Dude Ranch is the second studio album by Blink-182, released on June 17, 1997, by Cargo Music and MCA Records, making it their major record label debut. MCA signed the band in 1996 following moderate sales of their 1995 debut Cheshire Cat and their growing popularity in Australia. Dude Ranch was the band’s final recording released on Cargo and the last to feature their full original lineup as drummer Scott Raynor was dismissed from the band in 1998.
The band recorded the album from December 1996 to January 1997 at Big Fish Studios in Encinitas, California with producer Mark Trombino. With lyrical material written on their nonstop tours over the previous years, as well as completed songs, the band recorded with Trombino in sessions that lasted for five weeks. During production, the members of Blink-182 were plagued with difficulties only made worse by the rushed schedule: bassist Mark Hoppus and guitarist Tom DeLonge, co-vocalists for the band, were having vocal problems and Raynor had to record his drum tracks with injuries to both feet.
Tracklist:
- Pathetic (Hoppus, DeLonge)
- Voyeur (DeLonge)
- Dammit (DeLonge)
- Boring (DeLonge)
- Dick Lips (DeLonge)
- Waggy (Hoppus)
- Enthused (DeLonge)
- Untitled (DeLonge)
- Apple Shampoo (Hoppus)
- Emo (Hoppus)
- Josie (Hoppus)
- A New Hope (Hoppus)
- Degenerate (DeLonge)
- Lemmings (Hoppus)
- I’m Sorry (DeLonge)
Japanese and Australian version - I’m Sorry (DeLonge)
- Dog Lapping (hidden track) (Hoppus)
Blink-182
Mark Hoppus: bass, vocals
Tom DeLonge: guitars, vocals
Scott Raynor: drums
Additional musicians
Scott Russo: backing vocals
Mark Trombino: piano, keyboards
Production
Mark Trombino: production, recording, mixing
Donnell Cameron: mixing (“Pathetic”, “Boring”, “Enthused”, “Josie”, “A New Hope” and “I’m Sorry”)
Brian Gardner: mastering
Artwork
Tim Stedman: art direction, design
Lou Beach: cover illustration
Ashley Pigford: design
Steve Shea: band photos
Victor Gastelum: disc art
Carl Otto: skateboard art, design
