Cheshire Cat (album)

:"Carousel (song)" redirects here. For the Linkin Park song, see Hybrid Theory (EP)".

Infobox Album |
Name = Cheshire Cat
Type = Album
Artist = Blink-182


Released = February 17, 1994 (original)
1995 (CD re-issue)
March 5, 1996 (Taiwan)
November 3, 1998 (re-release)
Recorded = 1993-1994 at Westbeach Recorders in Hollywood, California
Genre = Skate punk, punk rock, pop punk
Length = 41:55
Label = Cargo Music, Grilled Cheese
Producer = O Blink-182
Reviews = *AbsolutePunk.net (73%) [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=314623 link]
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:33520r4at48x~T1 link] |
Last album = "Buddha"
(1993)
This album = "Cheshire Cat"
(1994)
Next album = "Dude Ranch"
(1997)
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption = Original Cover
Background = lightsteelblue


Lower caption = Singles
Name = Cheshire Cat
Type = Studio
single 1 = M+M's
single 1 date = 1995
single 2 = Wasting Time
single 2 date = November 21 1996

"Cheshire Cat" is the debut studio album by Blink-182, released February 17, 1994. Two songs on this album, "Carousel" and "M+M's", appear on the "Greatest Hits" album. Two singles were released from this album: "M+M's" and "Wasting Time".

Track listing

#"Carousel"fn|1fn|2 - 3:14
#"M+M's"fn|3 - 2:39
#"Fentoozler"fn|1fn|3 - 2:04
#"Touchdown Boy"fn|2 - 3:10
#"Strings"fn|1fn|3 - 2:25
#"Peggy Sue"fn|2 - 2:38
#"Sometimes"fn|1fn|3 - 1:08
#"Does My Breath Smell?"fn|2 - 2:38
#"Cacophony"fn|3 - 3:05
#"TV"fn|1fn|3 - 1:41
#"Toast and Bananas"fn|1fn|2 - 2:42
#"Wasting Time"fn|3 - 2:49
#"Romeo and Rebecca"fn|1fn|2 - 2:34
#"Ben Wah Balls"fn|2 - 3:55
#"Just About Done"fn|2 - 2:16
#"Depends"fn|4 - 2:48

*All songs written by Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus, and Scott Raynor.
*Additional lyrics on "Wasting Time" by Jeff Forrest. originally appeared on "Buddha"
Lead vocals by Tom DeLonge
Lead vocals by Mark Hoppus
Lead vocals by both DeLonge and Hoppus

After the music is finished in "Depends", Mark recites a quote from the film Airplane!

Personnel

Blink-182

*Mark Hoppus - Vocals/Bass
*Tom DeLonge - Vocals/Guitar
*Scott Raynor - Drums

Additional Musicians

*Matt Houts - Introduction to "Ben Wah Balls"
*Steve Kravac - Engineer

Producers

*O; Tracks 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 15, 16
*blink-182; Tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14

References