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Fall Out Boy

Infinity on High

Written by: Josh M., Senior Editor – Posted: Fri Feb 23rd, 2007
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Infinity on High

Many questions begged to be asked about Fall Out Boy's new album Infinity on High. For starters, what's up with the album cover? What's with the creepy Sheep? Why are the individual track names longer than my college thesis?

The answer is quite simple: Fall Out Boy revel in the lyrical braggadocio and overall excess of mainstream hip-hop, not the chunky riffage and downtrodden meandering of rock.

When FOB's chief lyricist Pete Wentz scribed the line "Say your head could be your prison / Then these are just conjugal visits" on "The Take Over, The Breaks Over" (a nod to label-head Jay-Z's "Takeover"; Hova himself appears on "Thriller," the disc opener) one can assume he writes for rhythm, rhyme and reason, in that order. And according to the title of their past hit "Sugar, We're Going Down," Fall Out Boy truly realize that a spoonful of sugar does indeed make the medicine go down.
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fall out boy rocks i like their new video this anit a scene its an
arms race it is better than the past videos!!!!!!!!!
i think people need to forget the band and the people in it and
the people following the band like a cult.
just let the music take over, let it be faceless and just enjoy
and let good music rule the world :)
fob absolutely rocks to me...my fave band :-)
I actually like all there music there are only one or two I dont
like... yea yea I know! (shes obsessed!) but not really... I just
love there music! and no im no 13 year wanting to get Pete to
autograph my converses... more like a 16 year old wanting him to
hang out in the back seat of my car!... (i'm kidding... so to all
of you who will take this seriously, do me a favor... DON'T!)
thnks fr th tme
God, this "scene" crap is so ridiculous. Why is there so much hate
on FOB? They have amazing lyrics, great singing, and are awesome
live. Last time I checked, that made a band GOOD. It's pretty
stupid to start hating a band just 'cause they got
big...especially if they're a good band. Anyways... this is an
amazing album...better than FUCT. It's addicting too lol.
since when is Taking Back Sunday old school?

Does that make Nirvana super duper old school?
I "Eh" them too.

They're ok. They're really catchy and all, but sometimes they
seem fake.
mmm pete is delicious.

now that i've gotten that out of the way.

this is the first cd of theirs that i've bought...and i loooove
it. absolutely.
Is there a reason you're boycotting using vowels? Well except for
the 'evzzzz'



As for FOB - eh. I wouldn't go out of my way to buy their CD but I
don't turn them off on the radio either. So all in all, Eh. :-)
This is album is so freaking good. My gf got me into it and at
first I was like eh...not as good as old school stuff like Taking
Back Sunday ya know but she totalyl convinced me otherwise.
everyone should check it out.
ths ws srsly th bst rvw evzzzz.
kind of.

oh bother. sometimes these boys get stuck in my head and GD it I
won't make'em go away just to be "hip" like YOU "Josh M." IF THAT
IS YOUR REAL NAME.

jkz. nice review.
i actually didn't think the track names were long, at lest
compared to last album.
but thats besides the point.
i bought it first day (in a snowstorm) and i think its one of the
better albums i've heard in awhile. it's been in my head since the
day it dropped and i think that counts for something definately.
i know alot of people hate fall out boy because they got so big so
fast and that's just not acceptable in the "scene" but really, if
you give these guys a chance, you'll realize that there's more to
them than fame. they've got a message to give their fans, and you
don't have to listen to it-- but chances are you'll hear it
anyway.