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Jun 30, 2016Blink-182 have delivered an album that recalls everything that makes this band great and gives it all a fresh twist, the end result is California being amongst the best albums they’ve ever produced.
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Aug 10, 2016California collects 14 hook-drenched punk-pop barnstormers that both reflect nostalgically on their youthful vigours (Bored To Death, Kings Of The Weekend, San Diego) and revisit them impressively (Teenage Satellites, No Future).
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Kerrang!Jun 30, 2016blink's most musically ambitious, yet spiritually comprehensive, album to date. [2 Jul 2016, p.50]
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Jun 29, 2016The guys have grown up and the results are as catchy and enjoyable as anything they ever did in their youthful heyday.
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Jul 11, 2016California isn’t a perfect record, nor does it need to be. It displays a band getting back on the right page with great energy yet struggling a bit to find equilibrium.
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Jul 1, 2016California sounds like what Blink-182 probably should sound like in 2016: upbeat, hooky and, above anything else, a total blast. Some will call the lack of truly progressive moments a regression while others will hail the album for being a breezy throwback. But Hoppus, Skiba and Barker have given Blink-182 momentum for future productivity and success.
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Jun 29, 2016At its best, California shows Blink trying new ways to freshen up yesterday's racket.
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Jun 29, 2016California sounds like the work of a band filled with the joy of existence, giving in to every pop indulgence or production trick that could stuff in one more hook before the end.
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Positive: 102 out of 141
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Mixed: 32 out of 141
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Negative: 7 out of 141
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