Enema of the State
Studio album by Blink-182
Released	June 1, 1999
Recorded	December 1998-February 1999 at Mad Hatter, Signature Sound, Big Fish, Conway Recording Studios, The Bomb Factory and Studio West
Genre	Pop punk, punk rock
Length	35:23
Label	MCA
Producer	Jerry Finn
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link
Blink-182 chronology
Dude Ranch (1997) Enema of the State (1999) The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!) (2000)
Singles from Enema of the State
"What's My Age Again?" Released: November 9, 1999 "All the Small Things" Released: January 18, 2000 "Adam's Song" Released: August 29, 2000

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Production

Cover

Porn star Janine Lindemulder is the nurse depicted on the cover of this album. She is also featured in the music videos for "What's My Age Again?" and "Man Overboard". An emblem of the Red Cross was depicted on the nurse's cap on early pressings of the album cover. Shortly after, the Red Cross demanded that their symbol be removed from the cover^[1] as it currently is on all printings. Similarly, early printings of the album were not given Parental Advisory stickers (neither on the case or printed on the cover) until shortly after the major success of the record. A pornographic actor or a porn star is somebody who appears in pornographic movies, live sex shows or peep shows. ... Janine Marie Lindemulder (born on November 14, 1968 in La Mirada, California, USA) is an American exotic dancer and adult film actress, best-known for her work in American pornographic films (typically credited as just Janine), during the mid-1990s and a 2004-2005 comeback. ... Whats My Age Again? is one of Blink-182s most famous hits. ... Man Overboard is a Blink-182 song from their live CD The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show: The Enema Strikes Back. ... Red Cross redirects here. ... name=RIAA PA>RIAA Parental Advisory. ...

Title

The title is a play on Enemy of the State, a film released in 1998. The CD of this album contains a hidden second title on the internal spine of the CD inlay, in white on a yellow background is the text "Viking Wizard Eyes, Wizard Full of Lies" - there is some debate as to whether this was an intended name for the album which was abandoned, lyrics from an unfinished/abandoned song or a reference to a poem. Enemy of the State is a 1998 film written by David Marconi, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and directed by Tony Scott, and starring Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Lisa Bonet and Regina King. ...

Recording & Gear

An Enema of the State Demo was originally recorded as sometime between 1998-1999. It is rumored that Scott Raynor, the previous Blink-182 drummer, may have recorded the drums on Mutt in this demo^[2]. The Enema of the State Demo was a little known demo produced by blink-182 just after Scott Raynor left the band and Travis Barker joined in 1998. ... Scott Raynor (born May 23, 1978) was a founding member for Blink-182, until he was replaced by Travis Barker after the Dude Ranch album. ...

While recording Enema Of The State, Mark Hoppus used Fender Jazz Basses, Fender Precision Basses, and Ernie Ball Music Man Bass Guitars. Tom Delonge used Gibson Les Paul guitars, and his signature Fender Stratocaster. The Jazz Bass (or J-Bass) was the second model of electric bass guitar created by Leo Fender. ... The Fender Precision Bass, known as P-bass for short, is the first model of the electric bass designed by Clarence Leonidas Fender and brought to market in 1951. ... Music Man is an American guitar, bass guitar and amplifier manufacturer. ... Fender Precision Bass Bass Guitar is a commonly spoken phrase used to refer to the electric bass and horizontal acoustic basses, a stringed instrument similar in design to the electric guitar, but larger in size, commonly fretted and sometimes fretless and with a lower range. ... The Gibson Les Paul is a popular solidbody electric guitar originally developed in the early 1950s. ... Stratocaster redirects here. ...

Track Listing

All songs written by Tom DeLonge/Mark Hoppus.

1. "Dumpweed" * – 2:23
2. "Don't Leave Me" ** – 2:24
3. "Aliens Exist" * – 3:13
4. "Going Away to College" ** – 3:00
5. "What's My Age Again?" ** – 2:29
6. "Dysentery Gary" *** – 2:45
7. "Adam's Song" ** – 4:09
8. "All the Small Things" * – 2:48
9. "The Party Song" ** – 2:19
10. "Mutt" * – 3:23
11. "Wendy Clear" ** – 2:50
12. "Anthem" * – 3:37

'*' = Lead vocals by Tom Delonge
'**' = Lead vocals by Mark Hoppus
'***' = Lead vocals by Tom Delonge, 1 verse Mark Hoppus Whats My Age Again? is one of Blink-182s most famous hits. ... Adams Song is a song by the pop punk band Blink-182 and is taken from their third album Enema of the State (this album being largely credited for the bands success). ... All the Small Things is a song by Blink-182 from their 1999 album Enema of the State. ...

Australia bonus tracks:

13. "Pathetic" (Live in LA)
    
14. "Untitled" (Live in LA)
    
15. "Josie" (Live in LA)
    
16. "Aliens Exist" (Live in LA)

Australia disc 2:

1. "All The Small Things" (Video Edit)
2. "Dumpweed" (Live In London)
3. "What's My Age Again?" (Live In London)
4. "All the Small Things" (Live In London)
5. "Dammit" (Live In London)

Japanese bonus tracks:

13. "Dumpweed" (Live In London)
    
14. "What's My Age Again?" (Live In London)
    
15. "All the Small Things" (Live In London)
    
16. "Dammit" (Live In London)
    
17. "Mutt" (Live)
    
18. "Aliens Exist" (Live)

Singles from the album

• "What's My Age Again?" was released as a single in April 1999, and was Blink-182's second hit.
• "All the Small Things" came out in August 1999.
• "Adam's Song" came out in December 1999.

Music videos

The official music videos made for Enema of the State were What's My Age Again?, All The Small Things and Adam's Song respectively. There have been rumors that there have been videos for Going Away To College, Aliens Exist and Mutt among others. The Going Away To College "music video" is actually the introduction to The Urethra Chronicles and in a recent interview with Mark Hoppus, on the fansite 44Disasters, he stated that a video was never made for Mutt or Aliens Exist. ^[3] Whats My Age Again? is one of Blink-182s most famous hits. ... All the Small Things is a song by Blink-182 from their 1999 album Enema of the State. ... Adams Song is a song by the pop punk band Blink-182 and is taken from their third album Enema of the State (this album being largely credited for the bands success). ... The Urethra Chronicles (2000) features behind-the-scenes information and music videos for the Blink-182 songs, Dammit, Josie, Whats My Age Again?, and All The Small Things. ...

Accolades

• Fourth best selling punk rock album of all time (behind Green Day's "Dookie" and "American Idiot" and The Offspring's "Smash".)
• #66 on Guitar World magazine's reader's choice list of the greatest 100 guitar albums of all time.^[4]
• Included in Blender magazine's - 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die^[5]
• #34 on VH1's Greatest Album Covers of all time ^[6]

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Personnel

• Brian Gardner - Mastering
• Robert Read - Assistant Engineer
• Jerry Finn - Producer, Mixing
• Sean O'Dwyer - Engineer
• Tom Lord-Alge - Mixing
• Blink-182 - Arranger
• Tim Stedman - Art Direction, Design
• Keith Tamashiro - Design
• Mike Fasano - Drum Technician
• Roger Manning - Keyboards
• John Nelson - Assistant Engineer
• Gary Ashley - A + R

Charting Positions

Album

Singles

Notes

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5. ^ http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=122
6. ^ www.vh1.com