Take Off Your Pants and Jacket

Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
Studio album by Blink-182
Released	June 12, 2001
Recorded	November 2000–February 2001 Signature Sound (San Diego, California) Larrabee Studios West, Cello Studios (Hollywood, California)
Genre	Pop punk, punk rock
Length	38:56
Label	MCA
Producer	Jerry Finn
Blink-182 chronology
The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show (The Enema Strikes Back!) (2000) Take Off Your Pants and Jacket (2001) Blink-182 (2003)
Singles from Take Off Your Pants and Jacket
"The Rock Show" Released: June 25, 2001 "First Date" Released: October 1, 2001 "Stay Together for the Kids" Released: February, 19 2002

Take Off Your Pants and Jacket is the fourth studio album by the American pop punk band Blink-182. Produced by Jerry Finn, the album was released on June 12, 2001 through MCA Records. Blink-182, after the massive commercial success of their previous album, Enema of the State, entered the studio in late 2000 to record a follow-up to Enema. The title is a tongue-in-cheek pun on male masturbation ("take off your pants and jack it").

The album was a huge success, debuting at #1 and selling more than 350,000 copies in its first week on the Billboard 200, becoming the band's only album to do so. It is Blink-182's second best selling album. The album has sold 4.5 million records worldwide, while going double platinum in the United States. The album contains the hit singles "The Rock Show", "Stay Together for the Kids", and "First Date" while "Anthem Part Two" also received radio airplay. The singles (with the exception of "Anthem Part Two") later appeared on Blink 182's Greatest Hits album.

Background and recording

Recording

Following the widespread commercial success of the band's third studio album, Enema of the State, and the subsequent touring to support the album, the band spent three weeks writing new songs at their practice space in San Diego and recorded them over a period of three months at Signature Sounds Recordings studios with producer Jerry Finn.^[1] The album was written and recorded in the same manner as Enema, albeit less "polished" (according to Mark Hoppus). Influenced by bands such as Fugazi and Refused during the recording sessions, the band had a desire to make the album much heavier.^[2]

Upon release in 2001, vocalist and bassist Mark Hoppus stated:

“

Take Off Your Pants and Jacket was the next step for Blink-182. There's songs on this record that sound like they come off of older records, like Cheshire Cat, songs that sound like they come off of Dude Ranch, songs that sound like they might come off of Enema of the State, and songs that are the next step altogether. I think it's a lot lighter scope than what [people] might expect from Blink-182. We have some real fast songs, some slower songs. Travis [Barker] wanted to try some drum loops on this record. [We tried] different vocal effects, different arrangements, different rhythms. I think that this record will probably surprise some people.[1]

”

Cover and title

The album’s title was envisioned by the band's guitar technician at the time. Original titles for the album included If You See Kay (a pun on the word "fuck") and Genital Ben, accompanied by a bear on the cover of the album^[2] (a reference to Gentle Ben). The album’s cover features three separate circles, the first one representing the red "take off" plane, the yellow pants, and the green jacket.

“

Our guitar tech, Larry, ... was snowboarding up in Big Bear. His friend came in all wet, and he said, "Dude, take off your pants and jacket!" They all started laughing. I was eating at a restaurant, [and] he called me on my cell phone and said, "I want to make a suggestion for the next album title." As soon as he said it, it was obviously the best.[2]

”

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AbsolutePunk	89% [3]
Allmusic	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	C+ [5]
Robert Christgau	A- [6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
Slant Magazine	[8]
Sputnikmusic	[9]
Toronto Sun	(favourable) [10]

Take Off Your Pants and Jacket was released in June 2001, following the June release pattern begun by Dude Ranch and continued by Enema of the State. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 353,000 copies. Billboard regarded the success as a response to the success of the first single, "The Rock Show".^[11] To date, it has gone double platinum in the United States and has sold over 4 million records worldwide. Three official singles were released from Take Off Your Pants and Jacket: "The Rock Show" was released later in June 2001, "First Date" in October of that year, and "Stay Together for the Kids" in February 2002. "Anthem Part Two" was released in April 2002 as an airplay single.

There were four editions of the album that were released, the original version with the regular track listing and three different versions, each with a different CD label - the red "take off" plane, the yellow pants, and the green jacket. These editions were also packed in Digipak cases. Each different type of CD had a separate duo of hidden tracks, one serious, the other a joke song.^[12]

Upon release, the album received positive to mixed reviews from music critics. Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone suggested that Take Off Your Pants and Jacket improved on its predecessor, Enema of the State, while Entertainment Weekly unfavorably compared it to Enema of the State, going on to describe the album as "adolescent energy and rebellion made joyless".

The album was also released on vinyl though limited to 1500 copies, 2000 at the most. It was only an exclusive release through Hot-Topic just like the Box Car Racer's recent vinyl release in August 2010. The vinyl edition of Take Off Your Pants And Jacket can also be found on eBay. It was later discovered that all the albums were pressed wrong, which caused the album to skip, jump to another song, or not play at all.

The song "Everytime I Look For You" was used as the opening song for the 2001 comedy film American Pie 2 and can be heard on its soundtrack. Two of the bonus tracks from the separate editions of the album were released on compilation albums: "Time to Break Up" is featured on Atticus: ...Dragging the Lake (2002), a compilation album released by the clothing company Atticus Clothing (which was partly founded by Blink-182's Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge) and "Don’t Tell Me It’s Over" can be heard on the sequel to that album, Atticus: ...Dragging the Lake, Vol. 2 (2003). "Anthem Part Two" was included as a part of the soundtrack to the 2006 film Stick It.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Anthem Part Two"	3:48
2.	"Online Songs"	2:25
3.	"First Date"	2:51
4.	"Happy Holidays, You Bastard"	0:42
5.	"Story of a Lonely Guy"	3:39
6.	"The Rock Show"	2:51
7.	"Stay Together for the Kids"	3:59
8.	"Roller Coaster"	2:47
9.	"Reckless Abandon"	3:06
10.	"Everytime I Look for You"	3:05
11.	"Give Me One Good Reason"	3:18
12.	"Shut Up"	3:20
13.	"Please Take Me Home"	3:05
Total length:		36:00

Red Take Off version
No.	Title	Length
14.	"Time to Break Up"	2:53
15.	"Mother's Day"	1:37

Yellow Pants version
No.	Title	Length
14.	"What Went Wrong"	3:13
15.	"Fuck a Dog"	1:25

Green Jacket version
No.	Title	Length
14.	"Hold On"	2:34
15.	"When You Fucked Grandpa"	1:39

• On the clean version of the album the track "Happy Holidays, You Bastard" is listed as just "Happy Holidays", and is an instrumental with the exception of the last line "I'll never talk to you again".
• On the limited edition bonus track versions, "Please Take Me Home" has roughly three minutes, or 182 seconds of silence at the end.

Charts

Album Chart (2001) Peak position Top Internet Albums 1 Australian Albums Chart 2 Canadian Albums Chart 1 French Albums Chart 13 Irish Albums Chart 10 Italian Albums Chart 4 German Albums Chart 1 New Zealand Albums Chart 10 Swiss Music Charts 4 UK Albums Chart 4 U.S. Billboard 200 1 Singles Year Single Chart Position[13] 2001 "The Rock Show" U.S. Billboard Hot 100 71 U.S. Modern Rock Tracks 2 "First Date" U.S. Modern Rock Tracks 6 2002 "Stay Together for the Kids" U.S. Modern Rock Tracks 7

Certifications Country Certification Sales Australia Platinum 70,000+ Brazil Gold 40,000+ Canada 2x Platinum 200,000 Units+ Switzerland Gold 15,000+ United Kingdom Gold 100,000+ United States 2x Platinum 2,000,000 Units+

Personnel

Blink-182 Mark Hoppus — vocals, bass guitar Tom DeLonge — vocals, guitars Travis Barker — drums

Additional personnel Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. — keyboards Jerry Finn - production Tom Lord-Alge - mixing Joe McGrath - engineering Joe Marlett - assistant engineer Ted Reiger - assistant engineer Robert Read - assistant engineer Femio Hernandez - mixing assistant Mike "Sack" Fasano - drum tech Brian Gardner - mastering

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Notes
United States	June 12, 2001	MCA	CD	088 112 627-2 (standard)[14]	Standard edition
				088 112 627-2, 088 112 629-2[14]	Red version
				088 112 627-2, 088 112 628-2[14]	Yellow version
				088 112 627-2, 088 112 661-2[14]	Green version
			LP	112 674-1[14]	Original first pressing
United Kingdom			CD	112 671-2[14]	Standard
Europe				112 677-2[14]	Standard
Australia				112 673-2[14]	Standard
United States	November 2010	Geffen	LP	B0014819-01[14]	Tri-color reissue, gatefold packaging
	September 6, 2011	Mightier Than Sword		MTS.022[15]	Available in solid red, yellow and green editions, and 180 gram black vinyl. 10th anniversary edition.
			7"	MTS.036[15]	Replicates bonus tracks found on red version. Available in solid red or solid black vinyl.
				MTS.037[15]	Replicates bonus tracks found on yellow version. Available in solid yellow or solid black vinyl.
				MTS.038[15]	Replicates bonus tracks found on green version. Available in solid green or solid black vinyl.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Fuoco, Christina. "liveDaily Interview: Mark Hoppus of Blink-182". liveDaily (livedaily.com). http://www.livedaily.com/news/3190.html. Retrieved 2009-03-30. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Blink-182: No Jacket Required". MTV News. 2001. http://www.mtv.com/bands/archive/b/blink01/. Retrieved 2010-06-22. 
3. ^ AbsolutePunk
4. ^ Allmusic
5. ^ Entertainment Weekly
6. ^ Robert Christgau
7. ^ Rolling Stone
8. ^ Slant Magazine
9. ^ Sputnikmusic
10. ^ Toronto Sun
11. ^ "Blink-182 Opens At No. 1, Sugar Ray Debuts High". Billboard. June 2001. http://www.billboard.com/news/blink-182-opens-at-no-1-sugar-ray-debuts-931253.story. Retrieved September 22, 2010. 
12. ^ link
13. ^ Artist Chart History - Blink-182 from Billboard
14. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i} "Blink-182 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket at Discogs". Discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/Blink-182-Take-Off-Your-Pants-And-Jacket/master/38108. Retrieved July 10, 2011. 
15. ^ ^{a b c d} "blink-182 "Take Off Your Pants And Jacket" LP + Bonus 7"s (Red/Yellow/Green)". Mightier Than Sword Webstore. July 10, 2011. Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/604KemWGt. Retrieved July 10, 2011. 

Preceded by Break the Cycle by Staind

Billboard 200 number-one album June 30, 2001 – July 6, 2001

Succeeded by Devil's Night by D12