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Feb 6, 2015It's more ideation than practice, which is why the too-cluttered American Beauty/American Psycho won't be this band's American Idiot.
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Kerrang!Feb 2, 2015It's an often thrilling listen. [17 Jan 2015, p.52]
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Jan 23, 2015Fall Out Boy have defined their sound and vision going forward with American Beauty/American Psycho. What exists here is a reasonably entertaining blueprint; the follow-up will tell if they can keep the momentum built here going or not.
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Jan 20, 2015At times the record may not hang together, but it makes up for that in its colour, its audacity, and its unabashed sense of pride at giving just about anything a go.
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Jan 20, 2015When everything connects--like on the single "Centuries"--FOB are a glorious nexus of Seventies glitter rock, Eighties radio pop, Nineties R&B and Aughts electro stomp. But the LP still runs the risk of being too cutesy and referential.
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Jan 15, 2015The band’s talent and the occasional strike of inspiration make it impossible to write off AB/AP entirely. Let’s just hope they eventually strike a balance that’s true to themselves and doesn’t come off like a mainstream radio retread.
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 149 out of 186
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Mixed: 20 out of 186
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Negative: 17 out of 186
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