Ranking All 7 Blink-182 Studio Albums From Worst To Best
6. Cheshire Cat (1995)
'Cheshire Cat', Blink-182's very first studio album, is one that still holds up as being rather solid, even if it's far from the band's best.
An album that was definitely of a product of Blink's early days as a skate punk band, 'Cheshire Cat' provides listeners with a sound that's a bit more raw and unfiltered that what the band came out with later.
This album is fast-paced, energetic, and the influence from the Descendents (the band Blink largely credits with inspiring them to play music) is very apparent in the best way possible. Sure, the tracks can get a bit samey after a while, but that doesn't take away from the fact that 'Cheshire Cat' is just an incredibly fun album to listen to.
When this record dropped in 1995, Blink clearly still had a lot of growing pains to go through. However, it's also clear through exceptional tracks like 'Carousel' and 'M+M's' that they showed real promise from the very beginning.
If you're a punk rock fan who's not particularly fond of the sound Blink adopted after they entered the mainstream, this may just be the album for you.