Neighborhoods

This album is amazing! Don't start listening to this though expecting the rebellious youth anthems that Dude Ranch or Enema of The State gave us. Neighbourhoods is a lot more like Blink-182s self titled album dealing with slightly darker and more mature topics. Now I'm going to say I am a little Bias towards Blink because I am a long time fan and think everything they touch turns to gold. But when this album came out I was very hesitant to give it a chance due to the hiatus the band had been on and the reported bad terms the band ended on. But I couldn't have been more wrong. They have delivered another instant classic with Neighbourhoods. The content may have grown up but they still give you the catchy pop-punk tunes that have given them the legacy they have made today. I give the album 4 stars only because there is a couple to tracks that are still worth listening to multiple times but on repeated listenings you might skip them to get to the albums other gems. What gives it the 5 star rating i have given it is the Vinyl its self. The vinyl is amazing and easily one of the best in my collection the gate fold folds out showing all three band members faces a very beautiful glossy album giving you that tangible feeling that reminds you why vinyl still wins. The 180gm record is very cleanly pressed and sounds amazing but to seal the deal with this album and to put it up into my top vinyls is the white pressing of the vinyl which suites the theme of the albums artwork and looks amazing. Any fan of Blink-182s self titled album is gonna find a new love in this album.

Another great vinyl from the legends themselves!

This really is one of their best albums in my honest opinion, they really have changed, and i personally think its for the better. You can't compare this album to any of their previous albums, its very different, much more mature, but very good. They have mixed in a few punk-style songs and a few with an AvA style to them, but i really think Mark, Tom, and Travis really are 5 times better when they're together, everything falls right into place. I really recommend this album. If you have listened to blink in the past and thought they were too "childish" you really need to try them again, buy this album!! full 5/5

The wait was well worth it, since 8 years ago to I hear new material from this excellent band one of my favorites. i was sixteen years when i was listening the latest album, twenty-four years now I have and i can see how much they have changed, their songs, but creativity is still apparent in each of the members of the band, Mark, Tom and Travis ... Excellent musicians. Thank you very much for this great album, I've been hearing about 7 times since i got it and I am not tired to listening.... I leave my favorite songs: After Midnight Snake Charmer Heart's All Gone (interlude) Heart's All Gone Wishing Well Kaleidoscope Love is Dangerous Greetings from Ecuador

8 years of anticipating the reunion of one of the staples of the pop punk movement, Mark, Tom & Travis proudly give us their 7th studio release Neighborhoods. As a Blink fan, I always wondered why they called it quits in 2003. Their self titled album was debatably their best album due the mature nature and sound. What was thrown out of left field was the bands love of the 80s new wave band The Cure and having Robert Smith sing on a track. Now, they are back again and I am glad to know that they capitalized on what they left us before their split. The songs are very mature and not so in your face. They are very much toned down with the classic Blink 182 guitar still there so you know it's a Blink record. Vocally there is a great deal of positive change. Tom no longer sounds like a screaming rat getting tortured in a cage. In fact, he has learned to work better with Mark harmonizing to a degree on some of the tracks. If their is anything that they need to work on, they have a little trouble with endinig songs, because a few seemed to just go on longer than they should have. There is nothing wrong with a band that in fact started out as a bunch of misfit teenagers. Like Green Day getting older in the world of punk makes you wiser and I am also glad that they didn't make their albums political as a good portion of punk bands have done in the past. Their music is still about life, friendship and the yearning to be relevant and Blink 182 has shown with their reunion just how relevant they are. I am hoping that there will be more from Blink 182 in the coming years, because I was happy where they left us in 2003 and I am happy with where they are heading in 2011. Also, make sure you purchase the deluxe edition so you get the three bonus tracks. 'If She Falls' is one of the best songs on this album.

The songs sounded a bit odd for blink-182 the first time I heard all of them, but the album has grown on me since I received it today. The songs encompass all aspects of the blink-182 members, from Tom's AVA voice in many of the tracks to the duo of Mark and Travis working their magic left from +44. I definitely thought it was worth paying for fast shipping and a couple of dollars more for the deluxe edition. The only advice I give is this: If you are a massive fan of exclusively the pre-2005 blink-182, expect music similar to the pre-2005 blink-182, or like blink but hate AVA and/or +44, I would say keep your money and continue listening to Enema of the State because this album has a completely different sound than the old blink-182. For all other potential buyers, you can't go wrong with this album.

I get people think this album sounds "phoned in" and just doesn't have the cohesion that it would've had had Tom, Mark, and Travis all been in the same place to record it. Still, it's pieced together in a way that works and is certainly one of my favorite blink albums to date. I think the problem is, if you want this album to sound bad then it will. However, if you want it to sound good then it just does. I don't go around looking for reasons to dislike things, so this album more than suits my need for some blink in my life. It has some great songs on it. I'd certainly recommend giving it a listen.

This is really one of their best albums yet. Ive been a blink fan for a long time and initially i was upset with this album because i was kind of hoping they would bring some of their old style into this album but they took a new direction. Once i actually took the time to really listen to it i realized how amazing all the songs are and all it took was some time for it to grow on me. Pretty much every song on here is good...there are no fillers in here. If you love blink you need to buy this album

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The 4th best album of Blink 182 in my opinion, but essential anyway. Must hear this "Deluxe Edition" with good bonus tracks.

So lange Jahre hab ich genau auf dieses Album gewartet. Blink 182 is back und zwar genau so cool und erfrischend lässig wie vorher. Die Jungs sind zwar älter und wohl auch reifer geworden, aber ihre Musik bleibt typisch Blink 182 und genau das ist es, was so super ist! In manchen Songs kann man hören, dass sie sich auch entwickelt haben und erwachsener geworden sind, aber sie bleiben sich dennoch treu. Als Intro des Albums ist 'Ghost On The Dance Floor' sehr gut gewählt. Der Song scheint etwas zurückhaltend, was ihn jedoch ausmacht. Die CD fängt mit einem schnellen Beat, cooler Musik, Lässigkeit und gutem Text an und geht auch so weiter. Sehr gelungen ist auch 'Up All Night', die erste Single des Albums, frech, aber mit durchdachtem Text und Suchtgefahr. 'After Midnight' & 'Even If She Falls' lassen Emotionen frei, die einfach direkt ins Herz gehen. Aber natürlich noch mit echtem Punk Rock! =) Der fünfte Song 'Snake Charmer' ist meiner Meinung nach sehr empfehlenswert, denn er hat einfach etwas lässiges, eingängiges und Eigenes an sich, was man kaum beschreiben kann, man muss es einfach hören. Eins ist auf jeden Fall zu sagen: Hier liefern Blink 182 eines ihrer besten Stücke!! 'Hearts All Gone' geht ebenfalls direkt ins Ohr und lässt einen auf Wiederholung drücken, und das bestimmt nicht nur ein Mal. Schneller, frecher Punk. Bei 'Fighting The Gravity' haben sie etwas experimentiert, doch nach einmal hören gewöhnt man sich sehr daran. Der Song zeigt, dass sie nun ihre Song auch etwas mehr durchdenken. Zuletzt will ich noch 'This Is Home' erwähnen, da es scheint, als würden die Jungs hier ihr Leben auf der Bühne und ihre Musik thematisieren, was man auch in der Musik hört. Hier erkennt man die Entwicklung, die sie gemacht haben. Alter Stil aber irgendwie erwachsener. Toll! Die anderen Stücke sind auch sehr cool und hörenswert. Keines fällt aus der Reihe oder enttäuscht. Jedes lässt das Herz etwas höher schlagen. Einfach eine super Playlist! Blink 182 Fans werden auf keinen Fall enttäuscht, eher werden sie die CD anhören und dabei ausflippen, denn sie lässt sich rauf und runter spielen und man erinnert sich wieder warum man diese Band doch so liebt! =) Einmal gehört, und ich bin jetzt schon süchtig! Was will man mehr?!

Muitos não gostam,mas é um belo álbum, vinil duplo com capa tripla, chegou intacto.

El album en sí tiene sus flaquezas, pero en esta edición brilla de forma muy diferente derivada del tratamiento de Kevin Gray en el masterizado, sobre todo la batería, las voces y el bajo suenan increible, en cuanto a los matices de la guitarra suena bastante separado cada sonido pero siento que no es tan cristalino como pudo haber sido, aún así creo que es un trabajo excepcional de masterizado que vale mucho la pena escuchar y posiblemente considerar como la mejor edición de este album tan controversial y último hasta el momento (sin contar el EP de Dogs eating dogs, que en mi opinión es posiblemente el mejor album de blink hasta la fecha) con el guitarrista/vocalista original. Ojala encuentren la forma de también remasterizar ese EP apoyandose de Kevin Gray y que así tengamos una versión semidefinitiva de ese material. Este album viene en presentación tríptico pero no trae más que una foto de la banda en grande e información de producción, no trae ningún inserto tampoco. Un disco en blanco y uno en negro con fundas internas como acostumbra src de plástico muy buenas, de las mejores que he visto que traiga cualquier album de vinilo.