After a long 4 year hiatus and the first new album in 8 years many people have gotten a hold of this album. Blink-182 has gave so many people great times with their hit songs such as "All the small things", "What's my Age again?", and by selling almost 30 million records and producing another album after their break, fans have rejoiced for their favorite guys Tom,Mark, and Travis. Since their long producer Jerry Finn sadly passed away, the band created this album without the help of an outside record producer. A lot of hype was certainly pushed on this album and I have to say.....
A Solid 7.5/10
It certainly brings their sound back to the table with a touch of despair and great experimental sound. The single of course "Up All Night" bring that experimental sound straight to the table. Tom Delonge is certainly a fan of this sound with his project Angels and Airwaves and after so long without Blink it's not a surprise and not a disaster. The pure sheer to this album with the added catchy tunes coming from Delonge combined with "the in the dark" tunes from Hoppus really entwined each other. Their second single off the album "After Midnight" bring such a true feeling to Blink-182's fans as it really adheres to their old sound. It's a really truthful song and such a powerful drum beat from Barker just amps it up more.
I've seen Barker deliver some terrific drum solos and I don't think they suffocated Barker at all in this album as hip hop beats are definitely present in this album. The first song "Ghosts on the Dance Floor" doesn't shove an in your face song in a rush like some albums do it really starts off slow to give you a present sound of the album. Ambition has always been present with the band ever since Enema of the State.
Recently I have read that "Snake Charmer" was written about the book of genesis and was actually going to be called "Genesis' though was changed. Personally I think Snake Charmer is perfect as the end of the song really could lure a snake to your bed if you know what I mean! This really puts the experimental sound on a high point at the end of this song while in the chorus "good girls like to sin" just pounds through your ears like golden waves.
"Wishing Well" and "Kaleidoscope" are straight solid songs with a backbone of Delonge and Hoppus. These songs you can really get into and jump around. A sure favorite off the album and Delonge sounds flat as ever! His singing style never got on my nerves and just added to the fun. Tom keep making it man! 
With such a dark and despair last album title Blink-182 the boys have ripped of their pants and jackets and got back to work. This album is certainly no disappointment and I'm glad their back. The catchy tune and powerful dark lyrics rage through this record and never left the fans out. Hopefully with recent success in this album they will be back for more to come.
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