Take Off Your Pants and Listen To This Album (Take Off Your Pants And Jacket - blink-182)

Member Name: rleigh

Product:	Take Off Your Pants And Jacket - blink-182
Date:	13/03/08 (63 review reads)
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Advantages: The album is packed full of excellent Pop Punk material.

Disadvantages: Blink 182 have now split up.

The Blink 182 album 'Take Off Your Pants And Jacket' was released in 2001, it was their fifth studio album and is classified 4x Platinum having sold more than 12 million copies worldwide since release. The album took just 2 months to record and in its first week of release sold in excess of 350 000 copies; more than any of their other five managed. It is their second best selling album and is one that I personally am a massive fan of. As well as having an amusing title this album also comes complete with some brilliant Pop Punk anthems and is therefore one that I have played many a time over the years.

With song titles such as 'F**k a Dog', it's clear that Blink 182 don't take things too seriously on this album and as such the 'Take Off Your Pants and Jacket' album is a fun and exciting Pop Punk release. Blink 182 were one of the best bands in their genre and when they embarked upon their 'extended hiatus' in 2005 it was of course sad to hear, but at the same time in their 13 years together they did release a number of excellent albums which we must be grateful for.

This album contains massive amounts of brilliant tracks, however there are a significant few that I really see as key to this release. Opening track 'Anthem Part Two' is one such example of these particularly appealing tracks and is one that I can listen to time and time again without ever tiring of. It opens the 'Take Off Your Pants and Jacket' album with such energy and enthusiasm, a brilliant launch pad for the album from which Blink 182 really excel as they make their way through this release.

'First Date', 'The Rock Show', and 'Stay Together For The Kids' were all hit singles from this album and I love each and every single one of them all for different reasons. 'First Date' and 'The Rock Show' are quite similar in that they are both fast and fun Pop Punk songs, however there is a greatly obvious difference between the two. Whilst 'First Date' features Tom DeLonge singing the lead vocals, 'The Rock Show' has Mark Hoppus in this role and therefore the sound produced in both is vastly different. I'm more a fan of the songs that Mark Hoppus sings with Blink 182 tracks, but Tom DeLonge has quite a good voice on him also and does at times pull through with an impressive vocal performance. 'First Date' is most certainly one of those occasions and is in fact one of my favourite Blink 182 tracks in which Tom DeLonge sings. 'Stay Together For The Kids' is a track from this album that I love as it is the only one on this release that takes on a serious approach. With their self-titled follow up album in 2003 they really showed off their serious and sensitive side, but for much of their career Blink 182 focussed purely on being as childish as possible. It is great to hear them putting forward some serious material here and breaks up nicely an album that for the most part anything but serious.

'Happy Holidays, You B*stard' is perhaps my favourite track on this album; it's not big, it's not clever, but it's certainly funny! It lasts for a grand total of 43 second and the lyrics to this track make me smile every time. I shan't be repeating them here, but feel free to look them up and then that will just about sum up the toilet humour of Blink 182 for you. It won't be to everyone's taste, but personally I love a bit of toilet humour and Blink 182 are therefore right up my street.

It's not intelligent music but it certainly makes me smile, Blink 182 as a band may be gone but at least their albums are still in existence. I enjoy all of the albums that the band ever released and personally would definitely recommend listening to the 'Take Off Your Pants and Jacket' album. If you're not too keen on toilet humour then they may not amuse you too much, but their fast, fun and furious Pop Punk music should be more than enough to put a smile on your face. Due to the inclusion of two bonus tracks, there are fifteen present on this album and each and every one of them is absolutely brilliant. Never do the band disappoint as they blast their way through this album, Blink 182 are an excellent band and with this album they prove to the world exactly why they were one of the best known Pop Punk bands going. Excellent albums are hard to come by, but Blink 182 released a number of them during their career and 'Take Off Your Pants and Jacket' is without doubt one of them.

Summary: 'Take Off Your Pants and Jacket' is an absolutely excellent album from Blink 182.