Nine is the eighth studio album by blink-182, released in September 2019 on Columbia Records and produced by John Feldmann and Travis Barker. It is a more pop and electronic-influenced album than California, incorporating trap beats, synthesizers, and contemporary pop production that aligned the band's sound with the 2019 mainstream rather than the 1990s pop-punk tradition. Hoppus and Barker wrote all material with Skiba; 'Happy Days,' 'Blame It on My Youth,' and 'Pin the Grenade' were the principal tracks. The album debuted at number 14 on the Billboard 200 with 38,000 first-week units, a commercial decline from California, and received mixed reviews, with critics noting that the pop production innovations came at the cost of the rock energy that had defined the band's most celebrated work. Nine represents the furthest departure from the blink-182 formula in the band's career and the most direct attempt to place the band within contemporary pop production rather than the rock genre category. Nine stands as the most sonically adventurous attempt in the band's catalog to bridge their pop-punk heritage with contemporary production techniques, and despite its divisive reception, it demonstrated a willingness to take commercial risks that fewer acts with a 25-year legacy would have attempted.
Track Listing & Credits
| # | Title | Lyricist(s) | Composer(s) | Producer(s) | Performers |
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| 1 | Happy Days | Mark Hoppus, Matt Skiba, Travis Barker, John Feldmann | Mark Hoppus, Matt Skiba, Travis Barker, John Feldmann | John Feldmann |
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| 2 | Blame It on My Youth | Mark Hoppus, Matt Skiba, Travis Barker, John Feldmann | Mark Hoppus, Matt Skiba, Travis Barker, John Feldmann | John Feldmann |
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| 3 | Darkside | Mark Hoppus, Matt Skiba, John Feldmann | Mark Hoppus, Matt Skiba, John Feldmann | John Feldmann |
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| 4 | Run Away | Mark Hoppus, Matt Skiba, John Feldmann | Mark Hoppus, Matt Skiba, John Feldmann | John Feldmann |
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| 5 | Pin the Grenade | Mark Hoppus, Travis Barker, John Feldmann | Mark Hoppus, Travis Barker, John Feldmann | John Feldmann |
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| 6 | 1090 Nowhere | Mark Hoppus, Matt Skiba, Travis Barker, John Feldmann | Mark Hoppus, Matt Skiba, Travis Barker, John Feldmann | John Feldmann |
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| 7 | Generational Divide | Mark Hoppus, Matt Skiba, John Feldmann | Mark Hoppus, Matt Skiba, John Feldmann | John Feldmann |
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| 8 | I Really Wish I Hated You | Mark Hoppus, John Feldmann | Mark Hoppus, John Feldmann | John Feldmann |
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| 9 | It's Dark So Dark | Mark Hoppus, Matt Skiba, John Feldmann | Mark Hoppus, Matt Skiba, John Feldmann | John Feldmann |
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| 10 | Black Eyes | Matt Skiba, Travis Barker, John Feldmann | Matt Skiba, Travis Barker, John Feldmann | John Feldmann |
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| 11 | On Some Emo Shit | Mark Hoppus, Matt Skiba, John Feldmann | Mark Hoppus, Matt Skiba, John Feldmann | John Feldmann |
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| 12 | Ransom | Mark Hoppus, Matt Skiba, Travis Barker, John Feldmann | Mark Hoppus, Matt Skiba, Travis Barker, John Feldmann | John Feldmann |
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| 13 | Hungover You | Mark Hoppus, John Feldmann | Mark Hoppus, John Feldmann | John Feldmann |
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| 14 | Remember to Forget Me | Mark Hoppus, Matt Skiba, John Feldmann | Mark Hoppus, Matt Skiba, John Feldmann | John Feldmann |
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| 15 | No Heart to Speak Of | Mark Hoppus, Matt Skiba, Travis Barker, John Feldmann | Mark Hoppus, Matt Skiba, Travis Barker, John Feldmann | John Feldmann |
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Data note: The most externally collaborative album in Blink-182's catalog. Multiple outside producers contributed, including Tim Armstrong (Rancid), Pharrell Williams, and Mike Elizondo, in addition to John Feldmann. Track-level writer credits compiled from Wikipedia and Discogs; exact splits per track should be verified against liner notes.