Review

By Cheyenne Tyler Berry | 17/06/2026

Twenty-five years since the original release, ‘Take Off Your Pants and Jacket’ is a staple and is one of the defining albums of pop punk in its prime. The 25th Anniversary Edition does not try to revive a sound Blink-182 have already perfected but instead reminds us why the album became the backing track for most alternative kids growing up in the early 2000s, becoming the first ever punk rock album to debut at number 1 on the Billboard top 100 chart. Released on the 12th of June 2026, exactly 25 years after the original masterpiece, the anniversary edition brings all six of the album's iconic bonus tracks into one collection. Originally scattered across different CDs, this album brings together these songs on streaming services for the very first time for a whole new listening experience. This album feels like travelling back in time to the early 2000s and strengthens the urge to wear thick eyeliner, colourful hair extensions, and chipped black nail polish. Reminiscing on band posters hung poorly on the bedroom wall, CDs being rubbed on a band t-shirt to get rid of the scratches and then blasting it so loud your mum shouts at you to turn it off. The opening track ‘Anthem Part Two,’ ‘First Date’ and ‘The Rock Show’ all capture the rebellious teenager phase we all experience, or wish we had the guts to, and Blink-182 make us feel a part of that through jokes and attitude but emotional lyrics. Other tracks on the album are there to solely make us laugh, the festive tune ‘Happy Holidays, You Bastard’ is 41 seconds of crude comedy and Christmas cheer wrapped into a punk anthem unlike any other and definitely not one to play around the family on Christmas Day. More emotional songs such as ‘Stay Together for the Kids’, ‘Story of a Lonely Guy’ and ‘Please Take Me Home’ provide a more serious and vulnerable side, with impressive vocals from Tom DeLonge and passionate instrumentals from the band, elevating the band with their original fourth studio album, and solidifying their legacy as hardcore punk legends. This edition is for the fans, bringing together tracks from other albums to create the playlist that every alternative teenager blasted from their bedroom in the early 2000s, or in skateparks with their friends or at band practice, trying to emulate the music that inspired them.