nextmarkhoppus44 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 2 minutes ago, Champ182 said: I like Neighborhoods a lot and kind of have a bad taste in my mouth from California a little bit, but regardless California seems to be the work of 3 (well, 4.......) people who are all on the same page pushing for the album. Neighborhoods is pretty much defined by how fractured the whole thing was. I see your point. It was push-pull with Neighborhoods while California was all pull. Either way, both albums are amazing in my eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Kyle_ Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 1 minute ago, Ghent said: I never said Mark doesn't like Neighborhoods. But you could always sense that none of them were super proud of it. Travis has said he didn't like it, Tom didn't listen to the masters, etc. The label probably didn't support the album because the album wasn't worth supporting. They knew it would make X amount of dollars without them pouring extra into it. Also- I literally JUST said I loved Neighborhoods. I know it's hard to read sometimes in mom's dreary basement, but yeah. I have always been a staunch supporter of Neighborhoods. Doesn't mean I can't see that it was an objective failure of an album and could have been so, so much better. I like that you try so hard to paint me as some basement dwelling man-child with no friends. My parents don't even have a basement, and I haven't lived at home since I was 24 between college and moving out when I got a secure enough job. Or even saying I don't have friends when I've met a lot of peeps on here, keep a good amount in contact who don't actually post anymore, and generally try to help everybody out when I can. I don't know if you can say the same about yourself, but maybe you should ease up on this kind of conduct cause it's not very flattering. Normally I wouldn't care but it's just constant with you. This weird anti-social behavior just isn't necessary. If you like blink, then be glad somebody can look at it a bit more objectively than you and share that. Don't just throw temper tantrum because you don't see eye to eye. Also, you just said Mark wasn't proud with Neighborhoods. He is. So yeah, I was correcting you. Don't take it so personal. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Watcher Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Remember when Neighborhoods was number 1 in the UK? http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/blink-182-score-first-uk-number-1-album-we-re-so-excited-and-thankful-__15609/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpen5311 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Electric Light Orchestra at number 5 LOL wut 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Watcher Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 1 minute ago, Cpen5311 said: Electric Light Orchestra at number 5 LOL wut In b4 this is used to discredit their achievement 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghent Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 3 minutes ago, _Kyle_ said: I like that you try so hard to paint me as some basement dwelling man-child with no friends. My parents don't even have a basement, and I haven't lived at home since I was 24 between college and moving out when I got a secure enough job. Or even saying I don't have friends when I've met a lot of peeps on here, keep a good amount in contact who don't actually post anymore, and generally try to help everybody out when I can. I don't know if you can say the same about yourself, but maybe you should ease up on this kind of conduct cause it's not very flattering. Normally I wouldn't care but it's just constant with you. This weird anti-social behavior just isn't necessary. If you like blink, then be glad somebody can look at it a bit more objectively than you and share that. Don't just throw temper tantrum because you don't see eye to eye. Also, you just said Mark wasn't proud with Neighborhoods. He is. So yeah, I was correcting you. Don't take it so personal. Pretty rich coming from someone who constantly accuses me of making fake accounts to support my opinions! You went there long before I did, pal. Now you better head upstairs and eat that soup mom made you before it gets cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbithats Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Officially #1 in the UK. First time blink has done this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Kyle_ Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 I wish my mom would make me some damn soup. But Ghent man, who hurt you? Did Tom Delonge's unanswered prayers make you this way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott. Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 U.K. Number 1 ? We are fcking awesome 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M!ke Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 2 hours ago, theedge00 said: Neighborhoods sold 151,000 copies in its first week, while California is projected to sell 120-125,000 copies (including streams). Pretty clear Neighborhoods was more successful in its first week. Just curious where you're getting that figure (not that it matter much regardless), but Billboard is projecting about 150,00 copies: According to industry forecasters, California could debut atop the Billboard 200 with perhaps 150,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending July 7. Source: http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7430943/blink-182-dethrone-drake-billboard-200-no-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas D. Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 You'd think fans would actually be glad that the album is selling well. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theedge00 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 1 hour ago, M!ke said: Just curious where you're getting that figure (not that it matter much regardless), but Billboard is projecting about 150,00 copies: According to industry forecasters, California could debut atop the Billboard 200 with perhaps 150,000 equivalent album units earned in the week ending July 7. Source: http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7430943/blink-182-dethrone-drake-billboard-200-no-1 I actually got it from their wiki. http://headlineplanet.com/home/2016/07/02/blink-182s-california-pacing-to-win-sales-race-dethrone-views-on-billboard-200/ (but I see the article is from last week) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M!ke Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 35 minutes ago, Thomas D. said: You'd think fans would actually be glad that the album is selling well. Well some fans are angry that blink isn't what they think blink should be. And even though they won't say it, its clear that many of these kinds of fans are secretly hoping for this era of blink to fail for one reason or another; I guess to validate their opinion of what blink is supposed to be. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topper182 Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 185k including streaming. 171K album sales. This may be off by a couple of thousand when it's final but what an accomplishment for the guys. I wasn't expecting them to have those first week numbers. Congrats to our favorite band! http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=301848 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Watcher Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 So if I'm understanding some of the logic here right, blink has the #1 album in the US and the UK, and the number 1 song, but it has failed to be as successful as Neighborhoods which had none of these things? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M!ke Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Just now, The Watcher on the Wall said: So if I'm understanding some of the logic here right, blink has the #1 album in the US and the UK, and the number 1 song, but it has failed to be as successful as Neighborhoods which had none of these things? And according to the post above yours, they've actually outsold Neighborhoods in its first week by 35,000 copies or so. Crazy, when you consider that Neighborhoods was the comeback after being broken up album, I'm sure if they got it out in a timely matter like in 2009 instead of 2011, Neighborhoods would probably have sold significantly better. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Kyle_ Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 I'm not sure where anybody said it was a failure, I know I said it wasn't doing as well as Neighborhoods. Outside of one website titled "rumor mill", I haven't seen anything to contradict that. still, some people are in denial about the state of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Kyle_ Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 California is sitting at a limp 62 currently on Metacritic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Watcher Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Just now, _Kyle_ said: I'm not sure where anybody said it was a failure, I know I said it wasn't doing as well as Neighborhoods. Outside of one website titled "rumor mill", I haven't seen anything to contradict that. still, some people are in denial about the state of things. You, mostly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyCuomo Posted July 8, 2016 Report Share Posted July 8, 2016 Just now, _Kyle_ said: I'm not sure where anybody said it was a failure, I know I said it wasn't doing as well as Neighborhoods. Outside of one website titled "rumor mill", I haven't seen anything to contradict that. still, some people are in denial about the state of things. It's #1 in the UK and will be #1 in the US. Who is denying what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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