blink-182 - One More Time… (October 20, 2023) • Page 205

Blink are sell outs (and suck now) for having 10 writers on the new album even though they've had 17 on the past album...

 

Time to go on vacation again...

 

https://www.billboard.com/music/cha...rning-questions-1235459170/?tum_medium=social

2. Few of Blink’s ’90s peers are still posting six-digit first weeks in the 2020s, especially after the elimination of ticket bundles from Billboard 200 sales calculations a few years ago. What’s one thing you think the band did particularly well with One More Time to make such a big debut week possible?

Kyle Denis: Given that One More Time is the band’s first LP since the return of Tom DeLonge, there was already a level of inherent comeback hype baked into the record. Couple that with a smart, lengthy campaign that let each pre-release single run its course – both “Edging” and the title track topped Alternative Airplay – and you’re left with a rollout that is primarily concerned with activating their tried-and-true fanbase instead of radically changing their sound to court younger consumers. To that end, however, the social clout of Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian’s marriage likely brought a few new, younger listeners to the blink-182 fandom. Moreover, blink-182 (in its original configuration) came back at the right time considering the mainstream resurgence of pop-punk at the top of the decade.

Josh Glicksman: An extended album rollout. Quickly following the reunion announcement last October with a new single stoked initial hype, and the band carried the momentum through album release day by touring across the world — including at a whole bunch of major festivals — and made sure everyone knew that a project was on the way. It’s not a strategy I’d suggest for major pop stars of the moment, but for a reunion project from a long-tenured band like Blink-182, allowing momentum to steadily grow over the course of a year paid huge dividends.

Jason Lipshutz: The year-long rollout of the release — in which lead single “Edging” was released almost exactly one year prior to One More Time — proved surprisingly effective, since Blink was able to tour arenas and festivals (including Coachella and When We Were Young) for six months and galvanize their fan base ahead of the new album. Maybe One More Time doesn’t hit No. 1 if it was released last October, before hundreds of thousands of fans got to see their impressive headlining set and receive a reminder that, when it comes to their studio output, Mark, Tom and Travis rarely miss.

And yet everyone complained ... haha

 

Fell In Love brings a smile to my face every time I hear it. Just classic stupid cheesy Blink lyrics about falling in love but done in a very age appropriate kind of way.

 

Still obsessed with this album, still can’t choose a favorite song.

 

Same. Just been that kinda year.

 

I love it too. It’s so fun.

 

Just checking in on the #1 album.

I’m still in love.

 

MONSTER OF THE ALBUM

 

Not gonna be able to catch up on this thread, but I'm guessing there are a lot of rave reviews? I absolutely love this album! Dare i say, it might e my favorite? It's definitely winning points seeing the gang back together and so happy and back to their old selves. But i like every single song on here, and LOVE more than half of them. So stoked to hear One More Time on the radio yesterday. Oh, yeah, and Edging over the summer. Gotta say, that wasn't really a fave, but it's growing on me and, i mean, the hype is just fun. Yeah, i mean it's still not super great, lol, but fun enough. Childhood though, is just a masterpiece. Played it like 10 times in a row the other night! And other faves include, More than you know, Terrified, and Turpentine is funny fun.

 

Ah crap! Still haven't heard the bonus songs though. Will come back here when i have.

 

The vast majority of us love it. There are, as usual, a few… outliers.

 

I played OMT incessantly when it first came out and sort of had my fill. Now it’s been a minute since I’ve listened and I’m ready to rock out to it again.

I noticed that Turpentine and When We Were Young are the two songs that just jump out in my brain at random times.

 

Just realized in the first verse of SEE YOU there’s a line “After Midnight you still want me around, and I’m Always Down.” Nice little nod to three classics

 

careful, Reddit told me “those are just words” and there’s no way that’s a reference to three of their popular songs

 

That's a good point, and anthem pt 3 could refer to the Canadian national anthem

 

One More Time was named in honor of Korn's One More Time from the album Untouchables, which I thought was a really nice thing for Blink-182 to do.

 

Alright, after a couple of highly under the influence listens… I get Cut Me Off.

 

Fell In Love is a straight up bop. I feel like it’s the BIOMY of the album though. I love BIOMY too.

 

I woke up this morning with “fell in love” stuck in my head

 

Seems like I have a new song stuck in yead every morning. Today is Bad News... yesterday was Childhood... god I love this album.

 

Same here, yesterday was Turpentine, today More Than You Know popped back in

 

I say this in no way to dunk on the song or suggest it’s bad in any way, but I’ve found myself skipping Edging every time during a full playthrough. I just listened to it way too many times in the last year to not just want to skip to the next track lol

 

I've been skipping "Edging" and "One More Time" if I'm just wanting to listen to bangers and stuff I'm not as familiar with, rather than wanting to actually listen through the album in the full.