Editing Enema of the State (section)

==Reception==
===Critical response===
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="am">{{cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/enema-of-the-state-mw0000254010 |title=''Enema of the State'' – blink-182 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=January 24, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106004706/https://www.allmusic.com/album/enema-of-the-state-mw0000254010 |archive-date=January 6, 2013}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="billboardreview2014">{{cite magazine |last=Payne |first=Chris |date=May 30, 2014 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/blink-182-enema-of-the-state-15-anniversary-classic-track-by-track-album-review-6106269/ |title=Blink-182's 'Enema of the State' at 15: Classic Track-by-Track Album Review |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] |access-date=May 30, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119224738/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/blink-182-enema-of-the-state-15-anniversary-classic-track-by-track-album-review-6106269/ |archive-date=January 19, 2024}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Williams |first=Kevin M. |date=June 13, 1999 |url=https://chicagosuntimes.newsbank.com/doc/news/0EB4241AE4BAA364 |title=Blink 182, 'Enema of the State' (MCA) |newspaper=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |access-date=October 17, 2016 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[E! Online]]''
| rev4score = B<ref>{{cite web |author=Anon. |url=http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,1329,00.html |title=Blink 182: ''Enema of the State'' |website=[[E! Online]] |access-date=April 9, 2024 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000614131931/http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,1329,00.html |archive-date=June 14, 2000}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Kerrang!]]''
| rev5score = 3/5<ref name="Kerrang!Rev">{{cite magazine |last=Griffiths |first=Mark |date=October 2, 1999 |title=Albums |magazine=[[Kerrang!]] |publisher=[[EMAP]] |issue=770 |page=47}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev6score = 7.5/10<ref name="p4k">{{cite web |last=Gordon |first=Jeremy |date=January 12, 2020 |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/blink-182-enema-of-the-state/ |title=Blink-182: ''Enema of the State'' |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |access-date=January 12, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240121172511/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/blink-182-enema-of-the-state/ |archive-date=January 21, 2024}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev7score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="rs">{{cite magazine |last=Chonin |first=Neva |date=July 8–22, 1999 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/enema-of-the-state-105816/ |title=''Enema Of The State'' |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=[[Jann Wenner|Wenner Media]] [[Limited liability company|LLC]] |location=[[New York City]] |issn=0035-791X |issue=816–817 |access-date=January 7, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324164654/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/enema-of-the-state-20030709 |archive-date=March 24, 2014}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="newrs">{{cite book |last=Catucci |first=Nick |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |editor2-link=Christian Hoard |chapter=Blink-182 |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/85 85]}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[USA Today]]''
| rev9score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Gundersen |first=Edna |author-link=Edna Gundersen |date=June 22, 1999 |title=Blink-182, ''Enema of the State'' |newspaper=[[USA Today]]}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
| rev10score = A−<ref>{{cite news |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |date=October 26, 1999 |url=https://robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv1099-99.php |title=Consumer Guide: Easy Money |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |location=New York |access-date=December 26, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325143524/https://robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv1099-99.php |archive-date=March 25, 2014}}</ref>
}}

The initial critical response to ''Enema'' at the time of its release was favorable, though some critics found it juvenile. ''The New York Times'' designated the record its 'Album of the Week',<ref name=shooman68>{{harvnb|Shooman|2010|p=68}}</ref> while [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[AllMusic]] described it as a "fun record that's better than the average neo-punk release."<ref name="am"/> ''Rolling Stone''{{'s}} Neva Chonin found it "harmless, but still gnarly enough to foment the kind of anti-everything rebellion that spawned rock & roll way back in the day."<ref name="rs"/> ''Billboard''{{'s}} Paul Verna called the record "short, to the point, and bristling with attitude,"<ref name=billboardreview>{{cite magazine |last=Verna |first=Paul |date=June 19, 1999 |title=''Enema of the State'' - Review |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |volume=111 |issue=25 |page=17 |publisher=[[Prometheus Global Media]] |location=[[New York City]] |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> while a ''[[Kerrang!]]'' critic wrote that the album includes "enough energy, attitude and cracking songs here to ensure that Blink will be remembered for more than just onstage nudity."<ref name="Kerrang!Rev" /><ref name="shooman68"/> [[Stephen Thompson (journalist)|Stephen Thompson]] at ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' found it "hard to hate", writing, "the trio's hooky music [is] as smartly conceived as its lyrics [are] stupid."<ref name="avclub">{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Stephen |url=https://www.avclub.com/articles/blink-182-enema-of-the-state,17990/ |title=Review: ''Enema of the State'' |newspaper=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=June 1, 1999 |access-date=July 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022232137/http://www.avclub.com/articles/blink-182-enema-of-the-state%2C17990/ |archive-date=October 22, 2012}}</ref> ''[[NME]]'' was vicious in its assessment, with reviewer Stevie Chick calling the record despicable, "wholly toothless and soulless" and deriding the band as "as bad, as meaningless, as the cock-rockers and hippy wankers punk originally sought to destroy."<ref name="nme">{{cite magazine |last=Chick |first=Stevie |date=September 30, 1999 |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19990930110342.html |title=Blink 182 – ''Enema Of The State'' |magazine=[[NME]] |access-date=July 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000607044529/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19990930110342.html |archive-date=June 7, 2000}}</ref>

In the decades since its debut, ''Enema of the State'' has been widely hailed as a pop-punk classic,{{refn|group=nb|A list of sources describing the LP in those terms follows:<ref name="billboardreview2014"/><ref name="RSclassics"/><ref name="Daramola 2019">{{cite web |last=Daramola |first=Israel |title=Blink-182 to Perform Enema of the State in Its Entirety on Lil Wayne Tour |website=SPIN |date=June 5, 2019 |url=https://www.spin.com/2019/06/blink-182-enema-of-the-state-entirety-tour/ |access-date=February 15, 2023}}</ref>}} and one of the genre's defining works. Jeremy Gordon at ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' called the record sensitive and juvenile in equal measure; an "amazingly effective" combo.<ref name="p4k"/> Jeff Yerger from ''[[Stereogum]]'' viewed it as a spiritual canon successor to ''Dookie'', calling it "the strongest set of songs [Blink] ever wrote [...] the chemistry between the three members is instantly gratifying."<ref name="Yerger 2019">{{cite web |last=Yerger |first=Jeff |title='Enema Of The State' Turns 20 |website=Stereogum |date=May 31, 2019 |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2043518/blink-182-enema-of-the-state-turns-20/reviews/the-anniversary/ |access-date=February 15, 2023}}</ref> ''Billboard'' described the album as a "classic" in a retrospective review, calling it the "catchiest batch of songs the band had ever written," and commending the leap in quality both in production and vocals in comparison to its predecessor.<ref name="billboardreview2014"/> Andy Greene of ''Rolling Stone'' dubbed it a "landmark,"<ref name="Greene 2019">{{cite magazine |last=Greene |first=Andy |title=Blink-182 to Perform 'Enema of the State' Straight Through on Summer Tour |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=June 5, 2019 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/blink-182-to-perform-enema-of-the-state-straight-through-on-summer-tour-844709/ |access-date=February 15, 2023}}</ref> while Dan Weiss, writing for [[The Recording Academy]], praised its "remarkably clean-sounding guitars, [and] the hyperactive drumming of Barker."<ref name="The Grammys 2019">{{cite web |title=Blink-182's 'Enema Of The State' Will Never Actually Turn 20 |url=https://www.grammy.com/news/blink-182s-enema-state-will-never-actually-turn-20 |website=The Grammys |date=June 11, 2019 |last=Weiss |first=Dan |access-date=February 15, 2023}}</ref>

===Criticism===
The success of the album, as well as its cleaner sound and the group's appearances on MTV, caused many longtime fans to accuse the band of "[[selling out]]."<ref name="party"/><ref name="enemaofthestage"/> Many commentators stated that the band's polished [[Pop music|pop]] sound only remotely resembled [[Punk rock|punk music]]. Although the video for "All the Small Things" was filmed as a mockery of boy bands and teen pop, "fame [didn't] discriminate based on origin: soon the group was as famous as those it was parodying."<ref name="nyt"/> "Blink now had the backing of a major record company&nbsp;... just like the synthesized pop acts they were spoofing," said British journalist [[Tim Footman]]. "In what way were they less 'pop' than [[Sugar Ray]] and [[98 Degrees]]?"<ref name="footman">{{cite book |last=Footman |first=Tim |title=Blink-182: The Unauthorised Biography in Words and Pictures |publisher=Chrome Dreams |date=September 1, 2002 |pages=52–55 |chapter=Chapter 8: Keeping It Clean |isbn=1-84240-168-8}}</ref> Matt Diehl, author of the book ''My So-Called Punk'', called the basis for [[satire]] thin: "To seasoned ears, Blink-182 sounded and looked just as manufactured as the pop idols they were poking fun at."<ref name="diehl">{{cite book |last=Diehl |first=Matt |title=My So-Called Punk: Green Day, Fall Out Boy, The Distillers, Bad Religion - How Neo-Punk Stage-Dived into the Mainstream |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |date=April 17, 2007 |pages=75–76 |isbn=978-0-312-33781-0}}</ref> The band faced a backlash shortly after ''Enema of the State'' was released from several punk and [[emo]] acts who wished to not be associated with their music.<ref name="spin">{{cite book |last=Rotter |first=Jeffery |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yjh_OmCmm-0C&q=blink+182&pg=PA118 |title=Naughty by Nature |publisher=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date=November 1999 |access-date=September 7, 2012}}</ref>

Tristin Laughter, employee of [[Bay Area]] record label [[Lookout! Records]], wrote in an issue of the influential zine ''[[Punk Planet]]'' that the band would have a genuinely negative impact on punk and accused the band of [[misogyny]].<ref name="spin"/> DeLonge responded to the accusations, commenting, "I love all those criticisms, because fuck all those magazines! I hate with a passion ''[[Maximumrocknroll]]'' and all those zines that think they know what punk is supposed to be. I think it's so much more punk to piss people off than to conform to all those [[vegan]]istic views."<ref name="spin"/> While ska veterans [[Blue Meanies (Illinois band)|Blue Meanies]] tried to empathize ("I think they [Blink] are just trying to get in the mindset of a teenager, which means a lot of curiosity about sex,")<ref name="spin"/> others, such as [[John Lydon]], frontman of the [[Sex Pistols]] and [[Public Image Ltd]], dismissed the band as a "bunch of silly boys&nbsp;... an imitation of a comedy act."<ref name=johnnyrotten>{{cite magazine |last=Sinclair |first=Tom |date=March 3, 2000 |title=Rotten Egged |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |issue=528 |issn=1049-0434 |url=https://ew.com/article/2000/02/25/blink-182-delivers-songs-and-laughs/ |access-date=January 7, 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623140426/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,275495,00.html |archive-date=June 23, 2013}}</ref><ref name=shooman70>{{harvnb|Shooman|2010|p=70}}</ref>