Fall Out Boy
Whether or not you know, Fall Out Boy came out with a new album this past week, called "Infinity on High," a follow-up to their break-out album, "From under the Cork Tree."
It was a different feeling going to pick up the album, because of the other three Fall Out Boy albums I have, this is the first time I got it when they were as big of stars as they are. I feel like I am conforming when I get this CD, rather than in the past seeming like I was actually listening to my own music.
So I went to Best Buy to get the album, cause if you pick up the album from them, then you get two additional tracks. Also, if you put the album in your computer and go to the Fall Out Boy website, you can get five additional songs from their show in London from about two weeks ago. Take the 14 songs off the regular album, 2 for getting it from Best Buy and 5 from the live show and you get 21 songs for 9.99 at Best Buy, a much better deal than buying them off ITunes, yet still costs you more than getting them free off Limewire.
Now it has been a while since what was considered good and what was considered popular was one and the same, but on "Infinity" the boys of the band do a good job putting those two things together. The album is full of different sounding music, enough to make it enjoyable to listen to the whole thing and never think you heard the same thing twice. They move from the excessivly pop-punk in "Hum Halleljah" to the piano drive "Golden" and to the 80s nostalgia of "The (After) Life of the Party," all with seemless transitions. They do all of this while remaining true to the sound a fan of FOB would have gotten in the three previous albums.
Without a doubt, this is the best complete album that FOB has put together, and like My Chemical Romance's "Black Parade" all the songs on the album seem like they should be there, and they are in the best and most logical order.
Unfortunatly, the album lacks the punch of a overpowering single that everyone would enjoy, such as "Sugar..." or "A little Less..." on From Under the Cork Tree or "Grand Theft Autumn" on Take this to your Grave, rather Infinity on High relies on the whole album working together, and it did wonderfully, but it would have been nice to have a song I want to put on repeat. I think because the album is all relativly even in terms of quality of songs, they never have anything that sinks in, unless fans go to the trouble of memorizing the whole album, something most FOB diehards will no doubt do.
As utterly rediculous as it sounds, I think the greatness of the entire album makes it suffer when it comes to picking out singles for someone to make their favorite.
All in all, it was a wonderful effort that the casual fan, as well as long-time FOB fan can get behind and enjoy.
It was a different feeling going to pick up the album, because of the other three Fall Out Boy albums I have, this is the first time I got it when they were as big of stars as they are. I feel like I am conforming when I get this CD, rather than in the past seeming like I was actually listening to my own music.
So I went to Best Buy to get the album, cause if you pick up the album from them, then you get two additional tracks. Also, if you put the album in your computer and go to the Fall Out Boy website, you can get five additional songs from their show in London from about two weeks ago. Take the 14 songs off the regular album, 2 for getting it from Best Buy and 5 from the live show and you get 21 songs for 9.99 at Best Buy, a much better deal than buying them off ITunes, yet still costs you more than getting them free off Limewire.
Now it has been a while since what was considered good and what was considered popular was one and the same, but on "Infinity" the boys of the band do a good job putting those two things together. The album is full of different sounding music, enough to make it enjoyable to listen to the whole thing and never think you heard the same thing twice. They move from the excessivly pop-punk in "Hum Halleljah" to the piano drive "Golden" and to the 80s nostalgia of "The (After) Life of the Party," all with seemless transitions. They do all of this while remaining true to the sound a fan of FOB would have gotten in the three previous albums.
Without a doubt, this is the best complete album that FOB has put together, and like My Chemical Romance's "Black Parade" all the songs on the album seem like they should be there, and they are in the best and most logical order.
Unfortunatly, the album lacks the punch of a overpowering single that everyone would enjoy, such as "Sugar..." or "A little Less..." on From Under the Cork Tree or "Grand Theft Autumn" on Take this to your Grave, rather Infinity on High relies on the whole album working together, and it did wonderfully, but it would have been nice to have a song I want to put on repeat. I think because the album is all relativly even in terms of quality of songs, they never have anything that sinks in, unless fans go to the trouble of memorizing the whole album, something most FOB diehards will no doubt do.
As utterly rediculous as it sounds, I think the greatness of the entire album makes it suffer when it comes to picking out singles for someone to make their favorite.
All in all, it was a wonderful effort that the casual fan, as well as long-time FOB fan can get behind and enjoy.