+44 presents fun challenges for a music listener, collector.
Firstly, how to alphabetize. As you can see, well, it goes after (500) Days of Summer.
Secondly, how do you feel about the band issues?
You see, I was always an unapologetic Blink-182 fan. Why apologize? Sure, they were part of the pop machine that ate punk, but they never portrayed themselves as the saviors of punk.
They were a fun band, with just enough soul. And they were always in on the joke. If the joke overwhelmed the music, so fucking what?
So when +44 ( a reference to the London area code, and the bands stated intention to be a little more New Wave) and Angels & Airwaves came out, it took a sec to decide which way to go.
Actually, it didn't. Angels & Airwaves will be skewered when I get to their CD. It was awful. But +44... it was good stuff. Blink 2.0, but good stuff. They tried a little bit, got a slightly different couple of songs, and quite frankly, rocked.
Album: +44
Year: 2006
Date Listened in Tour:10/18/10
Rating: ****
Best Song: Make You Smile
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