Fourth album by the San Diego formed punk pop trio, and their first for MCA. Their music has been described as being similar to that of Green Day, NOFX and Pennywise. The hit singles, 'All The Small Things' and 'What's My Age Again' are included.

Aug 2006

This was the album that broke these boys into the big time; Enema Of The State is actually the fourth album from Blink 182. It was the brilliant and beautiful "All The Small Things" that first captured the attention of the music world but the album isn't just a one trick pony with the likes of the blisteringly cool "Mutt" and the incredibly funny "What's My Age Again?" it's easy to see why Blink 182 became such a success. This is a great summer album with its fun lyrics and cheery music. With great album tracks like "Anthem" and "The Party Song" this firmly established Blink 182 as a band who were going places.

Ryan Evans, HMV Newport

• Rolling Stone (7/8-7/22/99, pp.149-50) - 3 stars (out of 5) - "...gnarly enough to forment the kind of anti-everything rebellion that spawned rock & roll way back in the day....more power to 'em."
  Q (10/99, p.116) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...bright, three-minute pop tunes with adolescent vigor...More fun than Crass, at least."
  
  CMJ (5/31/99, p.5) - "...a geeky, three-chord rocker that employs a locker room sense of humor....While Blink 182 does slow down punk's pace, making it accessible to the pop-happy masses, this small concession hardly dilutes the band's potency."
• Kerrang (28/02/04, p.18) - Essential Purchase - "...a ridiculously catchy album filled with songs about aliens, dysentery and getting dumped."

This is an Enhanced CD which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Blink 182: Tom DeLonge (vocals, guitar); Mark Hoppus (vocals, bass); Travis Barker (drums).
Additional personnel: Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. (keyboards).
Blink 182 embodies all the rock & roll verities, from savage, power chord-driven, guitar-bass-and-drums attack to a carefully cultivated tastelessness (see album title and cover art), bolstered by plenty of attitude (the abundance of tattoos doesn't hurt either). The band's post-Green Day pop-punk leaps out of the speakers with zero subtlety and maximum aggression. Guitars alternately blaze and chug over breakneck rhythms, while the vocal melodies pay homage to the time-honored pop hook tradition. Despite the band's four-on-the-floor approach, the arrangements are regulated by careful, radio-minded production for a more accessible sound.

California skate-punk trio Blink 182 employed a snappy mix of punk-pop and humour that appealed to a whole new generation of rock fans too young to have fully appreciated Green Day's initial impact. These third- (or fourth-) generation punks became the linchpin of an entire movement; any late-1990s/early-2000s kid whose life revolved around skateboarding, the Vans Warped tours, and multiple body piercings probably made a place of honour in his collection for the colourfully titled ENEMA OF THE STATE and TAKE OFF YOUR PANTS & JACKET. The band went on indefinite hiatus in 2005, and guitarist Tom Delonge introduced his new band, Angels And Airwaves, in 2006. In 2009, Blink 182 reunited for a much anticipated tour, with Weezer slated as one of the opening acts.