Geffen Records has released the 25th anniversary edition of blink-182’s Take Off Your Pants and Jacket – the first punk rock album to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The landmark 2001 album, which contained the top 10 modern rock hits “The Rock Show,” “Stay Together for the Kids” and “First Date,” has had an enduring impact.
In addition to the 13 songs that appeared on the original album, the 25th anniversary edition includes six tracks that, until now, have never been available on streaming platforms. Originally released on June 12, 2001, the first printings of Take Off Your Pants and Jacket were split among three configurations, corresponding to the three emblems on the album cover – the red airplane, the yellow pants and the green jacket. Each edition contained its own pair of exclusive, hidden tracks. Prior to the 25th anniversary release, these six songs had never appeared together on one album. Listen to Take Off Your Pants and Jacket 25th Anniversary Edition HERE. See below for tracklisting.
Beginning today, fans can also pre-order the 25th anniversary edition as a 2-LP set, pressed on black vinyl. A plane, pants or jacket emblem will be individually etched onto Side D of each vinyl set at random, creating a surprise moment for fans as they open their vinyl and see which emblem they have received. Visit blink-182’s store HERE to pre-order.
With Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, blink-182 mastered the balance between immaturity and emotional honesty. Balancing huge hooks, fast guitars and emotionally direct songwriting, its songs – all penned by bandmates Mark Hoppus (bass, vocals), Tom DeLonge (guitar, vocals), and Travis Barker (drums) – felt both immediate and timeless for a generation coming of age in the early internet era. The album was produced by Jerry Finn, who had also helmed 1999’s Enema of the State.
In addition to entering the Billboard 200 at No. 1, Take Off Your Pants and Jacket topped the charts in Canada and Germany and ranked No. 1 on the UK’s Official Rock & Metal Albums chart. In a four-star album review, Rolling Stone praised blink-182 as “a significant band” and hailed lead single “The Rock Show” as “a slice of suburban teen romance that Joey Ramone is probably pogoing to right this minute in rock & roll heaven.”
Retrospectives through the years have celebrated the album as “blink-182 at its finest” (The New Yorker), “the band’s best effort” (AbsolutePunk) and “a masterclass in pop punk writing” (Reverb). Billboard noted, “Take Off Your Pants and Jacket is a sonic bible for many millennials.”
Tracklisting – Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
- Anthem Part Two
- Online Songs
- First Date
- Happy Holidays, You Bastard
- Story of a Lonely Guy
- The Rock Show
- Stay Together for the Kids
- Roller Coaster
- Reckless Abandon
- Every Time I Look for You
- Give Me One Good Reason
- Shut Up
- Please Take Me Home
Vault Tracks
- time to break up
- mother’s day
- what went wrong
- fuck a dog
- don’t tell me it’s over
- when you fucked grandpa
ABOUT BLINK-182
Emerging from Southern California, blink-182 has persisted throughout eras and generations as one of the most influential bands of this century. To date, the trio – Mark Hoppus (bass, vocals), Tom DeLonge (guitar, vocals), and Travis Barker (drums) – has sold over 50 million albums worldwide, earned a GRAMMY® Award nomination, tallied over 16 billion streams and topped charts globally. Their catalog spans the Platinum Dude Ranch (1997), 5x Platinum Enema of the State (1999), 2x Platinum Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001) and 2x Platinum blink-182(2003). They impressively occupied two top 10 spots on Rolling Stone’s “50 Greatest Pop Punk Albums of All Time.” In 2023, ONE MORE TIME… capped off a monumental comeback season by logging their third No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200 and igniting a massive global stadium tour.
By: Bass Magazine