Where in the review do you see overuse? Because I don't see anything.

oh no

EDIT: hahaha. Pretty funny review. You told for us for more than half of it what blink did during the hiatus, what other bands did, and how bad the blink side project bands are. Good for a laugh, thanks for the review.

I SUPPOSE!


well, i was trying to adapt the way the staff has been writing reviews as of late. ignoring the sidebar score and putting the actual score at the bottom. i'd rather rate an album in one overall score, as opposed to a score for different aspects. hope that clears it up! thanks.


:'(


i'll admit, it's stupid in the context. i more or less wanted to say that in plus 44, mark hoppus wanted to relive the blink-182 vein of pop rock. the only thing he changed was an extra guitarist and some moog. i just don't like being too verbose and making it a 'tl:dr' situation.


self-titled is my favorite blink album. and i like that they went in the same vein as s/t, the songs just don't mean anything and in my opinion, are really boring.


i feel the same way about the 'skipping blink tracks' part. sorry the writing sucked.


i don't think you were around ap when self-titled dropped. most of my friends thought blink was trying too hard, were in over their heads, etc. i think the lyrical prowess on this album is about half as good as the self-titled, which is sad because they've never stopped writing in their respective hiatuses from blink. i would've thought they'd get better with age.

and middle school students? just because you don't agree with a review doesn't mean it sucks. i'm content with my writing capability. and the fact that i graduated with a degree in journalism and worked at the houston chronicle and the university of houston's newspaper makes me more than OK with the fact that some jerkoff with a blink username on absolutepunk.net thinks i write on the level of a 7th grader.


i knew they would, which is why i submitted it to the blink blackhole that is AP.net. and ilu guy.


sorry it sux.


honestly, i wanted it to be more of a quick complaint. i hate long reviews and have never/will never write them. i had about 2000 words to say about the watch the throne album, so i chose simply to not review it. i'd rather get my opinion out in 500 words or less, because if it's not a staff writer, it won't get read.

and hearts all gone was more successful in terms of fan response. the reception to up all night was lukewarm, but everyone seemed to love hearts all gone. that's it.

love is dangerous is cheesy as shit, and awful. there's no hip-hop influence on any of these songs, besides the fact that they borrowed off kanye west's (most recent example) idea for an interlude (hearts all gone interlude = all of the lights interlude) and that would just be another complaint. snake charmer and MH 4.18 are boring/uneventful/not memorable. in my opinion, of course.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Review

so my review told me nothing besides my opinion of it? how is that not a review?

Well, that's what a review is. A bad review can be when you state your opinion without backing it with sensical statements. I never said your review wasn't a review. I just said it was a bad review.

this review is refreshing...i'd give it a slightly higher rating, but i feel like your review is an honest critic in a sea of fanboys

i felt like i gave a few examples as to why i didn't like it. i feel like a lot of the songs went nowhere/don't serve any real purpose. some may even say that i felt that THE HEART'S ALL GONE from the music.

*crickets*


the only reason i posted it here.

I agree with some the arguments expressed in the review, but the writing is very awkward.

If I were to read this without listening to the album, I would have no idea what most of the songs sound like/the overall grasp of the album...you basically just said it sounds too much like AvA and it's boring and you don't like it.

someone is angry... and stupid. very very stupid.

The review was actually pretty good IMO. Disagree with some of the criticism in it, but thought it was solidly written.

i strongly disagree with this review...personally think that this album is amazing but thats just me

I not only disagree with the review but feel this review must of been written by some kid raging (NEEDS MORE DICK JOKES). seriously love the new album and glad they are back. Interested to see how they follow this up also.

I was around on this website when it came out. I believe I joined as a member in 2005, but I had been on here since right before TOYPAJ came out. Haha. So to assume that I wasn't on ap around tat time is just silly. How is Blink "trying too hard"? I HATE that idea. They'd probably have to try harder to write the same old poo poo pee pee songs about girls as near men in their mid-late 30s than they do to have to write more "serious" music. And just because the lyrical content is "different" doesn't mean it's HALF as good as s/t.

And the middle school comment had nothing to do with your ideas in the review. It had to do with the poor writing style/structure that you used in an attempt to convey your ideas. You GRADUATED WITH A DEGREE IN JOURNALISM Lol? No way I believe that dude. At all. Your writing style is MAYBE at a tenth grade level, and definitely not that of a college graduate (unless Houston's writing program is a complete joke). I guess it's fitting that you workED (past tense) at that paper though... And I'm not just some "jerkoff" on ap.net. I have a BA in education, and am currently a teacher, so believe me, I know what good writing is, and you may not be a bad writer, but this is an EXTREMELY poorly written review, and that has nothing to do with your ideas or views on the record differing from mine.

Couldn't have said it any better myself. I've been waiting for an honest review. And not a "BLINK 182 IS BACK" review.

Thank you for being the one to say it. It isn't bad enough that the score is ridiculous, the review is written terribly.