It took them a long to get up to speed it wasn't until their third album, 1997's Dude Ranch, that they developed a flair for sugary pop hooks, as evidenced by that album's 'Dammit,' not just their first big hit, but their first memorable song. 'Carousel' may be a chronologically accurate way to b blink-182's Greatest Hits, yet it gets things off to a slow start but then again, blink-182 hardly sped out of the gate themselves.
First rule of greatest-hits albums: start things off with a bang, not a song that takes about a minute to get off the ground, and about 80 seconds before the vocals kick in.
