Fall Out Boy - American Beauty/American Psycho
Released January 16, 2015
Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz, Joe Trohman, Andy Hurley
Genre: Emo Pop, Pop Rock
Intro
The second Fall Out Boy Review in 2 days? Sharks gonna be pissed! I do not care though. This is the ONLY Fall Out Boy album I have never listened to start to finish so lets see how this goes. Most People say this album is the point where Fall Out Boy went full Pop, and seeing the success of songs like Centuries and Immortals on Pop radio is not a good sign for the Punk Fall Out Boy. Anyways lets get right into it.
Thoughts & Feelings
This is a Pop album from a rock band. Sad to see but its what happens. Look at Imagine Dragons, Panic! At The Disco, even Green Day, its inevitable at this point. This is the era of Rock sellouts. It's sad but oh well.
Smash Or Pass?
Irresistible- Smash. Welp just as I expected. VERY pop sounding and why does Patrick sound so weird on this album? He sounds like they ran his voice through 6 autotunes and it only fucked up the pitch. This is 100% a pop album.
American Beauty/American Psycho- Pass. What the fuck happened here. The vocals are AWFUL. WHY did they use effects on Stump's PERFECT voice. The music is generic pop trash and don't even get me started on the lyrics. Not a great start to this album. This is not as bad as Panic! but is still VERY far from good. What happened boys? Where did the Emo Punk go?
Centuries- SMASH. Yup we all know this one. Vocals are still all fucked up but everything else about this song SLAPS. THIS is Pop Rock at its finest, definitely deserves its INSANE popularity, over 1 Billion plays on Spotify. Great Emo Pop song. I just again have to complain about the vocals. Why did they use so many effects? I feel bad complaining because I KNOW how good Stump is but the producers did him dirty on this album.
The Kids Aren't Alright- Pass. Shoutout to The Offspring. Now for the complaining. Why in the unholy FUCK did they make a pop song with the same name as one of the most legendary punk songs of all time? This song is not even that bad but I'm passing it purely for getting my hopes up for an Offspring cover. Nvm this song sucks. They did SO good on the last one and blew it. Shitty pop again here, not even all that emo which is sad because that's what Fall Out Boy IS. Why did they sellout THIS hard. Reel Big Fish would be mad (coming soon).
Uma Thurman- Smash. This song is so fucking generic I cant hate or love it. What happened to Fall Out Boy.
Jet Pack Blues-Smash. Ok this is getting boring for me. These songs are so fucking generic its disgusting. They are all JUST good enough to be smashed but i would never listen to these on their own (other than Centuries)
Novocaine- Pass. Shoutout to Green Day, Give Me Novacaine is a MUCH better song. Anyways we are reaching levels of Pop Punk Sellout I didn't know was possible. I miss 2007 Fall Out Boy.
Fourth Of July- PASSSSS. WHY IS THIS ALBUM GETTING WORSE???? That song was so awful I zoned out. Fuck this sellout shit pop album.
Favorite Record-PAAASSSSSSSS. HOW DO THEY KEEP GETTING WORSE. THIS IS NOT FUN TO LISTEN TO. Atleast I know what comes next. The Gold Medal comes next.
Immortals-SSSSSSSSSSSSMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSHHHHHHHH. THERE IT IS. ANOTHER GREAT SONG. THIS IS ANOTHER PERFECT EMO POP SONG. JUST ENOUGH ROCK TO KEEP IT POP ROCK AND THEY FINALLY LEFT THE VOCALS MOSTLY ALONE. AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH THIS SONG FUCKING SLAPS. SHOUTOUT TO DISNEY FOR SELECTING FALL OUT BOY TO WRITE THIS SONG FOR BIG HERO 6. SO FUCKING GOOD. EASIEST GOLD MEDAL SINCE SINS NOT TRAGEDIES. And that one was because it was the only good song on the album, this song had next to no competition but it was still an easy pick.
Twin Skeleton's (Hotel In NYC)- Pass. And right back to pop bullshit. Bye bye good vocals and punk to this clusterfuck of pop. This isn't THAT bad but its far from good. I'm Happy this is over
Conclusion
I am very disappointed in this album. I knew it was probably gonna suck but not THIS bad. Take this review with a grain of salt though as this is by FAR their most popular album and I can see why. Pop Radio appeal. This album is ALMOST as hard of a sellout as putting a prom ballad on a punk album Cough Green Day Cough. Although the writing was on the wall for a long time with this band, they have had pop songs wince day one and this was the full transition over. Anyways the good songs on this album SLAP but their are only 4.
RANK: C-
Well shark it happened. I shit on a Fall Out Boy album. You happy? Let me know how you feel in the comments below.
-Jake (JunosBestFriend)
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