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  • Artist: blink-182
  • Rating: StarStarStarStar
  • Release Date: June 12, 2001
  • Type: Contains explicit content, Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Not too much has changed since we last left blink-182. You might hear the same snap, crackle, and pop that the trio has prided themselves on for almost ten years. There's even the continual cabbage-patch screech of Tom Delonge and support for rampant teen angst. But five albums later, these San Diego natives grab their rosy-cheek punkadelics and add a bit more of a flamboyant, passionate maturation on Take off Your Pants and Jacket. When Enema of the State leaped onto the charts in 1999, the lyrical direction was 90 percent party-boy mentality, leaving little room for traces of a growth spurt. And while we're still feeling the continual back-drip of tracks from Enema, the fresh plethora of tunes from these rambunctious Toys-R-Us rockers have more purpose than ever. With a fight-for-your-right joviality that's often irresistible, songs like "Anthem Part 2" and "Stay Together for the Kids" house a indomitable school-kid voice where a surging vapor of knockout speed chords meet wrecking-ball percussion. The meanings are bucketed and spilled, with lines like "If we're f*cked up/You're to blame" ("Anthem Part 2"). And forget about escaping lyrics such as, "I'll never talk to you again/Unless your dad 'ill suck me off," which stems from the hilarious, almost brilliant 42-second clash called "Happy Holidays, You Bastard." "First Date" and "Roller Coaster" are only a couple of their tunes that act as therapy for post-pubescent dilemma, also present on previous efforts like Enema and Dude Ranch. Each song about the rotten girlfriend or unhip parent speaks loud and often to the 2000 MTV generation. Nevertheless, the dumped-in-the-amusement-park tone and lyrical progression are sharp, if not entertaining. The band's stint on the Vans Warped Tour, with veteran punksters such as Pennywise and Rancid, has become a supreme outlet for blink-182. Take off Your Pants is one of their finest works to date, with almost every track sporting a commanding articulation and new-school punk sounds. They've definitely put a big-time notch in the win column. ~ Darren Ratner, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Anthem, Pt. 2 (Lyrics) blink-182 blink-182 (3:48)
Online Songs (Lyrics) blink-182 blink-182 (2:25)
First Date (Lyrics) blink-182 blink-182 (2:51)
Happy Holidays, You Bastard (Lyrics) blink-182 blink-182 (:42)
Story of a Lonely Guy (Lyrics) blink-182 blink-182 (3:39)
The Rock Show blink-182 blink-182 (2:51)
Stay Together for the Kids (Lyrics) blink-182 blink-182 (3:59)
Roller Coaster (Lyrics) blink-182 blink-182 (2:47)
Reckless Abandon (Lyrics) blink-182 blink-182 (3:06)
Everytime I Look for You (Lyrics) blink-182 blink-182 (3:05)
Give Me One Good Reason (Lyrics) blink-182 blink-182 (3:18)
Shut Up (Lyrics) blink-182 blink-182 (3:20)
Please Take Me Home (Lyrics) blink-182 blink-182 (6:06)
[Untitled Track] blink-182 blink-182 (3:03)
[Untitled Track] blink-182 blink-182 (1:37)

Credits

Jerry Finn (Producer), Joe Marlett (Assistant Engineer), Tim Stedman (Design), Justin Stephens (Photography), Robert Read (Assistant Engineer), Roger Joseph Manning Jr. (Keyboards), Mike Fasano (Drum Technician), Marcos Orozco (Design), Joe McGrath (Engineer), Femio Hernández (Mixing Assistant), Brian Gardner (Mastering), Tim Stedman (Art Direction), Tom Lord-Alge (Mixing), Femio Hernández (Mixing), Ted Reiger (Assistant Engineer)
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Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
Studio album by Blink-182
Released June 12, 2001
Recorded November 2000–February 2001 at Signature Sound, Larrabee Studios West, Cello Studios
Genre Punk Rock, Pop Punk
Length 46:38
Label MCA
Producer Jerry Finn
Professional reviews
Blink-182 chronology
The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!)
(2000)		 Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
(2001)		 Blink-182
(2003)
Singles from Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
  1. "The Rock Show"
    Released: June 25, 2001
  2. "First Date"
    Released: September 24, 2001
  3. "Stay Together for the Kids"
    Released: February 4, 2002
  4. "Anthem Part Two"
    Released: April 5, 2002 (airplay)

Take Off Your Pants and Jacket is the fourth studio album by American pop-punk band Blink-182, released on June 12, 2001 on MCA Records. The album contains the hit singles "The Rock Show", "First Date" and "Stay Together for the Kids". Anthem Part 2 also received radio airplay. The album has sold approximately 4.5 million records worldwide, while going double platinum in the US. The title is a tongue-in-cheek pun on male masturbation ("take off your pants and jack it").

The album was a huge success debuting at #1 (surprisingly due to the lack of a lead single release at the time) and selling more than 350,000 copies in its first week on the Billboard 200 becoming the band's first and only album to do so, and is Blink-182's second best selling album.

Upon release in 2001, vocalist and bassist Mark Hoppus stated:

“ Take Off Your Pants and Jacket was the next step for Blink-182. There's songs on this record that sound like they come off of older records, like Cheshire Cat, songs that sound like they come off of Dude Ranch, songs that sound like they might come off of Enema of the State, and songs that are the next step altogether. I think it's a lot lighter scope than what [people] might expect from Blink-182. We have some real fast songs, some slower songs. Travis [Barker] wanted to try some drum loops on this record. [We tried] different vocal effects, different arrangements, different rhythms. I think that this record will probably surprise some people.[1] ”

Contents

Background and Recording

Following the widespread commercial success of the band's third studio album, Enema of the State, and the subsequent touring to support the album, the band spent three weeks writing new songs at their practice space in San Diego and recorded them over a period of three months at Signature Sounds Recordings studios with producer Jerry Finn.[1]

Release

There were 4 editions of the album that were released, the original version with the regular track listing and three different versions, each with a different CD label - the red "take off" plane, the yellow pants, and the green jacket. These editions were also packed in Digipak cases. Each different type of CD had a separate duo of hidden tracks, one serious, the other a joke song. The bonus tracks were only available on the original pressings of the three variations, however "Time to Break Up" appears on "The Rock Show" single and on Atticus: ...Dragging the Lake"; "Don't Tell Me It's Over" and "Mother's Day" both appear on the "First Date" single; and "Don't Tell Me It's Over" also appears on Atticus: ...Dragging the Lake, Vol. 2.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker. 

# Title Length
1. "Anthem Part Two"   3:48
2. "Online Songs"   2:25
3. "First Date"   2:51
4. "Happy Holidays, You Bastard"   0:42
5. "Story of a Lonely Guy"   3:39
6. "The Rock Show"   2:51
7. "Stay Together for the Kids"   3:59
8. "Roller Coaster"   2:47
9. "Reckless Abandon"   3:06
10. "Everytime I Look for You"   3:05
11. "Give Me One Good Reason"   3:18
12. "Shut Up"   3:20
13. "Please Take Me Home"   3:05
46:38
  • On the clean version of the album the track "Happy Holidays, You Bastard" is listed as just "Happy Holidays", and is an instrumental with the exception of the last line "I'll never talk to you again".
  • On the limited edition bonus track versions, "Please Take Me Home" has roughly three minutes of silence at the end.

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
2001 The Billboard Top 200 1
Top Internet Albums 1
Top Canadian Albums 1

Singles

Year Single Chart Position[2]
2001 "The Rock Show" Billboard Hot 100 71
Modern Rock Tracks 2
"First Date" Modern Rock Tracks 6
2002 "Stay Together for the Kids" Modern Rock Tracks 7

Personnel

References

  1. ^ a b Fuoco, Christina. "liveDaily Interview: Mark Hoppus of Blink-182". liveDaily (livedaily.com). http://www.livedaily.com/news/3190.html. Retrieved 2009-03-30. 
  2. ^ Artist Chart History - Blink-182 from Billboard
Preceded by
Break the Cycle by Staind		 Billboard 200 number-one album
June 30, 2001 - July 6, 2001		 Succeeded by
Devil's Night by D12
v • d • e
Blink-182
Tom DeLonge · Mark Hoppus · Travis Barker
Scott Raynor
Studio albums
Cheshire Cat · Dude Ranch · Enema of the State · Take Off Your Pants and Jacket · Blink-182
EPs
Demos
Flyswatter · Demo #2 · Buddha · Buddha Promo · Enema of the State demo
Live albums
Compilations
DVDs
Singles
"M+M's" · "Wasting Time" · "Lemmings" · "Dammit" · "Apple Shampoo" · "Dick Lips" · "Josie" · "What's My Age Again?" · "All the Small Things" · "Adam's Song" · "Man Overboard" · "Dumpweed" · "The Rock Show" · "First Date" · "Stay Together for the Kids" · "I Won't Be Home for Christmas" · "Feeling This" · "I Miss You" · "Down" · "Always" · "Not Now"
Tribute albums
A Tribute to Blink-182: Pacific Ridge Records Heroes of Pop-Punk (Volumes 1 · 2)
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