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I confess that I don't like punk rock, but the excellent catchiness of this album made me make an exception to the rule.
There are flaws: quite intense but short tracks passing through the banality of lyrics and music, banality that at least does not necessarily correspond to ugliness. The atmosphere is very different and decidedly better than that of Green Day: it's a more complete and less irritating punk rock, despite all its limitations: energetic songs like "Dumpweed," "Dysyntery Gary" (Gary's dysentery?!) "Anthem" (banality made into a song) and the famous "All The Small Things" are contrasted with songs much less suitable to the group such as "Adam's Song" (great video clip), "Don't Leave Me" and especially "Mutt" (with an atmosphere that definitely detaches from punk to reach a rather peculiar atmosphere). The other successful single, "What's My Age Again?" is another great tune. There are also 2 other gripping tracks not elevated to single status: "Going Away To College," which is often performed at concerts, and "The Party Song," relegated to the album and almost forgotten. Despite all this, this album, which brought Blink 182 international success, remains too tied to a rather simplistic and bare environment.
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