Fall Out Boy - Infinity on High - Deluxe Limited Edition
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Free Music Review: Tastes bitter
Hit: 1 Stars
Horrible album, I don't know how it has gotten so high on the music charts. Truly awful.Free Music Review: Like OMG!!!
Hit: 1 Stars
OMG, Fall Out Boy used to be sooooooo good, but this album isnt good. Like...why cant it just be a full album of Pete Wentz just reading his diary? I like to listen to FoB when Im doing my makeup, and then I dance around my room, and like omg so much fun! I hope the next one ruleeez, I love you Fall Out booooooyy!!!!Free Music Review: It's getting there...
Hit: 4 Stars
The vocals are amazing; Patrick Stump could sing his way out of manslaughter by reciting the phone book to me and I wouldn't give a darn. The lyrics are as clever as ever. However, I don't see much improvement in the actual music part; either FOB isn't living to their full potential or they don't have anywhere else to turn. Free Music Review: Bar has been raised too high for Fall Out Boy
Hit: 4 Stars
When you are practically reviving a genre of music from certain death while adding your own fine touches and original melodies, you are expected to do great things time and time again. Rock bands of the past 20 years, such as Nirvana, the Foo Fighters, Green Day and the Chili Peppers have done so, excluding a bump in the road here and there. Fall Out Boy has been the revolution to pop punk that has slowly but surely simmered with the declining popularity in bands like Mest, The Starting Line and Motion City Soundtrack. They re-opened the fan base to allow for the rejuventation and utter brilliance of Green Day's 'American Idiot.'
On 'From Under The Cork Tree', every song on the album is one you could swear you'd hear in your head for years to come. There was a different feel, a creative sound, an innovative finish to each track, and I just don't see that on 'Infinity On High.' First and foremost, I won't deny that there are some extremely catchy songs, such as "Thriller", a real upbeat opener with the inspirational words of Jay-Z setting off the album. There's "This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race" with a beat and twist like nothing I've ever heard on mainstream radio, and "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs" featuring keyboards and a chorus that'll blow you away.
"The Take Over, The Breaks Over" is an awesome song, though in my head strangely reminiscent to "Of All The Gin Joints In All The World." This song I think most resembles the roots of Fall Out Boy and the type of song that catapulted them to stardom on their last album. It's also the third single, so you should be hearing it on your radio.
Two of the songs I was most impressed by were "Fame < Infamy" and "The Carpal Tunnel Of Love", tracks that explode with phenomenal guitar riffs like nothing I've ever heard from Fall Out Boy. These songs are the standalones on an album that is creative, energetic, and spontaneous, but just doesn't scratch your Fall Out Boy itch.
I find too many songs that seem either choppy or just plain not catchy. It's almost like the band compiled 7 or 8 good songs and didn't have the patience to do more writing and recording, so they filled the rest of the disc with B-sides or demos to push up the release date, possibly fill their pockets and go back on tour. Songs like "Golden", "Don't You Know Who I Think I Am?" and "Bang The Doldrums" just don't seem fitting for a band that's been such an influence on an entire genre.
Don't get me wrong: you will find some great songs on 'Infinity On High', but I don't think, collectively, that it lives up to the hype. The first two singles, "This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race" and "Thnks Fr Th Mmrs" aren't as original and aren't nearly as radio friendly as the beloved "Sugar, We're Goin' Down" or even "Dance, Dance"... I am giving the album four stars for originality and creativity, but there are still several aspects of it that fall short. It's not listenable from front to back, but worth a $10 buy if you're a die hard fan. Hopefully we'll see some better work in the future, given that this band is still in their primetime years.
Grade: B
Free Music Review: guilty pleasure
Hit: 3 Stars
i consider fall out boy, one of my favorite guilty pleasures. i still love them and i'm not quite sure why.
this album does nothing but reinforce that question. for a fan thats like them from the begining this album will bring two words to your mind: sell. out.
however, its still catchy with the same lyrical wit that could only come from patrick and pete.
best tracks: The Carpal Tunnel Of Love, Hum Hallelujah
worst track: this aint a scene its an arms race