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| 2.0 poor | NBA | September 12th 19 |
if you people would just stop comparing this band to their old iteration and holding them up to your nostalgic standards maybe you would realize that this is still some vapid, empty rock music not worth your time
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| 0.0 | Mrs. Pain~~ | July 28th 19 |
This is their 8th album. Someone better tell them. It's not gonna be me. I don't wanna get yelled at.
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| 3.5 great | heck | August 4th 19 |
mark hoppus has publicly stated that they are, in fact, counting Buddha
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| 2.5 average | Slex | August 4th 19 |
Understand this isn?t just goodbye, this is I can?t stand you
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| 2.5 average | Trebor. EMERITUS | July 28th 19 |
Nein.
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| 1.0 awful | tectactoe | September 20th 19 |
mr. hoppus, please stop making music you crusty old asshole
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| 1.5 very poor | Ossacip Olbap | March 30th 24 |
yea this is an overaged poppunk band alright
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| 2.5 average | aaronrkc | September 20th 19 |
There's a solid EP somewhere in here. Tom is still missed. Like, a third of the dance pop stuff works, but the rest doesn't. It would've been too much for the whole album to use it, but I'm glad Travis convinced them to use some trap-inspired drums on the last song; a tasteful nod to where the genre has gone since the group began.
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| 2.0 poor | MathyNoodles | September 20th 19 |
I fucking love pop music and even I think this is over-produced trash.
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| 2.0 poor | glorybox94 | September 18th 19 |
Well, Travis sounds good..... On a side note, it really makes no difference if they "count buddha"
considering it's NOT a studio album.....
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| 4.0 excellent | JayTheZoomster | September 13th 19 |
It might not stay a 4 but as of right now this album is fuckin' really REALLY solid. One of their best in ages.
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| 2.0 poor | Sconza | September 11th 19 |
Album's bland as fuck. Best tracks are Darkside, Run Away, and maybe Pin the Grenade. Worst is easily Blame it On My Youth while every other track is some shade of forgettable.
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| 4.0 excellent | Rawrz | September 11th 19 |
Wasnt sure what to expect from this album based on the singles, but pleasantly surprised how good many of the other tracks end up being.
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| 3.0 good | FamousAtticus | October 26th 20 |
This record is like Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde. Half of it is solid and the other half was written and
sung for high school kids by 40 year old men. I feel like this is the fault of Mark Hoppus
dragging Matt Skiba along with his ideas (there's no way Matt f'n Skiba would voluntarily go along
for this poppy ass ride). I also point the finger at John Feldman and his corny production. Really
wish Jerry Finn (RIP) was still alive to produce Blink 182 (and many other bands) records. We
finally get to see a glimpse of what Matt Skiba can bring to the Blink 182 table with the track,
"No Heart To Speak Of", which is by far the best song on this record. Hopefully in the future,
Mark gives up some creative freedom to Skiba for Blink 182's tenth record.
My favorite tracks off the record (in no order): No Heart To Speak Of, Black Rain & Remember To
Forget Me.
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| 3.0 good | davezillaMP3 | June 18th 20 |
For me, this was nether best of the year material, but it was not worst of the year material. their is still a bit to enjoy here that Blink Fans will say is a "return to form"
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| 3.5 great | RottenRamone | March 30th 20 |
I was so ready to shit on NINE when the first single "Blame It On My Youth" was revealed. It was pure pop and disgustingly so for a band that has its roots in punk rock. So when the album did drop it fell off my radar for maybe a month, but as I listened it REALLY began to grow on me. "The First Time" was a great opener, and "Darkside" has a catchy dance beat in the chorus. Also "Pin The Grenade" and "Run" Away" are some of my other favorites.
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| 3.0 good | Artreta | January 22nd 20 |
It was a good listen at first, but after a while it becomes clear, no matter how much effort Mark put into this, Blink lost it's drive to make good Blink music. (If all this made any sense)
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| 2.0 poor | ellagos | November 11th 19 |
At this point Blink are just a nostalgia-baiting pastiche of a band trying their hardest to cash in every drop of their fan's goodwill.
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| 3.5 great | c0nf1n3d | November 4th 19 |
I'm giving this the same rating I gave California (Part 1) - but I find this album to be better. Where Blink-182 tends to shine best is when they try new things in albums. 2016's "California" was moderately safe all-around, but was needed as a 'comeback' album of sorts. 2017's "California" (Deluxe Edition - AKA Part 2) felt like the experimentation that was needed on Part 1, but all put on another disc. Making it, to me, one of their best records (ONLY counting Part 2). Here we have "Nine" now in 2019, and, the group is back to trying some new things out - which is commendable, but not everything works. There's clearly a better synergy here among the bandmates, even so far as making an Alkaline Trio-sounding song with "Black Rain". "Ransom" is too short but also too good, "Darkside" grooves appropriately, "Happy Days" is (in a nutshell) their attempt at another iteration of 'Bored to Death', and 'Pin the Grenade' is quite catchy. There's a lot to like here, even if songs like "Blame it on My Youth" and "On Some Emo Shit" don't really work out so well. Based off of quite a few listens - I really wouldn't have any recommendations on where the band should go from here. They should kind of just do what they want, and hope things work.
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| 1.0 awful | Mitch | September 30th 19 |
I have no idea why this is album is getting any praise at all. This album was absolute trash. Top
to bottom garbage.
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| 3.5 great | BRAman22 | September 28th 19 |
Handful of absolute bangers surrounded by mediocrity. Worth a listen or two to see what your bangers are.
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| 2.0 poor | Asura14 | September 23rd 19 |
Definitely feels weaker than California, which I unironically enjoyed. They definitely lack self awareness and this production hurts their sound greatly, as well as the lack of any sort of meaningful instrumentation. rWill give it a few more tries but besides Darkside this is pretty disappointing.
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| 0.0 | Eons | September 23rd 19 |
I am not a regular listener of the band and I had their song blame it on my youth come on in an advertisement on YouTube and i was like who the hell is this annoying poppy band, and when i saw it was blink 182 i thought man, what the hell is going on here.rSo yeah. Hope the rest of the album is better than that song
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| 3.5 great | dollsanndshells | September 20th 19 |
Not sure why this is getting such low reviews. Surprised at how solid this is. California was a
mess with a few standouts. Everything on this record is executed really well, and the Matt/Mark
dynamic finally feels like it works. Perfect blend of Trio sound and blink sound.
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| 2.5 average | Doublez38 | September 20th 19 |
Blink 182 sounds like it used to on Nine, and even if I'm still passionate about innovation (because there's not the slightest bit of it here) I'd rather get a nostalgic feeling thanks to a sound of their own, than see these bands get lost wanting to continue with too generic music. It's nice to listen even if it's not crazy and especially produced the way it should be. I would have made a smaller selection because on the long run it lacks a little imagination. Let's pay tribute to a band that has influenced many of the top artists of the moment
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| 3.5 great | Faraudo | September 20th 19 |
Taking most of the singles into consideration, I was gonna give this a straight 1, but shit, the rest of the album is pretty solid, there are great songs in there. Cringey moments aside, could be a pretty good record and I see myself enjoying this more.
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| 3.0 good | Project | September 20th 19 |
It's not as bad as you feared (most of the good stuff is the non-singles) but it's also not the blink you're hoping for
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| 3.5 great | Brandon Scott EMERITUS | September 20th 19 |
I want to hate Nine, but it's honestly very difficult; as an album that battles between rclassic blink-isms and the the post-Neighborhoods uber-pop they've pursuing since Tom's rdeparture and California was released in 2016, there are moments strewn throughout that rremind me why I love this band's back catalog, but possibly even more that just make me scratch rmy head. I suppose I will take that as a win however, not outright hating a new blink-182 in 2019.
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| 2.5 average | QuinnObropta | September 20th 19 |
It's not all bad, but half of this I would put into a category of "the worst thing Matt Skiba and Mark Hoppus have ever had their names attached to." Travis does good but the production and mixing is so shit so it doesn't really matter in the end.
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| 1.5 very poor | Mr Snrub | September 19th 19 |
No Heart To Speak Of is kind of listenable in the chorus so give it an extra .5 for that otherwise there are no redeemable features.
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| 1.5 very poor | Uncle Rico | September 18th 19 |
"Nine" as in nein.............................................................as in no.
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| 2.0 poor | Nine | September 14th 19 |
Aw shit, my name's attached to this. I hope it's good.
Edit: Goddammit.
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| 0.0 | Tom Read CONTRIBUTOR | August 4th 19 |
if there ever was a case to be made for people like hitler who wanted to genocide half the world, the continued existence of blink-182 in 2019 cracks the top ten
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| 0.0 | Log S. | August 4th 19 |
@ deathschoolrimma just give them the benefit of the doubt & say they're counting Buddha
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| 3.0 good | Piem | February 23rd 24 |
| 2.5 average | naej | November 27th 23 |
| 2.5 average | Mesm277 | November 12th 23 |
| 2.5 average | AdamE | November 11th 23 |
| 2.0 poor | Surtur | October 23rd 23 |
| 5.0 classic | eboge88 | October 20th 23 |
| 1.5 very poor | Prole | January 17th 23 |
| 2.5 average | dballs | December 14th 22 |
| 2.0 poor | Risodo | November 26th 22 |
| 2.0 poor | vai90 | October 18th 22 |
| 2.5 average | olmedou | September 8th 22 |
| 3.0 good | FnTom | August 29th 22 |
| 2.5 average | camxv | June 6th 22 |
| 2.5 average | Luna | November 19th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | Zofft | October 24th 21 |
| 1.0 awful | Watch | October 20th 21 |
| 1.0 awful | Baehr52 | September 27th 21 |
| 1.5 very poor | Jalapeno CONTRIBUTOR | July 9th 21 |
| 2.0 poor | Brabiz | October 19th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Flomink | October 12th 20 |
| 1.5 very poor | Skiiddz | October 8th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Wj2006 | September 23rd 20 |
| 2.5 average | Drbebop | August 11th 20 |
| 2.5 average | sfoat9 | July 2nd 20 |
| 3.5 great | Tooey | June 11th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Sowing STAFF | May 11th 20 |
| 2.0 poor | Votex | April 10th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Xhoven | April 8th 20 |
| 3.5 great | bsker1 | April 2nd 20 |
| 4.5 superb | JessTS | April 1st 20 |
| 3.0 good | dhuet | March 19th 20 |
| 3.0 good | AlBo | March 7th 20 |
| 1.5 very poor | TVparty | March 2nd 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | dav4550 | February 16th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Rick64 | February 6th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Mojito | January 19th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | meeero | January 15th 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Dwap | January 9th 20 |
| 1.5 very poor | Stakis83 | December 12th 19 |
| 2.6 average | Atari STAFF | November 24th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | Sarah | November 9th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Bnes | November 5th 19 |
| 2.5 average | Coast | November 1st 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | KidA17 | October 30th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | stevep | October 23rd 19 |
| 2.0 poor | tellah | October 22nd 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | Fabio | October 20th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | Loneminx | September 29th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Limbo | September 29th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | Djang0 | September 28th 19 |
| 2.0 poor | bharry | September 27th 19 |
| 2.5 average | nbats | September 27th 19 |
| 3.0 good | jmh886 | September 27th 19 |
| 2.5 average | ACVPV | September 26th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | qwenta | September 26th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Brett W | September 25th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | stasar | September 25th 19 |
| 1.0 awful | BeeRyan | September 24th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Brad | September 24th 19 |
| 2.0 poor | Yotimi | September 24th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | TanMan | September 24th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Nap | September 23rd 19 |
| 3.0 good | JWT155 | September 23rd 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | Crawl | September 23rd 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Texture | September 23rd 19 |
| 2.0 poor | Jdub621 | September 23rd 19 |
| 3.5 great | Maximo | September 23rd 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | Keira | September 23rd 19 |
| 3.0 good | wwf | September 23rd 19 |
| 3.4 great | Trey STAFF | September 22nd 19 |
| 3.0 good | mikep87 | September 22nd 19 |
| 5.0 classic | 182M | September 22nd 19 |
| 2.5 average | jesper STAFF | September 22nd 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | solrage | September 22nd 19 |
| 2.0 poor | Minus. | September 21st 19 |
| 2.0 poor | El Olam | September 21st 19 |
| 1.0 awful | Skoop | September 21st 19 |
| 3.5 great | keza | September 21st 19 |
| 3.5 great | mirak2 | September 21st 19 |
| 2.5 average | Graemie | September 21st 19 |
| 2.0 poor | Veldin | September 21st 19 |
| 2.5 average | Prancer | September 21st 19 |
| 2.0 poor | Lucman | September 21st 19 |
| 2.0 poor | Jake E. | September 20th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Bog91 | September 20th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Acole9 | September 20th 19 |
| 1.0 awful | doofy | September 20th 19 |
| 2.0 poor | bbgames | September 20th 19 |
| 1.0 awful | ian b | September 20th 19 |
| 2.0 poor | chris. | September 20th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | arobin10 | September 20th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Advent | September 20th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Surette | September 20th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | Simon K. STAFF | September 20th 19 |
| 3.5 great | VikkiH | September 20th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | tman1220 | September 19th 19 |
| 1.5 very poor | kroglor | September 12th 19 |
| 3.0 good | maxer | September 11th 19 |
| 2.0 poor | Dmax28 | September 11th 19 |
| 1.0 awful | Spec | September 6th 19 |
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