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One More Time... (2023)

Where the lyrics of One More Time... take you, and where it was really made.

The album's cover was withheld until two days before release, and until then digital services showed a placeholder cover that read 'this is not our album cover'.

Key places

Main recording studio in Los Angeles (2023)

Recording site Motown Recording Studios — The album was recorded mainly at Barker's studio, The Waiting Room. The point uses city-center coordinates, so the exact building location is not confirmed. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Recording at Jupiter Sound, San Diego (2023)

Recording site Signature Sound — The album's location notes list Jupiter Sound in San Diego among the recording studios. The point uses city-center coordinates, so the exact building location is not confirmed. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Album story

Overview

• One More Time...: ninth studio album by American rock band Blink-182
• Released October 20, 2023 through Columbia Records
• Marks the return of guitarist and vocalist Tom DeLonge, who had left the band in 2015
• Barker produced the album, the first album by the band entirely produced by him
• Digital artwork shows black-and-white portraits of the three members

Background

• DeLonge's return was prompted by Mark Hoppus being diagnosed with lymphoma in 2021
• Hoppus and DeLonge reconnected, and the three met in secret to overcome old disputes
• The return was officially announced on October 11, 2022, along with news that a new album was in the works
• Before the reunion, the band had released California (2016) and Nine (2019) with Matt Skiba in DeLonge's place

Recording

• Mainly tracked at Barker's studio, The Waiting Room, in Woodland Hills, California
• Barker bought the studio space in 2020, and the trio met there most often
• The band met every other week for three-day sessions covering writing and tracking
• Members returned to home studios afterwards to finish their parts
• Barker arranged and assembled songs digitally after the others left for the day
• All guitars were recorded with Fractal's Axe-Fx processor

Cover

• Physical editions carry the smiley logo drawn by graffiti artist Eric Haze
• The artwork idea came from Barker, inspired by the Japanese clothing brand Number (N)ine

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · de.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Formed in August 1992 in Poway, California, a northern suburb of San Diego County.
• Tom DeLonge was introduced to Mark Hoppus through Hoppus's sister Anne, and they first recorded with drummer Scott Raynor.
• Early releases came through independent label Cargo Records, with the debut Cheshire Cat in 1995 and Dude Ranch in 1997.
• The band was renamed 182 after a threat from an Irish band named Blink.

Members

• Mark Hoppus (bass, vocals) is the only member to have stayed in the band throughout its history.
• Tom DeLonge (guitar, vocals) left twice and returned in 2022.
• Travis Barker (drums) replaced Scott Raynor in 1998.
• Matt Skiba (guitar, vocals) was a member from 2015 to 2022.

Career

• Enema of the State (1999) reached over fifteen million copies sold worldwide and made the band major international stars.
• Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001) became the first punk rock album to reach number one in the U.S.
• The band announced an indefinite hiatus in 2005, and they reunited in 2009.
• California (2016) and Nine (2019) were recorded with Matt Skiba.
• One More Time... (2023) was released after DeLonge's return and became the band's third number-one album on the Billboard 200.
• Sales reportedly total 50 million albums worldwide.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Rolling Stone's Maya Georgi wrote that the band is at its best when channeling punk-rock energy
• The Guardian's Kate Solomon said the band has kept its knack for thumping choruses despite nods to mortality
• Spin's Bobby Olivier called the reconciliation fresh and fun, and the band's best work in 20 years
• AllMusic's Matt Collar praised the lyrics for working through the pain of the past two decades
• Pitchfork's Arielle Gordon wrote that the album feels disjointed and bloated, heavily indebted to the band's existing discography
• Stereogum's Pranav Trewn gave a mixed review, finding dull moments that dulled the excitement
• NME's Emma Wilkes called it a full-circle moment but said it may lack variety
• Metacritic scored it 71 out of 100 from 15 critic reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews
• Critics mostly celebrated the band's back-to-basics approach

Records

• Debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, the band's third chart-topping album
• 125,000 equivalent album units in the first week, with 101,000 copies sold as physical product
• 49,000 vinyl units sold in the first week across 11 vinyl variants
• Debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart, the band's sixth top-10 album there
• Number two in Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany and Switzerland
• 247,000 units moved domestically as of February 2024
• 30 million streams worldwide in the first week
• Edging topped the Alternative Airplay chart for 13 weeks
• One More Time reached number one on Alternative Airplay for 20 consecutive weeks

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The cover was held back until two days before release, while digital services showed a placeholder cover for days beforehand.
• Barker explained that the exacting drum-tone methods of late producer Jerry Finn meant three days of drum sounds and six hours of drum recording.
• The studio complex's white walls led DeLonge and Hoppus to joke that it looked like a punk rock day spa.
• Terrified was originally written in 2002 for the project Box Car Racer before being released as a Blink-182 song.
• Fell in Love interpolates The Cure's Close to Me and recounts a drunken meeting at a party.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · de.wikipedia.org

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