Release and Reception
Take Off Your Pants and Jacket was released in June 2001, following the June release pattern begun by Dude Ranch and continued by Enema of the State. The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 353,000 copies. Billboard regarded the success as a response to the success of the first single, "The Rock Show". To date, it has gone double platinum in the United States and has sold over 4 million records worldwide. Three official singles were released from Take Off Your Pants and Jacket: "The Rock Show" was released later in June 2001, "First Date" in October of that year, and "Stay Together for the Kids" in February 2002. "Anthem Part Two" was released in April 2002 as an airplay single.
There are five editions of the album that were released, the original version with the regular track listing, tour edition with a bonus DVD and three different versions, each with a different CD label - the red "take off" plane, the yellow pants, and the green jacket. These editions were also packed in Digipak cases. Each different type of CD had a separate duo of hidden tracks, one serious, the other a joke song. All 3 of The digipak versions and the tour edition have become out of print, however the standard edition still remains in stores.
| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AbsolutePunk | 89% |
| Allmusic | |
| Entertainment Weekly | C+ |
| Robert Christgau | A− |
| Rolling Stone | |
| Slant Magazine | |
| Sputnikmusic | |
| Toronto Sun | (favorable) |
Upon release, the album received positive to mixed reviews from music critics. Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone suggested that Take Off Your Pants and Jacket improved on its predecessor, Enema of the State, while Entertainment Weekly unfavorably compared it to Enema of the State, going on to describe the album as "adolescent energy and rebellion made joyless".
The album was also released on vinyl though limited to 1500 copies, 2000 at the most. It was only an exclusive release through Hot-Topic just like the Box Car Racer's recent vinyl release in August 2011. The vinyl edition of Take Off Your Pants And Jacket can also be found on eBay.
The song "Everytime I Look For You" was used as the opening song for the 2001 comedy film American Pie 2 and can be heard on its soundtrack. Two of the bonus tracks from the separate editions of the album were released on compilation albums: "Time to Break Up" is featured on Atticus: ...Dragging the Lake (2002), a compilation album released by the clothing company Atticus Clothing (which was partly founded by Blink-182's Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge) and "Don’t Tell Me It’s Over" can be heard on the sequel to that album, Atticus: ...Dragging the Lake, Vol. 2 (2003). "Anthem Part Two" was included as a part of the soundtrack to the 2006 film Stick It.
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