Enema Of The State

blink-182

1999

3.37

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Genres: Rock, Punk Styles: Pop Punk, Alternative Rock, Pop Rock

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Album Summary

Enema of the State is the third studio album by American rock band Blink-182, released on June 1, 1999, by MCA Records. After a long series of performances at various clubs and festivals and several indie recordings throughout the 1990s, Blink-182 first achieved popularity on the Warped Tour and in Australia following the release of their second album Dude Ranch (1997) and its rock radio hit "Dammit." To record their third album, Blink-182 turned to veteran punk rock producer Jerry Finn, who previously worked on Green Day's breakthrough album Dookie (1994). Enema was the band's first album to feature second drummer Travis Barker, who replaced original drummer Scott Raynor. The group recorded with Finn over a period of three months at numerous locations, including their hometown of San Diego and in Los Angeles. Finn was key in producing the fast-paced, melodic mixes, creating a pop-punk sound with a more radio-friendly, accessible polish. Lyrically, the album is inspired by adolescent frustration and relationships. Guitarist Tom DeLonge and bassist Mark Hoppus primarily culled stories from friends and autobiographical situations to craft summer-related tracks revolving around breakups, suburban parties and maturity, as well as more offbeat subject matter such as UFO conspiracy theories. The cover artwork for Enema of the State features porn star Janine Lindemulder famously clad in a nurse uniform; the title is a pun on the term enemy of the state. Enema of the State was an enormous commercial success, although the band was criticized as synthesized, manufactured pop only remotely resembling punk, and pigeonholed as a joke act due to the puerile slant of its singles and associating music videos. The album sold over 15 million copies worldwide, catapulting the band to become one of the biggest rock bands of the turn of the millennium. "What's My Age Again?", "All the Small Things", and "Adam's Song" became hit singles and MTV staples, generating heavy radio airplay. Enema of the State has retrospectively been hailed as a quintessential pop-punk album and had an extensive impact on the genre and beyond, reinventing it for a new generation, influencing numerous bands as well as artists from other genres, and spawning countless tributes and accolades.

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Feb 16 2024 Author

If there is any other album that came out that spoke directly to 15 year old me, I don’t know what it is. I spun this album so many times in my discman (parents wouldn’t approve if I played in my stereo) that I swear I was going to burn a hole through the CD. The greatest pop punk album of all time. They mastered the genre.

Feb 24 2024 Author

Yeah, there is no good reason this was left of the list. Kind of THE pop-punk album in my mind.

Feb 24 2024 Author

It's basically the defining pop-punk album, sharing a tight first place with Dookie. How this wasn't on the original list is genuinely baffling to me.

Feb 15 2024 Author

I must admit that I like finding "should have beens on the list" more than local rarities or personal favorites. Although in this case it is so close to a guilty pleasure... great memories anyway, and a bunch of truly great songs!

Feb 25 2024 Author

I met a girl in college who was into Blink-182. Listening to this now makes me wonder what she saw in it. If I had ended up with her, I might have developed a special place in my heart for this. I think I dodged a bullet.

Mar 04 2024 Author

The superior 182 album. Way better than the official album on the list

Mar 13 2024 Author

♬This world's an ugly place, but you're so beautiful to me♬

Mar 14 2024 Author

The drivers in traffic were witness of how much I enjoyed this album. So many sing-along moments.

Feb 25 2024 Author

Another album I'm surprised wasn't on the list, just cause it was so influential for that angsty pop-punk formula that was very popular in middle/high school for me. I suppose it has longevity but it's not something I wanna listen to anymore. Still, an important punk album.

Apr 04 2024 Author

Ahhh look, I was 15 when this album came out. I wasn't a huge blink fan, but they were VERY hard to ignore. They'd already had a few hits, really quickly took over Offspring/Green Day, poor NOFX left in the dust. I remember the radio charts were pretty full of boy/girl bands and blingy rap at the time, the "big alternative" music was mostly nu-metal, but then these guys were just fucking THERE. And this was their peak. All the lyrics appealed to kinda loser teenage boys like me - felt like the whole album was about girls not wanting to know you or not being allowed to go out on the weekend, which was my direct experience in my teens lol. Crazy how much that resonated with me now, but eh. NOFX is still way better and criminally underrated imo, but Blink 182 was also pretty rad. 4/5.

Jul 28 2025 Author

Music to refuse to clean your room by.

Mar 05 2024 Author

Definitely enjoyed this more than blink-182 S/T but also definitely grew out of pop punk. Some of the stuff on this album also aged pretty poorly. 7/10

Mar 29 2024 Author

A finde piece of commercially viable college skate punk. Quite entertaining

Apr 18 2024 Author

I can confirm that I am 23 and no one likes me

Mar 04 2024 Author

🤟

Jul 31 2025 Author

Enema of the State is pop-punk 101: catchy hooks, juvenile lyrics, fast tempos, and a sense of bratty fun. It’s emblematic of a specific moment in late-'90s/early-2000s music culture, but it's not particularly groundbreaking or deep. Two massive singles gave it rocket fuel, but musically, there were much better bands doing this kind of thing with more bite and substance. It's fine. Just not essential. 3* for cultural impact, not musical innovation.

Jul 16 2025 Author

Oof. This short-lived genre of music sounds whiny in retrospect.

Apr 16 2024 Author

Era-defining pop-punk album

Mar 05 2024 Author

8/10. Okay, I can see why this album gets hyped up. Great name for an album as well

Mar 17 2024 Author

Classique Pop punk, de bons souvenris avec beaucoup de nostalgie. 4.5

Mar 03 2024 Author

Blink devote themselves to angsty miniatures on Enema, and the middle stretch boasts a trio of songs as good as anything out there. After that, the landing feels a little underwhelming, the aftertaste simplified. Still, every melody has a place, electricity courses, there are snatches of what, telling on oneself, one could even call wisdom.

Apr 18 2024 Author

This LP stands on a strong basis of fun (if somewhat repetitive) pop-punk tracks, but what elevates it to classic territory is the more involved songwriting efforts – "All The Small Things," "Adam's Song," and "Age Again?" are the beating heart of this album, serious narratives wrapped in a deceptive gauze of power chords and feedback. A few more of these tracks could have done the album well (it still feels a little off-balance in favor of somewhat generic filler), but the sheer popularity and staying power of the core classics here means this is a notable listen and a great addition to the list.

Aug 24 2025 Author

It's ok I guess- not my cup of tea and a bit manufactured. I think if I'd grown up with this it would mean more. It's like a boyband with a pop-punk slant.

Apr 02 2024 Author

Blink-182 and me will never be best friends. But I have to say that after actually listening to this properly, they climbed a notch on the friendship ladder. Instead of being long lost high-school classmates who ignored each other during the entirety of the high-school years, we are now actually on speaking terms. I now see us having a beer together from time to time. Nothing fancy, and only when they do bring plenty of snacks to go with the beers.

Aug 30 2024 Author

i'm sure it's great if you're 13

Apr 20 2025 Author

Not a fan of blink-182. They kinda stink-182.

Jul 26 2025 Author

Stay classy, San Diego. Seemingly overlooked in the ongoing debate about just how far outside punk this is (obviously way outside according to major gatekeepers’ and purists) is whether or not making punk more accessible and safe for mall rats might be the punkest thing of all. But more to the actual point, this is silly and puerile, sophomoric and jejuene and seems maybe to have got more so over time. Its appeal to a certain cohort also seems clearer in retrospect, thanks to the pristine production and catchy hooks. Blink-182 certainly did not go broke (and appear to have had fun in) underestimating the taste of the American public (or at least suburban teenagers), though it's not clear they had any better taste; they also made themselves entirely deserving targets of elitist critical disdain. Maybe that’s a fair trade. Certainly doesn't belong on list proper, save as a replacement as Britney Spears, whose at least as punk as this lot, at least in one's (not entirely informed) view.

Apr 02 2024 Author

I already commented on this when I heared blink-182. I think this just infantile punkpop and shouldn't be on anybodies eindlist in my opinion. Sorry if any vulnerable souls were hurt while reading this subjective review 😉

Nov 11 2024 Author

The musical equivalent of American Pie 3. Purile, unfunny, and objectively bad. Also, totally lacking in edge. Just so, so predictable and dull. Rating: 1 Playlist track: All the Small Things Date listened: 16/11/24

Apr 24 2025 Author

Bratty in a way that charli xcx could only dream of achieving. It's a masterfully-executed vision, but it is so goddamn stupid

Aug 08 2025 Author

Overrated

Sep 02 2024 Author

I frickin' love this album. Pop punk at its finest. Maybe the Party Song is a bit weak, but otherwise the album is start to finish catchy mostly fun (thanks Adam's Song) bangers that double down on goofball youth and their priorities.

Sep 02 2024 Author

A really powerhouse of an album with unlimited energy that gives such a good and unfiltered view of young adulthood and it's joys and pains.

Oct 01 2024 Author

I remember hating the blink-182 album that’s on the list so I’m baffled why they didn’t choose this one instead. It has all of their hits, still holds up today, and is a pretty important album of the 90s so why not choose it. Everyone knows all the hits from this so I won’t repeat them here but almost everything rocked on this album. This would’ve gone even more crazy if I had been born 15 years earlier or discovered this when I was like 14. Also pretty decent walking around the park high music surprisingly.

Dec 01 2024 Author

When I think of poppy punk skater music, several songs from this album comes to mind. Blink-182 sort of defined the genre and not having this on the 1001 list is an oversight considering the influence this had on music. All The Small Things and Whats My Age Again? Were monster hits. More reason why leaving this off was an oversight I would think. Not to mention, it’s catchy as all get-out. Fun!

Dec 01 2024 Author

I feel 18 years old when I listen to this (although maybe not the actual 18-year-old I was). Fun!

Dec 27 2024 Author

Believe it or not, I've never listened to this one all the way through. I don't know why. It's a classic, and it should have made the list. The touchpoints here are incredible, from the now played out huge hits, to Adam's Song, which hinted at the future and bigger things. I keep seeing comments about another Blink album on the list. I never saw one?

Feb 01 2025 Author

All of the songs (except maybe Adam's song) sound pretty similar, but I like the song they all sound like! Often silly, regularly fast, the sound of my high school and the years that followed. I counted, and think I have covered over half these songs in one band or another. This is more a sign of time and genre than quality, but still interesting (to me at least)!

Mar 30 2025 Author

Just a monumental album to me, and one that will always hold a special place in my heart.

May 07 2025 Author

This is a banger of an album, really takes me back.

Sep 01 2025 Author

It’s pop-punk perfection and a perfect reflection of Y2K adolescence No notes.

Sep 11 2025 Author

Nice! Great album, I'm actually seeing Blink in about a week so good timing on this one.

Sep 15 2025 Author

A titan of pop punk. All the Small Things is just an absolutely iconic song, and there's so many more here too.

Oct 20 2025 Author

Love this album, though their follow-up Take Off Your Pants and Jacket might be even better. I know some people don't like Blink or think they watered down punk, but it's just as cleverly irreverent as classic punk and way more melodic. So why hate on pop punk? A weakness of classic punk is limited musicianship and flawed vocals, and that's not here. It is FUN as hell. Everybody knows the two big singles What's My Age Again and All the Small Things (stone cold classics), which are models of juvenile delinquency and/or pop punk simplicity, but Adam's Song shows their deeper lyrical and musical ability. Other great lighthearted songs are Dumpweed, Don't Leave Me, Dysentery Gary, The Party Song, Wendy Clear, while another great deeper song is Aliens Exist (still has goofy moments). This album was a watershed moment for pop punk - a genre that lasted just as long as other genres recognized on the 1,001 list - k and really should've been on the list.

Feb 10 2026 Author

Favourite songs: What's My Age Again?, All the Small Things, Adam's Song, Dumpweed, Mutt, Don't Leave Me, Going Away to College, Aliens Exist, Dysentery Gary, Wendy Clear Least favourite songs: The Party Song 5/5

Feb 10 2026 Author

Is the album any good? Dunno, don't care, I love it.

May 10 2024 Author

Another should've been, or rather, I thought was, on the list album. A fine shot of nostalgia.

May 31 2024 Author

RIGHT IN THE FEELS. This brings me back. Can't disagree with blink-182. 2 people picking blink on "personal choice" records is a bit wild... I think the Blink 182 self titled is probably "more 1001" however you can't go wrong with Enema of the State.

Jun 06 2024 Author

This album is the prototypical pop-punk album along with Green Day's Dookie. There's no reason it should have been left off the original list. I do prefer Green Day to blink-182, but this is still a great record. I was definitely the target demographic, but was not into this kind of music when I was younger. I recognize now that this is a seminal album criticizing a cookie cutter suburban existence. Ironically, blink-182 themselves were criticized for their slick over produced sound. Regardless, this album manages to still sound energetic and potent with an added sense of nostalgia.

Jun 14 2024 Author

I have heard this album previously. I was surprised that it did not make the official list given what albums did make the list. I do not think I would revisit the entire album again but I would revisit several songs again. I will round up.

Jun 18 2024 Author

Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Don’t leave me, What’s my age again?, Dysentery Gary, All the small things

Jul 28 2024 Author

One of the best albums of so many people’s childhood/teens/early adulthood . Blink 182 was able to capture so many people with their garage punk rock sound. This album has at least 4 major hits and emus easily their best album. Everything about growing up in the late 90s early 00s can be heard through this album. A nostalgic album that still rocks hard today. 8.4/10

Aug 04 2024 Author

Nostalgic

Aug 19 2024 Author

Lots and lots of energy, fun and catchy tunes. I like it.

Oct 08 2024 Author

Pop-punk, skate punk. Un megahit. Venga, un 4.

Oct 10 2024 Author

I'm sure that I've mocked this band over the years and I'm a little annoyed thinking about Tom DeLong walking around the stands in San Diego wearing a Padres jersey while they were beating my beloved Dodgers in the playoffs last night (first thing I thought of when this album was generated last night.) I'm not gonna deny catching myself singing along to All The Small Things when it came on today though. There's always been a place for pop punk going back to The Buzzcocks and this is a fun poppy representation of pop punk that I totally would've been into if I was in high school when it came out.

Dec 01 2024 Author

Oh! They're from Poway!

Dec 01 2024 Author

Not over the moon, but maybe just mooned...

Jan 24 2025 Author

Blink’s best album and a fantastic slice of energetic and catchy pop-punk, with Travis Barker solidifying his place in the group with some of the most ridiculously quick and technical drumming the genre has ever seen. The only thing keeping this from being a 5 is that there are a couple of songs (especially Mutt and Wendy Clear towards the end) that do absolutely nothing for me. But when the album hits, it really hits. There are the huge singles What’s My Age Again and All the Small Things, the more retrospective Adam’s Song, and the up-tempo ragers Dumpweed and The Party Song - so much variety for a pretty commercial pop-punk record and just a very fun time

Jan 27 2025 Author

Fully enjoyable. I was more of a Sum-41 girl, not sure why, but this took me right back. Unfortunately will never get my head round the whole Kardashian thing.

Feb 05 2025 Author

4.5

Feb 08 2025 Author

Admittedly, I avoided Blink because everyone I knew who was into them was into *only* them and that's it. Plus, my listening of "Take Off Your Pants and Jacket" didn't have me go back for more. I'd imagine it'd be a different story if I went with this album and not the former. Blink's juvenile sense of humor is on display, for better and worse, but their ability to write a pop hook really kills. The switching vocals provide relief that you'll never get too bored or annoyed by one voice. It's a solid album of youthful nostalgia, at least for me. Favorite tracks: "Aliens Exist", "What's My Age Again?", "Don't Leave Me"

Feb 12 2025 Author

Never been a huge blink-182 fan but this album was everywhere around that time period. It really nails the time period and atmosphere of the time. It's a baffling ommission from the original list. My personal rating: 3/5 My rating relative to the list: 4/5 Should this have been included on the original list? Yes. Strong yes.

Mar 29 2025 Author

Tell me you're an elder millennial without telling me you're an elder millenial. Naturally Blink 182 started out kinda X-y but this album particularly has to be one of the signifiers, stating that Gen X had truly passed. I think that the start of the changeover is probably pretty easily tied into the 1995 Amy Heckerling fillum Clueless. Clueless featured the dying strains of X - Bowie, Radiohead, Coolio, for real X-gen stuff. But notably there was also some No Doubt and Mighty Mighty Bosstones, whose ska-punk ushered in the millennials, and Blink 182, The Offspring and Green Day all jumped into new, more poppy and rocky variations, but all very noticeably shifting from a late X sound to a discernibly different Millennial one. Naturally, as one of the last of X I find Blink 182 to be mostly juvenile and overhyped. That being said, a couple of tracks on here are genuinely pretty good. And they do very much exemplify the change of an epoch. So there's that.

Apr 21 2025 Author

Blink 182 are one of the titans of the 90’s/00’s pop punk surge. Great music overall

May 02 2025 Author

Wasn’t my favourite album at the time, (was dude ranch when I was 14) but looking back this is probably peak blink 182, when they improved there production and still had an edgy pop punk sound. They went downhill from here in my eyes.if I was to include 1 blink album on the List it would have to be this one.

May 07 2025 Author

This was a good nostalgic listen! The purer simple days of pop punk. Love it

May 08 2025 Author

May 9, 2025 HL: "Going Away to College", "What's My Age Again", "All the Small Things", "Adam's Song", "Wendy Clear" blah, skate punk, no thanks. (35 minutes later) there is something to this skate punk First Blink-182 album, but doesn't really feel like it with how much I've heard the most famous tracks. The *less* famous tracks don't stray far from the formula, but I'd be shocked if they did. *throws 4 stars on the counter* Keep the change

Jun 10 2025 Author

I'm not a blink-182 fan or anything, but I think their earlier stuff is pretty good. This album is kinda where they started to go downhill for me. It till has some great songs like Dysentery Gary, but also some absolute cringe like Adam's Song. Still, compared to most of these user-submitted albums (and a lot of the original list, really), I enjoyed this more.

Jun 14 2025 Author

Great US pop punk. Wholesome and difficult to dislike.

Jun 22 2025 Author

Genuinely surprised how much I enjoyed this. It just flows so nicely as an album and does that gapless thing which is so cool.

Aug 12 2025 Author

Pop-punk inofensivo, bastante orientado al público juvenil. Estilo definido y repetitivo, misma secuencia. Me gusta, aunque le hubiese faltado algo más de agresividad o de variedad

Aug 16 2025 Author

You don't really need my review. You know what it is. Its good and a landmark. It should have been on the main list.

Aug 26 2025 Author

I thought for sure this album would have been on the original list.

Oct 16 2025 Author

What the hell, was this not included on the original list? Of all the misses so far, I think this might be the most egregious. The cultural impact was (and is) massive, and I really enjoy the silliness of blink-182 who never become truly obnoxious like some of their pop-punk peers.

Nov 13 2025 Author

My age is 23. Nobody likes me. 4/5

Nov 14 2025 Author

Between Tom DeLonge's whiny vocals and plenty of terrible lyrics, blink-182 should be intolerable. But somehow it still winds up being infectious despite those glaring faults. The complete absence of blink-182 on the 1001 is an inexcusable oversight. I don't love them, but I can't deny their popularity and impact in the late 2000s. They inspired a lot of other whiny singing and cringy pop punk, so overall a good addition on an album I have very mixed feelings about.

Dec 14 2025 Author

So like I said before, I never quite got on with blink-182 in the way I probably should've as a pop punk kid, but Enema of the State should've been on the original list because it was one of the biggest albums in a genre that was massive for a fairly long time, and the list completely pretty much shuns everything that defined an era. As an album I like it but don't and never loved it, the singles are loads better than the album tracks, Adam's Song being exceptionally underrated, but it's still a pretty good listen, gets a lot done in 35 minutes and shows plenty of versatility. Gets a 4/5.

Jan 05 2026 Author

Solid pop punk

Feb 24 2024 Author

There was a blink-182 album on the official list and I feel like that was a sufficient amount. Why not pony up some less mainstream post punk material, something in the vein of Operation Ivy or Bad Religion I hadn't heard of already? Aside from that I certainly don't hate this - musically it is very adept, the lyrics are serviceable if not particularly deep. A surprising amount of it is pretty standard love or breakup songs, and the title and cover photo are kind of the edgiest thing about it.

Apr 24 2024 Author

Really enjoyable, albeit slightly juvenile, power pop. Hardly any hardcore punk and so much sleeker and more radio-friendly than, say, Green Day’s “Dookie” or Offspring or Sum…

Oct 05 2024 Author

Catchy, energetic and fun, with a strong pop sensibility. A bit lyrically juvenile for my tastes and I'm not a fan of the vocals, but "All the Small Things" is a classic.

Oct 20 2024 Author

Half of the album is kind of good

Nov 10 2024 Author

Another Blink submission from a user? Why does this band have such an intense chokehold on people in my age bracket? I'll never understand. They have some good funny tunes, the singles are solid. But they're not revolutionary or awe-inspiring in any way. I will say though, that I think this album should be the one included in the original list to best represent the band. Dude Ranch sucks. This is the album that cemented these goofs as a permanent fixture in the pop rock realm.

Nov 19 2024 Author

Puerile and funny!

Jan 22 2025 Author

I like it

Feb 05 2025 Author

Fun pop punk with some deeper thoughts as well.

Feb 16 2025 Author

Regardless of quality: This album is a glaring omission from the original list, considering both it’s commercial success and it’s cultural impact. This being left out indicative of the author(s)’s negative bias towards the pop-punk and emo music that was popular during this time (The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance is another similarly missing classic). Regarding the quality: Energetic and fun. Not totally my thing, but I can see why many are fond of it.

Feb 26 2025 Author

It's nostalgic, it's a great sound and it has two classics on it. But it is a victim of CD culture, and gives you a lot of samey filler to fill the disc.

Feb 27 2025 Author

No more blink 182 please

Apr 27 2025 Author

These guys came on the scene as I was hitting the end of high school. I didn’t really get into them at the time. I found it a little juvenile. That hasn’t changed. I tried. I gave it a good shot. Just didn’t do it for me.

Jun 07 2025 Author

yo OP just in case you don't know... https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/angels-and-airwaves/i-empire/

Jun 27 2025 Author

Although a landmark album for both Blink and the pop punk genre at large, Enema of the State is primarily defined by it's singles. And they're good singles too! The catchiness of All the Small Things, the wit of What's My Age Again, the surprising depth of Adam's Song, all make this album the powerhouse that it is. The rest of the tracklist feels like it doesn't quite reach the same heights, lacking in either hooks or fresh ideas or anything else. Most egregious is Travis Barker's incessant need to do the most drum flourishes on any given song, which makes me think he's too preoccupied with his own talent to just play the damn song with a simple beat. Whatever. CONTENDER FOR THE LIST: As important as this album is, I might prefer to go with their self-titled instead.

Jul 01 2025 Author

I've heard this. 3?

Jul 06 2025 Author

This style of punk has never been my thing, but they do it well enough here and come away with some legitimately good songs.

Jul 16 2025 Author

Dated and cheesy

Nov 01 2025 Author

Känt omslag och några monsterhits. Ganska okej.

Dec 04 2025 Author

Average only.

Feb 22 2026 Author

it encapsulates a particular time and place. It's very teenager-y and at times there's nothing wrong with that. In my case, I listen to this record whenever I feel nostalgia for a time I didn't exactly live in, meaning, never. It has some catchy tunes, though.

Apr 09 2024 Author

I feel the same way about this as the other blink-182 album that was user submitted (was there collusion???). I just don't care for it. The singer sounds like a 14 year old whiny brat. I'll even go so far as to offer another unpopular opinion - although I like punk and I like power pop, "pop-punk" is a crappy genre of music. It's a good album cover though, I'll give them that. 2 stars.