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Blink-182’s ‘Enema of the State’ at 25: All the Songs Ranked
Blink-182's 'Enema of the State': Ranking the songs on the classic album.
Produced by Jerry Finn (Green Day’s Dookie), it also ushered in a wave of bands that combined anthemic hooks with relatable adolescent themes and a refusal to take themselves too seriously – see Sum 41, Wheatus and pretty much every other group who sported camo shorts at the turn of the century. Sparked by regular debates about extraterrestrials on the tour bus, this typically fast and furious number gave true believer DeLonge the chance to convince clear skeptic Hoppus, and the army of Blink-182 fans, that The X-Files wasn’t a work of pure fiction. Another tale of suburban strife, Enema of the State ’s riotous closer finds the trio in full-on sulky teenage mode on what’s essentially the punk-pop genre’s answer to “Parents Just Don’t Understand.” Encapsulating adolescents’ tendency to blow every minor inconvenience out of proportion, they even compare their punishment to “instant slavery” following a house party that gets wildly out of control.
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