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Sep 21, 2011Whether it was "the right way" or not, all of the days that we have waited for Neighborhoods have been well worth it.
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Sep 30, 2011Neighborhoods could easily have been a disaster--that it's not, and actually a very successful endeavour, is worthy of substantial praise.
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Sep 27, 2011Blink-182 again delivers a record with nothing outright awful and enough dynamite songs to pack a punch at future tours.
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Sep 26, 2011Perhaps blink could stand to sharpen their words but it's better that they concentrated on their music, creating a fairly ridiculous yet mildly compelling prog-punk spin on the suburbs here.
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Oct 13, 2011This latest offering is a welcomed return and a rewarding listen for fans, both old and new.
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Sep 28, 2011The weighty aesthetic makes the punky bombast all that more effective and fascinating but also tends to swallow it up in an ocean of melodrama.
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Sep 26, 2011They've gone all mature, come to terms with their past and kicked on to the future too.
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Sep 26, 2011Ultimately, Neighborhoods is a slightly awkward entry in the band's catalog that shows as much potential as it does flaws.
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Sep 27, 2011Although Blink-182 has long since left its past as a bare-bones punk band behind, overwrought rock isn't its forte, either. Neighborhoods finds a nice balance between the two, but it could still use a little less fussiness.
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Sep 21, 2011The lyrics focus on moving on, but their music can't seem to break the tether to yesterday.
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Sep 28, 2011For every fault that Neighborhoods has--and it has quite a few--the album is infectious and catchy.
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Kerrang!Nov 15, 2011Neighborhoods might never quite land a knockout blow, but it certainly does enough to earn them a rematch int he future. [24 Sep 2011, p.50]
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Sep 28, 2011Here, though, watery, joke-free confessionals like "This Is Home" and "After Midnight" sound comparatively adrift.
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Sep 27, 2011Songs like "Hearts All Gone" are pitched between Black Flag and Six Flags ("I'm a little bit shy, a little bit strange and a little bit manic!" DeLonge journals). But just as often there's sophistication and introspection (check those pianos ton "Kaleidoscope"), and darkness lingers at the edge of suburbia.
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Oct 14, 2011On Neighborhoods, blink-182 took [Dude Ranch/Enema of the State/Take Off Your Pants And Jacket's] sonic template, updated it, and made an album where they tried to understand what it means to be a member of blink-182.
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Sep 29, 2011As it stands, we have Neighborhoods, large and vapid, every bit an inconsistent mess as it is a guilty pleasure.
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Sep 26, 2011It's admirable that Blink-182 tries to challenge themselves over the course of Neighborhoods, but their growing pains don't make for a particularly good album or a welcome comeback.
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Sep 21, 2011While it certainly shows Blink to have the potential for much more than their past reputation may convey, Neighborhoods is reminiscent of that first awkward conversation after a heated argument, as no-one's quite sure where to go next.
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 87 out of 112
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Mixed: 21 out of 112
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Negative: 4 out of 112
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Sep 29, 2011
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