...The Urethra Chronicles
Amazon.com
"It can't be a bad life being a member of the band Blink 182. If their "Urethra Chronicles" video is to be believed, their job involves mainly traveling around the world, being extremely childish, and playing hugely enjoyable punk pop for the masses."
-Phil Udell, Amazon.co.uk
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...Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
RollingStone
"They don't mess around much outside their tessitura - they like to keep everything light, fast and punchy. Even before the vocals, you can always tell it's Blink-182 and not, say, Green Day or the Offspring or Foo Fighters, all of whom sound sluggish in comparison. Their understandably underhyped musical chops are one of the reasons Blink ride high where so many similar guitar bands have fizzled."
-Rob Sheffield (RS July 5, 2001)
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Entertainment Weekly
"The carefree blink reemerge periodically, as in the cutesy single 'The Rock Show,' in which love arrives via the Warped tour. But the album is angrier and more teeth-gnashing than what you'd expect. The band work so hard at it, and the music is such processed-sounding mainstream rock played fast, that the album becomes a paradox: adolescent energy and rebellion made joyless."
-David Browne (EW- 6/15/01)
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launch.com
"The disc opens up with 'Anthem Part Two,' a solid punk number somewhat reminiscent of the raw and brilliant 'Carousel,' which opened up Blink's debut Cheshire Cat."
-Wendy Hermanson (6/12/01)
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cdnow.com
"Blink-182 sticks to the winning formula of past efforts Dude Ranch and Enema of the State on Jacket, an extremely well-produced, hard-hitting exercise in pre-pubescent punk rock that will no doubt sell millions to throngs of misguided juveniles who relate to the band's piss takes on life's everyday miseries."
-Kevin Raub (06/04/01)
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Gallery of Sound
"But that's the funny thing about Blink-182: while Mark, Tom and Travis continue to draw fire for holding morality in a headlock, they have advanced enough in musicianship and songwriting to cast aside the tired old clothes of formula and novelty."
-Nick Green
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Sonicnet
"Coming off the breakout multi-platinum success of 1999's Enema of the State, Blink-182 don't succumb to the allure of the "serious" follow-up album and all it entails: sitars, gratuitous strings, morbid self-reflection and songs about leaving childish things behind. Instead, sticking to their pop-punk formula, they've managed to tighten their already streamlined arrangements, and to mature without even a hint of growing up."
-Gil Kaufman (06/15/01)
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...The Mark, Tom and Travis Show
RollingStone
"You've heard all the riffs before, some of them even with the same titles. But DeLonge is one terrific little guitar player, the comic chit-chat interludes are a sweet bonus for fans, and Blink-182 steal enough moronic hooks to make The Enema Strikes Back a hoot."
-Rob Sheffield (RS 855)
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Entertainment Weekly
"The most offensive of the new batch of live albums is undoubtedly blink 182's The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back)."
-EW (12/11/00)
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launch.com
"It's showtime once again for blink-182, the potty-mouth punks from Santa Monica. This time the scatological deviants (is that redundant?) take to the stage in San Francisco over two nights and squeeze out a bevy of wacky tuneage; spliced, of course, with the requisite frat-boy fart jokes and excessive pot-buzz giggling."
-Bob Gulla (11/14/00)
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Wall of Sound
"There are those who come to punk rock for meaning, insight, and socio-political discourse - none of which, of course, applies to Blink-182. This is as base as it gets, friends, a frantic, frenetic, and unapologetically adolescent orgy of sexual and scatological tomfoolery."
-Gary Graff (11/20/00)
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Sonicnet
"Back when I was in seventh grade, the album to stash under your bed and pull out when Mom and Dad weren't around was Eddie Murphy's Comedian. These days, I suspect the snicker-fests are spurting thanks to Blink-182's The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!), a live CD whose stage patter makes it as much a comedy album as a pop-punk treasure trove."
-Chris Nelson (11/17/00)
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...Enema of the State
RollingStone
"The minimalist rat-a-tat-tat rhythms never falter; the guitar boings up and down like a sonic Superball. It's all harmless but still gnarly enough to foment the kind of anti-everything rebellion that spawned rock & roll way back in the day."
(RS 816-817)
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launch.com
"Throughout their three-album history, the Blink trio have cavorted with post-adolescent glee through tunes about candy and cigarettes, pretty girlfriends, and painful breakups; all backed by fierce speed and solid melodies."
-Wendy Hermanson (6/1/99)
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cdnow.com
"Puritanical, indier-than-thou punk snobs need to cut Blink 182 some slack. Much like Green Day, these purveyors of power chords have undeservedly gotten a bit of a bad rap, simply because they've signed to a major label and have sold a boatload of records."
-CMJ New Music Report
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