Folie A Deux - Fall Out Boy
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7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 49 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 49
  2. Negative: 8 out of 49

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  1. EmilioV
    Mar 6, 2009
    2
    All FOB music is extremely boring and this cd is not the exception.
    • 1 of 2 users said yes
  2. KarlJ.
    Dec 16, 2008
    9
    Definitely one of dare best albums!!some instant classics and definitely no filler!! more duets wit panic!in future please!!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. JamesR
    Jan 4, 2009
    9
    This is up with some of the best albums I have listened to. It has variety whilst still being good from start to finish.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  4. KurtH
    Jan 5, 2009
    9
    By far the best FOB album to date. The are unstoppable.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  5. abbiep
    Aug 17, 2009
    2
    I don't like folie a deux, cause it has become main stream! I also don't like it cause it isn't emo any more and some songs sound like Christmas carols, i was really sad when the album came out because i thought it would be even better than infinity on high, but it wasn't. I am a really big fan of fall out boy, i just hope the next album is like infinity on high!
    • 0 of 1 users said yes
  6. ChristianV
    Jan 3, 2009
    10
    The cd is absolutely great!!! The songs are great and greater every time i listen to the cd... i just cant get enough.. these guys really shoulve have done a cd/dvd special edition at launch time... but. well, all always its gonna be a year after the launch but its ok. the cd is awesome!! Great job from FOB!!!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  7. wills.
    Jan 6, 2009
    8
    It was good but it wasnt as hard as their previous albums.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  8. JohnG.
    Feb 14, 2009
    10
    Best FOB album ever. Very good background music.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  9. Sophie
    Apr 3, 2009
    10
    Absolutely incredible album i love it not one song i dont like incredible. amazing. top class.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  10. SuleimanM.
    May 18, 2009
    8
    For the most part, Fall Out Boy Manages to create an enjoyable album.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  11. DestinieS
    May 25, 2009
    10
    Omg, this was such a good album,i LOVE fall out boy, especially Patrick Stump.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  12. JakeH
    Jul 9, 2009
    10
    I was worried when they cranked another album out so quickly after Infinity On High, but it for sure beats out that album. I got this CD 7 months ago and I've never gotten tired of it.
    • 0 of 2 users said yes
  13. MattF
    Dec 18, 2008
    8
    There is not a bad song on this cd, and none of it feels like it was meant to be filler, which I've come to expect from Fall Out Boy. What I didn't expect was for some of the songs to be downright Beatles-esque (What a Catch, Donnie; America's Suitehearts). This is a rock-solid performance from Fall Out Boy, not sublime but definitely not underwhelming.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  14. DaveC
    Dec 19, 2008
    6
    Dissapointment. Waited so long for this album.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  15. DaanK
    Dec 25, 2008
    9
    It's a great album. Good pop/punk i think the best of fall out boy. Mega great songs You sing this way that is everything. They dare also new dingne such as:strings & piano It's simple music but all so good!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  16. AnonymousMC
    Dec 31, 2008
    10
    I was really pleased with this album. It was quite amazing
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  17. Ricki
    Feb 17, 2009
    4
    This is a very disappointing effort from the FOB gang for any of there long standing fans losing all remnants of there original sound as heard on take this to your grave and from under the cork tree. This album is for the mainstream and all about making them money.
    • 0 of 1 users said yes
  18. BennyJ
    Dec 16, 2008
    10
    These guys are innovators in a genre where there are so many impostors... and not afraid to change.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  19. DanielM
    Dec 19, 2008
    7
    If I could give 6.5 I would, but I'll give them a little lee-way. I like this album, and have listened to it a few times, great pop rock, but just not as good as Infinity on High or their other previous albums. However, they do show much growth in songwriting (while not being as catchy, though that's not the end all be all of songwriting), Patrick's vocal work and variety, and general tightness. This album seems to be a shorter, soul/R&B-influenced version of From Under the Cork Tree. I look forward to the next album. Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  20. Katie
    Dec 26, 2008
    10
    A brilliant album which can be relistened endlessly.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  21. Mar 19, 2012
    10
    A very underrated album. It is more sophisticated than its predecessors and incorporates a wide variety of instruments and styles. It has clever, interesting lyrics and Stump's vocals seem to have improved over time. I love it.
  22. Apr 17, 2012
    0
    The one thing I do not get about this album, the song titles have nothing to do with the songs, the songs make no sense whatsoever apart from 2-3 (american suiteharts, She's My Winona, I Don't Care) I really expected more from fall out boy.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 21
  2. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. While Folie A Deux at times feels like the band are showing off the contents of their Rolodex, the album's standouts are so good that they will undoubtedly become standards for the band's live shows for years to come.
  2. 80
    This is the brightest, breeziest, giddiest record Fall Out Boy have ever made.
  3. The band have responded with their most stylistically hatstand-but-indisputably-best songs yet.