![]() ![]() This, as Greatest Hits proves, was both blink-182's blessing and curse: they had the ability to turn out some great pop singles, but when they missed the mark, they sounded lightweight and disposable. It was enough to buy them a ticket to the big leagues and their next album, 1999's Enema of the State, turned into a blockbuster, thanks to the crossover Top Ten hit 'All the Small Things,' an incessantly catchy, irresistible slice of bubblegum-pop that sounded at ease sandwiched between *NSYNC and Britney Spears on Y2K radio. ![]() It took them a long time to get up to speed - it wasn't until their third album, 1997's Dude Ranch, that they developed a flair for sugary pop hooks, as evidenced by that album's 'Dammit,' not just their first big hit, but their first memorable song. 'Carousel' may be a chronologically accurate way to begin blink-182's Greatest Hits, yet it gets things off to a slow start - but then again, blink-182 hardly sped out of the gate themselves. First rule of greatest-hits albums: start things off with a bang, not a song that takes about a minute to get off the ground, and about 80 seconds before the vocals kick in. ![]()
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