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| {{Album infobox | | |||
| Name = Blink-182 | | |||
| Type = ] | | |||
| Artist = ] | | |||
| Cover = Blink182albumcover.jpg | | |||
| Background = Orange | | |||
| Released = ], ] | | |||
| Recorded = The Rubin's House, Conway, Rolling Thunder and Signature Sound | | |||
| Genre = ]/]-] | | |||
| Length = 49:23 | | |||
| Label = ] | | |||
| Producer = Jerry Finn | | |||
| Reviews = | |||
| *] (4/5) | |||
| *'']'' <small>(Darryl Sterdan) review </small> | | |||
| Last album = '']''<br>(2001) | | |||
| This album = ''(untitled)''<br />(2003) | | |||
| Next album = '']''<br />(2005) | | |||
| }} | |||
| '''(untitled)''' is ]'s last album, and was released on ] on ], ]. During ]'s annual Weenie Roast, ], who was playing with his side project ], announced that the album was to be named: ''Use Your Erection I and II'', which would have been a parody of the ]' double album ] and ]. 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 (] and ]). The album includes guest vocals by ]'s ] 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 ] were my favorite band, they always had arrows in their logos and stuff. It was just kind of inspired by pop-art." | |||
| ==Track listing== | |||
| # "]" - 2:52 | |||
| # "Obvious" - 2:43 | |||
| # "]" - 3:47 | |||
| # "Violence" - 5:20 | |||
| # "Stockholm Syndrome" - 2:41 | |||
| # "]" - 3:03 | |||
| # "The Fallen Interlude" - 2:12 | |||
| # "Go" - 1:53 | |||
| # "Asthenia" - 4:20 | |||
| # "]" - 4:12 | |||
| # "Easy Target" - 2:21 | |||
| # "]" - 4:40 | |||
| # "Here's Your Letter" - 2:54 | |||
| # "I'm Lost Without You" - 6:20 | |||
| ==Bonus tracks== | |||
| #International Bonus: "Anthem Part Two" (Live in Chicago) | |||
| #UK Bonus: "]" & "Anthem Part Two" (Live in Chicago) | |||
| #Japan Bonus: "]" (Live in Chicago) | |||
| ==Singles== | |||
| # "Feeling This", the album's first single, was released in October 2003. | |||
| # "I Miss You", the second single, was released on ] ]. | |||
| # "Down", the third single, was released on ] ]. | |||
| # "Always", the fourth single, was released in November 2004. | |||
| ==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. | |||
| *] references the film '']'' with the lines "We can live like ] and Sally if we want/Where you can always find me/And we'll have ] on ]/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", ] is reading letters that Mark Hoppus's grandfather wrote to his grandmother in ]. 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 ]. | |||
| * 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, ], 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 ], ], and Easy Target. He sings only the verse vocals in ] and Violence. He sings all of Go, and Here's Your Letter. | |||
| * Tom sings only the verse vocals in ], ], and Easy Target. He sings only the chorus vocals in Stockholm Syndrome, Go, and Here's Your Letter. He sings most of ]. He sings all of Obvious, Violence, Asthenia, ], I'm Lost Without You, and Not Now. | |||
| ==Personnel== | |||
| ===Band Line-Up During Recording=== | |||
| *] - Vocals/Guitar | |||
| *] - Vocals/Bass | |||
| *] - Drums | |||
| ===Additional Musicians=== | |||
| *Robert Joesph Manning Jr. - Keyboards | |||
| *] - Vocals on ''All of This'' | |||
| *John Morrical - Additional keyboads on ''All of This'' | |||
| *] - Additional instrumentation on ''Violence'' and ''Obvious'' | |||
| *Menno - Guitars/vocals on ''The Fallen Interlude'' | |||
| ===Producers=== | |||
| *] | |||
| *Sick Jacken (produced ''The Fallen Interlude'') | |||
| ===Engineers=== | |||
| *Ryan Hewitt | |||
| '''Assistant Engineers''' | |||
| *Sam Boukas | |||
| *John Morrical | |||
| *James McCrone | |||
| *Alan Mason | |||
| *Seth Waldman | |||
| *Steve Sisco | |||
| *Femio Hernandez | |||
| '''Vocal Engineer on ''All of This''''' | |||
| *Bunny Lake | |||
| ===Mixed By=== | |||
| *] (''Feeling This'', ''The Fallen Interlude'', ''Asthenia'', ''Here's Your Letter'') | |||
| *Tom Lord-Alge (''Obvious'', ''I Miss You'', ''Down'', ''All of This'') | |||
| *] (''Violence'', ''Stockholm Syndrome'', ''Go'', ''Easy Target'') | |||
| *Ryan Hewitt (''Always'', ''I'm Lost Without You'') | |||
| ===Mastered By=== | |||
| *Brian Gardner | |||
| ===Techs'=== | |||
| *Doug Reesh - Guitar Tech | |||
| *Ronnie Sanchez - Bass Tech | |||
| *Daniel Jensen - Drum Tech | |||
| ===Artwork=== | |||
| '''Cover Illustration''' | |||
| *Maxx Gramajo | |||
| *] | |||
| '''Design and Layout''' | |||
| *Soul Assassin Studios (Scandalous, Mr. Cartoon, Sunny Flats) | |||
| '''Photography''' | |||
| *Estevan0riol.com | |||
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