The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!)
The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!) | ||||
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Live album by Blink-182 | ||||
Released | November 7, 2000 | |||
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November 4, 1999 at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, California November 5, 1999 at Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, California | |||
Genre | Pop punk | |||
Length | 61:52 | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Producer | Jerry Finn | |||
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Singles from The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!) | ||||
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The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!) is a live album by the American pop-punk band Blink-182. Produced by Jerry Finn, the album was released on November 7, 2000 through MCA Records. Recorded over two nights at performances in the band's home of California in November 1999, The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!) primarily features songs from the band's third album, Enema of the State (1999), as well as selected tracks from previous albums Dude Ranch (1997) and Cheshire Cat (1995).
"Man Overboard", a studio track and outtake from the band's Enema of the State sessions, accompanies the release and was issued as its lead single, peaking at number two on Billboard 's Modern Rock Tracks chart. Although the album was promoted as a limited edition release, the record came back into print in 2006 due to popular demand.
Background
The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!) was recorded at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, California and November 5, 1999 at Universal Amphitheatre in Universal City, California on the group's Loserkids Tour.[1][2][3] The colorful, cartoonish album artwork contains several characters illustrated on previous Blink-182 releases, including aliens, the dancing bunny, wizards and a caricature of Enema of the State cover model Janine Lindemulder alongside caricatures of bassist Mark Hoppus, guitarist Tom DeLonge and drummer Travis Barker.[1] The LP was initially meant to be a strictly limited-edition release (although one million copies were pressed), but nonetheless, the album came back into print in 2006 due to popular demand.[1]
"Man Overboard", the only studio track for the album, was initially written and demoed for blink-182’s previous album, Enema of the State. The band entered the studio to record a final version of the song in mid-2000.[4] The song first saw release streaming for one month (starting in September 2000) on the band’s official website, MTV.com, and KROQ.com.[5]
Following "Man Overboard", the album returns to a live environment with 29 hidden tracks collectively known as Words of Wisdom. These document examples of Mark and Tom's stage banter towards one another. Their toilet humor jokes are something the band is renowned for and are exampled here. The album also features previously unreleased material, including toilet humor songs, such as "Family Reunion" (released on Short Music for Short People in 1999), "Blow Job" and "The Country Song".
"Dick Lips" is censored as "Rich Lips", and "Blow Job" is censored as "Blew Job" on the track listing on the back cover, however they are written correctly on the inside of the American edition. The adult-themed songs were omitted from listening booths at various mainstream music stores such as HMV.
Song changes
- In "Don't Leave Me", Mark says, "Just like last night" instead of "Just like last time".
- In "Aliens Exist" Tom changes the lines, "I got an injection/of fear from the abduction/my best friend thinks I'm just telling lies" to, "I got an injection/of love from the erection/my best friend thinks I'm just humping guys." When Tom sings the last line, "I'm not like you guys, twelve majestic lies", Mark chimes in afterward, singing "Tom has sex with guys".
- In "Going Away to College," Mark sings "But you're so beautiful, Skylee" (from his wife's name Skye Everly), instead of "But you're so beautiful to me." At the end of the song, Mark sings, "But you're so beautiful" which is where the song would end on the studio album, but he adds, "To Travis!"
- In "What's My Age Again", Mark changes the words "What's my age again" to "Where's my Asian friend" the second time he says it in each chorus, then repeats the changed lyric at the end of the song. Also in "What's My Age Again", Mark changes the line "What the hell is..." to "What the fuck is..." in each chorus. During the bridge, he yells "It's the slow pretty part!"
- In "Voyeur", there are two lyric changes. In the first verse, "The lonely guy I am, I wait for her to change" is changed to "The lonely guy I am, I like to watch her change." In the bridge, "He kicks my ass so much, that filthy white inbred" is changed to "He kicks my ass so much, that fucking white inbred," although the same cannot be said about the second time around. Also, right before Mark's solo, the band pauses so that he can get ready, confusing the audience, but also giving him and Tom time to crack a couple jokes.
- Mark changes the words in "Carousel" from "I guess it's just another," to "I had sex with your mother." The second time, he rolls his tongue and screams "Brrr stick 'em!". This a reference to the Reel Big Fish song "SR"
- In "The Country Song" Mark makes a reference at the end to South Park Bigger Longer and Uncut, by singing "...shut your fucking face, Uncle Fucker!", which is part of the lyrics in the song "Uncle Fucker" in the movie itself.
- In "Dick Lips" Mark chimes in on the second chorus right before the bridge, repeating the lyrics Tom sings at a slightly higher pitch.
Release and reception
The album debuted at number eight on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 110,000 copies.[6]
Melody Maker observed that the album, "obeys the First Three Laws Of Rock: have a good time; maintain the generation gap; keep it simple." In the USA, Spin were similarly instant in their appreciation of the release, and weren't afraid to enjoy the "self-deprecating one-liners about boobies, boners and crooked wieners."[1] AllMusic wrote that "in the midst of teen pop mediocrity and post-grunge rollickers, it's good to see a band such as blink-182 enjoying its time on top of the world,"[7] but not all reviews were positive, however: British magazine NME described the album as "the tragic sound of three men so desperately trying to avoid growing up."[8]
Consequence of Sound retrospectively reviewed the album in 2008, writing that "If you yourself were not into the band, you know someone who was, and the tour that this recording is from sold out many large venues for a good reason. They knew how to write catchy punk rock with more on stage energy than I have seen to date."[9]
The album is now out of print as of April 2010.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Blink-182.
No. | Title | Length | |
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1. | "Dumpweed" | 2:53 | |
2. | "Don't Leave Me" | 2:38 | |
3. | "Aliens Exist" | 3:43 | |
4. | "Family Reunion" | 0:51 | |
5. | "Going Away to College" | 3:40 | |
6. | "What's My Age Again?" | 3:18 | |
7. | "Rich Lips" | 3:35 | |
8. | "Blew Job" | 0:41 | |
9. | "Untitled" | 3:07 | |
10. | "Voyeur" | 3:28 | |
11. | "Pathetic" | 2:51 | |
12. | "Adam's Song" | 4:35 | |
13. | "Peggy Sue" | 3:47 | |
14. | "Wendy Clear" | 4:09 | |
15. | "Carousel" | 3:38 | |
16. | "All the Small Things" | 3:35 | |
17. | "Mutt" | 3:39 | |
18. | "The Country Song" | 1:00 | |
19. | "Dammit" | 3:05 | |
20. | "Man Overboard" (studio track) | 2:46 | |
Total length: |
61:52 |
Hidden tracks | ||||||||||
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No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
21. | "Start My Own Nudist Colony" | 0:23 | ||||||||
22. | "Fuck Everybody Else" | 0:38 | ||||||||
23. | "Say Some Dirty Words" | 0:34 | ||||||||
24. | "I Like Your Hair" | 0:09 | ||||||||
25. | "For All the Ladies..." | 0:21 | ||||||||
26. | "Golf Tournament" | 0:35 | ||||||||
27. | "A Note from Your Mom" | 0:16 | ||||||||
28. | "What I Learned in Fifth Grade" | 0:07 | ||||||||
29. | "Fuck You Tom" | 0:18 | ||||||||
30. | "Smells Like Blood and Feces" | 0:18 | ||||||||
31. | "Safe Sex" | 0:25 | ||||||||
32. | "The Most Special Kind of Love" | 0:27 | ||||||||
33. | "My Boner Just Died" | 0:11 | ||||||||
34. | "Someone Lost a Contact Lens" | 0:25 | ||||||||
35. | "I Gotta Go Pee-Pee" | 0:33 | ||||||||
36. | "Hurt Kid" | 0:17 | ||||||||
37. | "I Wish I Took Bass Lessons" | 0:19 | ||||||||
38. | "I Know a Guy" | 0:42 | ||||||||
39. | "Excuse Me, Security Guard" | 0:22 | ||||||||
40. | "Mark's Middle Name" | 0:10 | ||||||||
41. | "I Still Have to Go Pee" | 0:10 | ||||||||
42. | "You Shave Your Ass!" | 0:35 | ||||||||
43. | "We Need a New Guitarist" | 0:17 | ||||||||
44. | "If I Were a Girl" | 0:05 | ||||||||
45. | "Santa Will Rape Your Dogs" | 0:14 | ||||||||
46. | "I'm Ashamed to Be Myself" | 0:22 | ||||||||
47. | "Fuck Wiping!" | 0:18 | ||||||||
48. | "7-Up" | 0:06 | ||||||||
49. | "Last Words from Satan" | 0:56 | ||||||||
50. | "13 Miles" (Japanese bonus track) | 2:09 |
- All songs are live, excluding "Man Overboard".
- The tracks starting at 21 are hidden tracks and consist mainly of jokes, known collectively as Words of Wisdom. Or, getting the live album on iTunes, the hidden tracks are put together as one set called 'Shut Up and Play a Song.'
Personnel
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Release history
Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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United States | November 5, 2000 | MCA | CD | 088 112 379-2 |
Europe | 112 379-2[23] | |||
United States | May 2011 | Universal Music | LP | STDHT-ST01 |
External links
- Hoppus, Anne (October 1, 2001). Blink-182: Tales from Beneath Your Mom. MTV Books / Pocket Books. ISBN 0-7434-2207-4.
- Shooman, Joe (June 24, 2010). Blink-182: The Bands, The Breakdown & The Return. Independent Music Press. ISBN 978-1-906191-10-8.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Shooman, 2010. p. 79-80
- ↑ The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!) (liner notes). blink-182. US: MCA. 2000. 112379.
- ↑ Waddell, Ray (1999-10-18). "blink-182’s Loserkids to be First Tour for House of Blues concerts". AllBusiness.com. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
- ↑ Basham, David (2000-08-28). "Blink-182 Records New Song For Live Album". MTV News. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
- ↑ Mancini, Robert (2000-08-30). "blink-182 To Debut New Track Online". MTV News. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
- ↑ "Blink-182 Opens At No. 1, Sugar Ray Debuts High". Billboard. June 2001. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
- ↑ The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back) - Allmusic
- ↑ NME Album Reviews - The Mark, Tom & Travis Show: The Enema Strikes Back - NME.COM
- ↑ Consequence of Sound
- ↑ - The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!). Australian-charts.com. Retrieved on January 18, 2014.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 blink-182 - Awards - Allmusic. Allmusic. Retrieved on January 18, 2014.
- ↑ - The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!). Austriancharts.at. Retrieved on January 18, 2014.
- ↑ InfoDisc : Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste. Infodisc.fr. Retrieved on January 18, 2014. NB user has to select "Blink 182" from the drop down list.
- ↑ Chartverfolgung / Blink-182 / Longplay. Musicline.de (in German). Retrieved on January 18, 2014.
- ↑ - The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!). Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved on January 18, 2014.
- ↑ - The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!). Charts.org.nz. Retrieved on January 18, 2014.
- ↑ - Blink-182 - Artist - Official Charts. Officialcharts.com. Retrieved on January 18, 2014.
- ↑ "The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!) Chart History". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
- ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
- ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Blink 182 – The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!)". Music Canada.
- ↑ "British album certifications – Blink-182 – The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!)". British Phonographic Industry. Enter The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!) in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search
- ↑ "American album certifications – Blink-182 – The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!)". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
- ↑ "Blink-182 - The Mark, Tom and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!) (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
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