Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
Occupation
- Guitar, Vocals: Tom DeLonge
- Bass Guitar, Vocals: Mark Hoppus
- Drums: Travis Barker
- Keyboard: Roger Joseph Manning, Jr.
Take Off Your Pants and Jacket is the fourth studio album by American pop punk band blink- 182. It was released on June 21, 2001 on MCA Records. It contains the hit singles The Rock Show, Stay Together for the Kids and First Date. The album spent 29 June to 5 July 2001 to No. 1 on the German album charts.
Formation
The band wrote the songs on the entire album within three weeks in San Diego in their practice room. Like the previous album, Enema of the State, they also took Take Off Your Pants and Jacket on in a studio called Signature Sound.
Bassist and singer of blink-182 said in an interview with daily live:
"I would not say did it's the same as " Enema of the State ". I would say did it's the next step for Blink- 182. "
"I would not say that it is the same as" Enema of the State ". I would say that it is the next step for Blink-182. "
Reception
Channing Freeman gives four out of five of the album and writing for online magazine Sputnik Music:
" If you've never heard Blink-182 ( unlikely), then they are perfect to go into the genre [ pop punk ]. Their music is very catchy and easy, and they have introduced many people to the world of music. We will miss them. "
On laut.de the album received three out of five. The editor Alexander Cordas compares it with easily digestible foods and writes that the album is surprisingly good. They are " the little things that jump immediately into his ear. A surprising break here, soft lalala choirs there and a good production - the wegschmirgelt the Pop Factor something - make the freestyle round. "
By Darren Ratner, the album received the second highest rating at Allmusic. He describes it as one of the best works of the band.
Title list
Different Versions
It gave the album four different versions, one for the original version with the regular track list (see above). The other three versions were each released with a different cover: the The Red Plane Take Off, The Yellow Pants and The Green Jacket version with two songs that are different for each version.