One More Time...

by blink-182

Overview

Few bands captured the Zeitgeist like blink-182 did during their time as the irreverent kings of Warped Tour-era pop punk in the late '90s and early 2000s. Like a nasally, SoCal, three-headed hydra, the band, featuring singer/guitarist Tom DeLonge, singer/bassist Mark Hoppus, and drummer Travis Barker, broke boundaries, gatecrashing MTV's TRL with their snotty, tongue-in-cheek music videos and anthems about falling in love at rock shows, making prank calls, and generally being stupid and having fun. Of course, there were darker times ahead, with DeLonge quitting the band and then returning and quitting again. Barker survived a 2008 plane crash that left him with multiple injuries and post-traumatic stress disorder. Finally, in 2021, Hoppus successfully underwent chemotherapy to treat a rare form of lymphoma, a diagnosis that ultimately brought the trio back together, looking to heal old wounds and rekindle lost friendships. It's that feeling of gripping onto the past right before it slips away that the reunited blink-182 capture on their ninth studio album (or tenth, depending on if you count their initial demo), 2023's One More Time.... Produced by Barker, the album is their first to feature DeLonge since 2011's Neighborhoods. While the albums the group made with Alkaline Trio's Matt Skiba (2016's California and 2019's Nine) were solidly crafted, they always felt like something was missing. That something was DeLonge's goofy sincerity and hyper-resonant croon, two key elements of the group's classic sound, along with their crisp guitar, bass, and drum riffs that are front and center throughout all of One More Time.... Cuts like "Dance with Me," "Bad News," and "Fell in Love" are classic blink-anthems that wouldn't sound out of place on Enema of the State or Take Off Your Pants and Jacket. Yet, there are wounds here, and the band dig deep into them, working through the mess of bad breakup on "More Than You Know" and revealing the stark truth about taking someone's presence in your life for granted on "You Don't Know What You've Got," the latter of which finds their voices intertwined in a throaty harmony. There's certainly the sense that blink-182 are working through the pain of the past two decades on One More Time..., including the death of close friends, divorces, and their own interpersonal drama. It's a vibe of carpe diem that they explicitly underline on the title track, singing "I know that next time ain't always gonna happen/I gotta say, 'I love you' while we're here." One More Time... plays like a love letter, both to fans who stuck with them and to each other -- a letter that doesn't so much ask for forgiveness as offer it willingly, passionately, and without conditions. ~ Matt Collar

Product Details

Release Date:	10/20/2023
Label:	Columbia
UPC:	0196587782726

Tracks

1. Anthem, Pt. 3
2. Dance With Me
3. Fell in Love
4. Terrified
5. One More Time
6. More Than You Know
7. Turn This Off!
8. When We Were Young
9. Edging
10. You Don't Know What You've Got
11. Blink Wave
12. Bad News
13. Hurt (Interlude)
14. Turpentine
15. F*ck Face
16. Other Side
17. Childhood

Album Credits

Performance Credits

blink-182   Primary Artist
Brian Lee   Co-Producer
Nick Long   Co-Producer
Gregory "Aldae" Hein   Co-Producer
Travis Barker   Drums,Vocals
Gregory Hein   Co-Producer
Aaron Rubin   Co-Producer
Mark Hoppus   Bass,Vocals,Guitar (Bass)
Ryan Tedder   Co-Producer
Tim Armstrong   Co-Producer
Tom DeLonge   Guitar,Vocals
Andrew Goldstein   Co-Producer
Kevin Bivona   Organ,Piano,Strings,Keyboards,Synthesizer,Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Lawrence Vavra   Management
Nick Morzov   Engineer
Daniel Rojas   Photography
Brian Lee   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Nick Long   Composer,Lyricist
Aaron Rubin   Composer
Brian Dong Ho Lee   Composer
Eric Emery   Engineer
Nicholas Long   Producer
Kevin Thrasher   Engineer
Henry Lunetta   Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Nicholas Morzov   Engineer
Matt Wolach   Assistant Engineer
Jake Lowry   Management
Bryce Bordone   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Gregory "Aldae" Hein   Composer,Lyricist
Jack Bridgland   Photography
Kevin Gruft   Engineer
Michael Pollack   Composer,Lyricist
Travis Barker   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Adam Hawkins   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Tim Armstrong   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
April Salud   Management
Jimmy Throgmorton   Management
Kendal Page   Composer
Gregory Hein   Composer,Lyricist
Serban Ghenea   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Aaron Rubin   Composer,Engineer,Lyricist,Producer
Mark "Spike" Stent   Mixing Engineer
Mark Hoppus   Composer,Lyricist
Ryan Tedder   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Dan Book   Composer,Engineer,Bass Engineer
Tom DeLonge   Composer,Lyricist
Robert Smith   Composer
Andrew Goldstein   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Eric Haze   Logo
Gus Brandt   Management
Randy Merrill   Mastering,Mastering Engineer
Kevin Bivona   Engineer
Kevin Wolff   Management
Clemente Ruiz   Photography
John Warren   Engineer