Icon (Blink-182 album) explained

Icon
Type:Greatest hits
Artist:Blink-182
Cover:Blink-182-icon.jpg
Released:March 19, 2013
Recorded:1997–2003
Genre:
Length:35:10
Label:Geffen, UM
Producer:Mark Trombino, Jerry Finn
Prev Title:Dogs Eating Dogs
Prev Year:2012
Next Title:California
Next Year:2016

Icon is the second greatest hits album from the American rock band Blink-182, released on March 29, 2013. Icon was released following the band's departure from Interscope Records in 2012 and compiles the band's biggest singles, covering material from Dude Ranch (1997) to Blink-182 (2003).

Background

Icon is the band's second greatest hits collection. The album was part of the Icon series launched by Universal Music Enterprises, which features greatest hits releases from "major artists spanning rock, pop, R&B and country."[1] The front cover image is a photograph taken of the band by Estevan Oriol during a photo shoot for the band's eponymous sixth album in 2003.

Reception

Allmusic reviewer Gregory Heaney called the collection a "crash course in pop-punk" that "takes listeners on a whirlwind tour of the band's back catalog while showing off an emotional range that was often masked by the band's youthful irreverence," while praising its simplicity and compact track listing, calling it a "best of the best-of."

Personnel

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Blink-182
Additional musicians
Artwork
Production

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Icon Series Launched by Universal Music Enterprises | Editorial-News Releases . Radioandmusic.com . June 6, 2013.
  2. Blink-182: Icon . 2013 . . liner notes . . . B0018144-02.