Apparently i missed a bonus track called OUT OF MY HEAD. So i checked it out. Don't hate it. I like the overall vibe of the song like the bass and drums but i hate the guitar sound and weird effects. Solid chorus. Would've been a welcomed addition over some of the junk they kept on the album
Pretty spot on review imo. The album lacked fun songs that Blink is known for. One of the best tracks from the Nine sessions was a Japanese exclusive called “Out of My Head”. I felt it contained more of that Blink energy that this album desperately needed.
No heart to speak of is still the only skiba Era track I jam to. I subscribed to your patreon to hear your opinion on this song and I'm so glad you felt like this was a good song, in my opinion it feels like what blink should of capitalized on with him being in the band.
What? The majority of the album is pretty solid. California was hot flaming garbage. Its like Mark didn't let Matt sing or write anything and got pop producers to put synth over everything. Nine feels like Matt actually had to some say. Even if a song as a whole wasn't great Matts verses and choruses are the best parts of most of them, like heaven or hungover you. His writing is a stark contrast of marks on the nose Dr Seuss lyrics. It has some of my favorite recent blink songs even over OMT. That album disappointed me worse than Nine. Pin the grenade or the first time or black rain, so much legit Matt that you're not gonna hear from Alkaline or the sekrets
It was written by the band, John Feldman, Ali tamposi, Andrew watt, and happy Perez. The one they wrote with the chainsmokers is called p.s. I hope you’re happy 😀😀
@@littleredguitars2 Originally it had Miley Cyrus on it too, she sang the 2nd verse and the following choruses with Mark (honestly not the worst collab they've ever done lol)
I can agree comparing this to one more time. Remember to forget me will forever hold a place in my heart. Yeah, blame it on my youth was god awful. I’d rather listen to the demo of heaven than that. Honest review. Nice work
I agreed with about 90% of what you had to say here, so I think you’re pretty much spot on. It would have been cool to hear you compare this album to One More Time because they released one after the other and they are very different!
I still can't believe there were "fans" that actually felt Blink was better off with Matt and without Tom. There are some of these songs that are good, some of which i listened to and still do but only if they are just Mark vocals... Simply put, Mark and Travis worried more about keeping Blink going than finding a good replacement or going on another hiatus... Facts are, Blink is NOT Blink without Tom, not the music, not the live performances, not the overall feel of the band... I'm happy Tom is back and this band can be great again.. I'm a big fan of AVA and Boxcar; they are great bands because Tom is a great musician and it shows.. Mark's +44 was okay but basically a Blink without Tom again...
So I totally agree with your reviews/viewpoints structurally and musically.. and I can understand the lack of enthusiasm when reviewing these songs.. thank you for doing so, I enjoyed it, keep it up. Big fan.
My opinion on this album without going into too much detail, I think this album is the better of the two Skiba era albums, but I agree with you, it’s not brilliant. My favourites - Happy Days, Run Away, Pin the Grenade, No Heart to Speak of, On Some Emo Shit and Remember to Forget Me Least favourites- Blame it on my Youth, I really wish I hated you and hungover you But even most of the best ones don’t have a massive replay factors. My rating of the album- 4 to 5/10
Same couldn’t really pickup NINE after California. Gotta give it a go and listen to it . I could have listened to the whole album but I listened to this 40 minute review instead 😂
I really was hyped when NINE came out, and im not gonna lie, i liked it. But it was mostly because it's my favourite band, not because it is truly great. Now, compared to ONE MORE TIME, it's not even close.
I can agree with you on most of it, but i still like the album. Then again, I like California (Deluxe). No Heart to Speak of is absolutely a banger. I really wish Matt had more creative input and allowed him to be himself rather than a tool for the band.
I love blink, bored to death was really good, but to keep this short. Blink is back to there roots again now that Tom is back and now it sounds like (blink) !
I actually enjoy this album. My main problem with it is there isn't anything on it that screams "AMAZING" Even on California part 1 despite liking it less than Nine, Left alone I think is a KILLER song. On most blink albums with Tom though Id give a lot of the songs a 9/10, usually 8 at the lowest with maybe one 7/10. This album though is FULL of 7/10 tracks for me. I like them but don't love them. My favorites on the album are actually Hungover you and First Time, Out of my head is good too.
I’ll be honest. California really liked me. I think it was a fresh record. They brought back the Pop punk of the late 90s and mixed it with the Alternative rock sound of those days. But, with NINE for me was like a the second record of Plus-44. It didn’t sound like Blink. Very strange and lazy record.
While I loved this album initially I feel like your critique is valid! I do wish Matt was used a bit differently. No heart to speak of is fuckin amazing, and is how Matt should have been used. I love generational divide & ransom but do wish they were longer for sure. Also it’s better than California for sure and I like California
Idk why I'm sitting watching some American dude talk about an album that came out like 5 years ago lol. I dug the album as much as possible, loved most of it not all of it. Happy days always sucked imo. This album came out the week that my daughter was born so I listened to it on loop for days when I had to drive for hours to and from the hospital for a few days to see my wife and daughter while they were there 😂
I felt Nine was better than California by far. I felt that era was a bit of a hit and miss because Matt Skiba was never allowed to shine. He is also not a riffer!! They were really missing when Tom wasn’t in the band!
Have you seen the clip of someone asking Mark why they never played Nine songs live and he says something like "I didn't like nine, nobody liked nine." Speaks volumes.
I can understand why people didn't like this album. It didn't feel likev traditional blink. It wasn't fun and all that. This is one of my favorite and top 3 albums from them. Maybe it's because I'm older and NINE came out at the lowest point in my life and I related to all of the songs. Maybe I'm not hard to please. Basically I personally loved this album and liked it better than California, for the Skiba era. There's nothing wrong with a change in style but I i will also say that I really liked Tom back in the band and their album One more time.
When "dance with me" came out, I didnt like it, after a time I started to enjoy it naturally, not all nine songs r good to me but its an album that is not bad, I think in ur review u r being a little hard on them cuz is blink and bc of california which is an album i didnt heard lol, and I was on 0.5% top of blink fans last year on spotify
Blink were already a top40 band since like 1997 lol but FUUUCK; every record from the start of the matt era, to the newest one that dropped with Tom are like top40 sqaured or some shit lol not my thing personally
Actually really surprised you preferred it to California! For me, California is way more confident in what it's trying to do. It's not a great blink album, but it's an alright pop punk album. NINE has some much better songs (No Heart, Pin The Grenade, etc) but overall the quality is just down.
I wonder if Jerry Finn could have made a banger out of this line up if he would still be alive. When this came out, i had people saying "this gives me untitled vibes" That actually pissed me off.😂 And it would surprise me if Matt had any saying in the writing process at all. That whole period made it very clear (both in interviews as on the songs) that they had no real interest in actually working with Matts talents. The only song off those two albums that gave me true blink vibes was "home is such a lonely place"
While it’s not my fave I did think this was a huge improvement over California simply because it took more risks and didn’t play it as safe and while I think Matt was still underutilised, this album did make a better use of him then the last one And lyrically it felt a lot better and more authentic as opposed to California songs which felt very half arsed and clearly something that was done quickly (Which made sense cuz Feldmann often pushed Mark to write lyrics quickly and immediately record vocals which was never a good idea cuz what makes Mark so great is his lyrics and his best ones are the ones he takes the time to write) Still think Blame it on my Youth is their worst song yet and just has such a generic and boring chorus but I do like songs such as Hungover You, The First Time, Darkside, Generational Divide, (Although I’m not a fan of how loud Matt’s vocal is and the effect on his voice), Happy Days, No Heart To Speak Of. I don’t mind Heaven either Definitely prefer One More Time though, that’s the blink I wanted and it brought a nice balance between their older style and still pushing things forward (Hit a nice balance between the more serious moments and the songs that don’t take things too seriously) and it’s like a big soup of everything they’ve done and celebrating their entire career, plus the dynamic between Mark and Tom will always be an absolute highlight of blink and I’m glad Matt gets to put his full focus into Alkaline Trio now
Definitely a low point of blink. I really cringe at all the songs being about highschool and girls when youre pushing 50 and have been married for decades. Also vocals/instruments are super compressed which makes it lose all energy/realness. Also vocals sound autotuned. Overall the sad downtrend of blink. 2/10.
I think it was better than California, which felt like it was trying to emulate classic Blink without Tom. In Nine, it felt like Matt had settled in at that point and the band was going in a new direction, incorporating his style. I liked I Really Wish I Hated You, Black Rain and The First Time, but as a whole it barely resembled the Blink I fell in love with.
Not knowing how long it would be until Tom inevitably rejoined, I thought Nine showed promise of where they were heading next in the Skiba era. Blink has always been stronger when they move away from what’s comfortable/tried and true. One More Time feels like California Redux feat. Tom (massively better, but more “hey look, we can still be nostalgic!”). Hoping for some of the stronger Nine vibes on their next album.
Criticizes for trying something new in one sentence then says it’s all the same in the next. Haven’t listened to the album yet, but this review is puzzling. Can’t win it seems.
I have nothing wrong with trying something new but the directions they tried just make no sense. They need a producer who understands blink and knows how to make them a better version of themselves
The more I listen to you...the more I realise I think you really just don't like Matt. Edit: yep you hate black rain...which is great Matt work...I'm going.
I mean I like matt for alkaline trio. Their style and his vocals it works but for blink idk I just don't like it. It's the same as I live four year strong but throw matt in there on vocals and I'm like mehhh not feeling it. Take dan and throw him in blink...ahh not feeling it. Vocals have to fit with the style or it just feels off IMO
Hated this album, didn't like Blink with Skiba. They should have called the band a different name. It wasn't Blink without Tom. Erased that era from my mind.
Apparently i missed a bonus track called OUT OF MY HEAD. So i checked it out. Don't hate it. I like the overall vibe of the song like the bass and drums but i hate the guitar sound and weird effects. Solid chorus. Would've been a welcomed addition over some of the junk they kept on the album
What’s your rating?
I have to admit as a huge blink fan I’ve never listened to this album
Pretty spot on review imo. The album lacked fun songs that Blink is known for. One of the best tracks from the Nine sessions was a Japanese exclusive called “Out of My Head”. I felt it contained more of that Blink energy that this album desperately needed.
To be fair it was a “darker” album.
I love all the extra edits and work you’ve been putting in lately. It shows!
No heart to speak of is still the only skiba Era track I jam to. I subscribed to your patreon to hear your opinion on this song and I'm so glad you felt like this was a good song, in my opinion it feels like what blink should of capitalized on with him being in the band.
That song is soooo good
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What? The majority of the album is pretty solid. California was hot flaming garbage. Its like Mark didn't let Matt sing or write anything and got pop producers to put synth over everything. Nine feels like Matt actually had to some say. Even if a song as a whole wasn't great Matts verses and choruses are the best parts of most of them, like heaven or hungover you. His writing is a stark contrast of marks on the nose Dr Seuss lyrics. It has some of my favorite recent blink songs even over OMT. That album disappointed me worse than Nine. Pin the grenade or the first time or black rain, so much legit Matt that you're not gonna hear from Alkaline or the sekrets
The review we've all been waiting for, good job sir
'I Really Wish I Hated You' was written with the Chainsmokers, if that helps rationalize the Swift feeling.
Having help to write a really basic song is pretty embarrassing
It was written by the band, John Feldman, Ali tamposi, Andrew watt, and happy Perez. The one they wrote with the chainsmokers is called p.s. I hope you’re happy 😀😀
True, but sadly also more the standard than the exeption these days. @@littleredguitars2
True
@@littleredguitars2 Originally it had Miley Cyrus on it too, she sang the 2nd verse and the following choruses with Mark (honestly not the worst collab they've ever done lol)
I absolutely love this review content from you 👌
This album saved my life in covid era
Mark predicted covid in 2020 but the lyrics from 2019 :
Leave me in the sun, I'm melting like a Popsicle
Give me the flu, I'm dying in this hospital
this was a very interesting watch. I really liked this new setup of reviewing.
i like the fact that this is a very honest review. some songs are well written on that record and i’ll go back every now and then.
I had never listened to the album until your review. I would listen to a song and then go back to hear your thoughts lol. Waited years for this one! 😆
Pin the Grenade is probably the closest song to older blink during the Skiba era that I've really enjoyed.
When RUclips recommended me this video (I always watch your guitars), I thought it was an old review 🤣 Loved your enthusiasm and review. Cheers man
I can agree comparing this to one more time. Remember to forget me will forever hold a place in my heart. Yeah, blame it on my youth was god awful. I’d rather listen to the demo of heaven than that. Honest review. Nice work
I’m all for bands trying new things but Blame it on My Youth is just so boring and the chorus is so generic
Nice review... have you heard California Deluxe? Some great songs in there ( 6/8, bottom of the ocean, wildfire...)
I think I checked em out once right when they came out. forgot all about them tbh
Your head in your hands when you were coming into the Black Rain review. Had a long laugh about that. 😂😂
I agreed with about 90% of what you had to say here, so I think you’re pretty much spot on. It would have been cool to hear you compare this album to One More Time because they released one after the other and they are very different!
Emo shit, heaven, and ransom are probably my favorites off the album.
I would really like to hear you review the Japanese bonus track out of my head.
There’s a demo version of Heaven with no singing on Travis’ channel if y’all haven’t heard it yet
Weekend and Home are to Mark what Ghost is to Tom. Those must be the most used topics in their songs through history.
The best part about Skiba being in blink-182 is Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs. Whatever brought that album to fruition was all worth it.
For happy days they actually had another guitarist play on that song. Probably on other songs as well
I still can't believe there were "fans" that actually felt Blink was better off with Matt and without Tom. There are some of these songs that are good, some of which i listened to and still do but only if they are just Mark vocals... Simply put, Mark and Travis worried more about keeping Blink going than finding a good replacement or going on another hiatus... Facts are, Blink is NOT Blink without Tom, not the music, not the live performances, not the overall feel of the band... I'm happy Tom is back and this band can be great again.. I'm a big fan of AVA and Boxcar; they are great bands because Tom is a great musician and it shows.. Mark's +44 was okay but basically a Blink without Tom again...
So I totally agree with your reviews/viewpoints structurally and musically.. and I can understand the lack of enthusiasm when reviewing these songs.. thank you for doing so, I enjoyed it, keep it up. Big fan.
what do you think of Matt Skiba in nine?
My opinion on this album without going into too much detail, I think this album is the better of the two Skiba era albums, but I agree with you, it’s not brilliant.
My favourites - Happy Days, Run Away, Pin the Grenade, No Heart to Speak of, On Some Emo Shit and Remember to Forget Me
Least favourites- Blame it on my Youth, I really wish I hated you and hungover you
But even most of the best ones don’t have a massive replay factors.
My rating of the album- 4 to 5/10
Same couldn’t really pickup NINE after California. Gotta give it a go and listen to it . I could have listened to the whole album but I listened to this 40 minute review instead 😂
Priorities 🤙
Complety agree with you. 😅
I really was hyped when NINE came out, and im not gonna lie, i liked it. But it was mostly because it's my favourite band, not because it is truly great. Now, compared to ONE MORE TIME, it's not even close.
I can agree with you on most of it, but i still like the album. Then again, I like California (Deluxe). No Heart to Speak of is absolutely a banger. I really wish Matt had more creative input and allowed him to be himself rather than a tool for the band.
Have you done a review like this for one more time ?
I did review one more time. This one was a little more in depth though
I love blink, bored to death was really good, but to keep this short. Blink is back to there roots again now that Tom is back and now it sounds like (blink) !
You should listen to the Heaven Demo. I much prefer the sound on the demo. More +44 sounding
I actually enjoy this album.
My main problem with it is there isn't anything on it that screams "AMAZING"
Even on California part 1 despite liking it less than Nine, Left alone I think is a KILLER song.
On most blink albums with Tom though Id give a lot of the songs a 9/10, usually 8 at the lowest with maybe one 7/10.
This album though is FULL of 7/10 tracks for me.
I like them but don't love them.
My favorites on the album are actually Hungover you and First Time, Out of my head is good too.
I always thought of this album as the one I could play on the speakers when the people I'm with don't listen to blink.
Feldmann productions feel like a feverdream.
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I’ll be honest. California really liked me. I think it was a fresh record. They brought back the Pop punk of the late 90s and mixed it with the Alternative rock sound of those days. But, with NINE for me was like a the second record of Plus-44. It didn’t sound like Blink. Very strange and lazy record.
While I loved this album initially I feel like your critique is valid! I do wish Matt was used a bit differently. No heart to speak of is fuckin amazing, and is how Matt should have been used. I love generational divide & ransom but do wish they were longer for sure. Also it’s better than California for sure and I like California
Idk why I'm sitting watching some American dude talk about an album that came out like 5 years ago lol. I dug the album as much as possible, loved most of it not all of it. Happy days always sucked imo. This album came out the week that my daughter was born so I listened to it on loop for days when I had to drive for hours to and from the hospital for a few days to see my wife and daughter while they were there 😂
I genuinely like this album if you compare it to California, which isn't hard to beat.
I felt Nine was better than California by far. I felt that era was a bit of a hit and miss because Matt Skiba was never allowed to shine. He is also not a riffer!! They were really missing when Tom wasn’t in the band!
I can’t believe he actually he did.
Have you seen the clip of someone asking Mark why they never played Nine songs live and he says something like "I didn't like nine, nobody liked nine." Speaks volumes.
How can i get that clip?😂
@@Jorge30877 no idea at this point. I saw it in a reel on instagram a couple years ago.
i agree with almost everything except black rain (i like it) and i really wish... (i hate it)
I can understand why people didn't like this album. It didn't feel likev traditional blink. It wasn't fun and all that. This is one of my favorite and top 3 albums from them. Maybe it's because I'm older and NINE came out at the lowest point in my life and I related to all of the songs. Maybe I'm not hard to please. Basically I personally loved this album and liked it better than California, for the Skiba era. There's nothing wrong with a change in style but I i will also say that I really liked Tom back in the band and their album One more time.
This video is exactly three seconds less than the album's exact run time lol
When "dance with me" came out, I didnt like it, after a time I started to enjoy it naturally, not all nine songs r good to me but its an album that is not bad, I think in ur review u r being a little hard on them cuz is blink and bc of california which is an album i didnt heard lol, and I was on 0.5% top of blink fans last year on spotify
I still haven’t listened to this or California. And I don’t have much desire to.
misery and cynical are really good trust me
cynical for sure
My one word review for this album... YIKES!
i can see the suffering in your eyes 😂
Blink were already a top40 band since like 1997 lol but FUUUCK; every record from the start of the matt era, to the newest one that dropped with Tom are like top40 sqaured or some shit lol not my thing personally
dang idk why but i enjoyed this album got me through alot def not my favorite tho
Generational divide, is the best song on this record.
Actually really surprised you preferred it to California! For me, California is way more confident in what it's trying to do. It's not a great blink album, but it's an alright pop punk album. NINE has some much better songs (No Heart, Pin The Grenade, etc) but overall the quality is just down.
Solid argument. Cali is just forgettable for me. Really unremarkable. Nine is at least interesting if not always for a good reason
As long as you enjoyed No Heart To Speak Of is all that matters haha.
I wonder if Jerry Finn could have made a banger out of this line up if he would still be alive.
When this came out, i had people saying "this gives me untitled vibes"
That actually pissed me off.😂
And it would surprise me if Matt had any saying in the writing process at all. That whole period made it very clear (both in interviews as on the songs) that they had no real interest in actually working with Matts talents.
The only song off those two albums that gave me true blink vibes was "home is such a lonely place"
While it’s not my fave I did think this was a huge improvement over California simply because it took more risks and didn’t play it as safe and while I think Matt was still underutilised, this album did make a better use of him then the last one
And lyrically it felt a lot better and more authentic as opposed to California songs which felt very half arsed and clearly something that was done quickly (Which made sense cuz Feldmann often pushed Mark to write lyrics quickly and immediately record vocals which was never a good idea cuz what makes Mark so great is his lyrics and his best ones are the ones he takes the time to write)
Still think Blame it on my Youth is their worst song yet and just has such a generic and boring chorus but I do like songs such as Hungover You, The First Time, Darkside, Generational Divide, (Although I’m not a fan of how loud Matt’s vocal is and the effect on his voice), Happy Days, No Heart To Speak Of. I don’t mind Heaven either
Definitely prefer One More Time though, that’s the blink I wanted and it brought a nice balance between their older style and still pushing things forward (Hit a nice balance between the more serious moments and the songs that don’t take things too seriously) and it’s like a big soup of everything they’ve done and celebrating their entire career, plus the dynamic between Mark and Tom will always be an absolute highlight of blink and I’m glad Matt gets to put his full focus into Alkaline Trio now
Definitely a low point of blink. I really cringe at all the songs being about highschool and girls when youre pushing 50 and have been married for decades.
Also vocals/instruments are super compressed which makes it lose all energy/realness. Also vocals sound autotuned.
Overall the sad downtrend of blink. 2/10.
I think it was better than California, which felt like it was trying to emulate classic Blink without Tom. In Nine, it felt like Matt had settled in at that point and the band was going in a new direction, incorporating his style. I liked I Really Wish I Hated You, Black Rain and The First Time, but as a whole it barely resembled the Blink I fell in love with.
This album sucked.. full stop
Not knowing how long it would be until Tom inevitably rejoined, I thought Nine showed promise of where they were heading next in the Skiba era. Blink has always been stronger when they move away from what’s comfortable/tried and true. One More Time feels like California Redux feat. Tom (massively better, but more “hey look, we can still be nostalgic!”). Hoping for some of the stronger Nine vibes on their next album.
Criticizes for trying something new in one sentence then says it’s all the same in the next. Haven’t listened to the album yet, but this review is puzzling. Can’t win it seems.
I have nothing wrong with trying something new but the directions they tried just make no sense. They need a producer who understands blink and knows how to make them a better version of themselves
The more I listen to you...the more I realise I think you really just don't like Matt. Edit: yep you hate black rain...which is great Matt work...I'm going.
Bye
I mean I like matt for alkaline trio. Their style and his vocals it works but for blink idk I just don't like it. It's the same as I live four year strong but throw matt in there on vocals and I'm like mehhh not feeling it. Take dan and throw him in blink...ahh not feeling it. Vocals have to fit with the style or it just feels off IMO
Good review. The album is basically trash.
idk i wouldn’t say trash. it has its good moments
Hated this album, didn't like Blink with Skiba. They should have called the band a different name. It wasn't Blink without Tom. Erased that era from my mind.
NINE is 100x better than California
What's 100x zero?
Dark side sounds like Metro Station. The entire album is garbage
Harsh review boo to u sir 👎🏼
Don't let my opinions ruin your day
suck it up buttercup 😂
@@littleredguitars2 My days All Good Thanks mate🙏🏼