Enema Of The State
by Blink-182

Let's face it, there are but a few reasons why Blink-182 ever "made it..."

1. They made "funny" music videos where they showed how "kooky" they were running around naked and such during the days when MTV wasn't running week-long marathons of trash like Teen Mom and Jersey Shore.
2. They became a frequent fixture on MTV's TRL, which was dominated by shrieking teen girls salivating over whatever "cute" boy made a song. Blink-182 were sold as the "edgy" alternative to the clean cut boy band craze going on at the time, even though they were about as edgy as a basketball.
3. Because they were "rock," boys could listen to them without embarrassing themselves by admitting they liked boy band music. Unfortunately, what Blink-182 offered up was typically even more vacuous.

This album is devoid of value unless you have some kind of nostalgic attachment to it. The production and instrumentation are extremely basic. The lyrics are infantile at best and the shrill, tuneless "singing" has the same effect as nails down a chalkboard.

From andy_hunter TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/03/2013 22:19 | #87550 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

I have a soft spot for early-2000s pop-punk. Its the musical equivalent of American Pie, yeah, its a little puerile and its not going to be picking many awards but its a bit of fun.

This a good album for teenage angst. I mean that in a good way, it really captures some of that frustration. You will outgrow most of the lyrics that used to seem so great, but some will last. And the pop-punk sound always sounds great.

This album is a perfect example of something that does NOT belong on a list such as this. Blink-182 is nothing special, except perhaps compared to Good Charlotte, Bowling for Soup, or several dozen other similarly disposable bands. The songs here are catchy, and even fun, but are oh-so shallow. Of course they did sell a boatload of CDs, so more power to them. However, this album is not worthy of a list such as this, and it's not even close. Who are all those who voted for this? Likely a bunch of young men who were just the right, impressionable age back in 1998. Time to grow up kids and move along.

Still not enough credit given here, although almost close. I think this should be in the top 300, but I don't know if it'll ever get to that spot just because they were such goofballs and drama queens. I also know most people won't agree with me, but that's OK. Blink was much more creative than people give them credit for, and lets remember they were writing these songs 100% as a band, and outselling the manufactured pop bands, and basically everyone else for about a 4 year stretch. There's genius in the simplicity and quality of every single note, and I think that's what people miss. Being a part of the pop punk genre sure didn't help either. I will continue to fly the flag. 100/100 (Edited)