Blink-182 – Nine

One of blink best albums so far & great spin!

Had to turn my stereo up but other than that good pressing!

My expectations were low on the sound quality for this, but I have to say I'm impressed! Beautiful cassette and a nice multi-panel j-card. Worth a grab now if you're into this Blink era.

Bought the neon pressing off target online and they sent me the back pressing. Kinda mad but they told me to keep it and refunded me

This pressing sounds amazing! Excellent sound dynamics and the vinyl is super quiet. Glad I purchased.

Oct19. It is pretty clear this album was not written for me or my generation that loved early Blink-182 and they have openly made it known it is for a modern audience. I loved 'California' with it's return of short, fast songs and humour. This is more of a return to their ST album, which is about my least favourite album of theirs.
1st listen and I started skipping tracks. The pop production and interference of electronics turned me off a lot of these songs (just like Foo Fighters' last album). The singers are too auto-tuned. Even the writing of songs has been done by pop and hip hop artists and it shows. (Just take a look at the number of contributors and producers. Holy shit. Somewhere in all this, Blink-182 is lost).
Some of these are decent pop songs, but I could not wait to get to the 50 second 'Generational Divide'. When they released this before the album it got my hopes up. Other releases did not, though 'Darkside' grew on me. A few 'heavier' sounds in second half. 'Pin the Grenade' has a cool, upbeat vibe on the chorus. 'No Heart to Speak Of' also has a soaring chorus but verses get lost in electronic 'effects'. 'Ransom' finishes well. Even the slow 'Remember to Forget Me' starts as if it were 'Stay Together for the Kids' and then electronic beats come in half way through…
I for one would like to have heard the songs they had written themselves before scrapping them to start over with contributing writers. I know some of these will grow on me, but it feels like the little punk they had is dead here. It's not a bad album, it is just not the album I wanted from these guys. 3/5

Disney band since California release, RIP Blink-182 1994-2012.
I heard Delonge stated he will return into a band but I'm so unsure about it to happen.

You can still find this on Blink 182's website for $29

Vinyl sounds quite good but there is certain noise through the record. I'm not sure if cleaning would do it any better.

I have the Neon Pink. The sticker on each side says Side B. anyone else get this?