The group had written a dozen songs after three weeks and invited their manager, Rick DeVoe, to be the first person outside Blink-182 to hear the new material, which the band found "catchy a definitive edge". The band recorded demos at DML Studios, a small practice studio in Escondido, California, where the band had written Dude Ranch and Enema of the State. And we were saying, 'Hey, we can't do this right now, we need to reorganize ourselves and really think about what we want to do and write the best record we can.' They didn't agree with us." Recording and production it scared the shit out of us." The band was rushed into recording the follow-up, as according to DeLonge, "the president of MCA was penalizing us an obscene amount of money because our record wasn't going to be out in time for them to make their quarterly revenue statements. "After years of hard work, promotion, and nonstop touring, people knew who we were, and listened to what we were saying . "We had gone from playing small clubs and sleeping on people's floors to headlining amphitheaters and staying in five-star hotels," recalled Hoppus in 2013. The period following Enema of the State saw the band experience great transition. The band played to sold-out audiences and performed worldwide during the summer of 2000 on the Mark, Tom and Travis Show Tour. The band spent most of 2000 touring in support of Enema of the State, where they headlined arenas for the first time. The album sold over 15 million copies worldwide and had a considerable impact on pop punk music. Three singles were released from the record - " What's My Age Again?", " All the Small Things", and " Adam's Song" - that crossed over into Top 40 radio format and experienced major commercial success. The glossy production set Blink-182 apart from the other crossover punk acts of the era, such as Green Day.
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5.1 Promotion and commercial performanceĪfter a long series of performances at clubs and festivals and several indie recordings during the 1990s, Blink-182 finally achieved mainstream success with the release of Enema of the State in 1999, which launched the band "into the stratosphere of pop music" and catapulted them to become the most popular punk act of the era.Take Off Your Pants and Jacket has sold over 14 million copies worldwide. To support the album, the band co-headlined the Pop Disaster Tour with Green Day. Critical impressions of the album were generally positive, commending its expansion on teenage themes, although others viewed this as its weakness. It produced three hit singles - " The Rock Show", " First Date", and " Stay Together for the Kids" - that were top-ten hits on modern rock charts. The album had near-immediate success, becoming the first punk rock record to debut at number one on the US Billboard 200 and achieving double platinum certification in May 2002. Due to differing opinions on direction, the trio worked in opposition to one another for the first time, and the sessions sometimes became contentious. Regarding its lyrical content, it has been referred to as a concept album chronicling adolescence, with songs dedicated to first dates, fighting authority, and teenage parties. As such, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket continues the pop-punk tone that Blink-182 had honed and made famous, albeit with a heavier post-hardcore sound inspired by bands such as Fugazi and Refused. During the sessions, MCA executives pressured the band to retain the sound that helped their previous album sell millions. The album was recorded over three months at Signature Sound in San Diego with producer Jerry Finn. It is the band's final release through MCA. The album's title is a tongue-in-cheek pun on male masturbation ("take off your pants and jack it"), and its cover art has icons for each member of the trio: an airplane ("take off"), a pair of pants, and a jacket. The band had spent much of the previous year traveling and supporting their previous album Enema of the State (1999), which launched their mainstream career. Take Off Your Pants and Jacket is the fourth studio album by American rock band Blink-182, released on June 12, 2001, by MCA Records.
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