Monday (12/15) and Tuesday (12/16) are the official dates for the release of Fall Out Boy's new album, Folie a Duex. Luckily, (with much thanks to my father and the FOB website) I have the review for you before it comes out! So here you are:
Cover:
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Tracks:
[~= single, += bonus track(only currently available through falloutboyrock.com)]
1. Disloyal Order Of Water Buffaloes-*****
2. ~I Don't Care-*****
3. She's My Winona-****
4. ~America's Suitehearts-****
5. ~Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet-***1/2
6. The (Shipped) Gold Standard-*****
7. (Coffee's For Closers)-****
8. ~What A Catch, Donnie [feat. Elvis Costello, Brendon Urie, Travis McCoy, Alex DeLeon & William Beckett]-*****
9. 27-*****
10.Tiffany Blews [feat. Lil' Wayne]-*****
11. w.a.m.s. [feat. Pharrell]-*****
12. 20 Dollar Nose Bleed [feat. Brendon Urie]-***1/2
13. West Coast Smoker [feat. Debbie Harry]-****
14. +America's Suitehearts (remix)-? (haven't gotten it yet)
Review:
I am definitely in love with this album. Fall Out Boy gets better and better with each album they make. The incredible leap they've made from their first album Evening Out With Your Girlfriend in 2003 to this album is really incredible and I think every album has distinct improvement and exemplifies more talent than the last. This album is another amazing step forward for Fall Out Boy.
I think Disloyal Order Of Water Buffaloes is a great way to kick off the new album. It has that amazing make-your-heart-soar, fantasizing-about-seeing-them-play-it-live feel that only Fall Out Boy can give.
I'm going to avoid talking about songs I've already reviewed (if you want a look, click the links on the songs). I have to say, I really like the lyrics to She's My Winona. It's not my favorite song of the album, but it is great.
Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet I find kind of repetitive, but enjoyable. Not much to say on that one.
The (Shipped) Gold Standard is amazing! I love the falsetto Patrick has when he sings "as soon as we hit the hospital" and the lyrics to the chorus are great. I also love the sound of the bridge, the off-beat syncopated sound.
(Coffee's For Closers): Another great song with top-notch lyrics even though it's repetitive, it's still Fall Out Boy so they can get away with it ;)
27 has that dark, fast beat feel to it and I really like it, it's one of my favorites.
Tiffany Blews has a great chorus and bridge and is really fun to listen to (the bridge is cool).
I love w.a.m.s. I think it's one of the best songs and it seems so different from the other songs, but I hope they play it live on Tuesday! (the ending is really strange though)
20 Dollar Nose Bleed is another song with a weird ending except this one kind of creeped me out...
West Coast Smoker was good, but I think they could have picked a stronger piece to end the album. The mention of the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost was interesting because it was really metaphorical and it has double (or more than double) meanings to it.
Wow! That was a long review (sorry!). All in all, this album definitely deserves a 5 star rating
even though the songs were fairly short. I can't wait to see how they do live!
