Ranking All 7 Blink-182 Studio Albums From Worst To Best
1. Take Off Your Pants And Jacket (2001)
Every band has that one album that encapsulates every little thing that made them great in their prime. For Blink-182, that album is 2001's 'Take Off Your Pants and Jacket'.
This concept album, which deals with the timeless themes of youthful anger, awkwardness, confusion, and disillusionment is one that each member of the band clearly poured their heart and soul into (as a lot of it was written from personal experience.)
The band's crass sense of humor was on display in this album as well (including in its title), but not once did that detract from its overall tone or message.
From the politically-charged 'Anthem Part Two' to broken home-themed tracks like 'Stay Together for the Kids' and 'Shut Up', this is an album that represents Blink at some of their most serious, as well as their best-sounding.
There's also the matter of the tracks 'First Date' and 'The Rock Show', which the band were pressured into writing by the manager and, by their own admission, did so in about ten minutes. Naturally, both tracks went on to become massive hits as singles.
The fact that Blink was able to put together an incredibly passionate and hard-hitting concept album, then proceed to create two of the biggest summer hits of 2001 without even trying that hard just goes to show how utterly on top of their game they were.
As far as the iconic lineup of Hoppus, DeLonge, and Barker goes, Blink-182 simply doesn't get any better than 'Take Off Your Pants and Jacket'.