I really really hope they do. This is the album that made my dad even get into music and it would be really cool to take him to watch one of his favorite albums of all time in full.
And I don't mean as good as them, I mean on a scale size of popularity. Is it even possible to get that big anymore? How do you even affect that many people now with social media ruining everything?
Will there be that band that hits the stratosphere like them? I guess i didn't need to ask this in a pop punk sub reddit for this but it's my favorite kind of music so it just felt right. Sorry if this a stupid question.
Im gonna say Fall Out Boy, Jimmy Eat World, Paramore, My Chemical Romance
This is NOT my first time listening to linkin park or anything. Linkin Park is my favorite band. I've seen them live in 2025. They were amazing. I got into linkin park around the time whenever emptiness machine came out so 2024 I think? Anyway yea, loved emptiness machine. Hybrid Theory was my most listened to album of 2024 or 2025 (don't remember. I think i had 3 linkin park albums in my top 3 on Spotify 😭. Hybrid Theory, Meteora, & Minutes To Midnight to be exact)
Anyway point is, I just wanna do a review of this album cause it changed my life forever.
I think its obvious why it's here. Cool instrumental showing Joe's skills but other than that it's gonna stay here. Ranking everything else is gonna hurt..
I love evey song on this album, but this is where it must go. I like other songs more personally. Although the bridge part of this song is great.
The screams chester does on this song are just crazy lol. We love to see it though.
Prechorus with always go so fucking hard. "I can't bring you back... IT'S TRUE, THE WAY I FEEL-". It just hits.
8 and 7. Papercuts and Runaway (tied)
I know I'm gonna get shit for putting papercuts here but I don't care. To clarify, I LOVE the song. Same thing with run away.
It's a good song 🤷, I don't know what to tell ya. Verses go hard. Chorus is great too.
Such a great song. As a singer, I love singing this. Especially the reanimated one with the bridge that goes into the big explosion of just emotion. "Nothing but my own mistakes.. starting back at me, asking WHYYY". Love that version and this version.
Second best breakdown on this album. This is one of the most angry linkin park songs. Usally, linkin park doesn't express angry in me. Chester screams don't sound angry. They sound like a combination of sadness, being broken, just wanting to feel whole again, and honestly just a cry for fucking help. That's why I fucking love Chester. All of those emotions are the most relatable to me. But this song? This song does invoke angry in me. Especially in the one part.. you know the fucking part, I don't have to say anything.
Beautiful song. This song really shows the example of what emotions Chester invokes. The lyrics cut me open so much.
This song became one of my favorite after seeing it live. Just the atmosphere was amazing. With Everyone singing along (because literally everybody knows the words to that song whether they like it or not) it just really felt like Chester soul was in the air. It was really a spiritual moment for me. The most emotional part of this song for me is bridge. Just the words.. the way Chester sings.. ugh. Its breaks me in such a hurtful but good way.
I. Fucking. Love. This. Song. Always will be favorite from this album, one of my favorite linkin park songs in general, and just one of my favorite songs in general. If you take all the emotions I listed for what I usally get with linkin park and then also add angry to this (cause this song does that for me) you get this song. The breakdown is just.. i don't even know what to say 😭. It hits so fucking deep in the soul. I think its the grove it has (and really this whole song) is what gets me so fired up about it.
Well that's it. Tell me what you think and.. yeah. Have a good day :D
This book is such a roller-coaster. The parts of him describing how his mom was getting abused left me in emotion and shock. Same with all of the things about Scott. Amazing fucking book! So so so recommend for people who love blink.
Imagine that. Do you think they would even do that ever or is that a stupid question to ask? I'm a super new fan so idk
They remind of if NOFX was completely cleaned up and WAY more PG lmao. Bowling for Soup for anyone who somehow didn't know them.
My biggest problem with pardox is just how they sound so.. freaking.. AI sounding. Even his voice sounds straight up ai on the studio recordings. I like the raw-ness they have live so much more. They have that quality of how Blink-182 sounded live back in the day before turning into complete shit lol. actually feels real instead of AI sounding slop. Their also quite funny, I'll give then that.
Although I kinda hate Do Me Like That. (That main riff is SUCH a rip off of My Friends Over You and it's not even funny.)
I'm including bonus tracks. I'll explain the songs that need explaining for their ranking.
19 & 18. Mother's Day and When You Fucked Grandpa (tied)
Uhm. Kinda just makes me uncomfortable 😭.
The difference between this one and other one's is this one is actually funny.
Gets stuck in my head and I'll sometimes sing it out loud unfortunately.
Just kind of a basic song for blink. Kinda forgettable.
Kinda has the same problem as Reckless Abandon.
Please Take Me Home
Online Songs
Anthem Pt.2
I don't know if this is a hot take or not but here we are.
That one riff (yk which one I'm talking about) is very interesting. Doesn't sound like blink at all but still cool.
Time to break up's beginning riff sounds like a straight up riff from green day insomniac era.
I like how this is one of the more angry/angsty songs by blink. Shut the fuck up if you don't agree. See what I did there.
Respected this song a lot more after watching a documentary about tom delonge. Like this song a lot. Chorus hits.
6 and 5. What Went Wrong? And Every Time I Look For You (tied)
What went wrong is a great song that should have replaced please take me home as the closer. Everytime I Look For You is catchy and that breakdown/bridge... chef's kiss
Does this song remind me of me? Maybe just a little bit but that doesn't matter. Good song either way.
3 and 2. Rockshow and First Date (tied)
These songs both just make me happy. I don't care if their the biggest hits, I love them. Will always remind me of better times.
Something about this song just.. rules. I don't even know what it is. The chorus is just so catchy and yeah.. gosh, I don't even know it’s just my favorite.
This took me a long fucking time to make lmao. That's it. Enema of the State is better by the way.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/60UlppNJmcB2grupaRchsX?si=kpawrxbzQZKMC7vtL7GO1w&pi=6D2_OTDlQd-5j
I made this Playlist to show the order I think toypaj should have went. I like this order/song choice way more than the actual album lol.
This is the only song I'm like "it's okay". The chorus isn't as catchy as the others but I could still sing it if you asked me too so.. i think that just says more about blink. Anthem Pt.2 is better anyway.
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This songs good just not good as the others. Plus I have to skip the ending every time infront of my mom.
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Just a fun song. When it builds up to everything at the end is cool
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The verses used to get stuck in my head all the time. It would also have my dad sing "Don't let me door hit your ass!" Which is an interesting experience, I'll tell you that.
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I really shouldn't love Party Song as much as I do lmao, but i just can't help it. The chorus groove is so fun and lyrics are always a shocker to people when i play it. Aliens Exist i have nothing really to say besides it's a good song 🤷
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I feel like I'm putting this song low for what of a great song it is but it has to go here for the others.
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There's just something about this song i really like and.. I don't know what it is. It's that freaking chorus.
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Yes, I know, I didn't put a single non single song at the top 3, shoot me. I love all these songs just to clarify. Love this song aggression. Makes me hyped while bmxing
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Just a great song.
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I really don't care what you say about this song, the energy of this song is just fucking incredible. It gets me hyped. It's that driving rhythm of the guitar that's so good.
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One of the most beautiful songs ever written. It almost brings me to tears when I just absorb the song alone. This song and a couple other blink songs (Dammit, Feeling This, Always, I feel so from boxcar racer) have that.. feeling/emotion that's so incredible. They somehow create the most beautiful bittersweet feeling ever. It feels like just letting go and starting over when listening to this song. I love that. I need that.
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The big 3 means EOTS, TOYPAJ, and self titled. My favorite out of the 3 is EOTS but honestly just love all of them. What album do I listen to now? Neighborhoods? One more time? Dude ranch?