Product Description

'When Your Heart Stops Beating' is the debut album from Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker - former members of pop-punk outfit Blink 182. The album sees the band continue with the punksound that graced their previous bands material, while doing away with the frat-boy humour and poppy edge that Blink 182 had been known for. The 7" only single 'Lycanthrope' is also included.

Track Listing

1. Lycanthrope
2. Baby Come On
3. When Your Heart Stops Beating
4. Little Death
5. 155
6. Lillian
7. Cliff Diving
8. Interlude
9. Weatherman
10. No, It Isn't
11. Make You Smile
12. Chapter 13/Non-Musical Silence
13. Baby Come On
14. Weatherman

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13581 in Music
• Released on: 2006-11-13
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 51 minutes

Customer Reviews

Punk music again
After Angels and airwaves released the incredible and epic album We don't need to whisper, Mark and Travis were always following in Tom's footsteps and they had a lot to do to meet people`s expectations of a better album than AVA`s. This album was released around 6 months after Angels and airwaves' album and this shows that the band were delayed because they had to do so much to meet Blink 182 fans expectations. I was totally blown away by AVA's album by the time that this was released. I love Angels and airwaves and in a way I was hoping that +44 were going to be bad so that Tom would be shown to be really intelligent for choosing to leave Blink 182, and for the old Blink fans to see that Tom was the best part of the band. The first time I listened to this album I was quite unimpressed, but I was listening with the attitude to try and dislike this music. There was one song that completely stood out for me though even from the first time and that song was 155, which is still my favourite song. The reason this was is because it is the most upbeat song and as agreed by Mark, is the most Blink 182 sounding song on the album. I was also quite glad with Cliffdiving which is my other favourite. These two songs are upbeat and are energetic with a great sense of rhythm.
The other songs on here I didn't like because they are more slower. It seemed like they were trying to be punk just to be punk. While Tom had expanded the platform and created something so incredible that people didn't expect ever, Mark had just tried to stick to his punk roots It took me a while to get into this album and to say I do like it, but when I did I understood the songs more. Mark uses graphic lyrics like `Human shapes burnt on concrete walls' in Weatherman, and `Let's slit our wrists and burn down something beautiful' in No, it isn't. I believe that Mark wrote all the songs on this album, and he said that it was his most personal music he had ever created. I do like quite a few songs on here but no matter how long I listen to this album 155 and Cliffdiving will always be my favourites.
Mark invited 2 new guys for this band; Shane Gallagher and Craig Fairbaugh, who are two talented guitarists. Travis obviously did the drumming and any band who has the greatest drummer as well as the best Bass player in the world has to be a good band!

Lycanthrope was the first song I heard and sounds really punk with a rock edge. The opening lyrics `I wake up at the end of a long dark lonely year, it's bringing out the worst in me', are a good start to the album and if you follow those lyrics it could represent what this album is all about, and set the scene. The dark attitude was influenced by the split up of Blink 182 and the bitterness between Tom Delonge. Lycanthropy, I discovered, is a formation from man into wolf, so that sets the aura of the madness. Baby come on is a slower song and is more grim and harsh. When your heart stops beating is a good song and is more electronic influenced than most songs here. Dating back to the original roots. Little death has a great atmosphere to it. The music creates such a somber and relaxed mood. `You close your eyes and see more' is one of the oxymoron's in this album. 155 is a great upbeat song with a good feeling to it. It reminds me of Always, because it has a similar rhythm. It's obviously not as good though. Mark's voice is probably best on this song as well Lillian is another grim song with the lyrics `You smile while you twist a knife in my stomach'. Cliffdiving is the next best song on here. A summer song, not that it did me much good this year (or anyone else in Britain)! Good lyrics and a nice atmosphere and feeling to it. Interlude is really short and pretty pathetic if you ask me. It's hardly The fallen interlude! Weatherman is a pretty good song with slow verses but a more upbeat chorus. No, it isn't is a song that I resent. The reason for the title was for when people asked if the song was about Tom, this would be his reply. First of all I don't like the lyrics and the song doesn't have a good beat to it. Except for the chorus at the end which sounds more upbeat and kicks in with a rock sound. This song was supposed to actually be about Tom and the lyrics are like a pathetic hate against him, which is completely childish. `Please understand, this isn't just goodbye, this is I can't stand you', `I listen to you cry' and `let's slit our wrists and burn down something beautiful' are really like a cry out for despising Tom and also as if he is trying to get sympathy for Tom leaving the band. Make you smile is another electronic sounding song and has good vocals from Carol Heller. Chapter 13 is a long song and it is supposed to have significance as an ending. It's a pretty good song. The acoustic version of Baby come on and Weatherman are pretty good. Weatherman has really good musicality and professional guitar playing behind it. The only problem is that the scratching irritates me. Well worth putting in though and nice to see a different atmosphere here.

When you listen to this album you realise that Tom was what made Blink 182 so great and was the best ingredient in the band. It is a good album and I would recommend it.

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this album is good but nothing special like AvAs in some places it is rather boring but in others truly amazing. i expected alot better from mark and travis lets just hope the next album is better.

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!
We were all upset when Blink 182 split up but now we have a band even better. Mark and Travis from Blink make +44 fantastic. Tom Delonge went and formed Angels and Airwaves who are alright but they are not a patch on +44. This is a fantastic band and an amazing album that you have to buy. The acoustic songs are brilliant.