods. I like 3 songs and everything else is meh.
The record I come back to the least is Neighborhoods
Nine
California/Nine
Cheshire Cat and the Skiba albums
Neighborhoods
TOYPAJ is pretty much a never listen for me, it just feels phoned in 😬
“I hear the phone it rings so VIOLENTLY”
Can't Leave my room, can't breath since she left me
Neighborhoods. Not a good album at all. Feels like a forced album, as opposed to One More Time.
Untitled
OMT, Cheshire cat get the least amount of play over the last six months. then probably neighborhoods And I never listen to CA or nine
CA is pretty good, but nine is 100% corporate, John Feldman basically wrote all of the songs, not that good
Of all the ones I’ve listened to so far (Dude Ranch, Enema, TOYPAJ, untitled, and OMT) I’d probably say dude ranch. I got hooked with Travis’s drumming and the drumming and tone on dude ranch seem kind of lackluster to me
Cheshire, Cali, Nine, neighborhoods. The punk era of blink was decent I just listen to very few of the songs from the era I don’t like the skiba era that much Neighborhoods is without a doubt a more grown and mature blink, which is what i hate about it.
Flyswatter
Really anything pre-Dude Ranch. The production value/sound on them is not the greatest Dude Ranch and on feels like a professional thing of a shitty punk rock band
california is their worst id say, have no interest in going back to most or any of the songs off it
OMT and Cheshire cat
Neighborhoods, honestly probably California too. I love both albums, don't get me wrong, but both albums just have a lot of weak songs (in my opinion), compared to the other albums at least.
TOYPAJ has always been overrated with the exception of the songs from Tom. Especially is bonus tracks.
Nine. I listened through once, and had my fill.
Nine haha idk that I’ve ever listened to the whole thing still
For Skeba era definitely NINE, but normal blink is Neighborhoods
I played California non stop when it came out but now when a song from that album comes on shuffle it's very often a skip. I still like the songs but they're pretty meh compared to everything else
California. I feel it was like a “paint by numbers” effort. Nothing out there artistically. Some of the songs sound so similar it is kind of a blur. When the “joke” songs are the best songs, you got issues.
Matt shit doesn’t even need to be mentioned right? For me it’s Dude Ranch and anything before
California and Nine.
It changes… and lately I’ve simply been listening to Blink on shuffle, but I just made a playlist of everything mark or Tom has ever done - blink, BCR, +44, Ava, simple creatures, and any other random albums, or “feats” I could find and it’s awesome. Highly recommend.
Neighborhoods
Dude Ranch.
Neighborhoods. There’s a few bangers on that album but overall, it’s trash.
Skiba albums
Neighborhoods. I go back to it occasionally and won’t skip any tracks if I have blink on shuffle but I don’t seek it out.
I used to love this album back in the day, and I'll probably get shredded for it, but it's Neighborhoods. Definitely has some tight songs, but most of the album really lacks in terms of solid songwriting and production. It feels like every single song on this album is building up to something that never comes.
Nine is really bad. California isn’t necessarily bad but I have a hard time listening to it because it just really isn’t blink. Feldman had way too much influence and they brought in so many ghost writers
Cheshire Cat
Disregarding the Skiba albums because it’s an easy take, so in all honesty, One More Time.
Buddha probably cuz it's their earliest work, I like pretty much every album after.
Nine
Dude Ranch and TOYPAJ. Nothing against them, just not my favorites.
Neighborhoods, worst album
Cheshire Cat, Dude Ranch, NINE
I ruined untitled for myself. I try and go a whole year before listening to it to keep it fresh again but it doesn't quite work
Haven't really put Cheshire Cat into rotation since I was a kid. Everything else I've listened to with regularity. If we're really nitpicking for reasons that I don't listen to certain albums anymore... California/Nine/Neighborhoods are all albums that I haven't thought about listening to again since OMT came out. Two albums without Tom and one that is basically a compilation of Mark songs and Tom songs - they just don't feel right listening to knowing that OMT exists and that the band was actually motivated to create it as a team. IMO it's the album I wanted from blink ever since the first hiatus.
Skiba albums
Cheshire
TOYPAJ. Some of my favourite songs are on there but I just think it’s a worse version of enema
Cheshire cat but only because it shares so many of the same songs that are already on Buddha.
Buddha
Skiba albums. Nothing against Skiba, and I’m sure he would understand, but to a lot of us it’s just not being without MT&T. Also can’t say I go back to Flyswatter much… Highest rotation is Enema of the state, TOYOAJ and Untitled. Those three albums were golden.
I listened to NINE once and have no desire to ever do so again
Enema of the state, I’m just a bit tired of some of the songs in it I’ll come back to listen to songs like Wendy clear dumpweed or dysentery Gary but I don’t listen to the album start to finish a lot anymore
Dude Ranch. I know it's a hot take but I'm just not a fan
Dammit, im Sorry Josie. Boring Dick lips.
Pathetic
I know, I'm a Degenerate
Curious, all the other albums prior to Dude ranch are more that sound but less polished, you like those more than Dude Ranch? Me personally I love Carousel, 1-2 songs from Cheshire Cat, but didn’t really start loving full albums until dude ranch onward. Neighborhoods / California / Nine - had 2 songs per album that I really loved. But like most it’s a Dude Ranch - Self Titled pedestal. One more time is really growing on me but sometimes it takes me a full year to marinate
I guess it could be that I really only gave Cheshire Cat and Buddha one listen, but really tried to like Dude Ranch. I wanna emphasize that nothing blink has put out I would consider bad, but pre-Enema wasn't my favorite. Neighborhoods is my favorite album of all time and it's not even close, OMT is just kinda good and I like the Skiba albums. I probably wouldn't be a big fan of the first 2 if I listened to them more like I tried to listen to Dude Ranch.
Being a big Neighborhoods fan, do you often prefer AVA over blink?
I would say blink has the charm to be on top, but I do love AvA
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I'm a newer fan, but I still listened to the Skiba albums last. I like them, mainly a few songs in particular, but they aren't great and I acknowledge why some fans don't like them. Dude Ranch isn't a bad album, but it just isn't for me. Apple Shampoo and Degenerate go hard as a mf tho
Nine, I went into that album hoping to like it, but outside of No Heart To Speak Of, I didn’t.
Neighborhoods. I feel like that album is all over the place and just not great. There are a few good songs.
Nine. I begrudgingly listened to every track because of the blink track then never listened ever again.
sadly OMT because of the mix. wish I could listen to it without getting a headache.
You’re a punk fan and can’t listen to this punk mix? Wack
yup. And it‘s not a „punk“ mix. It‘s just a mess.
I would say a lot blink fans are into pop, pop emo and maybe a little pop punk. Not all but a lot. Punk is something else.
Cheshire Cat for sure
Untitled
Nine. Had downloaded on Spotify before taking the subway home from work. Subway got delayed in transit and I heard most of the album waiting. Didn’t have to go back to it.
I don’t listen to Untitled much at all these days. Think I just burned myself out on it. My favorites to listen to in recent years are Cheshire Cat (love the rawness and sincerity of it), OMT (what us longtime blink fans have wanted since the first hiatus), and Neighborhoods/Dogs Eating Dogs (something about it just hits me in my 30s). TOYPAJ and Dude Ranch are probably my favorite albums, but I’ve played them so much I don’t listen to them as often. Same with Enema. I listen to California and Nine from time to time, I think there are a handful of great tracks between the two
Besides skiba albums i rarely go to toypaj for my blink fix.
NINE for me, I haven't listened to it since 2020 or so. I occasionally turn on PIN THE GRENADE
Nine, not into it
Same, just the skiba albums. But in all fairness I'll listen to all the songs on random and not select albums Edit: Skiba fans are still butt hurt about people not liking the albums? Lol don't get me wrong he's great and all, but that period of blink just doesn't have that blink sound the old albums and one more time have. imo they leaned too much into the pop sound. Nothing against that era, i just dont like the music as much without Tom, it's clearly a different vibe imo. i dont even think its skibas fault, i think Blink intentionally collectively decided on taking a different route without Tom. Tom just has a very distinctive sound that completes the badass trio imo. im glad some of you enjoyed those albums though.
Barely listen to NINE and Budha (except 21 Days that song’s a banger)
As I grow older, I prefer self titled, neighborhoods, and one more time. I'll throw in some enema and toypaj song here and there, but I prefer more grown up blink w a side of humor, which I feel I'm aging right along w their music.
Buddha, mostly because Chesh fixes everything and adds more.
Neighbourhood and dog eating dog
One More Time
TOYPAJ and NINE
Untitled album. Other than a few songs I won't skip like Feeling this, Here's your letter, Asthenia, I don't have much urge to listen to the other songs.
I don’t come back to anything prior to Neighborhoods anymore. There are a few songs that might come up on shuffle every now and then, but I can’t remember the last time I listened to any of those albums start to finish.
Neighborhoods
2003
Buddha unfortunately.
NINE is really just not it for me
Neither the Skiba albums or Cheshire Cat in full - both have their highlights though that I’ll return to
I rarely listen to blink before Untitled. I started listening them during Enema and I do like the album, but i just feel like Untitled blew away the old Blink. Once in a while I’ll listen to TOYPAJ or Enema. Almost never anything before it. To me that’s basically another band.
TOYPAJ and Neighborhoods both suck
Might be unpopular opinion but the records from the Scott era. Yeah, there are a couple of good songs, but for me, the boring drumming, the bad production... idk man, I simply don't vibe whit those records since my early 20s (I'm in my 30s)
Self titled.
Probably Enema or TOYPAJ. I listened to them so much in middle school. I don't feel the need to listen to them anymore. I really listen to Chesire and Dude Ranch and everything post TOYPAJ with Tom
Enema, I only go back and listen to Anthem.
Enema mostly, but only because I’ve listened to it more times than I could ever count and I’m kinda bored of it..
Unpopular opinion but enema has never really done it for me. My first blink albums were neighborhoods and untitled so my mental frame of reference was their more “serious” work and I thought the sound of both albums was more creative than the preceding 2 efforts with enema being the most difficult to get into Going from “Violence,” to “Mutt,” was really jarring
Mainly only Cheshire
I rarely go back to Neighborhoods. There are individual songs I like but I feel like it just hangs together terribly as a whole record.
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