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California by blink-182
California is an album by blink-182, released in 2016. 5 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 29 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Bored To Death”, on 19 lists with a best position of #4.
California, blink-182's seventh album, dropped on July 1, 2016, their only release on BMG and the first with Alkaline Trio's Matt Skiba standing in for the departed Tom DeLonge. Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker shelved the songs they'd been writing since September 2015 and started over with producer John Feldmann at Foxy Studios, grinding through marathon days between January and March to cut another 28, more than 50 in all.
The result is a deliberate trip back to the sunburned pop-punk of their heyday, all gang-vocal choruses and Barker's machine-gun fills. "Bored to Death" sulks and soars, "She's Out of Her Mind" is pure hyperactive bounce, and the title salutes their home state. Critics were split, some grumbling about the length and Feldmann's polish, but it debuted at number one at home for the first time in 15 years, topped the UK chart for the first time ever, and earned the band's first Grammy nomination, for Best Rock Album.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from California on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bored To Death | 19 | #4 | – | 2016–2026 | |
| 2 | She's Out Of Her Mind | 7 | #2 | – | 2016–2020 | |
| 3 | Rabbit Hole | 1 | #15 | – | 2016 | |
| 4 | San Diego | 1 | #39 | – | 2016 | |
| 5 | Cynical | 1 | #68 | – | 2016 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.