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8.0
88271
8.0 |
The Music
Blink-182 are well and truly back
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8.0
88276
8.0 |
All Music
The 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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7.0
88274
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
At its best, California shows Blink trying new ways to freshen up yesterday's racket
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7.0
88270
7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
California 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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7.0
88417
7.0 |
Gig Soup
'California' is equal parts progression and necessary regression in terms of getting back to the core of what blink-182 stands for
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6.0
88708
6.0 |
Spectrum Culture
The best way to listen to California is to surrender and let it happen to you
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6.0
88272
6.0 |
NME
‘California’ is too long, but has the humour, pace, emotion and huge choruses of a classic Blink record
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6.0
88273
6.0 |
Exclaim
Proves they can still be an incredibly dynamic pop punk band when they choose to be
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6.0
88282
6.0 |
Spin
The main problem with California isn’t that the songs are bad — it’s just that there are too many (16 for some reason), and not enough ideas to fill them
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5.2
88410
5.2 |
Pitchfork
Wants to be a pop-punk eminence album, evidence humbly submitted that this aging pack of skater brats is still young, selectively dumb, and full of commiserating angst
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5.0
88374
5.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Blink's first album in five years sweetens the pop side of pop punk
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4.5
88565
4.5 |
Beardfood
A mix of high-octane guitars and mildly depressing themes
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4.2
88296
4.2 |
A.V. Club
The sound of Blink-182 desperately trying to remain relevant by outsourcing its creativity
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4.0
88301
4.0 |
Evening Standard
There’s an underlying weariness to all they do and these fortysomethings sound rather tired of being frisky teenagers
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4.0
88305
4.0 |
The Guardian
A bloated and unwieldy return
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4.0
88275
4.0 |
Q
Desperately unadventurous. Print edition only
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4.0
88412
4.0 |
FasterLouder
Yes, there is a killer EP in here. If this was a five-track, 14-minute release comprised of ‘Cynical’, ‘Bored to Death’, ‘No Future’, ‘San Diego’ and ‘The Only Thing That Matters’, you’d have a top-notch release on your hands
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