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How many of the OMT songs even existed when Edging came out?

 

i think edging is a great song.

 

I feel like everyone is somehow forgetting how everyone lost their collective minds when that song dropped

 

I mean the same happened with Up All Night lol

 

https://youtube.com/shorts/TVlLm05oF14?si=N4rVW5gB1L7VnR-L

 

I have zero qualms with Edging, but this would have absolutely been the right call.

 

I think they said they wrote Edging specifically for the reunion and not many other songs were formed ideas at that point.

I have probably gone back and forth with it, but today I am in the boat that it should've just been a standalone. I find myself skipping it on some album run throughs which I typically do not do.

Edging was a fun comeback that showed us they were having a blast again and also led to expectations of OMT being blown out of the water the moment we heard Anthem 3 haha.

 

IMO EDGING is the break in the record before the second half goes off. It’s one of my favorite parts. Almost like a fun interlude.

 

Stumbled into my annual discography playthrough. Every time I go back to Skiba records thinking “eh” and then two songs in I’m a happy listener. WHAT’S THE POINT OF SAYING SORRY NOWWWW

 

Def have my vote for Edging being a standalone lol

I'm definitely a full album guy but I made trimmed down deluxe versions with California and OMT that I enjoy more. Although I can listen to both the standard editions of those with just a few skips

Edit: standard Neighborhoods def had to turn into an EP for me though lol

 

California is just as good as any other summery blink album and I’m tired of pretending it’s not

don’t really care too much for the deluxe though

 

California is a peak summer album

 

Facts haha.

Random take I haven’t really seen shared here, but I am a big fan of One Night Stand from OMT…pt. 2. I think the production is excellent versus other songs on the album. The harmonies during chorus and the overlapping vocals at the end are a real treat. Some classic silly Tom lyrics but I can look past it haha

 

One Night Stand is pretty easily the best sounding thing production wise on there

 

The oooooh ooooh part gets stuck in my head everytime I think about that song

 

Fixed

 

California suffers from being bloated with similar sounding songs, and no memorable riffs. Cut down a bit, it would be an album I’d consider revisiting more often. I go back to it just about as much as Neighborhoods, which is nottttt often.

 

Beats FOAMs ass though.

 

Well yeah haha

 

I still feel like Nine was much better than California. They utilized Skiba a lot better, and it has Darkside, Generational Divide, Pin the Grenade, and No Heart to Speak Of, which are more or less classic Blink songs to my ears. And that’s not even including the other songs I love like Heaven, Black Rain, Ransom, etc.

California/Deluxe has Bored to Death, which is a classic Blink song, but it has other songs I love She’s Out of Her Mind, San Diego, Rabbit Hole, The Only Thing That Matters, and the bridge to Misery.

 

Nine>Cali

easily. But both are good.

 

Yeah Nine is easily better

And yes both good

 

I want to say I read/heard an interview from someone in the blink camp (not sure if it was Mark, Tom, Travis or maybe Aaron Rubin) but I believe there were only 3 songs that were recorded around the time Edging dropped and one of them was No Fun. I think that was the first song Tom wrote after he officially rejoined the band.

 

And it was feldmannized. Extremely over produced and sounds compressed and lifeless.

 

Nine >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cali, but aside from a few tracks I don't really think either are essential at all