Icon (Blink-182 album)

Icon
Greatest hits album by Blink-182
Released	March 19, 2013
Recorded	1997-2003
Genre	Pop-punk punk rock skate punk
Length	35:10
Label	Geffen, UM
Producer	Mark Trombino, Jerry Finn
Blink-182 chronology
Dogs Eating Dogs (2012) Icon (2013) California (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." 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

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

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."

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"All the Small Things" (from Enema of the State, 1999)	Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge	2:51
2.	"Josie" (from Dude Ranch, 1997)	Hoppus, DeLonge, Scott Raynor	3:06
3.	"Feeling This" (from Blink-182, 2003)	Hoppus, DeLonge, Travis Barker	2:54
4.	"Adam's Song" (from Enema of the State, 1999)	Hoppus, DeLonge	4:07
5.	"Dammit" (single version, 1997)	Hoppus, DeLonge, Raynor	2:46
6.	"What's My Age Again?" (from Enema of the State, 1999)	Hoppus, DeLonge	2:28
7.	"The Rock Show" (from Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, 2001)	Hoppus, DeLonge, Barker	2:48
8.	"Down" (from Blink-182, 2003)	Hoppus, DeLonge, Barker	3:12
9.	"First Date" (from Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, 2001)	Hoppus, DeLonge, Barker	2:51
10.	"Stay Together for the Kids" (from Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, 2001)	Hoppus, DeLonge, Barker	3:59
11.	"I Miss You" (from Blink-182, 2003)	Hoppus, DeLonge, Barker	3:47
Total length:			35:10

Personnel

Blink-182

• Tom DeLonge – vocals, guitars
• Mark Hoppus – vocals, bass guitar
• Travis Barker – drums on all other tracks
• Scott Raynor – drums (tracks 2 and 5)

Additional musicians

• Roger Joseph Manning Jr. – keyboards

Artwork

• Vartan – art direction
• Matt Diehl – design
• Ryan Null – director of photography
• Estevan Oriol – photography

Production

• Jerry Finn – production, mixing engineer of "Feeling This"
• Mark Trombino – production, mixing engineer and keyboards on "Dammit" and "Josie"
• Tom Lord-Alge – mixing engineer
• Jaime Feldman – compilation producer
• Laura Benanchietti – product manager
• Monique McGuffin Newman – production manager
• Erick Labson – mastering engineer