Cheshire Cat (album)

Cheshire Cat
Studio album by blink-182
Publication (s)	February 17, 1995
Label (s)	Cargo Music, Grilled Cheese
Format (s)	CD , LP , MC
Genre (s)	Pop-punk , skatepunk
Title (number)	16
running time	41:59
occupation	Mark Hoppus : vocals , bass Tom DeLonge : guitar , vocals Scott Raynor: drums
production	O (Otis Barthoulameu), blink-182
Studio (s)	Westbeach Recorders, Los Angeles
chronology - Cheshire Cat Dude Ranch (1997)
Single releases September 6, 1995 M + M's June 28, 1996 Wasting time

Cheshire Cat is the debut album by the American rock band blink-182 . It was released on February 17, 1995 on the independent labels Cargo Music and Grilled Cheese .

Background and content

Originally the group released the album under the band name blink . However, since there was already an Irish band that had this name, they had to change their name and chose the addition -182 . The album's title comes from the Cheshire Cat to German Cheshire Cat from Lewis Carroll's novel Alice in Wonderland .

The songs can be assigned to the genres of pop-punk and skatepunk , with the band mainly dealing with typical youth topics such as pranks and masturbation in a funny way.

Cover design

The album cover shows a Siamese cat with bright blue eyes. Above it is the writing blink-182 in yellow letters . The picture is framed in brown.

Track list

1. Carousel - 3:11
2. M + M’s - 2:42
3. Fentoozler - 2:06
4. Touchdown Boy - 3:09
5. Strings - 2:30
6. Peggy Sue - 2:40
7. Sometimes - 1:06
8. Does My Breath Smell? - 2:40
9. Cacophony - 3:07
10. TV - 1:41
11. Toast and Bananas - 2:39
12. Wasting Time - 2:43
13. Romeo and Rebecca - 2:31
14. Ben Wah Balls - 2:38
15. Just About Done - 2:19
16. Depends - 2:47

Sales figures and award

Although Cheshire Cat never made it into the charts, it was awarded a silver record in the United Kingdom in 2013 for more than 60,000 copies sold . The album sold over 250,000 copies worldwide as a result of the band's international breakthrough.

Singles

As singles , the songs were M + M's and Wasting Time decoupled. A music video was also made for the former . Both songs, like the album, could not place in the charts.

Web links

• Cheshire Cat at Allmusic (English)
• Information on discogs.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Album description on latimes.com
2. ↑ album cover
3. ↑ UK: silver